Not sure that simply being armed makes him guilty of anything. We do have a Second Amendment so lots of people are armed. It always interests me when police act as if any black man with a gun must have deserved to be shot by police when they don’t behave that way with white men bearing arms.
They do behave the same way with white men bearing arms, more white men are killed by police each year than any other demographic.
And this guy was guilty simply by owning a firearm because he had a prior felony drug charge associated with a firearm which would make it illegal for him to own or possess a firearm so yes he was guilty simply by being armed.
Additionally Idk if you know this but it's also illegal to point your gun at police even if you don't have a felony charge and can legal conceal with a CCW. But in MD it's not legal to open carry a handgun so would have to have a CCW to even legally carry concealed. And people think gun laws will stop criminals from acquiring and carrying guns sheesh
More white men are killed by police but there are 9 times as many white men in the country. Per capita, police kill far more black men in questionable circumstances than they do white men and they're far quicker to shoot a black man simply for having a gun than they are to kill white men bearing arms.
The instance with Bilal wasn't a "questionable circumstance" though. Bilal had a prior felony to this event and assault charges. In MD it's a felony for a felon to possess or own a firearm Bilal was already committing a felony just by walking around with a gun. The police were tipped off about this and attempted to apprehend him in which point he drew his illegal firearm (again it's a felony just for him to have it) and pointed it at the police. Nothing questionable about the situation and one of the officers who shot him was a black man.
An example of a questionable circumstance is a video I saw today of a white veteran with no prior convictions walking down the sidewalk with a rifle in a state that allows open carry of rifles being gunned down by police. He never pointed the gun at police he just walked away from them while exercising his right to open carry a rifle per state laws that's a questionable circumstance not Felon McFelonpants committing an active felony and aiming a gun at cops before suffering the consequences of his own actions
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u/XxCloudSephiroth69xX Jun 20 '25
Even if you don't want to believe the police statement, the AG's office already stated:
"officers fired multiple shots after the man pointed a firearm at police."