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Kasich supports murder of John Crawford in Beavercreek Walmart.

More detail from the 911 caller, or should I say his wife.Remember, this thing was a cover-up from the first second the cops shot the victim.

"Ritchie’s call to 911 led to Beavercreek police officers responding to the Pentagon Boulevard store. There, according to police, officers twice ordered Crawford to drop the rifle he was carrying. Ritchie’s wife, April, told investigators: “He pulled what looked to be a charging pin, and it looked as if he loaded the gun.”"

Only gun aficionados know that a charging pin is, and Crawford's toy didn't have one. When and why she came up with this phony terminology is unknown, but it's consistent with DeWine's office showing the surveillance video to her husband and leading him and his wife in the cover-up.

"Ritchie watched the surveillance video with investigators and said he saw two Walmart associates walk past the man with the gun. Ritchie also told investigators there was approximately two seconds between when officers told Crawford — who was on his cell phone — to drop the weapon and when shots were fired."

He didn't say this during the 911 call, so I wonder if he was coached to say it by DeWine's goons.

"Crawford was shot by Beavercreek police officer Sean Williams and died that night at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton."

Beavercreek Walmart is a long way from Miami Valley in Dayton. From another article:

"Crawford was taken to a hospital for evaluation. But he was pronounced dead at 9:23 p.m., likely from internal bleeding or blood loss, the reports said. One bullet penetrated his liver, diaphragm and kidney before exiting his body into the right forearm."

Liver and kidney wounds bleed out in minutes if not seconds. From another article:

"He said Crawford then collapsed, and he rolled him over and forced his hands together to handcuff them behind his back. Williams said police used tourniquets on Crawford for his bleeding until medics arrived. Darkow wrote that "a large amount of blood" was pooling on the floor."

Then why go to Dayton instead of the nearest hospital? Angela Williams was taken to Soin Medical Center, right near Walmart, where she died. From the original article:

"Crawford was shot by Beavercreek police officer Sean Williams and died that night at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton.
“Later the officers came in armed and yelled, ‘Put it down, put it down,’” Ritchie wrote in his handwritten statement. “The guy turned and pointed the rifle at the officer. Then the officer took two shots, and the guy fell.”"

The video shows this is a lie.

"Ritchie told investigators he served as a U.S. Marine and was familiar with firearms because he owned three AR-15 rifles, according to documents. Ritchie said he was classified as an E3 (Lance Cpl.) in the Marines and received a medical discharge. Marine officials said Ritchie was removed from boot camp seven weeks into a 13-week training program in 2008."

If this guy was really familiar with AR-15s, then he was lying. The Crossman Mk-177 doesn't look like an AR-15 to anybody with any knowledge of an AR-15.

"Ritchie told investigators he believed it was a real gun, but whether or not it was real was not the issue. “If you’re dumb enough to point any kind of weapon at a police officer, you get what’s coming to you,” an investigator quoted Ritchie as saying."

Crawford never did that.

"“Even special prosecutor Mark E. Piepmeier said ‘John Crawford did nothing wrong,’” Wright added. “But yet he is dead and no one is being held accountable; this is not just.”"

No, it's not.