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As Many as 90 Rounds Fired: 46 Entry Wounds, 15 Exit Wounds. From Minor Traffic Violation to the Brutal Killing of Jayland Walker, an Unarmed 25-year-old Black man, at the Hands of 8 Officers of The Akron Police Department: Why?

July 19, 2022 Phillip Rizzo Season 3 Episode 11
Light 'Em Up
As Many as 90 Rounds Fired: 46 Entry Wounds, 15 Exit Wounds. From Minor Traffic Violation to the Brutal Killing of Jayland Walker, an Unarmed 25-year-old Black man, at the Hands of 8 Officers of The Akron Police Department: Why?
Show Notes

Welcome to this incendiary new episode of Light ‘Em Up! 

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This episode is our most ambitious of our entire three season catalogue.

We’ve gone to great lengths to bring you exclusive audio that you won’t hear anywhere else but on Light ‘Em Up!  

Gunned down in a hail of bullets.  Some reports say as many as 90 rounds were fired. 46 bullet wounds killed Jayland Walker in the parking lot of the Bridgestone Center for Research & Technology in Akron, Ohio in the early morning hours of June 28, 2022. 

From multiple FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests we’ve uncovered a treasure trove of primary source material exclusively for you!  

With lights flashing and sirens blaring, 10 police vehicles caravanned down Route 8 southbound chasing Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old black man, much like bloodhounds chased Frankenstein in the dark of the night. Firing upon him in ways that you wouldn’t even shoot a rabid animal.  

For what started as a minor equipment and traffic violation ended in the brutal killing of yet another unarmed black man. While a gun was in fact found in the vehicle, and police maintain that a “shot came from the door of the suspect’s vehicle during the pursuit” the fact pattern shows that Jayland was unarmed when he was gunned down.  

You’ll hear exclusive in-car police radio audio transmissions with dispatch from the officers involved in the 10-car chase.   

You’ll be an ear-witness on scene to the body worn camera footage: the raw, intense, crude and nearly unintelligible commands the 8 officers that were super-charged with adrenaline and filled with fear were screaming at the top of their lungs while running – as they pursued Jayland, ordering him to “stop” and “show them his hands” before gunning him down in what seems like an endless barrage of bullets.  

In the hope that it truly resonates with you, you’ll hear multiple times throughout the broadcast the actual gunfire from beginning to end.  

We put you at the scene as it unfolded. 

Making national and international news – this case has the entire City of Akron, Ohio on the edge of exploding!  

The city has witnessed repeated protests.  People demanding, “Justice for Jayland”! 

We place you on the front lines at the street level protest – in front of the Harold K. Stubbs Justice Center, which houses the Akron Police Department. 

You’ll hear the red-hot, heartfelt pain-filled words from a young mother who is filled with anguish over Jayland’s killing as she expresses her fears for the future of her young black children in this country. 

At night you can hear the Ohio State Highway Patrol helicopters hovering overhead as they use their infrared cameras capturing endless video footage of the protestors. 

Since day one of this incident, we’ve been gathering information – cataloguing and compiling the facts in order to deliver them to you!  We now have this exclusive episode ready for you!

Tune in and be empowered as we put you in the eye of the current storm that is brewing!

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