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Wrong.
His taking the taser made him a threat and allowed the Officer to shoot him.
That is pathetically wrong, as usual.
Wrong.
His taking the taser made him a threat and allowed the Officer to shoot him.
I disagree Excon... what other facts can you provide?
He's got nothing except his rancidly slanted wrongness.
A misfiring/useless weapon could be quickly tossed aside or dropped by the cop in order to save time retrieving his gun.
Some people will justify anything. There was no imminent, lethal threat to the cop when he shot the guy and the video shows this clearly.
There absolutely was no imminent threat to the cop. When you are fleeing with your back to a gun, you are at your most vulnerable.
The cop had no reason to shoot him.
No consequences? Why didnt the cop run after him and restrain him and arrest him? Or just go to his house and arrest him for the child support and assault?
Assault and resisting arrest charges are consequences.
And there is serious suspicion that he tried to "stage" the shoot to justify his illegal use of deadly force, that makes his crime go from a lesser case of homicide to a much more serious version of homicide charges.
Excon is obviously running away from the facts... I wonder why that is?
HPs help protect the public. The drama around HPs is ridiculous.
That fact in South Carolina is why he was charged with "Capital" Murder, and not just Murder.
That is pathetically wrong, as usual.
Frankly, that's called hyperbole.
I think manslaughter should be what the officer is convicted of. The number of years he has to sit in jail is for others to decide, not me.
I think manslaughter should be what the officer is convicted of. The number of years he has to sit in jail is for others to decide, not me.
Not me...He stopped, planted, and methodically took aim, then proceeded not to just shoot once, or twice, but 8 freakin' times....I think manslaughter should be for cases where you don't intend on killing someone, but it happens...This was murder.
Not me...He stopped, planted, and methodically took aim, then proceeded not to just shoot once, or twice, but 8 freakin' times....I think manslaughter should be for cases where you don't intend on killing someone, but it happens...This was murder.
I was thinking from the way the Dutch legal system looks at it, murder in our system is planned/premeditated and "doodslag" which to us is "manslaughter" where it is not a premeditated act of homicide.
Because I do not think he premedidated this killing so for me it is manslaughter (homicide without prior premedidation).
He was not fired because of his actions. He was fired in an attempt by the dept. to convey a better image of itself after the video splashed all over national TV.
The NCPD will most likely re-hire him after his acquittal.
JUst saying ...
If that is the case it would be wrong because he was an Officer when the incidnent happened.
Can't "pre meditation" occur even seconds before the act?
I'm not dramitizing it. HP's cause more damage than FMJ's. That's why there is an agreement not to use them in war, but we use them on our own civilians. Just pointing it out.
Not me...He stopped, planted, and methodically took aim, then proceeded not to just shoot once, or twice, but 8 freakin' times....I think manslaughter should be for cases where you don't intend on killing someone, but it happens...This was murder.
1st degree Manslaughter would be a gift for this cop actually - I'd be more apt to side with 2nd degree murder as shooting at someone 8 times in the back (in this case) was not premeditated (no evidence to show premeditation) but where death would be a distinct possibility.
I was thinking from the way the Dutch legal system looks at it, murder in our system is planned/premeditated and "doodslag" which to us is "manslaughter" where it is not a premeditated act of homicide.
Because I do not think he premedidated this killing so for me it is manslaughter (homicide without prior premedidation).
Can't "pre meditation" occur even seconds before the act?
I don't think so. I think that would still qualify as in the moment. If the argument was that this was premeditated...it wasn't. Unless this officer knew he was going to be stopping this guy at this time and had made the decision to kill him. Good luck proving that.