NJ Authorities Refuse to Explain Why Carl Dorsey was Under Arrest and Why a Video Shows a Plainclothes Cop Jump Out an Unmarked Van, Shoot Him to Death and Fail to Provide Med Assistance

From [HERE] Surveillance footage has revealed the moment a plainclothes Newark cop in an unmarked police car shot dead an unarmed black man on New Year's Day. 

Carl Dorsey III, 39, died in the early hours of January 1 after being shot by Newark Police Detective Rod Simpkins near Woodlawn Avenue and South 11th Street in Newark.

Officers, including Simpkins, had reportedly arrived on the scene after hearing gunshots fired in the area. 

Private security camera video confiscated by the police was released by New Jersey's attorney general Thursday shows Dorsey running across the street as an unmarked van appears in the frame and comes to a screeching halt. A detective Simpkins quickly exits the sliding door of the van and then he appears to intentionally run into Dorsey in order to stop or slow him down.

After the detective collides with Dorsey he turns and shoots Dorsey dead. Dorsey falls to the ground, where he is no longer visible between the cars. It is not clear how many times Simpkins discharged his weapon or how many bullets struck Dorsey.   

The officer gets to his feet and walks toward Dorsey as two more officers emerge from the car.

Four more officers then run on screen from farther back up the street passing the area of the shooting and heading down the street.

Simpkins is still standing over Dorsey on the ground.  He then walks away in the direction of the other officers. 

They all disappear off screen before someone walks back up the sidewalk and appears to bend down toward the victim. 

A group of officers also walk back and gather around where the man is lying on the ground. 

During the 1 minute 46 second footage, no one is seen administering medical assistance. 

Nevertheless, Authorities claim that at some point officers provided medical aid to Dorsey before he was transported to University Hospital in Newark, where he was pronounced dead at 1:37 a.m. 

The video is the only footage so far found of the incident. There is no dashcam or bodycam footage from the incident because the police claim no video exists and New Jersey state law does not require plainclothes officers to use them.

The state Attorney General's Office, which is investigating the fatal shooting, said no weapon was recovered from Dorsey or from the immediate area. 

It has also emerged that Simpkins, an 18-year veteran of the Newark force, was named in a 2009 lawsuit claiming he and other plainclothes cops pulled over a black football coach and two children, pointed guns at them, and told them 'you have no f**king rights'

It's not clear from court documents or from the AG's report what Simpkins race is, and authorities have not released his photo. He appears to be white.

"After reviewing the video from the Jan. 1 police shooting incident, I found it to be tragic, disturbing, yet incomplete," Mayor Ras Baraka said Thursday.

"While the Attorney General's Office is conducting an ongoing investigation, we are asking the public's help to fill in some gaps," the mayor continued. [what kind of gaps? All the people involved crept out of the unmarked police van and all were employed by the City of Newark. How moronic.]

Protesters have called for Simpkins to face charges for the unarmed man's death. 

Authorities previously said two firearms were recovered at the scene and that shots had been heard in the area prior to the police-involved shooting. 

Another man - Jamar Murphy - was arrested in the area around the time of Dorsey's killing, according to court documents obtained by NJ.com. Besides the fact that both are Black the two incidents appear to have no connection but the dependent media keeps parroting said information.

The documents say Jamar Murphy was found in possession of a gun and was arrested at the scene on weapons charges. 

The criminal complaint in the Murphy case says police were patrolling Avon Avenue, about a block from Woodlawn Avenue, when they heard gunfire and headed in its direction to the area of South 11th Street and Woodland Avenue.

It says officers arrived to see 'numerous individuals gathering in the area, and saw numerous muzzle flashes'.

'As the officers arrived, all the individuals attempted to flee the area,' it says.

An officer says in the complaint that he saw Murphy with a gun and identified himself as police, but that Murphy fled and got rid of the weapon.  

But Murphy's attorney Robert DeGroot denies he was armed and says the charges are 'an attempt to create a diversion and subterfuge to cover the senseless and reckless killing of an unarmed citizen'. 

Earlier this month, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey commended the Newark Police Department, which saw a 30 percent drop in the number of shooting victims citywide between 2017 and 2018. In 2019, the number of shooting victims and shooting incidents declined another 39 percent, with the number of murders reaching its lowest level in nearly six decades. [MORE]