It may happen when the person is a white child they've done this too. Black boys and men are dispensable to our core structure. I say this wanting these officers and prosecutors (black too) to be terminated, arrested, and imprisoned.
The fact he had to speak up and THANK A HITMAN FOR DOING THE COP'S JOB in helping convict the right person is the most depressing thing I've heard in a long time. A literal killer is currently doing a better job than law enforcement in that case. Wow.
The fact that he's speaking out is awesome but I'm praying for him cause they sending a hit his way again and soon. Police are the biggest criminals it's time to teach them a lesson.
@@AverageCurt “what assumptions” uhh? I mean you definitely didn’t just try to write some fictional story that she was praying for him to die before he gets out😂 she never said that means u assumed it bid
@@Andy-yt9cd these same people are the same people that have no mercy before knowing the person is actually guilty. They see a man in a orange jumper(or whatever color) who was accused of a crime and slander him immediately. Why are you laughing why is this funny.....
@@notagain79 yeah, but how many times the cop just pin it on any nga on the street just to cover their ahh. Dude stepped up and admitted to it, that man still could've been behind bars. The cops didn't protect him, dude was honest, and now he can live his life... All I'm saying.
Michigan has an extensive history of incarcerating innocent black males: Mubarez Ahmed, Quentin Carter, Davonte Sanford are a few of at least 15 I have read about in the last 20 years. Michigan is a racist and ignorant state outside of Lansing and Ann Arbor. Two college towns with more educated populations!
The fact that the real criminal confessed within months but it took 9 years for his vindication is an even bigger tragedy that his conviction. Unfortunately we live in a society that treats cops as perfectly honest people, beyond reproach far more than is humanly possible. When the system benefits conviction over truth then anyone can find themselves convicted of a crime they didn't commit. Never talk to the police, ever, unless you have a top lawyer present and only then, only say what he advises. Never trust an assigned public defender.
what’s crazy is how people find it weird that some have a distaste for law enforcement. It’s easy for people to get framed for stuff they didn’t do & literally never seek justice for it .
They thought they could throw yet another innocent black man into the system and no one would question it. After George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Eric Garner that alone should be enough to never take a pig's word at face value. Especially when there's video footage and they STILL try to convince the people they didn't see what they just saw🙄
I remeber this. Even when the real murderer confessed Davontae still was not released. This was crazy and this type of sh*t is happening all over the country. It leaves something to be said when Devontae gave props to the murderer...
Well the fact that he didn't do it means there's no evidence or proof that he did do it so that also means there's no way the court proved beyond the reasonable doubt that he did this because they couldn't have because he didn't...
Indeed my husband is in prison for a crime he definitely didn't do this fuxxed up system kno just what they be doing its fuxxed up how they can take an innocent persons life I still kno that God sits high after these long 11 years
I just finished watching “Survivors Guide to Prison”. It’s shameful how American prisons are multibillion dollar entities that thrive off the backs of victims like this man. Police coercion, and prosecutorial misconduct are not considered crimes. This is just hideous.
This is heartbreaking. Poor man. I’m thankful that I don’t live in America. What a messed up justice system they have 🤬🤬 and to think he thanked the hitman!! Smh
@@wilts8965 That cops can get away with stunts like this and the state would turn a blind eye. Or at least they COULD, until social media put their racism on full blast.
This police and sheriffs are tyrants there are still many cases like his like for example the case of Pervis Payne he is innocent but still in prison for the rest of his life this people do need justice to be done now
7.5 mil isn’t enough. God protect him from leeches and vultures and allow him to heal & find some happiness 🤎 I respect his perspective of thanking & honoring the man who confessed
Leeches and vultures is right! He’s a nice guy with good intentions, and they are going to try to bleed him dry. He will be bankrupt in 2 years if he isn’t careful.
He won't get $7.5M. His lawyers will take a lot of it by recuperating costs that are over and above their take. The lawyers probably entered into a 30/70% (or a 40/60%) arrangement if they won, but then they start to claw back everything they spent. Like $50 for pens x 15, stamps for $5 x half a dozen, five minutes updating a file costs a full hour, and all kinds of silly costs they take out before they disburse the money to the client. It's all hidden in the fine print that they don't disclose to the client when they enter into the arrangement. Lawyers are slimy. Ask me how I know?
@@livinglavitavanlife7976 I'm going through a divorce and had to fax a statement to my attorney...she charged me 40 dollars for walking to her OWN fax machine!
@@justin4360 not necessarily I'm pretty sure those years in prison have affected him mentally but you know we never like to talk about that when it comes to black men
So what happened to the cops, and perhaps even the prosecutor knowingly pinning murders on someone that was innocent (They probably just cared about advancing their careers even if it meant doing it the wrong way)?
Settlement. Probably states the city, police, and prosecution are free from future litigation. Sign here nothing will change since this never happened we got off easy for 7.5 million.
Cops and prosecutors don't like to admit when their wrong. It absolutely blows my fkn mind that they would rather an innocent man do time for someone else's crime.
Same thing happened to the Central Park Five. They blamed children for something they didn't do and coerced them into false confessions. When they knew they had the wrong people, instead of releasing those innocent children, they said the children were part of it/knew the perpetrator so they were still guilty. Those cops haven't faced any consequences either, that I know of.
I hate seeing stories like this and it makes me sick that there are so many innocent people who have had their life taken away,for something they didn’t do.
@@wildfiregirl1556 They keep you in a small room with nothing to eat, you don't get any rest, the pigs take turn verbally assaulting you, since they can lie to you but you cannot to them they tell you they have evidence against you and I have heard they say things like, just sign the confession and you will get to go home. They do this for eight, ten, twelve hours or until they get what they want. They have you, they are not going to let you go until they get what they want. I heard of a case the pigs got four guys to confess to murder and they weren't even in the same state. Always ask for council and then don't say another word except continue to repeat that you want council. Don't use slang, speak in your best vocabulary so you are clear and shut up. If they continue to pressure you after asking for council, they are risking the validity of the evidence acquired.
@@wildfiregirl1556 I wish we wouldn't have to think about a situation like that but since that is the way the pigs operate here. In Europe it is illegal for the police to lie to you as well. Remember, ask for council and keep your trap shut. Don't even let them small talk you, once they do that it is a way to keep you talking. Don't be emotional or they will use that against you as well.
This is utterly disgusting, dude lost a got damn eye messing around with the most untrusted so call justice system. Those pigs need to be held accountable
Did he? It wasn't mentioned here, and his eye is already obviously damaged in his mugshot. *How bizarre, manipulative/misleading and exploitative for this cameraman, the producers and editor(s) of this report for continuously focusing on that eye, let alone **_zooming in on it. ESP if it is indeed completely unrelated._*
@@BLESSFUL-Bliss in the the mud shot I mean I’m agreeing with the original comment that he lost an eye because of those pigs and they need to be held accountable
Or hire protection, the fact that he wants his son to live a normal life. He is an amazing father, especially compared to the people he was brought up with, you have no idea
@@worldcure7883 he is better off moving from Chicago. There is just too much going on there. He should go someplace that I normally wouldn't recommend but like Florida or something so he can live out a peacefully life.
I don’t understand why all the people involved in his wrongful conviction don’t have to serve what he served as punishment. They need to be held accountable otherwise this is going to keep happening to innocent people.
I was locked up with bro at Thumbs correctional facility we was teenagers in prison. He went thru alotta bullshit being locked up for something he didn’t do. He always said he didn’t do that too and he always stuck with it. I’m glad smothers spoke up and helped bro. I hope badass take that 7.5 mill and double it to 15M!! You deserve that shit gang I was there when you first came in I seen it first hand.
My cousin is a CO at the prison Smothers is at. He said he's good inmate. They made a movie about him or something. Plenty of former inmates have channels on TH-cam, but they were guilty. It would be interesting to see a channel about the wrongfully convicted. There's a guy in Raleigh NC he should talk to first. He did 30 years for a murder he didnt commit because of lazy cops. They convicted him based on a drug dog they were trying to use as a cadaver dog. The dog didnt know what it was being asked so it sat and they took that as an alert. They finally overturned the conviction based on that and some other shady stuff RPD did.
😭Poor fella…he suffered that wrongful conviction at age 15! Imagine what he has been through in prison! That is not enough money! Thank goodness for the realm murderer coming forward. 🙏
Most def worth subscribing to this brother's Channel and watching his new found life unfold beautifully in front of him. Come on Devontae let's gooooooo‼️✊🏾
Bless his heart and strength to him. I trust he gets the bulk of that figure. The cops fail to realize when they falsely arrest innocent men because of race they leave the perpetrators out in the open to roam freely and commit more crimes.
We need to keep uncovering, seeing, and hearing these stories. These atrocities need to be exposed and the perpetrators need to face justice. Those who participate in these injustices against another human being should be sentenced to the same sentence of the person they target. If you knowingly falsely accuse or frame someone of murder, you serve life yourself. That is called justice!!!
Quick story or not so quick. My brother and I were in college and he was a Dean's list student who never got in trouble. I was the problem. LOL! My dad had fussed at my brother because he was moving slow and I had to get my car to the shop and he needed to get me to school. Dad told him that he better follow me. So you know siblings, I started moving. Jumped in the car and began speeding. He did the same thing. Outside of our subdivision while speeding, I saw this officer who always patrolled along that street. He was standing in this ditch area (more of a declined area). I said, "He got me!" But, he flagged me on and I said to myself oh, he's getting my brother. I was going to turn around but my brother didn't stop. So, when we got to the car shop, I asked my brother did the officer flag you on too? He said, I don't really know what he did but it was too late, I was pass him. That officer knew the home our cars belonged too. He went there and got my dad. He asked my dad if my brother's car was registered in his name. My dad said they had words because the officer told him he was going to arrest my brother for attempted murder of a peace officer. He said....he was standing at the edge of the road and moved slightly in front of my brother's car and my brother hit the gas trying to run him over causing him to jump into the ditch. It was totally fabricated. He sat outside our home and waited for my brother to pull up. Dad went out and they had words again. My dad told my brother don't say anything to him and he'll be there to get him out. The officer told my dad, "That won't happen until Monday! He will spend the weekend in jail because it's after hours for Own Recognizance (OR) or you'll lose $10k cash bailing him out. He took my brother and by the time he got him booked in my dad was there and a judge had ordered him OR. I thank God that I was more fortunate than some because my brother would've had his life and hard work turned upside down. My dad was able to get the charges dropped but, they followed my brother and almost cost him his career at Northrop Grumman. He or we were naive and didn't realize he needed to have those charges expunged. When he applied for the job, he was suppose to tell them he had been charged with attempted murder of a peace officer. If he had, he probably wouldn't have the job. That's the kind of stuff that can alter your life negatively. And, for what? I knew where he was standing. He was in the ditch with a radar gun waving. He waved me on and my brother was right behind me.
Absolutely right. If you lie, or just keep quiet, to take away someone else's freedom then you should get a proportion of the time they lost as punishment.
Michigan has a long history of incarcerating innocent males of color: Davonte Sanford, Quentin Carter, Mubarez Ahmed, and many.others. The other 49 States and Washington DC are finding out about evil White Prosecutors and racist Judges in Michigan. So happy Millions are learning about Davonte Sanford. Davonte left Michigan for Arizona after he got out of a Michigan Prison. Please send letters to the Detroit Police Chief stating the Davonte Sanford Case and Mubarez Ahmed Case are not acceptable in the United States!
I really hope Devonte does start up a TH-cam channel! I would definitely be a supporter and subscriber! This man talks the talk AND walks the walk! 💯❤️💪🏾
GOD BLESS him. My heart goes out to all who have been convicted by corrupt police for crimes they did NOT commit. Hope the best for him and his family.
I’m so happy the truth came to light! It is hard when innocent people are locked away for crimes, when perpetrators are walking around committing more crimes, just because law info enforcement is too lazy to do the jobs they’re paid to do. Shameful!
Well said. Look how long it took for the state to finally convict Payton Gendron. The pigs bought Dyland Roof BK after his genocidal killing spree. Yet blacks get summarily judged and executed by the police for simply existing. RIP George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner...
Ok so he got SOME money (not nearly enough) but, is there any actions being taking against every single cop and prosecutors involved? Are they just gonna get away with it Scott free? Everyone involved NEEDS to be held ACCOUNTABLE!!
Why do they need to be “held accountable “? Their job is to fill prison beds by any means, not worry if someone is innocent. Come on! Your last name is Gonzalez, you shouldn’t even be worried about his kind! Come on if you are a true el pollo Latino, you would of been just as angry that he’s free!
How horrifying that had to have been. Dude spent years in prison for something he didn’t do. And by the grace of fucking god, the actual killer admitted to the killings he was accused of. So many things had to align perfectly for that young man to get out of prison. Wow
Facts🤔I am someone always call for the death penalty but cases like this show a different side,where framed persons are rotting behind bars.I still think though that the death penalty could be implemented but with crimes caught on camera,where prosecutors have SOLID proof and footage of the accused,where it is proven beyond reasonable doubt.
ignorant statement. We need the death penalty. You ignorant ass people wouldn’t oppose the DP of a convicted murderer killed your family. Yet you have gall to speak on people affected by this and say “omg death penalty is bad :(((“ like what??? If you take a life you deserve to pay with yo ur life
@@nicoleraheem1195 That's a damn shame. But, many of us were incarcerated for 2,3,4 decades and were innocent!!! I wish this young man all the peace and happiness in the world.🕊
I admire your strength and ability to be able to speak about it but God know how many women and men are still in jail with no way of getting out due to the system. Thank you for your story 🙏 your strong and wise and proud of u.
So if yall know he from the city why advertise his 7.5 million dollars on television!!HE ABOUT TO B A TARGET AGAIN!! WHY YALL ACTING AS IF HE'S A LOTTERY WINNER!!LEAVE ASAP SIR..IM FROM WHERE YOU FROM...
NO!!!! It's time to start reaching for these LYING cops and held them accountable to the FULLEST. They should not be allowed to remain free in society. After destroying an INNOCENT person's life. They need to be arrested and charged. I AM SICK OF THEM!!!!!! THEY ARE LIARS!!!!!!
We need to make an example of lazy cops that coerced people into confession. If they are found to coerce a confession, they should be put in jail, for the same time as the falsly accused.
I'm glad this chapter of his life is over. I'm also happy to see him using all the bad things he's been through for good, to help other young people who have been in the same position. I also hope he creates a TH-cam channel to talk about his life as an inmate, and to just offer encouragement to other people who are in a hopeless situation like he was.
I didn't hear anything about him helping young people that was in his position. He is helping young people to get out of the streets. His position was getting wrongly accused of a triple murder.
@@Marlon_J You stated that he helped young people that was in the same position as him. I never heard them say that he helped young people that was in the same position as him. That is my point.
@@videojones9884 You know, mostly everyone else who read my post understood that I meant well. And though I said similar position, doesn't necessarily mean they have to had been in the same exact postion. The whole point of the post was to highlight how he is turning something bad that happened to him (wrongfully) into something positive by seeking to help others.
This is heartbreaking, I can't believe how wicked those cops are to have coerced a false confusion from this young teenager, knowing he would likely be locked away for a crime he did not commit.
It's not heartbreaking because before you found out he was innocent you probably cursed him in more ways than one. Demeaning his character and probably saying you hope he gets what he deserves in prison ..please stop ..comments need to be disabled for everybody sick of the TH-cam community y'all annoying ...
the police that interrogated him were wrong he was minor and didn't have a parent or lawyer present. glad he was vindicated and pray he will have peace and God will watch over him and his family
Being from the UK, this is new to me. What happened to the corrupt cops who framed him? Please tell me they've been locked up & the key thrown away ...
After lawyers fees, any medical fees & state & local taxes, he'll take home about 2 million. That is still a lot of $$$, but people please don't get excited & think he'll take 7 million home.
Not sure if he will pay taxes as its a settlement and depends upon what was agreed upon. Hopefully the city will pay all taxes and all medical bills fines and such. His lawyers will get there cut.
Yet people still say that there is no systemic problems in the justice system! Glad to see that this young man has a chance at life outside of prison. So many have sat in prison for decades before they are exonerated!!!
I think it’s widely known by lawmakers and those in the justice system. The problem for those stuck in the system is it’s much like the airline industry. They’re willing to sacrifice people for the bigger gain. Airlines budget for deaths each year knowing their planes will crash and they’ll have to pay out families hundreds of millions. Yet, they don’t care to put in preventative measures to keep people from dying, just a “fix stuff when it breaks” mentality. The justice system is willing to gamble because they don’t have to pay these people, the tax payers do.
That young man deserves EVERY penny he received. I hope he can have a happy and beautiful reminder of his life 🙏 So sad the HITMAN did more for Davontae than our legal system. SMH.
The hitman was on The First 48 and he confess on the show. It was a lightskin big boody female detective who was interviewing him. She said, "I don't think he's not telling the whole", after he confess to 7 hits. I fell out of my chair, after she made that statement.
It takes a very strong person to endure an injustice such a this. There are so many men and women in prison for crimes they didn't commit. I pray for his mental health and emotional stability. I pray that he shares his experience around the world. I would love for him to write about his experience.
True! Most Americans can’t even stand the notion of no toilet paper! They wouldn’t last 2 weeks in jail! And that’s if your guilty. Probably a couple of days if your innocent.
For a innocent kid the planet's aligned for him after so many yrs.He was very lucky if you look at the facts.Thats sad for a innocent kid.A honest murderer freed him.Lifes trials & tribulations.Your special kid, or young man,hold your head up high.Just be you.Vindicated.
And he didn’t just SURVIVE, he’s THRIVED!! Seems like he’s turning this incredible injustice into inspiration and positivity. Good on him! Wishing him & his son the best future going forward!!
@@jimmybooki4281 it’s even more insane that he sat in jail for YEARS after the actual perp confessed! Like, release him immediately, then figure out the legalities while he’s NOT locked up as an innocent man.
@@anneberry4275 we recently had an icebreaker that asked “would you rather spend 5 years in jail, or 10 years in a coma?” Almost every one of us chose a coma.
So what we are saying is that cops fabricate a crime and then they committed perjury in court and they get a slap on the wrist for this kind of nefarious behavior due to the fact that the police union will not let them go to prison for crimes that they create with impunity and are exonerated and you go to jail, then taxpayers foot the bill for any lawsuits against the city?????? Why shouldn't these crooked cops foot the bill for their fabricating lying and perjury? you as a person of color will go to jail for the same crime with no lenínency shown on your behalf. This shows how hypocritical and flawed the system is. Wake the hell up, we are being robbed of justice and they end up laughing in your faces!! Change these laws and vote the corrupt public officials out of office.
Another sad addendum... Davontae was released in 2016 (it took 8 years to file a lawsuit and receive a settlement) and got shot in a similar neighborhood in 2017, where the original incident occurred. Couldn't the police see what they're doing to their community/individual citizens?
In situations like this, the "officers" should be sent to prison and serve the same time as their victims...
That is true justice!
It may happen when the person is a white child they've done this too. Black boys and men are dispensable to our core structure. I say this wanting these officers and prosecutors (black too) to be terminated, arrested, and imprisoned.
With no PC allowed.
💯 👏👏👏👏👏
You mean the sentence he was given. They should all get 90 yrs
💯 perjury is a felony so stick it to their POS PIG asses.....FTP
The fact he had to speak up and THANK A HITMAN FOR DOING THE COP'S JOB in helping convict the right person is the most depressing thing I've heard in a long time. A literal killer is currently doing a better job than law enforcement in that case. Wow.
Because sometimes they are the same. 🤷🏽♀️
I was thinking the same thing.
The Money don't mean shit he is loving Nightmare
Detroit. Nothing more need be aid.
The fact that he's speaking out is awesome but I'm praying for him cause they sending a hit his way again and soon. Police are the biggest criminals it's time to teach them a lesson.
My heart goes out to all those who have been falsely convicted; it’s inhumane 👎.
Hush you was probably one of the people saying he deserves to die before you found out he was innocent...get off the internet...
And ASSumptions like this stop some from speaking up as allies in seeking justice for those targeted
@@UpWitsEnd ...huh...what assumptions?
@@AverageCurt “what assumptions” uhh? I mean you definitely didn’t just try to write some fictional story that she was praying for him to die before he gets out😂 she never said that means u assumed it bid
@@Andy-yt9cd these same people are the same people that have no mercy before knowing the person is actually guilty. They see a man in a orange jumper(or whatever color) who was accused of a crime and slander him immediately. Why are you laughing why is this funny.....
Never ever ever talk to the police without a lawyer present.
“He protected me, not the cops” well that's deep.
Actually, that's pretty asinine. If that other nga didn't commit those murders, he woulda never got arrested in the first place.
@@notagain79 yeah, but how many times the cop just pin it on any nga on the street just to cover their ahh. Dude stepped up and admitted to it, that man still could've been behind bars. The cops didn't protect him, dude was honest, and now he can live his life... All I'm saying.
@@styxvxn4435 EXACTLY I understood EXACTLY what you meant , you spoke the truth....Peace
@@rollsroyce2627 thank you, some ppl just don't get it.
@@styxvxn4435 your welcome love..true and some people dont want to get it....peace
7.5 still not enough.
No less then thirty three million.
FACTS
Agreed!!!!
More than enough lol.
I'd be happy with an even 10 million.
When will these disgusting and corrupt and disgraceful cops be charged, tried and hopefully convicted??????
next thing SLAPPING will be allowed
We really need a Hitman that’ll take out corrupt cops. Hopefully that’ll send a message.
@@Johnn_Vasquez we need that for sure
Michigan has an extensive history of incarcerating innocent black males: Mubarez Ahmed, Quentin Carter, Davonte Sanford are a few of at least 15 I have read about in the last 20 years.
Michigan is a racist and ignorant state outside of Lansing and Ann Arbor. Two college towns with more educated populations!
Never. They r doing what they were trained/ created to do.
The fact that the real criminal confessed within months but it took 9 years for his vindication is an even bigger tragedy that his conviction.
Unfortunately we live in a society that treats cops as perfectly honest people, beyond reproach far more than is humanly possible.
When the system benefits conviction over truth then anyone can find themselves convicted of a crime they didn't commit.
Never talk to the police, ever, unless you have a top lawyer present and only then, only say what he advises.
Never trust an assigned public defender.
That badge is a temporary shield they have to cause chaos!
what’s crazy is how people find it weird that some have a distaste for law enforcement. It’s easy for people to get framed for stuff they didn’t do & literally never seek justice for it .
Within weeks*
cops are nothing but slave patrollers whose names were changed to POLICE. do the research
They thought they could throw yet another innocent black man into the system and no one would question it. After George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Eric Garner that alone should be enough to never take a pig's word at face value. Especially when there's video footage and they STILL try to convince the people they didn't see what they just saw🙄
I remeber this. Even when the real murderer confessed Davontae still was not released. This was crazy and this type of sh*t is happening all over the country. It leaves something to be said when Devontae gave props to the murderer...
Well the fact that he didn't do it means there's no evidence or proof that he did do it so that also means there's no way the court proved beyond the reasonable doubt that he did this because they couldn't have because he didn't...
You don't have to be the shooter to get convicted, you just have to there with him. Standard law.
Indeed my husband is in prison for a crime he definitely didn't do this fuxxed up system kno just what they be doing its fuxxed up how they can take an innocent persons life I still kno that God sits high after these long 11 years
@@biggmikemike thank you for your comment 💖
@@biggmikemike who said he was there with the shooter?
Why hasn't the cops involved been charged for their crimes
Because there's no such thing as justice
Cause they are cops
Cause it's Detroit
When it comes to them being held accountable its like they're a whole other species, the rules and law just doesn't apply to them
You know why
I just finished watching “Survivors Guide to Prison”. It’s shameful how American prisons are multibillion dollar entities that thrive off the backs of victims like this man. Police coercion, and prosecutorial misconduct are not considered crimes. This is just hideous.
Where can i find " Survivors Guide to Prison" ?
The police, and the court system is set up for failure amongst people of color!
This is heartbreaking. Poor man. I’m thankful that I don’t live in America. What a messed up justice system they have 🤬🤬 and to think he thanked the hitman!! Smh
It's a trip here alot
Money is the root of evil!
@The Huff best country in the world in what sense?
@@wilts8965 That cops can get away with stunts like this and the state would turn a blind eye. Or at least they COULD, until social media put their racism on full blast.
I hope he's able to live a decent life. The misjustice that happened to him is still mind-blowing.
Yes indeed!
Right
This police and sheriffs are tyrants there are still many cases like his like for example the case of Pervis Payne he is innocent but still in prison for the rest of his life this people do need justice to be done now
First thing he should buy is a bionic eye.
So sorry what happen to you,the cops should get time as well,but look at God,he got u bro.
7.5 mil isn’t enough. God protect him from leeches and vultures and allow him to heal & find some happiness 🤎 I respect his perspective of thanking & honoring the man who confessed
Leeches and vultures is right! He’s a nice guy with good intentions, and they are going to try to bleed him dry. He will be bankrupt in 2 years if he isn’t careful.
He won't get $7.5M. His lawyers will take a lot of it by recuperating costs that are over and above their take. The lawyers probably entered into a 30/70% (or a 40/60%) arrangement if they won, but then they start to claw back everything they spent. Like $50 for pens x 15, stamps for $5 x half a dozen, five minutes updating a file costs a full hour, and all kinds of silly costs they take out before they disburse the money to the client. It's all hidden in the fine print that they don't disclose to the client when they enter into the arrangement. Lawyers are slimy. Ask me how I know?
@@livinglavitavanlife7976
Yes they are 💀
After taxes and lawyer fees he will be left with maybe 3 million.
@@livinglavitavanlife7976
I'm going through a divorce and had to fax a statement to my attorney...she charged me 40 dollars for walking to her OWN fax machine!
Son, one can only hope that all of your dreams come true, you a so humble. God bless you sir.
Sending love to you and wishing you the best! Heartbreaking story!
Devaunte if you're listening man, stay strong man don't let this situation overtake you.
Like u could
Awww! Stay strong!
I think he has a much better outlook on life than I might in that situation. Sounds like this guy has a lot of character already.
We’ll I mean he just got Millions and was vindicated so I’m guessing the situation is no longer a problem for him lol
@@justin4360 not necessarily I'm pretty sure those years in prison have affected him mentally but you know we never like to talk about that when it comes to black men
So what happened to the cops, and perhaps even the prosecutor knowingly pinning murders on someone that was innocent (They probably just cared about advancing their careers even if it meant doing it the wrong way)?
Probably nothing at all.
@@dianaprince3176 😞shaking my head,
I bet money, nothing worth talking bout.
Settlement. Probably states the city, police, and prosecution are free from future litigation. Sign here nothing will change since this never happened we got off easy for 7.5 million.
Same thing that happened to the cops involved with Rodney King
Thank you for sharing.
Wait, it took 10 years?!?!?
That’s worth way more than 7.2M.
It 7 years to release him, even through the hitman confessed weeks after he was sentenced?
Right
Fast to take your freedom, longer to admit they're wrong and fix it.
Cops and prosecutors don't like to admit when their wrong. It absolutely blows my fkn mind that they would rather an innocent man do time for someone else's crime.
Just what I thought 💭. And that group had to fight for his release!
Same thing happened to the Central Park Five. They blamed children for something they didn't do and coerced them into false confessions. When they knew they had the wrong people, instead of releasing those innocent children, they said the children were part of it/knew the perpetrator so they were still guilty. Those cops haven't faced any consequences either, that I know of.
I hate seeing stories like this and it makes me sick that there are so many innocent people who have had their life taken away,for something they didn’t do.
It's been like that since the chang gang era
I'll be damned if I would have confessed. They would have had to kill me.
@@wildfiregirl1556 They keep you in a small room with nothing to eat, you don't get any rest, the pigs take turn verbally assaulting you, since they can lie to you but you cannot to them they tell you they have evidence against you and I have heard they say things like, just sign the confession and you will get to go home. They do this for eight, ten, twelve hours or until they get what they want. They have you, they are not going to let you go until they get what they want. I heard of a case the pigs got four guys to confess to murder and they weren't even in the same state.
Always ask for council and then don't say another word except continue to repeat that you want council. Don't use slang, speak in your best vocabulary so you are clear and shut up. If they continue to pressure you after asking for council, they are risking the validity of the evidence acquired.
@@minirock000 Sad but I'll be damned if I confess.
@@wildfiregirl1556 I wish we wouldn't have to think about a situation like that but since that is the way the pigs operate here. In Europe it is illegal for the police to lie to you as well.
Remember, ask for council and keep your trap shut. Don't even let them small talk you, once they do that it is a way to keep you talking. Don't be emotional or they will use that against you as well.
Great Report sir
So relieved for this man and pleased for his plans.
Enjoy your freedom, do good, and be well! 🙏🏽
This is utterly disgusting, dude lost a got damn eye messing around with the most untrusted so call justice system. Those pigs need to be held accountable
Police are Corrupt all over Amerikkka
Did he? It wasn't mentioned here, and his eye is already obviously damaged in his mugshot.
*How bizarre, manipulative/misleading and exploitative for this cameraman, the producers and editor(s) of this report for continuously focusing on that eye, let alone **_zooming in on it. ESP if it is indeed completely unrelated._*
@@BLESSFUL-Bliss doesnt seem damaged
@@roxasbaker 😑
How does it seem, then?
@@BLESSFUL-Bliss in the the mud shot I mean I’m agreeing with the original comment that he lost an eye because of those pigs and they need to be held accountable
Devante better get out of town, cause these vultures out here ready to take it from him.
Pray that God guides to move him of state ASAP!
Or hire protection, the fact that he wants his son to live a normal life. He is an amazing father, especially compared to the people he was brought up with, you have no idea
@@worldcure7883 he is better off moving from Chicago. There is just too much going on there. He should go someplace that I normally wouldn't recommend but like Florida or something so he can live out a peacefully life.
When he get that money, he needs to get away from family, friends and detroit. He will be robbed and forgotten about.
Salute!!!!!
Hoping the best going forward for him, his aspirations and family!
The police have to be convicted and go to jail
It's a must
Good luck with that.
Don't forget about the punk ass District Attorney.
I agree it's not just about money they put him in prison and someone messed with proof he wasn't involved so someone should go to jail
#FIRINGSQUAD.....‼️🚮
Karma to the police officers who set this young man up for something he didn't do.
They’re demons who human sacrifice others most likely members of the kkk
BIG KARMA
Former Detroit P.D. Homicide lieutenant James Tolbert .
@@randolphtolbert3825 is he in the kkk?
God vengeance
One of the major things that crushes my heart I hope the precious young does well extremely well and be extremely safe and cautious sucessful
I don’t understand why all the people involved in his wrongful conviction don’t have to serve what he served as punishment. They need to be held accountable otherwise this is going to keep happening to innocent people.
I was locked up with bro at Thumbs correctional facility we was teenagers in prison. He went thru alotta bullshit being locked up for something he didn’t do. He always said he didn’t do that too and he always stuck with it. I’m glad smothers spoke up and helped bro. I hope badass take that 7.5 mill and double it to 15M!! You deserve that shit gang I was there when you first came in I seen it first hand.
Wow!!! God bless you too 🖤💫
I bet alot of people are in jail that are innocent that's why I'm against the death penalty
Why did u go to jail? Did u rape and rob a woman? Stab or shoot someone?
@@austin_316what difference does it make, it’s in the past
@@austin_316 Why do you care?
Imagine how many people are wrongfully suffering in jail right now. 😥💔
It's more than I want to believe. It scares me, cause could be me tomorrow. The government is as evil as any criminal could desire to be.
If you ask prisoners.. ALL OF THEM.
Imagine how many victims of crime live in fear.
@@daftwod those falsely accused are just as much victim as those who lost their lives ones
@@m.m4241 But a killer who says they are innocent is a double evil.
And activists who get killers out are basically murderers too.
My cousin is a CO at the prison Smothers is at. He said he's good inmate. They made a movie about him or something.
Plenty of former inmates have channels on TH-cam, but they were guilty. It would be interesting to see a channel about the wrongfully convicted. There's a guy in Raleigh NC he should talk to first. He did 30 years for a murder he didnt commit because of lazy cops. They convicted him based on a drug dog they were trying to use as a cadaver dog. The dog didnt know what it was being asked so it sat and they took that as an alert. They finally overturned the conviction based on that and some other shady stuff RPD did.
😭Poor fella…he suffered that wrongful conviction at age 15! Imagine what he has been through in prison! That is not enough money! Thank goodness for the realm murderer coming forward. 🙏
What happened to the cops that lied and got him convicted.
Will they charged tampering with evidence? They should be.
They investigated themselves and found that they had done nothing wrong.
@@neill392 as usual🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
They Should Simply be Executed for their Ignorance
Once you get your money. Leave your state, find a new home.
Right.
Facts, left 12yrs ago, the people up there grime as hell
I can’t imagine how hopeless he must have felt, knowing the police are the ones behind it all.
Most def worth subscribing to this brother's Channel and watching his new found life unfold beautifully in front of him. Come on Devontae let's gooooooo‼️✊🏾
Bless his heart and strength to him. I trust he gets the bulk of that figure. The cops fail to realize when they falsely arrest innocent men because of race they leave the perpetrators out in the open to roam freely and commit more crimes.
They realize it, but they don't care
Know the truth and the truth w set you free all praises to Allah staying positive and prayed up much 💕 to the believer's kelelah
Bless his heart, what's? 7.5 million , enough said.
How many black men have been railroaded, is the question we should all be asking.
@@carpediem4512Even one is too many.
We need to keep uncovering, seeing, and hearing these stories. These atrocities need to be exposed and the perpetrators need to face justice. Those who participate in these injustices against another human being should be sentenced to the same sentence of the person they target. If you knowingly falsely accuse or frame someone of murder, you serve life yourself. That is called justice!!!
Quick story or not so quick. My brother and I were in college and he was a Dean's list student who never got in trouble. I was the problem. LOL! My dad had fussed at my brother because he was moving slow and I had to get my car to the shop and he needed to get me to school. Dad told him that he better follow me. So you know siblings, I started moving. Jumped in the car and began speeding. He did the same thing. Outside of our subdivision while speeding, I saw this officer who always patrolled along that street. He was standing in this ditch area (more of a declined area). I said, "He got me!" But, he flagged me on and I said to myself oh, he's getting my brother. I was going to turn around but my brother didn't stop. So, when we got to the car shop, I asked my brother did the officer flag you on too? He said, I don't really know what he did but it was too late, I was pass him.
That officer knew the home our cars belonged too. He went there and got my dad. He asked my dad if my brother's car was registered in his name. My dad said they had words because the officer told him he was going to arrest my brother for attempted murder of a peace officer. He said....he was standing at the edge of the road and moved slightly in front of my brother's car and my brother hit the gas trying to run him over causing him to jump into the ditch. It was totally fabricated. He sat outside our home and waited for my brother to pull up. Dad went out and they had words again. My dad told my brother don't say anything to him and he'll be there to get him out. The officer told my dad, "That won't happen until Monday! He will spend the weekend in jail because it's after hours for Own Recognizance (OR) or you'll lose $10k cash bailing him out. He took my brother and by the time he got him booked in my dad was there and a judge had ordered him OR.
I thank God that I was more fortunate than some because my brother would've had his life and hard work turned upside down. My dad was able to get the charges dropped but, they followed my brother and almost cost him his career at Northrop Grumman. He or we were naive and didn't realize he needed to have those charges expunged. When he applied for the job, he was suppose to tell them he had been charged with attempted murder of a peace officer. If he had, he probably wouldn't have the job. That's the kind of stuff that can alter your life negatively. And, for what? I knew where he was standing. He was in the ditch with a radar gun waving. He waved me on and my brother was right behind me.
.....another one ...
Absolutely right. If you lie, or just keep quiet, to take away someone else's freedom then you should get a proportion of the time they lost as punishment.
Michigan has a long history of incarcerating innocent males of color: Davonte Sanford, Quentin Carter, Mubarez Ahmed, and many.others.
The other 49 States and Washington DC are finding out about evil White Prosecutors and racist Judges in Michigan. So happy Millions are learning about Davonte Sanford. Davonte left Michigan for Arizona after he got out of a Michigan Prison.
Please send letters to the Detroit Police Chief stating the Davonte Sanford Case and Mubarez Ahmed Case are not acceptable in the United States!
You’re right! The ones that don’t get press are still fighting for their lives…I’m the mother of one.🙏🏾💪🏽🥹
I really hope Devonte does start up a TH-cam channel! I would definitely be a supporter and subscriber!
This man talks the talk AND walks the walk!
💯❤️💪🏾
So glad that he was finally released and justice was served. God bless him in all his future endeavors. May he be the light in someone else’s life🙏🏻
The prosecutor and dirty cops need to be in jail. The same amount of time this man served.
Put those detectives in jail!
GOD BLESS him. My heart goes out to all who have been convicted by corrupt police for crimes they did NOT commit. Hope the best for him and his family.
7.5 million is not enough. This is disgraceful.
I’m so happy the truth came to light! It is hard when innocent people are locked away for crimes, when perpetrators are walking around committing more crimes, just because law info enforcement is too lazy to do the jobs they’re paid to do. Shameful!
White people are lazy this is why things like this keep happening, nobody want to do what they are getting paid for.#cuttingcorners
Well said. Look how long it took for the state to finally convict Payton Gendron. The pigs bought Dyland Roof BK after his genocidal killing spree. Yet blacks get summarily judged and executed by the police for simply existing. RIP George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner...
Ok so he got SOME money (not nearly enough) but, is there any actions being taking against every single cop and prosecutors involved? Are they just gonna get away with it Scott free? Everyone involved NEEDS to be held ACCOUNTABLE!!
Why do they need to be “held accountable “? Their job is to fill prison beds by any means, not worry if someone is innocent. Come on! Your last name is Gonzalez, you shouldn’t even be worried about his kind! Come on if you are a true el pollo Latino, you would of been just as angry that he’s free!
@@EDPISINNOCENT lol again with the garbage effort?
@@mrdemann702 who said I’m trolling?
@@EDPISINNOCENT lol okay guy
@@EDPISINNOCENT because if you aren’t trolling, you’re just a full on bootlicker at the most offensive of levels.
How horrifying that had to have been. Dude spent years in prison for something he didn’t do. And by the grace of fucking god, the actual killer admitted to the killings he was accused of. So many things had to align perfectly for that young man to get out of prison. Wow
He had no account of the murders, he was 14, he was most likely questioned w/o a lawyer. This should NOT have happened.
This is why we can’t have the death penalty. Plenty of innocent people have been executed and even more on death row.
Facts🤔I am someone always call for the death penalty but cases like this show a different side,where framed persons are rotting behind bars.I still think though that the death penalty could be implemented but with crimes caught on camera,where prosecutors have SOLID proof and footage of the accused,where it is proven beyond reasonable doubt.
ignorant statement. We need the death penalty. You ignorant ass people wouldn’t oppose the DP of a convicted murderer killed your family. Yet you have gall to speak on people affected by this and say “omg death penalty is bad :(((“ like what??? If you take a life you deserve to pay with yo ur life
This is a very broad and ignorant (defined) statement, respectfully!
@Shy Brotha Speaks what about Ethan Crumbley? The guy that ran through the Christmas Parade killing 6 sending 18 children to the hospital?
It
Wow, this is sad.
Much love from Albuquerque New Mexico!
This is what they do to our black kids🤦🏽♀️
That money will never get him those years back he lost.
No, but 7mil sure makes a nice down-payment on making up!
He didn't do 40 years he will be okay and hopefully not broke next year lol
@@02WIFE Well he done 9 years
@@02WIFE spoken like somebody who doesn't understand the prison system it doesn't take 40 years to mess up somebody's mental state
@@sigmachoosen1 No never been in prison. Well he is blessed that he is still young and can use his money to try and have a good life
It's so Fucked up that people can be that HEARTLESS and still sleep at night, and he was a child when this happened. Every dog has its day!!!!
They don't see black teens as kids. They see them as adults.
Not that it matters, but how long was he in prison? Not that it matters as to the settlement is what I meant.
@@reedkwize1 7 years
@@nicoleraheem1195 That's a damn shame. But, many of us were incarcerated for 2,3,4 decades and were innocent!!! I wish this young man all the peace and happiness in the world.🕊
@@nicoleraheem1195 Actually, they don't see them as people at all.
WOW! Lord have mercy!!! 🥺😲😳 May God bless the guy that came forward with the TRUTH.
I admire your strength and ability to be able to speak about it but God know how many women and men are still in jail with no way of getting out due to the system. Thank you for your story 🙏 your strong and wise and proud of u.
So if yall know he from the city why advertise his 7.5 million dollars on television!!HE ABOUT TO B A TARGET AGAIN!! WHY YALL ACTING AS IF HE'S A LOTTERY WINNER!!LEAVE ASAP SIR..IM FROM WHERE YOU FROM...
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Yeah the D is full of blood thirsty sharks that only crave dark meat...I hope he moves far away....Peace
Exactly, we can pray 🙏🏾 4 his future
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Wow y'all remember back when that 60-year-old guy only got like $50 for being falsely accused and he was in jail for almost all his life
A mass murderer has more integrity than the Detroit police have.
Let that sink in.
I am so sorry for what you had to live through . I pray the settlement helps get you some comfort to last the rest of your life .
NO!!!! It's time to start reaching for these LYING cops and held them accountable to the FULLEST. They should not be allowed to remain free in society. After destroying an INNOCENT person's life. They need to be arrested and charged. I AM SICK OF THEM!!!!!! THEY ARE LIARS!!!!!!
This story brings tears to my eyes...... For him and all those just like him. Saddest part most never get released 😢
And 95 percent of those cops never get convicted,but rather pay a huge settlement just to do it again towards another black person with no penalty!
@@curtiswilson4737 FACTS.. They don't give a damn bout us.. We will forever be guilty just for being Black. Smh
We need to make an example of lazy cops that coerced people into confession. If they are found to coerce a confession, they should be put in jail, for the same time as the falsly accused.
If the real killer confessed weeks later why did he still sit in prison for like a decade?
This young man deserves every penny of that this was a horrible injustice
Stop caping for this thug! He definitely did it
@@EDPISINNOCENT you need to improve your troll game, it's trash right now.
@@EDPISINNOCENT another insecure human being who feels safe behind a screen who is worth nothing in the end
I'm glad this chapter of his life is over. I'm also happy to see him using all the bad things he's been through for good, to help other young people who have been in the same position. I also hope he creates a TH-cam channel to talk about his life as an inmate, and to just offer encouragement to other people who are in a hopeless situation like he was.
I didn't hear anything about him helping young people that was in his position. He is helping young people to get out of the streets. His position was getting wrongly accused of a triple murder.
@Video Jones And your point is?
@@Marlon_J You stated that he helped young people that was in the same position as him. I never heard them say that he helped young people that was in the same position as him. That is my point.
@@videojones9884 You know, mostly everyone else who read my post understood that I meant well. And though I said similar position, doesn't necessarily mean they have to had been in the same exact postion. The whole point of the post was to highlight how he is turning something bad that happened to him (wrongfully) into something positive by seeking to help others.
Just what we need: another TH-cam channel. NOT
He deserves every penny he gets!!!!!!!
God bless you dear!!!!
He is so grateful, he really is so humble. Bcz I would have been angry, hurt but with all that money, THANK GOD
This is heartbreaking, I can't believe how wicked those cops are to have coerced a false confusion from this young teenager, knowing he would likely be locked away for a crime he did not commit.
It's not heartbreaking because before you found out he was innocent you probably cursed him in more ways than one. Demeaning his character and probably saying you hope he gets what he deserves in prison ..please stop ..comments need to be disabled for everybody sick of the TH-cam community y'all annoying ...
@@AverageCurt You’re literally assuming the same way you’re saying other assume. What a hypocrite clown you are lmao
And black people still want to live in Detroit? My first experience wasn't last in Detroit!
the police that interrogated him were wrong he was minor and didn't have a parent or lawyer present. glad he was vindicated and pray he will have peace and God will watch over him and his family
Being from the UK, this is new to me. What happened to the corrupt cops who framed him? Please tell me they've been locked up & the key thrown away ...
Shouldn't the prosecutor and especially the so called LEOs be investigated and held accountable?
After lawyers fees, any medical fees & state & local taxes, he'll take home about 2 million.
That is still a lot of $$$, but people please don't get excited & think he'll take 7 million home.
Not sure if he will pay taxes as its a settlement and depends upon what was agreed upon. Hopefully the city will pay all taxes and all medical bills fines and such. His lawyers will get there cut.
He should take home all of it because of what he went through.. f all that crap
Never those fees will be paid by the city. His lawyer will get 25 to 30 percent
The lawyer has work to do so should get their cut
Stop counting a man pockets
God please bless him and keep him safe,and well.
In Jesus’ mighty name, amen 🙏🏽
God isn’t real ffs. You see what happened to this guy? God did that on purpose then lmao
This is crazy, if the real criminal had not confessed this young man would have stayed in jail. Despicable 💔
Hopefully, no taxes will be taken out! This is ridiculous...praise God the real person came forth.
i hope he finds a good talented team to help him manage and grow that money
Otherwise all Jordans,weed and Hennessey
Yet people still say that there is no systemic problems in the justice system! Glad to see that this young man has a chance at life outside of prison. So many have sat in prison for decades before they are exonerated!!!
I think it’s widely known by lawmakers and those in the justice system. The problem for those stuck in the system is it’s much like the airline industry. They’re willing to sacrifice people for the bigger gain. Airlines budget for deaths each year knowing their planes will crash and they’ll have to pay out families hundreds of millions. Yet, they don’t care to put in preventative measures to keep people from dying, just a “fix stuff when it breaks” mentality. The justice system is willing to gamble because they don’t have to pay these people, the tax payers do.
Wow! Imagine being convicted of such crimes at that age, knowing you’re innocent.
GOD IS ALWAYZ ON TIME🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾GOD BLESS❗❗🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
That young man deserves EVERY penny he received. I hope he can have a happy and beautiful reminder of his life 🙏 So sad the HITMAN did more for Davontae than our legal system. SMH.
The hitman was on The First 48 and he confess on the show. It was a lightskin big boody female detective who was interviewing him. She said, "I don't think he's not telling the whole", after he confess to 7 hits. I fell out of my chair, after she made that statement.
Sending prayers your way.🙏🏽
One of a thousand stories yet to be told.glory to the most High 🙏 🤲
SPEECHLESS
It takes a very strong person to endure an injustice such a this. There are so many men and women in prison for crimes they didn't commit. I pray for his mental health and emotional stability. I pray that he shares his experience around the world. I would love for him to write about his experience.
True! Most Americans can’t even stand the notion of no toilet paper! They wouldn’t last 2 weeks in jail! And that’s if your guilty. Probably a couple of days if your innocent.
For a innocent kid the planet's aligned for him after so many yrs.He was very lucky if you look at the facts.Thats sad for a innocent kid.A honest murderer freed him.Lifes trials & tribulations.Your special kid, or young man,hold your head up high.Just be you.Vindicated.
And he didn’t just SURVIVE, he’s THRIVED!! Seems like he’s turning this incredible injustice into inspiration and positivity. Good on him! Wishing him & his son the best future going forward!!
@@jimmybooki4281 it’s even more insane that he sat in jail for YEARS after the actual perp confessed! Like, release him immediately, then figure out the legalities while he’s NOT locked up as an innocent man.
@@anneberry4275 we recently had an icebreaker that asked “would you rather spend 5 years in jail, or 10 years in a coma?” Almost every one of us chose a coma.
I love this!!! Praying all goes well with you and your family. God Bless Black Man!!!
Sheesh! 7.5 million? Makes me wonder how long it will take before the money runs out. 😲
Good for you 👍 buddy much-needed 👏
Sad to see that innocent people end in jail, God bless him, he had to endure a lot.
So what we are saying is that cops fabricate a crime and then they committed perjury in court and they get a slap on the wrist for this kind of nefarious behavior due to the fact that the police union will not let them go to prison for crimes that they create with impunity and are exonerated and you go to jail, then taxpayers foot the bill for any lawsuits against the city?????? Why shouldn't these crooked cops foot the bill for their fabricating lying and perjury? you as a person of color will go to jail for the same crime with no lenínency shown on your behalf. This shows how hypocritical and flawed the system is. Wake the hell up, we are being robbed of justice and they end up laughing in your faces!! Change these laws and vote the corrupt public officials out of office.
Another sad addendum... Davontae was released in 2016 (it took 8 years to file a lawsuit and receive a settlement) and got shot in a similar neighborhood in 2017, where the original incident occurred. Couldn't the police see what they're doing to their community/individual citizens?
So happy that he came thru all of his difficult times & shows how much better of a young man he is than the adults that put him there! Blessings
I can't help but think on those who still sitting in jail wrongfully convicted
Good luck to you!! I hope have a long, healthy, and fulfilling future, and may ALL of your hopes and dreams come true!!
Eye opening....