Black militia leader: Media blew gunfire at Louisville march out of proportion – By Sarah Ladd & Ben Tobin (Louisville Courier Journal) / July 27 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The leader of the Black militia that marched in Louisville on Saturday said the accidental discharge that hit three people before the group’s march happened because a group member dropped his weapon after passing out from the heat.
John “Grandmaster Jay” Johnson, the leader of the NFAC (Not F***ing Around Coalition), said in a video published Sunday that certain media outlets blew the incident out of proportion and that “nobody shot anybody.”
Police also have declined to say what type of gun was used, though Johnson said in his Sunday video it was an older shotgun that did not have a safety feature. It went off, according to Johnson, when its holder passed out from the heat and dropped it — thus spreading the buckshot that injured three people. According to the National Weather Service, Saturday had a high of 94 degrees.
“One person got hit in the leg, one dude got hit right here in the shoulder, the other girl got hit in the arm,” Johnson said. “That’s it. Nobody got shot.”
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