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Dash cam video shows officer pursuing man [Walter Scott] before shooting
Associated Press via AOL ^ | 4-9-15 | JEFFREY S. COLLINS and MICHAEL BIESECKER

Posted on 04/09/2015 4:26:02 PM PDT by smokingfrog

Dash cam video of a traffic stop provided the world with another piece of evidence Thursday in a fatal police shooting. It showed no indication of any physical or verbal threats before the driver bolts and the officer chases after him.

The video, released Thursday by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, shows what begins as a seemingly routine stop for a broken tail light. The officer, Michael Slager, approaches the used Mercedes-Benz driven by Walter Lamer Scott, and asks for license and registration. There's a brief exchange, and the officer returns to his cruiser.

Scott then takes off running.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: banglist; dashcam; netherlands; policeshooting; southcarolina; walterscott
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To: eddie willers

Bizarre. Why would someone throw away their life like that? From the looks of it, there is no excuse.....unless there is video we are not seeing.


41 posted on 04/09/2015 4:53:46 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Ha. Yeah, you can ping me if it turns out to wrong. People who drive around uninsured frequently game the system in other ways. Occasionally it’s a lapse that can happen to anyone, I must acknowledge before you try to prove me completely wrong with that minor fact.


42 posted on 04/09/2015 4:54:33 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: babygene
I have questions about what you were suggesting.

I think you're paranoid. I was only saying that the claims he was running because of the taser were a lie and they clearly were.
43 posted on 04/09/2015 4:54:41 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Oliviaforever
From another witness: Dash cam video shows the moments before South Carolina police shooting

On Thursday, a second witness spoke to CNN about what she saw. Gwen Nichols said she was in the neighborhood when she heard police cars speeding by and, curious, she followed them. She saw Scott and Slager at the entrance to a vacant lot. "It was like a tussle type of thing, like, you know, like, 'What do you want?' or 'What did I do?' type of thing," said Nichols, who said she has not yet talked to police about what she saw.

44 posted on 04/09/2015 4:54:53 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (PS I live north of San Diego. Come & get me.)
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To: Starstruck

It’s called “Call for backup.”


45 posted on 04/09/2015 4:55:07 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: 9thLife

Race folks make them money makers, not the country in general. This officer was a disgrace though.


46 posted on 04/09/2015 4:55:16 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

“Warrants? Drugs? “

Well now, that changes everything... No wonder he shot him in the back.


47 posted on 04/09/2015 4:57:00 PM PDT by babygene
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To: ansel12

Looks like cold blooded murder to me. looks like he’s tampering with evidence too and it looks like another officer is conspiring with him.


48 posted on 04/09/2015 4:58:28 PM PDT by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a politically correct way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Boy scouts don’t run away from cops.


49 posted on 04/09/2015 4:58:59 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: dfwgator
It’s called “Call for backup.”

The videos show that his backup was there when he dropped the taser next to the body. Didn't seem to help.

50 posted on 04/09/2015 4:59:40 PM PDT by Starstruck
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To: Jonty30

I think the cop thought Scott had his stun gun and then tried to cover his Ass when he found it where they had the physical Altercation. It wasn’t a good shoot, but he pretty much screwed himself when he planted the stun gun.


51 posted on 04/09/2015 4:59:40 PM PDT by chemical_boy
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy

I wonder why she odd not talk to the police?

But I don’t think a “What did I do” kind of thing should end up in a dude being dead.


52 posted on 04/09/2015 5:01:26 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: A CA Guy
Not a lawyer, but found this interesting from the DOJ findings in the Brown case.:


53 posted on 04/09/2015 5:02:20 PM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: A CA Guy
This officer was a disgrace though.

I suppose I must point out that I am not justifying what the video shows, because if I don't people presume that I am simply because I dared call into question the character of the man who chose to run away from the cops.

In fact, the question wasn't about the man at all: it was about the fact that this is national news and on everyone's radar. Why? Because he's black.

Don't people of other colors get shot dead by cops? I can only surmise, because it damn sure doesn't get all the rotation in the media that it does when a black man does - and incidentally, all of them that have made the news during this fad have been criminals, have they not?

54 posted on 04/09/2015 5:02:52 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: Gay State Conservative

He had not paid his child support.


55 posted on 04/09/2015 5:03:38 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Oliviaforever
Shooting people five times in the back for not having insurance would encourage more folks buy insurance.

Shooting people five times in the back for not having health care insurance would encourage more folks buy insurance.

There, fixed it for you.

56 posted on 04/09/2015 5:05:10 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: smokingfrog

Why was it necessary to point out that the Mercedes-Benz Scott was driving was used?


57 posted on 04/09/2015 5:05:47 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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To: eddie willers
Stupid to run.

You would stand there and let someone shoot you?

58 posted on 04/09/2015 5:05:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: 9thLife
and incidentally, all of them that have made the news during this fad have been criminals, have they not?

We all are.

America Desperately Needs to Fix Its Overcriminalization Problem

59 posted on 04/09/2015 5:08:22 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (PS I live north of San Diego. Come & get me.)
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To: GOPJ
Police aren't allowed to be judge, jury and executioner

Exactly! That's the media's job.

60 posted on 04/09/2015 5:08:25 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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