Posted on 04/08/2015 12:59:17 PM PDT by IChing
Incidentally, I know the location where this happened intimately; it’s mere yards from the perimeter of Charleston Air Force Base. I was stationed there for 4 years, from 1982-86, and would pass this very intersection on my way to and from my girlfriend’s house and visiting the commercial strip on Rivers Avenue. Even used to buy gas at that corner.
Another interesting coincidence is that both Scott and Slager served in the Coast Guard.
I beleive you only get one shot with that type of taser, once it’s been deployed, it’s just a hunk of plastic. If that is true, then the officer would have known that.
If a taser doesn’t take you down it generally means you are flying high on PCP’s or something.
Some tasers have multiple charges ready to go, but I don’t know what sort of taser this was. Someone on another thread said even with an expended cartridge type unit a lesser shock can still be delivered.
Or it means the taser didn’t make good contact with your skin.
I have not seen the video no read any other stories about this case. However, based on what I read in your post, if I was on the jury I’d acquit of all charges.
Sometimes watching a police video is like watching sausage being made: It’s ugly to watch, but you like the results.
Of course, I also believe that police should be allowed to shoot at people running away that refuse to stop.
No jury in this country is going to believe that your life is in immediate danger (esp a police officer holding a gun) when the perp is running away in the other direction unarmed!
You present some good arguments for the defense, but I full well believe, in light of the LIV reaction to Furgeson and NY, that the jury will bow to public pressure and this officer will fry.
May I ask why you believe that failure to obey police commands should be a death sentence?
If true, you are deranged.
Well thought-out, well-written. Thanks for the post.
And THAT’s how you stir up rioting~!
You need to see the video. You will change your mind
The guy is 35 feet away and running away- and the officer shoots 8 times - pausing once after 6 then two more when he is clearly hit
‘leaf is just foolin’ Ray......NOBODY is that damn stupid.
Under what conditions?
The law in your state may vary. But in mine (Texas), deadly force can be used during arrest:
There are some other qualifiers -- you can read it if you like.
My point is: there's no carte blanche under the law in my state to use deadly force in an arrest.
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This is just some cops wishful thinking.
There is no manslaughter element to any of this.
The cop knew that his sidearm would be deadly if fired at the victim’s upper torso, thus he deliberately took deadly action for a decidedly non deadly threat.
This is a very clear second degree murder case.
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Watch the video!
Nothing you have assumed is real.
The real question is was the event long enough for the charge to be first degree, rather than second.
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I don’t care if Scott is violent or not. We don’t shoot people eight times in the back as they run away in America. You can say he was a child raping mother raping Nazi. But we still don’t shoot them eight times in the back while running away. This cop should go to jail and NEVER COME OUT. His authority complex got way out of control.
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