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Dashcam Footage Shows Fla. Deputies Discussing Whether to Rescue Girls Who Drowned in Stolen Car
Dominique Battle, Ashaunti Butler and Laniya Miller all died after drowning in a stolen car.© Bay News 9 Screenshot Dominique Battle, Ashaunti Butler and Laniya Miller all died after drowning in a stolen car.
Dashcam footage released show that sheriff's deputies did not try to save three Florida teens who drowned after driving into a cemetery pond in a stolen car last month, Raw Story reports.
Dominque Battle, 16, and Ashaunti Butler and Laniya Miller, both 15, died on March 31, following a car chase with officers. The Pinellas County Sheriff's office had previously claimed that the deputies had taken off their gun belts and entered the pond once they realized that the girls were trapped inside. The officers, however, said that their feet sank in the bottom of the pond, causing them to deem any attempt at rescuing too risky.
However, in the audio of the footage, deputies can be heard standing by their cruiser discussing whether to go in after the girls.
"I hear them yelling, I think!" one officer says.
“They’re done. They are 6-7, dude” another officer replies.
“They were yelling,” a deputy responds. “I thought I heard yelling.”
“But now, they’re done. They’re done," the deputy says as the car continues to sink. ""
Obviously, they stole the car and are responsible for what happened. They're also black so we'll get the standard GetBig reponses about dindus and so on.
Should public servants pick and choose when to do their jobs? The kids were assholes but the cops still had a duty in the scenario and stood indifferently by and waited for them to die.
