Welcome to this new, raw and unfiltered episode of Light ‘Em Up!
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From multiple FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests we’ve uncovered a treasure trove of primary source material exclusively for you!
We’ve gone to great lengths to bring you exclusive body-worn-camera-audio (BWCA) that you won’t hear anywhere else but on Light ‘Em Up!
The truth is powerful and under attack!
You’re driving home minding your own business … all of the sudden you see flashing red and blue lights in your rear-view mirror. You’ve been “lit up” by police and you are being pulled over. What you and the officer do next may very well be a matter of life and death – your life and your death.
On a typical day across the U.S., law enforcement officers make more than 50,000 traffic stops, which translates into nearly 20 million annually.
With this episode we drill down on what you need to know and do in order to reduce your chances of being pulled over by police and having that encounter turn deadly (especially if you are an individual of color). We’ve reviewed a Stanford University study that analyzed nearly 100 million traffic stops. The facts show that black drivers are ticketed, searched and arrested with far more frequency than their white motorist counterparts.
More than 400 drivers or passengers that were not armed with a gun or a knife, nor under “hot pursuit” for any violent crimes – a shocking rate of over 1 per week -- over the past 5 years have been killed by law enforcement. Most were killed while attempting to flee.
Don’t flee from the police, it will only serve to make matters worse. The moment that an officer perceives that you are using your vehicle as a “weapon” they pretty much have legal “carte-blanche permission” to fire at you.
We investigate what “officer-induced-jeopardy” is and how police officers use low-level traffic and equipment violations in order to pull you over to justify a broader search of your person and your vehicle (pretextual traffic stops).
We describe for you in detail how the law looks at an “officer-involved-shooting” so that you know how the police, prosecutor and the law views the use of deadly force so you will be better equipped to avoid placing yourself in any situation that may expose you to deadly force from an officer of the law.
To help educate and empower you -- in this exclusive episode we’ve edited, remixed and remastered the body worn camera audio of the traffic stops for: Philando Castille, Daunte Wright and Patrick Loyoya, all which ended in their tragic deaths. We put you at the scene as it unfolded!
As a public service we’ve itemized a step-by-step pre-traveling checklist and the foundation of a proactive strategy to help to keep you safe: What every driver should be aware of prior to turning on the ignition of their vehicle and putting the car in drive.
Tune in and be empowered as we continue to serve you to build trust, relationships, awareness and mutual understanding that can help to save your life. This episode is action packed!
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The truth is worth defending – as it is under attack daily!
We are here for you and because of you!
Much respect,
Executive Producer
Phil Rizzo