Brave Judge Refuses to Throw Accused White Cop to the Mob, Sums Up Ruling in 1 EPIC Sentence

Conservative Tribune ^ | 5/26/15

[Impala64ssa]

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John O’Donnell did something absolutely amazing on Saturday, when he chose to acquit white Cleveland cop Michael Brelo of manslaughter in the 2012 killing of two lawbreakers who sent police on a 22-mile car chase.

“Brelo’s entire use of deadly force was a constitutionally reasonable response to an objectionably reasonably perceived threat of great bodily harm,” the judge announced.

He added, “I will not sacrifice him to the public frustrated by historical mistreatment at the hands of other officers.”

What occurred in 2012 was that a couple, Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams, were driving past the Cleveland police headquarters when their vehicle backfired. The police thought that perhaps someone had fired a weapon, so they began pursuing the couple’s vehicle.

But rather than simply stop, the couple chose to lead the police on a dangerous high-speed chase. The pursuit eventually ended when their vehicle rammed into a police car in a middle school parking lot, after which they drove toward one officer.

Likewise, protesters in Cleveland took to the streets to confront police officers. One of them threw an object through a store window. Protesters also tried to make an issue out of “the fact that Brelo is white and Russell and Williams were black.”

The judge apparently didn’t care about race, however, because he chose to make his decision based on the actual facts.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the Department of Justice, which has chosen to “review the testimony and evidence” because second-guessing the objective and non-biased decision of a white judge is the thing to do these days.

[JimRed]

It was not until those fleeing had rammed a police car and then tried to run over another cop that they opened fire.

Needed killing. Got killed.

[Impala64ssa]

If the vehicle was running so badly that it was backfiring, it doesn’t seem likely that it would be able to keep ahead of modern, presumably well-maintained cop cars for 22 miles.
Especially if that car had the old 229 CI V-6, or the early 305 (5liter) V8 with the "soft" camshaft. They couldn't get out of their own way, let alone outrun a late model cop car.

[A Navy Vet]

"That was fascinating information. Thank you. All this technology is slightly before my time, and it is very interesting. I am learning about this archaic concept called “vapor lock” right now. I don’t think vapor lock is even possible in a modern car. Thoughts?

No "vapor lock" is not prevalent in modern car motors because of the advanced fuel systems. Back when, if the fuel line got over-heated (fuel line against manifold, etc) it would turn the fuel into a gas, which would cause a gap from the fuel line to the carburetor and deprive the carb of fuel and stall the motor. That's why I have clips on my fuel lines in my 58 Chevy to keep them from touching my intake manifold.