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Video Shows Officer Shooting Unarmed Black Man in South Carolina

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stonewall50 said:
Like I said. I can't tell. I'm hoping they can slow this footage down to frame by frame. That MIGHT reduce the shaky cam. Honestly it matters. But the first part is damning. The taser would change it only a little bit. And only if the darts were in the officer and not the other guy.
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Also his claim of providing cpr when no such thing happened, won't help him either.
 
jet57 said:
This why black people are screamin about cops!

Video Shows Officer Michael Slager Shooting Unarmed Black Man In The Back In South Carolina
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Its not just black guys it everybody. Last month alone your police force killed 111 people. In the UK in whole of the 20th century police have been responsible for killing just 52

US law enforcement is clearly out of control but they and the public seem to like it that way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUpMXYiCI6w

Too many TV cop shows I guess. Go figure
 
Lursa said:
I can think of at least one usual suspect here that would.

Shouldnt have to wait long.
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Ah, right again, lol.


Yeah, because a guy pulled over for a traffic violation, running away from you, with or without a taser, is an immediate lethal threat warranting lethal force. :doh
 
Deuce said:
Yes theoretically a jury can acquit someone who eats a baby right in front of them.

but a cop is not judge, jury, and executioner. Their job is to apprehend the suspect to be held for due process of law. Lethal force is only justified when a direct physical threat is present to the officer or to a bystander.

Murder 2. Clearly. With additional charges of tampering with a crime scene and providing false statements, obstruction of justice, etc, likely.
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wow

stop collecting the evidence

stop ascertaining what happened

the case is closed and done

deuce is the judge/jury/and prosecutor in this one.....

the charge is murder II, and additional charges will be pending

why arent you in S carolina heading this up.....save the state and country thousands if not millions of dollars

you need to change your name and avatar also.....

from now on your new name is "Kreskin"
 
j-mac said:
The NYTimes conveniently puts their disclamer banner in a crucial spot just prior to the officer drawing and shooting.

While I think based on what I viewed, that the officer could have ran after, or somehow physically subdued the suspect, we don't know all the facts surrounding this, and they will come out.

So, I guess all the cop haters, and anarchist can now proceed to gather their lynch mobs, and Sharpton, and Jackson can make more money with lies and ginned up outrage.

Sad really.
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You know, from a couple of other posts, and yours, it seems there may be a pattern....not racially motivated but fear motivated or motivated by laziness. This cop was alone. It seems the only other way to apprehend this guy would have been to run him down and physically subdue him. It was a big guy. Are cops today just not bothering to do their jobs? Not trained properly to restrain and subdue, if necessary, a fleeing suspect? Yes, it does put them in harms way, yes, they are very possibly going to take some punishment.

Is this, or is it not, part of their job? (No sarcasm, honest question)

And since he had the guy's car, he could have just waited and cops could have gotten him at his home. He as pulled over for a traffic infraction so it's not like he was a violent criminal on the run (unless the cop got such info when..if...he ran his plates)
 
With this video and the 3 major lies this cop told? He'd be very smart if he takes a plea, and gets put into solitary for 5-7 years. when he gets out everyone will have forgot about it, and he'll still have some of his life to live.. But if he fights it, and it goes to trail, that will piss people off, on both sides. Then he gets convicted and gets a 15-25 year sentence his life is going to be even more of a hell.
 
stonewall50 said:
Like I said. I can't tell. I'm hoping they can slow this footage down to frame by frame. That MIGHT reduce the shaky cam. Honestly it matters. But the first part is damning. The taser would change it only a little bit. And only if the darts were in the officer and not the other guy.
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If you watch the cop while he's shooting, and listen to the smoothness of the shots....he's very deliberate and steady. I think it's unlikely he was hit by taser darts.
 
Deuce said:
Yes theoretically a jury can acquit someone who eats a baby right in front of them.

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And in some states (dont know if all), the judge can set aside a jury verdict.
 
I'm surprised that they actually brought charges against an officer for shooting a citizen dead. It's a necessary move in order to constrain government to its proper levels, but we're not so big on properly restrained government.
 
flogger said:
Its not just black guys it everybody. Last month alone your police force killed 111 people. In the UK in whole of the 20th century police have been responsible for killing just 52

US law enforcement is clearly out of control but they and the public seem to like it that way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUpMXYiCI6w

Too many TV cop shows I guess. Go figure
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The rate of cops being murdered this year is UP 56% so screw the losers that try to resist -shoot first and ask later.
 
rhinefire said:
The rate of cops being murdered this year is UP 56% so screw the losers that try to resist -shoot first and ask later.
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What the ****. What do you consider resistance? Running away?
 
Deuce said:
Does it really matter what happened before? An unarmed man fleeing is not a threat that justifies lethal force.
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The cop apologists need to find a reason to excuse this behavior. Something, anything will do.
 
WHY DID HE RUN? Was he a murderer? Was he a rapist? Was he a terrorist? Was he hiding little children in his basement? Was he selling little girls for porn movies?

New Police Motto: "If you run I'll shoot you with my gun". Put that on every squad car.
 
rhinefire said:
The rate of cops being murdered this year is UP 56% so screw the losers that try to resist -shoot first and ask later.
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mmmm, just IMO I think it's now a self-perpetuating cycle...of fear and resentment.

There's no doubt I'm more afraid of cops now than a few yrs ago. Have been ever since 2009, when here in the Seattle area, we had 9 cops shot in a period of 6 weeks, 6 of whom died. 4 were the cops in the Lakewood coffee shop.

And then of course, the 2 law enforcement officers who went into a house and shot the wrong guy, in the basement, who was in bed, 16 times (and didnt even manage to kill him).

I think that...for some good reasons...cops are getting more paranoid. But IMO those reasons are not necessarily excuses. I consider them getting more and more dangerous. And I have several friends that I hang out with and compete with that are/were cops.
 
ARTHUR 1976 said:
I hope he's convicted of murder, and im sure his family will file a civil suit so they will get his house:lamo, not to mention he will probably go broke with legal fees,
this POS COPS life is pretty much ruined!!
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The guy that he shot and killed isn't doing all that great right now. :roll:
 
rhinefire said:
The rate of cops being murdered this year is UP 56% so screw the losers that try to resist -shoot first and ask later.
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Looks like its the cops doing a lot of the murdering. The example of the shooting dead of man for simply running around naked that was cited in my linked video being a case in point. Your law enforcement is out of control but you clearly like it that way :(
 
rhinefire said:
WHY DID HE RUN? Was he a murderer? Was he a rapist? Was he a terrorist? Was he hiding little children in his basement? Was he selling little girls for porn movies?

New Police Motto: "If you run I'll shoot you with my gun". Put that on every squad car.
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How does that matter?

And they've released why they think he ran....behind on child support for the most part. But the cop tried to tase him (not sure if successful). The general population may indeed be alot more fearful of cops these days. People do panic and run, esp. if attacked (taser). And cops encounter more and more mentally ill people these days.

They dont seem to be trained to deal with these situations....or willing to use that training properly.

When it comes to these mentally ill people...their families are dropping civil suits on police depts left and right these days. I dont agree that that is justified but if anything, that should provide more motivation for police depts to do a better job training their personnel. (case in point is the Feb incident in Pasco, WA where the cops shot a mentally ill man throwing rocks at passing cars and possibly, them.)
 
Quote Originally Posted by j-mac "So, I guess all the cop haters, and anarchist can now proceed to gather their lynch mobs, and Sharpton, and Jackson can make more money with lies and ginned up outrage."

How do we know the dead guy wasn't a runaway slave?
 
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