Early on the morning of Wednesday, January 24th, two delivery men arrived at a home in Accocreek, MD to make a routine furniture delivery. The delivery was being made to the home of Kevin A. Washington, who happens to work as an official for the Dept. of Homeland Security and as a Corporal in the Prince George County’s Police Dept.
Little did the two movers know that they would both be shot, and that one of them wouldn’t live to talk about it.
As reported by the Washington Post:
In the statement, White said he waited in the movers’ truck Jan. 24 while Clark met Washington in his home. He said Clark, 22, returned and said, “Man, this guy is looking for a fight.”
White said Clark then telephoned a supervisor. Officials have confirmed that such a call took place, and Clark’s girlfriend has said the supervisor instructed the deliverymen to give Washington whatever he wanted.
Washington directed the movers to an upstairs bedroom, White said, where they set down the new bedrails. White said Washington pushed Clark, who was then on his knees, and crudely ordered him to leave the house.
White said Washington grew angrier when Clark asked him why he had not disassembled the other bed, parts of which were to be taken away by the movers. Washington shoved him again, White said, and answered: “Man, now you are going to tell me what to do in my house? Get the [expletive] out of my house.”
White said he and Clark headed for the stairs. Clark, walking backward and holding up his hands “in the surrender position,” told Washington he did not want to fight, White said.
Washington opened fire. Clark was struck first, White said. White laid his injured co-worker down and began to search for a cellphone. “I then heard a few more shots and realized I had been shot,” White said.
When Washington stepped back into the bedroom, White said, he tried again to locate the phone.
“The customer must have seen me move because he shot me in the knee and said, ‘I told you not to move,’ ” White said.
Washington, his gun still pointed at the two men, then telephoned someone he appeared to know, White said. ” ‘These two dudes just broke up in my house, and I shot both of them and they are here bleeding all over my carpet,’ ” White quoted Washington as saying. ” ‘They beat me up real good. . . . Yeah, they hit me with a pipe.’ ”
County police have said Washington was injured seriously enough to require treatment at a hospital but have declined to describe his injuries.
As they lay bleeding, White said, he and Clark pleaded with Washington, asking that he give them a phone or call for help. The first police officers to arrive appeared to believe the deliverymen were intruders, White wrote. One handcuffed Clark, White said, and the other told White, ” ‘Man, what are you doing in this house? You know you just broke into a cop’s house?’ ”
It was only then, White said, that he realized Washington was a police officer. White said that the responding officer looked surprised when White said he and Clark were deliverymen and that the officer then ordered another officer to remove Clark’s handcuffs.
Winkelman said White, who was shot in the chest, knee and abdomen, was readmitted to a hospital yesterday because of a possible infection.
To date Washington has been administrative leave with pay. Wait, maybe you didn’t catch that. This guy shot two people, killing one, and then he tried to lie and cover up his actions, claiming he’d been attacked and he’s on paid vacation?
We have a serious problem in this country. Hardly a day goes by where a police officer doesn’t kill an unarmed American, whether in the line of duty or not. The reports of police using tasers, chemical weapons, and excessive force are even more common. The only thing that hasn’t increased is police being held accountable, whether by being fired or prosecuted. Half the time they are promoted after being cleared.
I have a question. What ever happened to “protect and serve”? I still see it on the side of cop cars, but no in the actions of the police. In fact the trend is going in the other direction. More and more police are working against the people, at the local level all the way up to the federal authorities.
The bottom line? Our police our out of control, and we need to take steps to put them back in their place before things get any worse.