Bodycam Videos Show Orlando Police Officer Fatally Shooting Man During Patrol Stop

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Orlando, Florida — On July 3, 2023, around 1:51 a.m., three Orlando police officers on bicycles were conducting proactive patrols at East Jefferson Street and North Orange Avenue when they approached 26-year-old Derek Diaz in a car. Bodycam videos shared by police shows officers approaching Diaz's car, ordering him to turn off his music and put his hands on the steering wheel. Police said at the time he was suspected of illegal drug activity and pulled over. "Give me that. Give me the other one, and put your hands on the steering wheel right now," officer Jose Velez told him, pointing to two items in Diaz's hands that appear to be wrapped in foil. Officer Velez then told Diaz not to move. Another officer opened the driver’s side door.

Diaz turned to the other side and opened the center console. “Put your hands on the steering wheel, put your hands on the steering wheel,” Velez said. Diaz appeared to again reach toward the console. Then, Velez shot. Just hours after the shooting, Police determined that Diaz had drugs on him, but he was not armed with a weapon. A separate angle from the officer on the passenger side shows a small item flying from the driver’s side window just before the shooting. The police department said this object was “later identified as narcotics.” Police went to aid Diaz after the shooting. The bodycam footage shows Diaz being dragged out of his car and onto the ground, where an officer began to perform CPR. Orlando police continued to perform CPR on Diaz until the Orlando Fire Department arrived. Diaz was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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1 +1 Fatalbert93 9 months ago

«The police are the American death squads with a license to kill and get away with it. This guy was murder and didn't even have a gun! He was probably just pulling out his info or something and BAM killed for nothing.. we need robot police to replace these idiots. Humans will never be able to 100% handle every situation correctly.»

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1 +1 nleeklee 9 months ago

«bummer for him. he pretty much no doubt went to hell.
and he'll burn forever.. which is a super bummer totally for him forever.
if he was high.. well.. he was in a stupid state.. so he took his hands off the steering wheel. what are the cops supposed to think? 'oh.. we'll wait until we see if he has a gun.. and then we'll have a regular old wild west gun fight. but we won't shoot before we see if he has a gun.. because that wouldn't be fair.
no.
if he did have a gun and had used it on them.. and the cops had this philosophy.. he would have shot one of them at least and maybe killed him.
so yeah.. what are the cops supposed to think?
PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL.
let's think about this.
a law enforcement officer with a firearm tells you to do something.
you do it for about 5 to 10 seconds.. and then you stop doing it. did he tell you to stop doing it? no. and then he tells you again.. put your hands on the steering wheel!.. and even then you don't just do it quickly. you don't comply.
it's terrible.
a terrible thing for this guy.
and now the family is going to sue.
they won't get anything.»