I have to give you this context before the video.

From the Colorado Sun:

An Aurora police officer who shot and killed a 37-year-old [b]lack man during a traffic stop last year, a case that drew significant public attention, was indicted on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges, court records show.

Matthew Neely, 54, shot and killed Rajon Belt-Stubblefield, 37, Aug. 30 near East 6th Avenue and Billings Street. The case was referred to a grand jury earlier this year.

Officer Neely "attempted to pull [Belt-Stubblefield] over during a traffic stop," after which the black man kept driving before he crashed into two other vehicles.

Shortly after the 2025 incident, Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain "defended Neely's actions and blamed Belt-Stubblefield for escalating the situation."

Now the body cam footage has been released — and we can see why Chamberlain felt so confident in sticking up for his officer.

Here's the footage:

[Warning: Strong Language, Violence]

Multiple bystanders took video as well:

(Even clearer traffic cam footage can be seen here.)

I think most of our readers can see pretty clearly what happened here, but let's do the rundown anyway:

• The suspect fled the scene of a traffic stop before crashing into two vehicles, demonstrating dangerous, erratic behavior.

• The suspect tossed a firearm out of his vehicle into the grass.

• The suspect ignored multiple clear verbal warnings from the officer, including to stay in the vehicle, to show his hands, to keep his hands up, and to get on the ground, the lattermost which the cop told him to do multiple times.

• The suspect knocked Officer Neely onto the sidewalk while resisting arrest, then approached the gun he had tossed into the grass. The officer clearly told him to stay away from the gun.

• The suspect then told his son to "get that sh**" while motioning to where the gun was.

• The suspect approached the police officer in a fighting stance, clearly preparing himself to strike the officer with his fists and repeatedly asking the cop: "You ready for this?!"

Note the classic "picking" behavior the perp was exhibiting. Many people will play with their clothing moments before lashing out with fists, and recognizing this pattern is taught in self-defense classes.👇

While this was all happening, the cop - who had just been shoved to the ground moments before - was surrounded by potential hostiles, but still managed to keep his calm:

This is a textbook definition of a justified shooting.

It's mildly incredible to think that anyone could charge this officer with anything in this incident, let alone murder. But the grand jury indictment, filed in Arapahoe County on July 24, does just that.

The grand jury claimed the following:

1. That the suspect "began to walk away" from the officer. 🤡

2. The suspect's son told both the suspect and the police officer to "chill" (apparently police officers are supposed to put their guns down if you tell them this). 🥴

3. The officer did not use pepper spray (he believed that doing so would incapacitate himself as well as the suspect). 😵

4. The officer never told the suspect that he was under arrest (gee, I wonder why he didn't yell "You're under arrest!" at a guy trying to violently assault him?) 😵‍💫

5. The officer stepped into traffic while backing away from the suspect who was preparing to punch him in the face. 🤔

6. The suspect "never verbally threatened to harm" the officer (he just physically threatened to harm him, but okay!). 🤡

This is the kind of tortuous indictment that can only come out of far-left, deep-blue clown world.

The Sun reports that Neely "turned himself in to authorities over the weekend after an arrest warrant was issued Friday" and was released after posting $200,000. He's expected back in court on August 17.

We'll let you know if there is a fund set up for him to defend himself.

Should cops just walk away and let these woke cities burn to the ground?