Hannity had the Brown family lawyer on tonight. Lawyer, yada, yada, shot in back. Hannity points out no evidence he was shot in back. Lawyer, then claims the officer missed….etc., etc.
Got to love the grasping at straws by blacks, the guv and others involved in Ferguson. They want the county prosecutor, though voted in four times because of his credibility, removed because of his ‘bias’ because his dad was an LEO killed by a black, but, crickets that Eric Holder should be involved who had ‘distrust’ of police when younger pointed out in his speech in Ferguson. He speaks of ‘transparency’ when that doesn’t apply to Fast and Furious.
Crickets from the author, the media, Sharpton, Jackson, the MO Guv, et al about this gem provided to me by FReeper ltc8k6 from Wiki involving the shooting death of a 15-year old black.:
Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985)[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that under the Fourth Amendment, when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, he or she may use deadly force to prevent escape only if the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others.
The facts behind that case:
At about 10:45 p.m. on October 3, 1974, Memphis Police Department Officers Leslie Wright and Elton Hymon were dispatched to answer a burglary call next door. Officer Hymon went behind the house as his partner radioed back to the station. Hymon witnessed someone running across the yard. The fleeing suspect, Edward Garner, stopped at a 6-foot-high (1.8 m) chain-link fence. Using his flashlight, Hymon could see Garner's face and hands, and was reasonably sure that Garner was unarmed. The police testified that they believed Garner was 17 or 18 years old; Garner was in fact 15 years old. After Hymon ordered Garner to halt, Garner began to climb the fence. Believing that Garner would certainly flee if he made it over the fence, Hymon shot him. The bullet struck Garner in the back of the head, and he died shortly after an ambulance took him to a nearby hospital. Ten dollars and a purse taken from the burglarized house were found on his body.
Hymon acted according to a Tennessee state statute and official Memphis Police Department policy authorizing deadly force against a fleeing suspect. The statute provided that "if, after notice of the intention to arrest the defendant, he either flee or forcibly resist, the officer may use all the necessary means to effect the arrest."
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