Chainsaw
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That was not the situation.
duh. I was answering a question as to when shooting a fleeing perp in the back is justified.
That was not the situation.
Legally (and technically), it isn't. But for all practical purposes, it is, obviously. And I like it that way
Cops shouldn't be entitled to the same rights as people.
Body cams should be a nation wide law enforcement policy_Heard on the news (TV) that the Mayor is preparing to procure or increase the use of body cameras.
Yeah, I saw the video online when the story was just breaking. This morning I saw that same video on a 55" screen and one can clearly see the taser line, but like you said, teh cop is screwed anyway. The department has fired him, his lawyer left him and he's gonna get fried.
There is legal precedence and justification for shooting at a fleeing suspect.
I started getting those invitations in the mail even before I turned 50. I am 61 now. Since they still insist on sending them out with prepaid envelopes....I either send back the empty envelope or include a printed article berating them for going along with obamacare. Either way, they get stuck with the postage.
If the perp had just killed/shot/stabbed another individual, a reasonable person/cop would believe letting him get away could endanger others in the community.
While I agree, did the officer indicate this in his own report? Of not, do you think your comment has anything to do with this case or were you just making a general statement?
Wait, what? he was charged with murder....
So you assume that what this video captured is the normal behavior of police officers?
Which officers...the ones you never heard about?Outrageous crime by that officer. What is happening on it?
That changes things a little. A taser line? If the guy had ahold of the taser still. Would have to watch the video again.
Thats where mine went.According to AARP they are. I got my AARP "invitation" card a few weeks before I turned 50 and my wife got hers a few weeks after she turned 50. I took great pride in tossing mine into the trash can.
Why is Scott even out of the car? It's just broken taillight...
It's thanks their training. Cops are trained to say "he reached for my gun" and to put "performed CPR" on the police reports after they shoot people. Burger flippers in McDonald's have higher quality control standards.It is actually kind of creepy how methodical the police officer was.
The fact that the cop shot the guy 8 times in the back validates that the guy SHOULD have been running away (he just should have ran a lot faster).
knowing few facts other than the video I will still give the cop the benefit of the doubt until I hear more.
the man killed had an arrest warrant out for him. Don't we need to know if the warrant was for a violent crime(or worse) before we call the man innocent?
don't jump to conclusions like some did on Ferguson only to end up with egg on their face.
I'm not assuming anything. I'm posing a question: black folks have been screamin abut this kind of thing and low and behold, one shows up on video. It's like proving a UFO.
I have no problem with civilians filming cops while they are conducting public operations; it should be entirely legal everywhere and encouraged.
Bear in mind civilian videos can be biased too, though, in what they show and what they don't, and can be edited.
This happens. Not all the time, but it does happen. And when it does, it SHOULD be investigated, prosecuted where warranted, and punished accordingly.
But the only time it matters (and the OP so very clearly illustrates it) is when it is a WHITE cop and a black victim.
Not a ton of outrage when it is a white guy shot by a cop. or a Latino. And if the cop is black? Fuggedaboudit....
But what do the headlines say in THIS case?
"Video Shows Officer Michael Slager Shooting Unarmed Black Man In The Back In South Carolina"
Cause it only matters when the victim is a black man.
knowing few facts other than the video I will still give the cop the benefit of the doubt until I hear more.
the man killed had an arrest warrant out for him. Don't we need to know if the warrant was for a violent crime(or worse) before we call the man innocent?
don't jump to conclusions like some did on Ferguson only to end up with egg on their face.
knowing few facts other than the video I will still give the cop the benefit of the doubt until I hear more.
the man killed had an arrest warrant out for him. Don't we need to know if the warrant was for a violent crime(or worse) before we call the man innocent?
don't jump to conclusions like some did on Ferguson only to end up with egg on their face.
knowing few facts other than the video I will still give the cop the benefit of the doubt until I hear more.
the man killed had an arrest warrant out for him. Don't we need to know if the warrant was for a violent crime(or worse) before we call the man innocent?
don't jump to conclusions like some did on Ferguson only to end up with egg on their face.
All that matters is what the officer reasonably believed to be true, thus if Walker did have warrants for murder but the officer didn't know at the point he shot Walker, then the warrant would be irrelevant regardless of what it was for, likewise, if the dispatcher had mistakenly told the officer that he had warrants for murder, but Walker , in fact, did not, then you could make the argument he had sufficient justification to shoot. Having said that, I believe the warrants (at least some of them) were for unpaid child support, but don't quote me on that.
Body cams should be a nation wide law enforcement policy_
Such transparency would result in far more professional policing_
Those are minor setbacks compared to what his future holds in store_
He'll either be a star attraction in some prison shank gallery for a decade_
Or they'll be merciful and put him in one of those posh country club facilities_
Either-Or; he'll likely do some serious time!