Posted on 04/27/2011 2:04:46 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
A Shreveport police officer fired for running away from a situation where fellow officers had to shoot an armed man was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for lying on the witness stand about his actions.
Caddo prosecutors, who obtained a perjury conviction against Morgan King, said the false testimony was part of King's efforts to make his actions look better and enhance his chances of getting his job back.
Caddo District Judge Mike Pitman imposed sentence Monday morning and ordered King immediately taken into custody. He set bond at $100,000 if King wants to appeal his sentence.
King was fired over his actions that night. Video from the police car of an officer involved in the May 2006 shooting shows King delay arriving at the scene, then walk by the wounded man and the two fellow officers before running back to his patrol car and leaving.
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Disrespecting authority again I see!!!
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