‘Did Not Want to Do That!’: Florida Deputy Breaks Down Crying After Shooting and Killing Black Man Who Had Called Them for Help In Removing Problem Tenant, Video Shows

Once again, a Black citizen called the police for help, only for the police to show up and kill him. This time, it was Elroy Clarke, a 42-year-old Black man who had called the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office in Florida for help removing a tenant who was acting disorderly. Elroy Clarke called sheriff’s deputies for help but ended up shot and killed. (Photos: Facebook and body camera footage) But the deputies showed up and attempted to arrest Clarke over a misdemeanor trespassing warrant stemming from an incident over the summer where he said he was attacked by a deputy after walking into a sheriff’s office building to discuss a previous case pertaining to him. Online court records state that Clarke was transported to a local hospital that day, where he was arrested for trespassing. He then failed to show up in court, which led to the warrant being issued. But on Oct. 23, Clarke called deputies for help in removing a tenant from his home, which is valued at $1.6 million and contains 11 rooms, according to the Charlotte County Property Appraiser website. Clarke was the owner of several businesses including a real estate company called Clarke International Real Estate...