Gap remains in video record of fatal SC police shooting

Associated Press ^ | Apr 11, 2015 12:05 AM EDT | Jeffrey Collins and Michael Biesecker

[LucyT]

Wonder why Slager didn’t aim for Scott’s buttocks or legs. Perhaps more difficult target and didn’t want random bullets hitting innocent people in case he missed?

[Reverend Wright]

“Really? You think that just because he radioed that he started CPR that that proves he did?”

yes, there are 10+ other officers on scene by then

[BunnySlippers]

N. Carolina, Death Penalty?

[P-Marlowe]

It’s South Carolina and yes they have the death penalty.

The death penalty is also available under the Federal Civil Rights laws.

[FBD]

_”The answer would be to put body cams on all police officers, all the time and the cameras would not have on Off switch.”

That’s unreasonable. Officers deserve their privacy while doing personal business like anyone else. I recently talked to an officer and on occasion, some of them have forgotten to turn off their body cam while using the restroom.

That would be embarrassing! :-/

[FBD]

Sure looks like a taser to me.
Regardless, an honest cop doesn't drop things alongside a body after a shooting. That's evidence tampering or planting evidence.

http://i.imgur.com/DTYSXXC.gif

[SteveH]

because

(1) my understanding is that the police receive classical gun training, which is to place priority on totally incapacitating the victim once the decision has been made that the situation calls for the cop’s gun to be used. cops do not fire guns to wound; cops fire guns to totally incapacitate the victim. most cops are lousy shots. in addition, there is the heat of the conflict and distractions to consider. shooting to wound risks missing the suspect and hitting someone else, expending precious rounds of ammunition which could otherwise be used to save lives (including the cop’s). hence, the cop shoots to incapacitate, which translates loosely to “shoot to kill.” shooting to kill involves (typically, in the ideal situation) two shot to the torso, and one shot to the head.

(2) a dead suspect is less likely to mount a successful expensive injury lawsuit against the shooting cop, and be able to testify against the shooting cop at a hearing or trial if the question of of “bad shoot” arises.

[Reverend Wright]

could you link to a taser that could look like that, in the orientation that it would be in the video ?

for the current police ones, i don’t see it

many pairs of sunglasses do look like that. see post #25.

it appears to me that the glasses that Slager throws are in the exact same position as the image of the glasses i posted. nose piece first, right side up, earpieces extended behind.

[Reverend Wright]

i think your right about moving stuff around

but if it’s sunglasses it’s not likely to be evidence planting.

[FBD]

Its been reported to be the taser that was dropped, and he picked it up again afterwards. It was pointed out that perhaps Slager was concerned that he couldn’t control the scene and someone else could run up and grab the taser from behind him.
It does appear that there WAS a struggle for the taser before the shooting.

[Reverend Wright]

thanks, do you know what media had that?