Posted on 04/17/2015 10:33:50 AM PDT by IChing
Do you think Slager will get a fair trial?
Go lick a boot.
What is the back story on the guy the cop killed? What led up to all of this?
No. But he looks guilty at this point.
We’ll said...
Guilty of what, in your opinion? And did you happen to read the analysis?
“This has been applied to the law enforcement setting where a police officer, after being in physical combat, is justified in using deadly force but then the circumstances change in front of him. An officer may neurologically be unable to stop firing until either the suspect is down or several seconds elapse.”
I have serious doubts this defense would ever be accepted if a regular citizen tried to raise it.
Shooting someone in the back is murder and then covering it up by planting evidence near the body speaks to Slager’s state of mind: meaning that he knew as he fired the shots that he was doing something wrong and that it needed to be covered up with a lie.
He may not get the death penalty but I certainly hope he gets jailyard justice.
Cop stopped him for an inoperative tail light, he found a warrant for unpaid child support, and the guy tried to run.
Who said it was a defense? Read the analysis.
> Cop stopped him for an inoperative tail light, he found a
> warrant for unpaid child support, and the guy tried to run.
Definitely not a reason to shoot him in the back.
He could have been picked up at a later time, probably without incident, as he was not a violent offender.
With Scott lumbering away, the taser darts simply make it a possible revenge killing without removing the possibility that it was simply opportunistic.
And, further, Graham v. Connor makes it clear that such cases are NOT to be tried the same as those involving regular citizens.
Death penalty has been ruled out.
So in your opinion it’s murder or nothing?
I thought your last analysis was definitive?
Guess the childs mother won’t be getting that child support payment now.
Yeah, I read it.
I don’t think this was premeditated, more like manslaughter.
I’ll tell you what I do know. No matter what the circumstances, if I shot someone in the back, I’d never be free again. I don’t hold cops to lesser standard than they want to hold me to.
Okay, so what about the overcharge? Can you see how he walks if they fail to allow jurors the option to convict on a lesser charge?
It was, for the specific charge of murder. How did you miss that?
He MAY get a fair trial, but only with a change of venue. I also believe he is NOT guilty of murder, but may be of manslaughter.
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