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Officer charged with murder after shooting man in back:
CNN.com ^ | 4/8 | Holly Yan and Dana Ford

Posted on 04/08/2015 6:11:22 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue

The video is so damning that authorities promptly charged a South Carolina officer with murder.

In the footage, an African-American man, apparently unarmed, is seen running away from the officer. He gets several yards away before the officer aims his gun toward his back.

Eight shots later, the man falls to the ground. By that point, he appears to be at least 25 feet from the officer.

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KEYWORDS: again; carolina; crime; donutwatch; jbt; leo; police; racism; southcarolina; thugs; walterscott
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To: the OlLine Rebel

“... 8 shots does not mean he was full of 8 bullets”.

He died on the scene. I don’t understand your issue if he was hit once or eight times.. the man died.


21 posted on 04/08/2015 6:31:37 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Perhaps, but that doesn’t explain him dropping the same object next to the body, and then picking it up, making sure that the other cop sees it.


22 posted on 04/08/2015 6:34:27 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: kiryandil
Good shoot!

Are you crazy? He shot the guy eight times in the back 25 feet away? You're OK with that kind of law enforcement?

23 posted on 04/08/2015 6:36:53 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: TangledUpInBlue
Serious Question: Are there times when it is legal, for a law enforcement officer, to shoot an unarmed person in the back?

Recently watched Fargo (I know just a movie) but the scene where he is feeding the guy into the wood chipper. He sees the cop (Marge) and starts running across the ice away from her. She shoots him in the back.

Are there any known situations where it is legal for a LEO to do this?

24 posted on 04/08/2015 6:39:07 AM PDT by LivingNet
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Maybe he had some other equipment he dropped and had to pick up.

And then drop next to the body of the man he shot? What might that have been if not something to incriminate the victim?

25 posted on 04/08/2015 6:39:23 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Timber Rattler

>>pick up his taser and then plants it next to the guy<<

Wow, I didn’t notice that. I’ll have to watch again.


26 posted on 04/08/2015 6:43:06 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: TangledUpInBlue

A couple of other threads with lots of comments if anyone
is interested in reading them.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3276754/posts
Police: Officer facing murder charge following shooting of suspect

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3276821/posts
North Charleston officer faces murder charge after video shows
him shooting man in back


27 posted on 04/08/2015 6:44:50 AM PDT by deport
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To: LivingNet

Broken taillight and a family court warrant and you end up dead!


28 posted on 04/08/2015 6:44:55 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: DoodleDawg

No, he wouldn’t have. A taser on or near somebody who was shot at a distance, with all of the several entry wounds in the back, does not constitute justifiable cause, and the cop would not have gotten away with it.

Leaving that aside, I just hope that the rabble rousers don’t arrive. North Charleston (where I have family) is a very mixed area, with some high crime, mostly black locations, some white working class areas, some military off-base residential areas, and even a couple of higher end subdivisions.

Fortunately, I think that this was so blatant that nobody is going to be able to make hay on it. Even the police chief started crying when announcing it.


29 posted on 04/08/2015 6:47:06 AM PDT by livius
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Good riddance.

Seriously? You're good with a cop shooting a fleeing suspect multiple times in the back? Really?

30 posted on 04/08/2015 6:48:59 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Good riddance to the cop.


31 posted on 04/08/2015 6:51:07 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

That’s better tan your first two word comment w/o context.


32 posted on 04/08/2015 6:53:11 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

I was responding to Tangleledupinblue’s comment, “He could fry in SC.”

Suggest you read more carefully.


33 posted on 04/08/2015 6:57:24 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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To: Old Sarge

Answers:

One: Yes, but too bad.

Two: No.

Three: No.


34 posted on 04/08/2015 6:57:55 AM PDT by dinodino
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To: TangledUpInBlue
Well, he shot the guy in his BACK. That'd be kinda' hard to explain any way you put it.

This was an outright murder, based on the video clip.

35 posted on 04/08/2015 7:00:20 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: Tupelo

No I think Tim Scott like most of us know murder when we see it on a video.


36 posted on 04/08/2015 7:00:48 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Old Sarge
One: If this is true, then we have an exploitable incident (by Leftists standards) for both black rage AND anti-cop sentiment, which could cause further unrest in either direction;

If it's shown on the 6 o'clock news, it's as true as it needs to be.

Actual ground truth -facts, if you will- will not stop The Agenda.

37 posted on 04/08/2015 7:01:59 AM PDT by null and void (He who kills a tyrant (i.e. an usurper) to free his country is praised and rewarded ~ Thomas Aquinas)
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To: Mr. K
If there was no video, he would have gotten away with it

It's obvious by now that thousands of government jackboots have already gotten away with it. Cops hate these newfangled pocket video recorders.

38 posted on 04/08/2015 7:02:11 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I can accept that. Sorry I took it wrong.


39 posted on 04/08/2015 7:02:58 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
As for making hay over “8 shots”, it seems he only hit with 1. I can’t believe Scott kept jogging the way he did with multiple shots in him. We’ll see, but “8 shots” does not mean he was full of 8 bullets.


40 posted on 04/08/2015 7:04:09 AM PDT by null and void (He who kills a tyrant (i.e. an usurper) to free his country is praised and rewarded ~ Thomas Aquinas)
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