BANKSTON, ARKANSAS – Today embattled Bankston Police Department released photos which they say help support their case that unarmed teen Marcus Black and his friends may have indeed been involved in gang behavior the night of August 12, when police shot and killed Black and his two teenage friends under suspicious circumstances.
Bankston PD Chief Phil Hanson:
“There have been a lot of photos in the media showing Black graduating, going to school, not killing anyone, kissing his mom…and those are obviously trying to paint a picture of a kid who doesn’t deserve to be shot to death. But I think there’s an agenda at work there…so we wanted to show some other pictures that the public hasn’t seen that show Mr. Black and his friends obviously flashing some kind of gang signs. So take a look at these. They are zoomed in pretty well. We think you can judge for yourself whether these pictures show the young gentlemen supporting gangs and gang behavior. We aren’t really familiar with these particular gangs in our area, but…we don’t want to take any chances.”
Black’s family says that he and his friends were not involved in any gang activity and were simply goofing around on their front porch, despite the existence of the damning photos.
I always thought paper beating a rock was unrealistic. Perhaps it’s a metaphor? 🙂
I believe if you zoom out on that picture, you will see the teens holding Half Soy-Half 2% Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccinos, with their names on the cups, that were probably stolen.
I always though scissors was the worst gang.