Bodycam Footage contradicts police brutality narrative
Deshawn Dante Leeth assaulted a law enforcement officer, stole the trooper’s vehicle, then led police on an 11-minute chase. He crashed the officer’s vehicle; this was his second crash for the day. Pennsylvania State Police ended up fatally shooting Leeth. It did not take long for Leeth to be showcased as a force in his community and as a father on an X post. This post showed him with a different appearance and demeanor while describing Leeth’s life as “stolen” by the police. However, bodycam footage of Leeth’s conduct painted a completely picture of him.
From USA Supreme:
The footage shows Leeth, who had a criminal history including nine home invasion guilty pleas from 2012, per MLive [] <sic>, assaulting an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper on the Ohio Turnpike after crashing his vehicle. Leeth stole the trooper’s cruiser and led police on an 11-minute chase, during which he can be heard talking to himself and praying, before crashing again in North Sewickley, Beaver County. Pennsylvania State Police then used “legal intervention,” fatally shooting Leeth after an altercation following the crash, as detailed in a WTAE report on April 9 [] <sic>. The Beaver County District Attorney is investigating, with involved troopers on administrative duty.
Leeth, who founded Underdawg Nation in 2021 to help at-risk youth after his 2023 prison release, was hailed as a “youth ambassador” by community members like Melvin Parson, per a Black Enterprise report on April 15 [] <sic>. Activists, including Alyshia Dyer of Washtenaw County, initially decried the shooting as excessive, citing Leeth’s community work. But the bodycam footage, showing his violent actions, has conservatives pushing back. “Activists claimed police brutality, but Leeth attacked a trooper and stole a cruiser–cops had no choice,” wrote @PatriotPulse. @America1stMAGA added, “This is why you don’t rush to judgment–video doesn’t lie!”
The incident, detailed in earlier reports from WPXI on April 9 [] <sic>, underscores the dangers troopers faced, with the Ohio officer sustaining minor injuries. For conservatives, the footage vindicates law enforcement and exposes what they see as a pattern of activist overreach. “Leeth’s past doesn’t excuse his actions–police did their job,” tweeted @JusticeForAll22. As the investigation continues, the bodycam release has shifted the narrative, proving to Trump supporters that the truth often defies the activist script.
Additional Reading and Video:
McKennie, M. (2025, April 16). Breaking: Police release bodycam footage after highway shooting of a ‘Black community leader’ – It’s not what activists claimed. USA Supreme. Link.
Category: "Teh Stoopid", Society, Stupid Criminals
FA…FO!
I saw that whole video. The guy was like a mad dog.
I think the Toxicology report is going to reveal PCP or something else. Either that or was plumb loco out-of-his-fucking mind.
Our best and brightest at it again…must have been late for classes at engineering school.
He a Rode Scholar?
He failed his road exam.
“….–video doesn’t lie!”
Sorry. I know what you meant, but video CAN lie. If it’s been cut and edited to push an agenda, but not the truth.
So, better to say, “uncut unedited video doesn’t lie”
True enough but nine home invasions don’t lie. I mean sure, everyone has done a couple of them just to find out if they are all about gangsta life but after the fifth one you are kind of committed to it you know? I am pretty sure that is what his homie was talking about “working in the community”.
Fo snizzle…
No elementary school graduation pic?
He dropped out before he could graduate elementary school
He was in the vocational program learning to do drive-bys and home invasions at 15.
That introductory course is called “Street Cred 101”. Most classes are taught after hours and outdoors. Advanced programs lead to advanced activities both indoors and out, interactions with law enforcement, preying on the vulnerable, and so on.
Is that where they learn the techniques to successfully kick in a home door at 2:00 a.m.?
And this, boys and girls, is a prime example of “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.” An all-expenses paid, one way trip to the county morgue. I’m very surprised the first trooper didn’t ventilate the youth ambassador as he ran back to the vehicle.
and thus saved taxpayers money!
I’m all about saving those tax dollars. The criminals family should be billed to recover the cost of bullets to bring the situation to its conclusion.
Just like ol’ Cute LI’l Trayvon (TM)…
So, instead of the Underdawg Nation, now he’s a part of the underground nation.
Na, man, sheet, he be a good boy
I saw the video on You Tube just the other day, and there is no doubt that this guy was some kinda NUTS. He attacked the trooper without provocation, stole the cruiser, rolled it, and finally engaged other troopers and deputies to the point where they had no alternative but to use lethal force to subdue.
And of course the usual fawning, nose breathing, race card tossing meat heads come out of the woodwork talking about how; “he was a good boy”, “he was gettin’ his life turned around and goin’ to school”, “he had to get clothes for school so he HAD to rob a store…”, “why didn’t they TAZE him?”, “Why didn’t they shoot him in the [leg/shoulder/little finger]”…..
Meetin’ Jesus now?
1 Ticket…
That is one crazy look on that guy!
IMHO, the (D)emon-rats are trying to start a shooting war.
Yes. When the Drats are losing bigly, they resort to any means possible to regain power.
The D-rats have been trying to ignite a race war at least since the 1980’s!
Outrageous!!!!
This guy could’ve cured cancer!
Will JEF claim him as a son as well?