Cop Asks Man For License, Shoots Him When He Goes to Get It

Chris | InformationLiberation
Sep. 25, 2014

After pulling a man over for an alleged "seat belt violation," 31-year-old South Carolina police officer Sean Groubert asked 35-year-old Levar Jones to get his license, then immediately unloaded on him when he reached into his car to grab it.

Goubert then proceeded to harangue his victim, ordering him to "put his hand behind his back" as Jones asks Groubert why in the world he just shot him and begs for an explanation. Groubert explains he shot him because he "dove head first into his car," "then you dove back out--I'm telling you to get out of your car."

Of course, the time between Groupert telling him to "get out of the car" and Groupert's shooting spree was at most one single second.

WLTX reports Groubert has been charged with "assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature." He faces a possible 20 years in prison, though he insists he's committed no crime.

Despite multiple shots fired, Jones was only hit with a single bullet to his hip and is recovering after being hospitalized, he's fortunate his shooter was a member of "the gang that couldn't shoot straight."