White Police Kills Black Man as He Runs-Away.....
You need more than that to prove murder in court.
You have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he wanted to kill the individual fleeing for unjust reasons; you've got the act, which is the shooting (which we see), but you don't have the reason for the shooting, as we only see the act. You can't prove anything regarding the "planting" from what we see.
It very well could be murder, but it very well could be a justified homicide or lesser charge than murder (manslaughter, for example). The point being, just shooting someone fleeing doesn't mean it's murder for a police officer (it usually is for us, though).
(Jumping the gun is a big problem with cases like this and the media circus surrounding it -- that can cause equal or more problems than the initial case itself. Case in point, Michael Brown.)
What exactly did he want to do by shooting an unarmed man in the back 8 times. Also, what could possibly make the murder a legal act (reason) that this video supposedly doesn't show? Actually, we can show he was planting the taser as he reported that the suspect was using it to threaten the cop. How exactly does that happen when the suspect is maybe 100 feet from it when he's shot in the back? Lastly, prosecutors claim intent with less than what they have all the time. You think the cop acting under the color of authority should have less responsibility than we ordinary citizens should have?
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I'm sure that we all know that the cop that did this is sitting in jail charged with murder.
Also considering the fact that I live in the state where this happened, I find it ironic that if this had happened in a more 'progressive, socially consious' state the cop would be doing his job today, business as usual, with little to no fanfare as to what had happened due to police union interference and obfuscation over what happened.
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Also considering the fact that I live in the state where this happened, I find it ironic that if this had happened in a more 'progressive, socially consious' state the cop would be doing his job today, business as usual, with little to no fanfare as to what had happened due to police union interference and obfuscation over what happened.
Yeah, like South Carolina is well known for fairness when it comes to black people. Good luck with that...
Also considering the fact that I live in the state where this happened, I find it ironic that if this had happened in a more 'progressive, socially consious' state the cop would be doing his job today, business as usual, with little to no fanfare as to what had happened due to police union interference and obfuscation over what happened.
Yeah, like South Carolina is well known for fairness when it comes to black people. Good luck with that...
The law-enforcement officer was jailed initially ( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... y-day.html ). I don't know if he remains jailed, but I doubt it if he has a lawyer and isn't a flight risk.
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Also considering the fact that I live in the state where this happened, I find it ironic that if this had happened in a more 'progressive, socially consious' state the cop would be doing his job today, business as usual, with little to no fanfare as to what had happened due to police union interference and obfuscation over what happened.
He is a member of a police union. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association declined to provide him with legal representation, because his case doesn't meet their criteria. But they have still provided support by raising funds for him. So even in a non-progressive, non-socially conscious state like South Carolina there is still police union interference, but there is not much they can do to defend a cop who shoots a suspect in the back.
Also considering the fact that I live in the state where this happened, I find it ironic that if this had happened in a more 'progressive, socially consious' state the cop would be doing his job today, business as usual, with little to no fanfare as to what had happened due to police union interference and obfuscation over what happened.
Yeah, like South Carolina is well known for fairness when it comes to black people. Good luck with that...
The law-enforcement officer was jailed initially ( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... y-day.html ). I don't know if he remains jailed, but I doubt it if he has a lawyer and isn't a flight risk.
He was denied bail at his last court appearance, and his next court appearance is not until August 21. So the only way he could not still be in jail, is if he has escaped, and the judge seems to think that he is a flight risk.
Who is Michael Slager, the officer who shot Walter Scott?
That is good to know!
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That is good to know!
Seconded.
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Also considering the fact that I live in the state where this happened, I find it ironic that if this had happened in a more 'progressive, socially consious' state the cop would be doing his job today, business as usual, with little to no fanfare as to what had happened due to police union interference and obfuscation over what happened.
Yeah, like South Carolina is well known for fairness when it comes to black people. Good luck with that...
Historically it sucked, however, I've seen about as much racism and bigotry in the allegedly 'socially progressive' state of Maine as I've seen down here. People down here who are racist seem to be more up front about it, but in New England, they're much more covert about it, and the ones who are racist are the ones who loudly proclaim themselves to have progressed beyond that.
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Also considering the fact that I live in the state where this happened, I find it ironic that if this had happened in a more 'progressive, socially consious' state the cop would be doing his job today, business as usual, with little to no fanfare as to what had happened due to police union interference and obfuscation over what happened.
Yeah, like South Carolina is well known for fairness when it comes to black people. Good luck with that...
Historically it sucked, however, I've seen about as much racism and bigotry in the allegedly 'socially progressive' state of Maine as I've seen down here. People down here who are racist seem to be more up front about it, but in New England, they're much more covert about it, and the ones who are racist are the ones who loudly proclaim themselves to have progressed beyond that.
I never said it wasn't a problem in the rest of the country. However most blue states didn't go to war to preserve slavery...
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