Posted on 04/08/2015 1:06:17 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
The video appears to be damning: a white police officer fatally shooting a black man in the back as he ran away.
The shooting of Walter Scott by North Charleston, S.C., police Officer Thomas Stager has generated national outrage. Stager has been fired and charged with murder.
Legal and police tactics experts said the video would be powerful evidence in the criminal case. But they say it still leaves Stager’s defense with options.
One likely defense focus will be what is not on the video. The interaction between Scott and Stager before the shooting is not seen, nor is the traffic stop that began the incident. Defense attorneys will probably push on this, the experts said, telling jurors that the video doesn’t tell the whole story.
“What was the conversation and interaction between the officer and the subject?” said retired Los Angeles police Capt. Greg Meyer. “Why did the subject run away?”
(Excerpt) Read more at touch.latimes.com ...
I sat through the entire Rodney King Simi Valley trial. The jury had seen video that portrayed a portion of the incident, but not the whole incident. Once they saw the rest of the video, they voted not to convict. Not necessarily on point, but the parallels about the media selling the public a story that left out many facts, and the public being quick to rush to judgment have some redolence here.
Funny, though, that here the LA Times is urging taking the time to get it right, whereas the King case was actually the capper of their ten year long campaign against the LAPD and they formed a media lynch mob before the ink on the first edition was dry.
I've not even watched the video...
Well, everyone who is just getting a ticket for expired plates should stop when the officer says, “Stop”. Or, should everyone be allowed to run and arm themselves? Would that make it a “fair fight” in your opinion?
“You DON’T shoot someone in the back. ESPECIALLY someone who is running AWAY.”
Even if they are toting an AK-47 and running for cover?
Or how about running to a car to get away? There are
reasons to shoot someone in the back.
Well, then, let’s execute the cop and put you out on the streets...I like that.
Agreed!!!!!!!!!
Then you should strive to learn more about the topics, this one for instance.
Okay. Change that to “running away”. If someone is trying to kill somebody and I come up behind him, well...
Yes it is. And if the officer knew him to be unarmed, why didn't the lazy SOB chase the suspect? It's not like the guy was running that fast or would have had the stamina to get too far.
If one of our troops shot an ISIS member like this they would go to jail.
Ok?
Perhaps I already know more than you about the topics we have previously discussed.
I think that driftdiver would say that you ignored the point of his post.
“”Once he’s running away what does it matter? He wasn’t armed and he wasn’t endangering anyone at that time.””
ummm how about right now?
A military officer is in jail today for shooting two known enemy combatants who attacked him.
I might move to Z before that happens.............
I seriously doubt any of those scenarios are true or we would have heard about it. We need to keep one foot firmly planted in the real world. I’m not saying the guy is guilty. Only a jury can do that. But I will say the evidence is pretty bad. And yes there are bad and corrupt cops.
What does executing the cop for murder have to do with putting me out of my house? You sound like you have a screw loose.
Until the JAGS started throwing the book at soldiers and Marines who have done less than this.
Obviously not, you are showing ignorance on this topic for instance.
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