At only 14 years old, Davontae Sanford's life changed forever when four people were shot next to his home. The September 2007 case became known as the "Runyon Street Slayings." More: bit.ly/2Ck4k6N
No he shouldn’t have. They got the right man originally. This news report is the true atrocity, terribly biased reporting. He has been conclusively linked to the murder through DNA analysis. Blood found on 14-year-old Davontae Sanford’s shoes after a 2007 quadruple homicide was retested last month, and it matched one of the victims, Deangelo McNoriell, city attorneys claimed in recent federal court filings in a lawsuit over his disputed murder conviction.
@@north-shoregcs3894 who gives af he still time for a crimehe didnt commit and had to go threw getting his ass beat at 14 , teased etc. In a jail full of grown men
@@mikefisco1447 they forced a fake confession out of him and the detective drew the bodies on the picture that he supposedly drew. your beyond stupid if you think "they're" just supporting the legal system.
We all come from God and God is pure goodness. Theres good in all of us. When this man does leave this world, at least he can remember something he did that was right and life changing for others. Yet it still dont change his killing spree. Its still never too late to change and get it right with God.
@@SpiritualLifeCoach43 No..I do not believe in your "god" do not bring people into this who don't want to be involved. You can believe in whatever you want don't push your beliefs onto others.
They are getting what’s coming to them. They are being sued and they will probably go to jail for the false evidence. They violated his civil rights under the 14th amendment.
@@courtneesdad Thank goodness. Those “cops” are honestly the worst type of people. I don’t think any punishment is enough, but this is better than nothing.
I bet you can't believe it you're probably White the same race of people that complain and say black folks are playing crying and complaining when they protest about innocent life being snatched from young black men are the same people that stormed the capital because they're f****** president didn't get elected
@@courtneesdad any update? They probably got off with desk duty and I’m sure they served no time in jail. Cops never do but nice blue flag to help their ego.
@Branden Lee do you own research ya fuckin idiot, or watch almost EVERY interrogation video. "We know you were there" "you know more" "your buddy is telling us the truth in the other room man, you better tell us"
@Branden Lee You're being a dumbass. You make moronic comments showing how stupid you are, that much is obvious. And you are too much of a coward to even reply to those here calling you out. You've shown yourself to be nothing more than a pathetic man-child. Police can lie to you with impunity, it is shown time and time again.
"Is there hatred in ur heart Davontae?" "No. That 9 yrs could've been 20 yrs. That 9 yrs could've been 39 yrs." Omg. IMAGINE being GRATEFUL that ur wrongful conviction wasn't longer. BLESS HIS HEART.
Oh don't you worry God has and will take care of him he has a throne seeing him in heaven and these men who have caused this all of which will sit and burn and no pain in which we have no knowledge or comprehension because it is beyond our ability to perceive and they will never ever ever have any form of existence other than the paralyzing everlasting state of torment they will sit in in the lake of fire for the rest of time fuck em
There should be hatred cause it could have been 16 days not 9 years.... He needs to get angry and make them pay for what they did not just for him but to basically put a tax on the corrupt system that stole 9 years that should have been 16 days... He's not doing anything to stop it from happening again by saying it's ok I don't hate them
He should be locked up. He put him their for something he never did. They do this a lot it seems. Lazy police. If your face don’t fit or they need a conviction. Let’s hope your not in their vicinity
@@SpiritualLifeCoach43 god believers are so such morons. In another comment you said a man can be saved by believing in Jesus Christ not your saying god will have his vengence.
IMMEDIATELY I have one question: Where does a half blind, special education teen in pajamas get an AK-47? They didn't even have the weapon. Damn shame.
Godstrumpet2010 He had one eye for Gods sake. Time he'll never get back id sue and sue for at least 9 years too. I might even sue them again after they settle
I agree. Also, in his “confession”, he said him and his friends were all shooting different guns but yet it was only one gun that killed those 4 people. An AK 47. That was the cops first mistake. Second, did the cops never test his hands for gun residue? And third, if his statement claimed that it was him and his friends, how come the cops never interviewed those friends or even questioned him more about the friends? This whole case makes me so angry with the crappy police work or lack there of.
@@taken4ever52309 I wish we could believe it was just shotty police work. But at this point, with what is being revealed, there was certainly an agenda behind this kid's conviction. And what kind of jury...
No investigation of evidence in a guilty plea. About 90% of children born out of lust are as doomed. Soon as "Granny" said take him, he was doomed. Doomed to a System that is only successful as a result of the ignorance of too many Functionally Illiterate Souls.
Sounds like they owe him 1 million for EVERY year he did in prison when actually innocent. And $10 million for EACH year he did in prison as a minor. They owe him about $45 million dollars.
@@gowtham12349 THAT'S A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT! THEY ROBBED THAT BABY OF NEARLY A DECADE OF HIS LIFE! NOT TO MENTION THE TRAUMA & PTSD HE ENDURED OF THE YEARS! THEY FU CKED HIM OVER IN THE BEGINNING & IN THE END! APPALLING! 😡🤬😡🤬
He got snitched on and identified by a survivor of one of his hits. Cops swarmed his house and arrested Him He didnt just walk into the police station and give up lol
@@MoneyBoyCJ or bih prob demanded that child support $ and since he didn't find money after the murder he turned himself in to avoid that cash payment.
Tricked child into admitting a crime he didn't do. No adult was there with the child. Camera turned off most of the time. Took 9 years off the kid. NO ONE WAS PUNISHED FOR THIS. NO ONE.
@Tili D it is disgusting and sadly very typical of how the military and police (and the government, really) handle these types of situations. They'd rather not admit to any wrong doing, to pertain their image of grandeur and just knowingly let an innocent pay the price with no remorse. I hope he gets millions of dollars from the civil case.
His confession should have been inadmissible on account of he was underage being interrogated by cops. Sadly it happens more than people think, and there's tons of people sitting behind bars innocent, some of them are on death row.
they did, but youre so fucking lazy that you didnt bother to google it. Sgt. Russels and Chief Tolbert were the responding and arresting officers. Ultimately it comes down to Tolbert because he is the highest rank involved. Take two minutes to verify next time before you make a bullshit claim like everyone else here on youtube
Third of all, you know it’s a damn shame when a freaking hitman, a murderer, has more integrity than the so-called police who are supposed to have integrity!
@@graeson8 Gifted students have the same support IEP as students that have disabilities so that isn’t true.. Many students classified as “special ed” have no diagnosable disabilities and just simply aren’t suited for the nature of the school system so they’re all assigned a school staff member that monitors and helps them.
Not even adults should speak to police without a lawyer.There's a saying: If youre guilty, you need a lawyer. If youre innocent, you REALLY need a lawyer
@@Ayyshaddy His mom should have never let him leave the house knowing he was going to a crime scene. And then she allowed him to be interviewed by himself.
I have a 14 year old with learning disabilities. I would've never let a police officer interrogate my 14 year old Son! Because he doesn't know what he's talking about.
@tan j maz I don't think they would have been able to ordinarily but his foolish mom signed a paper saying that the police could take him and question him without her presence
@tan j maz exactly! Why was he outside shivering? And gave permission for interrogation. I don't think she gave a damn about her son. She probably needed a break.
@tan j maz dealing with my Son is hard. He just started puberty and he gets to the point where he just doesn't want to listen to any one. For what I have to deal with my Son is when he decides to go outside without my permission, I drag him back in. I don't live in a safe area. My Son is my responsibility not anyone else's. Most people believes when their kids are outside other people watches them. Anyways, kids with special needs are easy to manipulate and be taken advantage of. And this video was proof.
I knew i wasn't the only one wondering why this mother would sign for her special needs child to be taken to the police station to be questioned alone. This really disturbed me! Secondly, she told him not to go and see what was going on... he went anyway and she let's him go. The interviewer never put her on blast as to why she would let this happen. Its possible she may have a mental disability as well. He says he doesn't have hate in his heart for what happened...but i believe he says that, because if he did he would have to hate his mother for allowing this to happen in the first place.....this could have been clearly avoided if she had went with him.
Kevin C Are you serious? You’re telling me if someone completely accurately told you details of a murder, and even drew out a photo of the murder scene that was the same as the actual murder scene, that you wouldn’t think they did the murder? Come on now.
@@sodastunts2820 You didn't watch the whole thing did you? The kid did not draw the murder scene the cop did. The cop drew house and instructed the 14 year old special needs kid on where to draw the bodies. He didn't accurately describe the murder either the cops forced a false confession that did not hold up to the actual evidence. With all that you would think they did nothing wrong.
A cop pulling you over because a tail light is out is different then walking into a police station and confessing to a murder you didn't do for no reason.
@@sodastunts2820 1st the kid didn't draw out the murder scene the cop did. 2nd the kid didn't have the details right, he said he used a handgun, not an ak47. 3rd the kid said he didn't do it, but the cops continued to drill him till he just told them what they wanted to hear. You really need to pay attention to detail.
I don't agree with the cops methods... But umm if someone is saying they just killed 4 people and there's 4 people dead around where the person was, I would be just a little suspicious that it might be true.
Jason Something I would say my comment was more so directed towards their behavior and actions when the real killer was revealed. Hiding the truth due to embarrassment that they convicted the wrong person? That wasn’t right
They got me myself and i already in jail lol just a poor kid alone justice if blind and a lie in this case. Feel sorry for them trusting a cop with no morals.
the simple answer? cause they knew that boy was innocent...and they didnt care about bothering to keep up the charade of looking for anyone else. They got what they felt they needed...someone to put in a cell for that particular crime. And to be honest..I dont believe they did it cause they hated the young man...or wanted to hurt a black man or boy or whatver you wanna say. Thats what makes it even more terrible. The only reason it was a young black man...is because its easiest to railroad black ppl in this country. over the course of hundreds of years the system has made it easy. back when they were no more than livestock...it made it easy...when they got their emancipation....but were still only 3/5ths of a person the system made it easy. When the government walked away from any and all enforcment of rights in the south...that was the system making it easy. Even as the Civil rights act passed....the system showed it was still easy. Afterall all those monuments that sprung up on so many southern courthouse lawns...were showing the proof of it to the black citizens of this country. even when the firsy black president was elected...the system still showed how easy it was to keep them down...afterall what happened to the Fox news network even when they demonized Obama. They grew more powerful. And to this day....all they have to do is look to washington DC to see a perfect example of the system showing them they are still not equal. The man who almost single handedly lead the charge to "reveal" the Kenyan citizenship of Obama...the man who said that even if Obama went to harvard he demands to see his grades cause there is no way..he was smart enough to graduate from there legitimatly. had to be a fix..afterall...balck people just arent that smart. Not like those of us who are the white elite privilaged few. And there...sitting at 1600 penselvania ave...what was the judgment of the system on Donald Trump? A man who said he didnt care if DNA proved the "central park five" were innocent they shouldnt be released casue he was sure "They did something" Surely the great and all powerful system, would pass terrible horrible judgment upon such a man. Oh..no..thats right the system rewarded that man with the position of the most powerful man on earth. Hmmm...funny, I just cant see why black men in this country wouldnt trust the system that rewards that man..men like that man with wealth and power. I just dont geet why they wouldnt have the same blind faith I have in the system to look out for them...and have their best interests in mind. Of course im being sarcastic.... The systems and Power structures that are in place all over America cater to men like those...look out for men like those. Im not saying there arent any white ppl who suffer at the hands of those systems...but when they do...its usualy because of a case of slipping thru the cracks..or its class issue. cause thats one thing that seems to be more of a great equalizer than anything...thats poverty. Ive experianced it..and I used to say the very things...Well if whites get all the advanatges and have all this privilage..why do I have so much shit thats happened to me? And I can follow it back..to being poor, and having a so called "attitude" with authority. cause just standing up for my rights...not allowing myself to be abused without protest...basic things caused me to feel the wrath of those "bad apples" in the police force. But then I started to realize something..once I allowed myself to see them. The difference is...if I go home...put on that shirt I wear when I do interviews...and wear those nice khaki pants i got. Get my hair trimmed up and my goetee nice and clean looking. Then at the very least..I can pass thru any area I want. I can walk the mall freely and not be followed. I can goto the gated community across town and walk door to door..when confronted I just hand a phamplet saying something about Jesus and Im good. Now..does anyone think I could do that if I were a black man my age. even if I were dressed the same, hell dressed better suit jacket and tie. Nope. thats systemic racism. Its not that one neighbor that see you out there and gets scared...its not the 911 operator that hears young black male and forgets to pass on how the caller said they didnt think he was doing anything illegal...just that it seems "odd" its not even the cop..who shows up with sirens and lights jumps out gun drawn and screaming commands half coherantly. its not the other officers that repeated beat you while screaming "stop resisting" or the court system, that does it best to try to intimidate you into takeing a guilty plea to avoid all the years and years from the 5 to 10 felonies they have you charged with.Not the judge, or the jury who sends an innocent man to prison. None of them alone did that. or could do that. But when you take all of them together..the system they are all a part of..a system that knowingly allows things to be fudged...cops to be allowed to leave the scene of a deadly shooting untested for booze or drugs...gives them days to talk with their pals to get their story straight...all of that is the system. So stop it..Damn it to hell..stop it! We should be outraged BY THEM!!! By injustice we should scream and gnash our teeth in anger over the ruined lives. But we dont...and damn if Im not starting to think we never will.
Wow!!! it should be that they should never ever question anybody alone! Watch out for the cops they will ruin your life if they think you’re a bad person because they deal with so much crap they feel like everybody that goes through that system is crap! There is no innocent until proven guilty in their eyes.... they like to play the law the order and the judge!!!! The sad part is the judges believe these guys! For every good cop there’s too many bad ones out there! Liars!!!!! Evil!! I know for a fact that God exists therefore I know a lot of them are riding in hell!!! 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽💯❤️❤️💯Vengeance is mine, sayers the Lord!! Enjoy your eternity pigs!!!
Blood found on 14-year-old Davontae Sanford’s shoes after a 2007 quadruple homicide was retested last month, and it matched one of the victims, Deangelo McNoriell, city attorneys claimed in recent federal court filings in a lawsuit over his disputed murder conviction.
@@north-shoregcs3894 Lmao, i'm positive that blood Mysteriously was found all of a sudden, Cops done this before, to avoid paying people money for wrong imprisonment
@@north-shoregcs3894 Wow, you must be really naive!!! I don't want to insult you, so I'll keep for myself opinion about your intelligence. Nevertheless, being so out of reality is sad, extremely sad. And worrying...
Because in America a black persons life doesn’t matter. 🤷🏾♀️just another n word off the streets. I can only imagine the conversation held behind closed doors.
Agreed. Imo officers who are dirty should have much harsher penalties then regular citizens. If you have a shield and badge, and use those items to destroy innocent people's lives, you should be 100% liable and do 200% of the time. This story really upsets me, I have an autistic nephew. I look at it from the standpoint of, this could have happened to my nephew. There is NO excuse good enough to justify these officers actions. Especially because they knew 16 days after he was arrested that he didn't do it, yet they let him sit and rot in there....sick cowards if you ask me...
You Americans should adjust your justice system and hiring of officers, do background checks or something like that and propper training. These things are horrible! In my country a kid under 23 goes to a 'special' prison for ages between 12-23 and is NEVER tried as an adult like they do in America.. We also rehabilitate people that have been in prison.. I see these things happen so often in America it's horrible and i don't get why nothing changes about your justice system
I think it's got a lot to do with how local law enforcement is recruited and paid for. Take the Steve Avery case, the original miscarriage of justice would have cost the local community millions in compensation. That means local cops might have cost local people a lot of money . Then there's the fact that being sheriff is a question of election and you have a perfect storm.
No they got the right man. Do some research. This news report is the true atrocity, terribly biased reporting. He has been conclusively linked to the murder through DNA analysis. Blood found on 14-year-old Davontae Sanford’s shoes after a 2007 quadruple homicide was retested last month, and it matched one of the victims, Deangelo McNoriell, city attorneys claimed in recent federal court filings in a lawsuit over his disputed murder conviction.
@@north-shoregcs3894 Actually that wasn't substantial evidence considering that the blood dna belongs to an unknown individual. And some people hypothesized that it belonged to one the victims. And because of that they can't pursue any legal action and he remains innocent. Therefore, there is no proof that he was involved in the crime.
@@north-shoregcs3894 even if they retested the evidence and it was conclusive that it came from one of the victims, you can't be tried twice for the same crime (double jeopardy clause). Plus, the person who killed them quite literally gave detectives pinpoint accurate details. Even if he could be tried twice there is no evidence proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt so he would remain innocent and free
The first time it happened was already *ONE TIME TOO MANY* & it breaks my heart to see this young man have almost *HALF* of his life stolen by the world's *BIGGEST GANG* called the *police* & maybe it's because I'm a mother myself that it angers me even more!!! What *TRULY ANGERS ME TO NO END IS* the fact that they're so heartless that they won't apologize for such a massive *fuck up* AND SO because of that, I truly hope they have nightmares about this until their very last & dying breath!!!! 😒💔😢😲😠😠😈
I'll change my name again in 30 days. The kid should have stayed in his house and minded his business.....and not make up a lie and tell the police he did it, what did he expect would happened
Definitely NOT. Those kids committed actual crimes, just not all of the ones the media painted them with. I know some documentaries just took it the other direction with their lies acting like they were falsely convicted angels. Simply not true.
@@sosachamberlin They were picked up for crimes related to the riots and vandalism of that day before police even knew anyone was raped. Actually they were also the ones who alerted to police to the rape even.
@@ztrees4024 did you read the story ?? did you watch the movie ?? if i remember there wasn’t no vandalism it was just a big group of them walking the park
I agree my son also has a learning disability. I would be horrible police to that to him. I just glad that poor boy is still young enough to have a life. It will haunt him he might need counseling after this. 😭
I would not stop fighting until my baby got justice. They took away time he can never get back and life in prison is hard especially for a special need kid.
Not all police are like this, only some. The media ALWAYS shows police like this, they never show the good ones that actually save lots of lives. Granted, those bad types of cops deserve to be fired and arrested for, let's see, wrongfully convicting someone, brutality, etc. But that's ok, just don't call the cops when you're in a situation like this if you don't like them. Just gonna wait here for all the replies thrown at me for saying all the above, I just know it.
@@skully9639 I see it the exact opposite way: media shows a small sliver of the corruption going on. These cases result from failures in how they conduct themselves; if they screwed up this conviction, how many people with the same training have done the same? The interrogation method here ("We KNOW you did it") is standard to so many interrogation approaches. Save yourself from the three thousand other times you'll have to say "not all of them are like this" in your life, and look at the broader structure that incentivizes cops to act this way whether they start off there or not. It's a culture that is hard to break from.
@@alexanderdickens2517 Thank you for replying. Instead of insulting me or anything like that, what you said was clear and simple. Well, that's the way I see it. Me personally, (a Latino) have never been falsely accused, unfortunately like like this kid. All the cops I have encountered have been all but corrupt, the worst I've gotten being close to corrupt was when I got a high fine for "using turn signals too late". Have a good day/night.
Intelligent fools did this innocent baby like that...of course he saw the crime scene.He went over to see what happened and probably got there before police...talking about only the killer would know...no...it's called eye witnesses/bystanders and concerned and nosey neighbors...I'm no detective here.
My nephew has special needs and you can make him agree to anything that’s exciting to him . When watching tv he actually becomes the character that’s playing the part .
How?? He literally admitted to murder when he knew he didn’t know anything about it. How stupid could you be to admit to something like that you didn’t even do
@@hansmoran1219 how is it either "stupid" or UNRELATED to ask how a 14 year old is put in jail with grown men? They're supposed to put them in with juveniles first.
@@VettaBoop teens can be charged as adults depending on the crime. In instances of a teen actually going on a murder spree, putting them in a maximum security prison is not at all outlandish. You're welcome for the answer.
And to think of all the peoples who have died in prison or were lucky enough to complete sentences or peoples who are still rotting in prison for crimes that they didn't commit. American Justice System is more often than not...a system of misjustice.
Papa Paul54 it’s a real thing dumbass and police depts with half a brain all test for it as it is a indicator of whether or not someone has used a firearm. So fuck off asshat
@Singer1234 singer it's so sad there is probably hundreds & thousands throughout world sitting innocent in prison. That is bad enough death row though wow. Who is that your talking about & if there is proof (which I'm assuming there is as you state it as fact) how is he still sitting there
@Singer1234 singer oh i recognise that name thanks i will look into it. Agreed even if a person is guilty of somethings & maybe even a bad person themself if they didn't do the murder or wasn't involved in anyway then he shouldn't be put to death for it. To think if he is innocent it could actually have been to late for him if he didn't get a stay, i can't imagine how his family feel. I wonder if the police officer has any guilt in him not only for the wife but a guy getting put to death for something you done but just afraid to speak up now. It would eat me alive knowing i was doing that to someone, i don't think i could hide it. I'm sure now kim etc if on his case it will be high profile & it will all get sorted out. Unfortunately the time away & nearly getting put to death mentally that can never be given back to him.
@Singer1234 singer yes because even if they feel guilty they are to cowardly to take accountability & face the consequences. Thank goodness the man is still alive to fight his case or that would've been another life taken because of that man.
“How does something like this happen?” I’ll tell you. They system makes you admit through faulty “confessions”. They interrogate these people who have little knowledge of the power of verbal statements. They want to pin you as the guilty person every time when they have no real evidence to go off of.
The egregious part is they have a confession by the hitman and the murder weapon and decide not to charge the hitman with the crime, instead leaving a 14 year old to rot in prison.
Apparently you didn't read the headline: he was wrongfully convicted? Innocent! Didn't commit a crime! To make matters worse the police engages in a lot of illegal activities. This is not too complex to process right?
"they just didn't want to damage their reputation" YEP THIS RIGHT HERE! unbelievable they would let some 14yo who (by their own words) has a mental disability / learning disabilities .. but they'd rather let this kid ROT in jail .. starting at 14!! WTF! rather than free him in the name of justice. Hell they were so wrapped up in worrying they would look incompetent, they could've just pushed the narrative that the kid knew too much when he confessed and they got the wrong guy.. shit happens!? could've said that and prevented alllll of this b.s.
@@shiannemcneil1107 Justifying corrupt police work, i see. "He shouldn't have been out there". I'm guess black people aren't allowed to go outside even.
@@monkeychromosome when you take a 14 year old boy into interrogation and cut the camera on after a whole statement was given and written down something is up. Ive been interrogated before and soon as i was put in the room mics on camera rolling, so they can catch you saying something incriminating even if they leave the room
My exact thought.There was definitely an element of neglect from the parents/guardians!Who let’s a 14 yr old (let alone a special Ed one) go to the police station withouut being accompanied?
This is why so many people hate cops....and who could blame them...my blood boils every time I see or hear about cops doing bad to people....they can't be trusted at all...most of them are evil worse than the mafia...they are the mafia and will burn in hell
Detroit Police Deputy Chief James Tolbert and prosecutor Kym Worthy are both black so... www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/06/09/kym-worthy-defends-waiting-years-release-innocent-davontae-sanford/85656202/ nvcopblock.org/3076/cops-lies-sent-14-year-old-prison-9-years-even-though-real-killer-confessed-weeks-sentencing/
Kris Harris and that changes the bias how? You act as if being the same race is the only factor in bias, the police force has an implicit bias towards minorities regardless of their own race.
@@Skynettt007 I am only pointing out that I doubt it was because he was black. Unless you are suggesting blacks have bias about blacks? Either way it was a tragedy I obviously I think this kid was railroaded. Cops not doing their jobs is what it was.
Kris Harris unfortunately, it’s true. i’m dominican, and many older dominicans are racist and have biased against hatians. we are literally the exact same people on the exact same island. it’s a shame
@@monkeychromosome may I seriously ask why you said that? I mean if you were just wondering out loud I am fine with that.. if you were making a joke...to try to make light of something sooo terrible that sometimes all we can do is mock it so as to not scream over it. I can even fully admit I have done that. But if you asked that, as if offering up a serious argument...I need to know.
This is heartbreaking, and so many adults failed him. His family/support system and the Detroit PD who arrested him, his public defender or bullshit attorney, and the DA who prosecuted him all failed him. His momma got married during his time in prison. His childhood was taken away. I wish him nothing but the best.
