Blount Co. Sheriff promises to seek death penalty on man accused of fatally shooting deputy

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5 ай бұрын

Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. was arraigned Thursday on charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and illegally having a gun.
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@jimhodge8594 5 ай бұрын

Gallows

@SuperGreatSphinx 5 ай бұрын

Lord, have mercy!

@debbieangel9376 5 ай бұрын

"The state or the goernment is trying to take a person's life as a punishment" Sir, THAT person took someone else's life

@SuperGreatSphinx 5 ай бұрын

Forgiveness

@kathleenhazy6126 5 ай бұрын

JUSTICE@@SuperGreatSphinx

@danledbetter9535 5 ай бұрын

How can anyone in their right mind call waiting 40 years for a sentence to be carried out ; Justice, the people the said convict made victims out of are forced to pay (via tax dollars) to help feed, house, & provide medical & dental to the perpetrator that killed a loved one ... any way you look at it that simply cannot be called justice , at least with a straight face!

@iloveTRUMP 4 ай бұрын

The evidence is crystal clear!!!

@jcrosslin8 5 ай бұрын

Oh, cool. It all comes down to the evidence. Well, we all watched him kill that officer, and attempt to kill the other officer as well. So, getting the death penalty shouldn't be difficult AT ALL... right?

@stephenw.9647 5 ай бұрын

waiting on Al to make a statement

@mysticmountain1737 5 ай бұрын

I can't believe the amount of cop killer culture in these comments.

@GS-zc4sk 4 ай бұрын

Nothing about the felony murderer stands out to them. It's always a conspiracy of rogue police officers.

@dewoitine 4 ай бұрын

A lot of them are bots. If you go on the video of his surrender to law enforcement you'll find accounts with these sorts of usernames: "Fakename-random numbers and letters"

@mysticmountain1737 4 ай бұрын

@@dewoitine thank you, I had not thought of that.

@intelligenceissexy3733 3 ай бұрын

He acted in self-defense. Wake up

@mysticmountain1737 3 ай бұрын

@@intelligenceissexy3733 there is no possible way an intelligent or rational person could consider this self-defense. The female officer was as sweet as she could be to him. She asked him numerous times to step out of the vehicle. He knew he was in trouble because he was a prohibited possessor in possession of a firearm. He made a decision to kill rather than face the consequences of his crime. When he repeatedly refused to get out of his vehicle and face the consequences of his actions he gave the officers no choice but to physically remove him from the vehicle. They had no other option because he chose this path. They did not choose this path. When they attempted to pull him from the vehicle, they did not strike him or hit him in any way. He started hitting them. Then they tased him, which is the appropriate response to a suspect hitting you. Then he murdered one of them and wounded the other. He decided that somebody was going to die that day. They didn't choose that.

@billyvaughan137 5 ай бұрын

1983 is not 45 years ago it’s 40 years ago

@TVSpotMovieFan 5 ай бұрын

As of 2024, 45 years ago was 1979. 40 years ago was 1984. 41 years ago was 1983.

@elizabethhatcher1091 4 ай бұрын

I was born in 82 😂😂 now I'm confused 😂😂

@AngelaWashington-ys7pn 3 ай бұрын

I was born in May 1983. I will be 41 on May 1st 2024.

@larryreyes1064 2 күн бұрын

This killer only got 5 years and some years in probation. That's disgusting

@user-tq4lt4bu4f 5 ай бұрын

They need to learn from China

@SuperGreatSphinx 5 ай бұрын

♥️ Our Lady Of China ♥️ Pray For Us

@bradackers5591 Ай бұрын

Regardless of how bad the crime is, you can't be serious right? If you are, then you are just a mindless constitution hating commie.

@martinswiney2192 5 ай бұрын

A complete coward of a murderer. A complete coward of a DA. Someone tell Maria to quit smiling because this is not the story you smile about. Also tell her the lip gloss looks like a $2 margarita night sure thing.

@justinbustin677 5 ай бұрын

Not ok to kill so called baby unborn but ok to kill adults. Hmmm kinda hypocritical

@davidseals8848 2 ай бұрын

You’re an idiot.

@JCSOLD1 4 ай бұрын

They should've juat called the dog like he asked.

@JCSOLD1 4 ай бұрын

@@elizabethhatcher1091 nothings funny troll

@JCSOLD1 4 ай бұрын

@@elizabethhatcher1091 then they should've called you

@philemery5644 3 ай бұрын

2nd Amendment‼️

@willp9543 5 ай бұрын

You better make sure there is drugs in his system or drug residue in the car .if not he going plead self defense .Tn needs to abolish the plain smell law ,alot of states has went away from it all because its used to often to violate your 4th amendment rights ..im not advocating either party here but fact are facts and a good defense lawyer is going to argue self defense

@Lemi-killmister 5 ай бұрын

He was all over the road idiot he was obviously operating under influence and a coward

@drg8687 Ай бұрын

The Sheriff has no say.

@Desstrik 5 ай бұрын

He wuzza goot boi!

@Officialbarz 5 ай бұрын

Not a school shooter

@mclovinlife4018 5 ай бұрын

@@Officialbarzthere are a lot more 🙋🏿‍♂️ committing crimes than 🤷🏻 school shooters. You guys live to throw out the school shooter thing, but that’s a small fraction of white people and about 50% of Afro Americans are crims

@rachelbileski 4 ай бұрын

45 years since 1983? Do you guys know math?

@glennsoucy4359 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant reporting....... Fail

@intelligenceissexy3733 3 ай бұрын

The mainstream media are so biased it's ridiculous. 😡

@joeblow4888 5 ай бұрын

Um...... 1983 isn't 45 years ago.

@elizabethhatcher1091 4 ай бұрын

I was born in 82, now I'm confused on my age 😂😂😂

@user-jf8oc3ri2q 5 ай бұрын

He’s headed to Unit 2 at Riverbend.

@Phone-sh7jg 5 ай бұрын

Self defense

@user-jf8oc3ri2q 5 ай бұрын

@@Phone-sh7jg Lol. Yea . Sure . Don’t bet your life on it .

@ChrisTurner-gm1qx 5 ай бұрын

@@user-jf8oc3ri2qExcept it literally was self defense

@user-jf8oc3ri2q 5 ай бұрын

@@ChrisTurner-gm1qx Huh. See how that works out for him

@ChrisTurner-gm1qx 5 ай бұрын

@@user-jf8oc3ri2q 🤷 whatever you say bootlicker

@PandaMoolin 7 күн бұрын

trey d smoked a cop?

@illumination101 4 ай бұрын

**REDO UR MATH NEWS STATION > 1983= 4o or 41 YRS. March 2024

@ninamc1 Ай бұрын

💙

@stevejanik1205 5 ай бұрын

I am usually completely on the cops side.. but I couldn’t believe how far they pushed smelling weed to search the car. I feel as though they needlessly escalated it. Obviously, the perp was the one who pulled the gun and committed the ultimate evil. And he deserves everything coming to him for making that decision. Just an all around tragic situation.

@martinswiney2192 5 ай бұрын

He is also a felon in possession of a firearm and driving under the influence. Too bad the cops did not escalate things even quicker. Its Tennessee. They should have assumed he was armed. A man is dead. Another officer wounded. A couple had this happen in their driveway. I do not know if you have ever been shot. I have in ‘92. It still physically effects me to this day. I do not know if you have ever seen someone shot dead. I have. It still affects me mentally to this day. People sympathetic to murderers are as much a part of the problem as the murderers themselves.

@user-ii3wp1yh6d 5 ай бұрын

They definitely escalated it and s didn't have enough back up to handle it without it turning out bad. Not saying what he did was ok but the cop was out of control as well.

@ChrisTurner-gm1qx 5 ай бұрын

@@martinswiney2192felons in possession of a firearm is hollow. Supreme court has overturned every felon in possession case brought in front of it... 🙄

@GS-zc4sk 4 ай бұрын

@@user-ii3wp1yh6d That's an "out of control" cop? Wow thanks for clearing that up.

@vortex360 4 ай бұрын

He will have an attorney and it doesn't help that they ruffed him up and abused him. I think they blew the case.

@makeitstrain 5 ай бұрын

he can seek all he wants. this isnt texas. cops make a choice when they choose this job. dehart is in police custody, get over it. move on

@VinnyLupo 5 ай бұрын

You are a sick person. Imagine if that was your father, your mother. Imagine them going to work to serve their community and be executed on the job. Imagine their last moments being on the ground bleeding out.

@canyon12alex 5 ай бұрын

You’re a prick, this POS deserves prison forever.

@user-rn9ge8pk5y 5 ай бұрын

Defending yourself from police torture is now a capital offence.

@willp9543 5 ай бұрын

I can see where your coming from ..big man like that is not coming out while still seat belted in .not saying shooting the deputy was justified .but he was getting lit up good .. And not saying in this case but there is alot PUNK cops running around now ..if you encounter a 20 yr vet there attitude is alot different than say like a 5 yr

@Bluto2973 5 ай бұрын

By the way, your precious little angel here nobly and heroically defending himself from "torture" was a felon in possession of a gun.

@user-rn9ge8pk5y 5 ай бұрын

So as long as a person has a criminal record you can torture and stomp on their rights. Got it. bootlicker.@@Bluto2973

@mysticmountain1737 5 ай бұрын

Did neither of you watch the video?

@mysticmountain1737 5 ай бұрын

@@willp9543it's that moment when you say " I'm not justifying the killing of the cop but I'm totally justifying the killing of the cop by telling lies about what happened."

@JimmyS336 5 ай бұрын

So 😂

@magnetshakur 5 ай бұрын

DEATH PENALTY !!? Why. ? If this was me or you. They would give em 15 years for “2nd degree”

@OCPAC7 5 ай бұрын

Self-defense excessive force and police brutality! When a cop kills a civilian it's nothing, allegedly he's supposed to have shot a police officer that died! They do not seek the death penalty when police kill people! Maria Guzman,

@dangannon9970 5 ай бұрын

Crabs in a bucket mentality.

@rodgersb1248 5 ай бұрын

Sounds bout black

@hnglmccrnglbrry1637 5 ай бұрын

Clearly you didn't watch body cam footage. Instead you'd rather talk out of your....

@CBo-li3rg 5 ай бұрын

His partners lack of situation awareness got him smoked, that good ole boy system is just as bad as DEI! Poor wyt trash think they equal to elite rich wyt folks. They delusional

@SavoyPrimeable 5 ай бұрын

black at it again

@ArterialJames1990 4 ай бұрын

Idk the cops need better training

@Officialbarz 5 ай бұрын

Was there weed found ? If not, the cop died on an illegal stop

@stevenbarnette7109 5 ай бұрын

Fr fr

@Phartmonster1 5 ай бұрын

Dude crossed the center line multiple times, I thought he was drunk

@Officialbarz 5 ай бұрын

@PhartmonsterGaming OK not drunk apparently after talking with him

@Phartmonster1 5 ай бұрын

@@Officialbarz well what the hell are you crossing the yellow lines for? Multiple times? You're not drunk but driving like you are. You refuse to cooperate and now you're a murderer. For nothing? Doesn't make sense, he didn't get out because he was hiding something

@Officialbarz 5 ай бұрын

@PhartmonsterGaming the guy was respectful to the woman officer until she implied Marijuana smell . He adamantly said while on the phone with his grandma that he don't smoke and called her out . Officer said I'm not saying you smoke or etc, so .... he asked for a police dog to confirm her suspicion but was declined, saying the dogs don't look for weed 🤔 but he let the officer talk to his grandma, whose the owner of the car explained the same thing as the driver but still they escalate by using tazor on a obviously scared individual while pulling driver door open leaving a opening to defend his life .

@Nomad-wv4oe 5 ай бұрын

I posted that I had no sympathy for the police due to the hate they have earned. That was taken down . Why bother leaving a comment if they can’t handle different views . America to day

@mclovinlife4018 5 ай бұрын

🙋🏿‍♂️culture. You don’t have to live in America. There are two countries to the north and south of us that you can move to

@jimmyjones2901 5 ай бұрын

@@mclovinlife4018stay there we don’t want you filthy mercans

@mclovinlife4018 5 ай бұрын

@chrislauricella they don’t want to be generalized, but then all they do is generalize groups of people. Gotta love the hypocrisy

@Jabb8055 5 ай бұрын

All this because the cop lied about smelling weed

@afifahazman3616 5 ай бұрын

you literally know if they lied through video that's cool dude.

@Phartmonster1 5 ай бұрын

I thought he was drunk by how he was driving

@mclovinlife4018 5 ай бұрын

Well he was a felon with a firearm soooo he was breaking the law.

@Beautifulclouds60 5 ай бұрын

The only one lying was the suspect. And now you.

@jflsdknf 5 ай бұрын

He was a felon who was drunk, illegally carying a firearm and probably did have weed or other drugs for all we know. He didn't want to go back to prison which is why he was acting so desperate with the maipulative delay tactics.

@waywardsonsgamerclan 5 ай бұрын

Innocent free him they tortured him over "I smell weed". He defended himself his human right. A badge doesnt grant you the right to torture people.

@ethand8621 5 ай бұрын

May I add being black doesn’t grant you permission to KILL other people even if he did get proven “innocent” do you realize the big red target other people will have on him?!? So he will most likely not get set free from this (my opinion)

@heypistolero 5 ай бұрын

@@ethand8621 Yes it does. They can do anything they want

@patriciaburkell8024 3 ай бұрын

Cult of perpetual victimhood...

@Can.i.get.a.whoa.bundy01 5 ай бұрын

First off that poor man shot in self-defense. The sheriff kicked the old “I smell weed“ excuse to try to search the car. That man was recording the whole time, and refused To allow sheriffs To search his heart. He just left his grandmother’s house and try to drag him out of the car and That’s when he finally shot in self-defense. That is nowhere remotely premeditated murder! when you have. 50,000 Volts going to your body from a taser, you’re gonna do whatever you can to stop that pain. These cups are off the hook with their abuse of authority especially especially women. She is the one that lied about smelling weed. It wasn’t even a felony car stop, and using tasers when somebody who’s already handicapped is just disgusted. With all due respect that sheriff brought that shooting on himself. He just can’t start electrocuted people that don’t wanna get out of the car . if I was ever on jury duty when that maze trial, I would not convict, it would be either be hung jury or an acquittal.

@DarkPassenger 5 ай бұрын

Oh, is that what happened you criminal bootlicker? He's getting the DP now, and his family going to jail too.

@pegbars 5 ай бұрын

A taser isn't electrocution. It stuns. 50 kV, but at very low current; on the order of 3.5 milliamps... a 15 kV neon sign transformer is more dangerous. And that "poor man" was a felon in possession of a firearm, something he wasn't supposed to have in the first place. Besides, what did he have to fear by getting out of the car? We all know the answer.

@dougtinsley1320 5 ай бұрын

@@pegbars He crossed the center line several times so the stop wasn't unlawful or harassment. Whether he had pot or not doesn't matter because as it turned out he was a Felon with a Firearm. Don't you think that's why he wouldn't get out when only one woman was there calling him Kenny and Brother. If you're saying that felons driving recklessly and carrying a gun is acceptable that would go a long way towards describing the root cause of crime in America. He traded 2 lives for a jail term.

@CarlosRomero-vy4xe 5 ай бұрын

You are a real idiot! Probably a felon yourself. Disrespectful punk

@billkennedy9234 5 ай бұрын

Your an idiot

@timothykelley832 5 ай бұрын

Looks like self defense

@user-jf8oc3ri2q 5 ай бұрын

Lol. Talk about begging

@pegbars 5 ай бұрын

Looks like a felon in possession of a firearm.

@mclovinlife4018 5 ай бұрын

He was a felon with a firearm you dunce. Looks like a culture of people that play the victim and pull out the race card to try to not be held accountable for breaking the law

@joeybushmen 5 ай бұрын

Actually he looks like a ghetto version of Lenny from Of Mice and Men.