here’s the problem with just letting him go. he’s running toward a pawnshop and other retail businesses. he’s run from a traffic stop, ignored commands to halt, resisted arrest, committed several violent assaults on a police officer, stolen a weapon (at that point Slager believed Scott had his taser)
Scott is getting tired and he’s not running very fast. his decision making is getting reckless and he’s committing increasingly serious crimes.
now he’s headed toward a retail parking lot with people getting in and out of cars. he has a taser so that’s a risk for carjacking. there’s also the pawn shop which probably has lots of guns
letting him go means exposing the public in that retail area to the risk of serious injury or death - which is the Supreme Court standard for use of deadly force.
There is no record of him assaulting a police officer. The cop walked back to his car, the guy ran. That’s on video.
Mr scott didnt have the taser according to the video I’ve seen.
And it appears as though the officer picked up the taser then placed it next to Mr scott as well.
And as a CCW intructor I never teach people to empty their weapon into someone...you double tap center of mass and check your target then double tap again if necessary.
Emptying your weapon turns it into a hammer...not a firearm.
So the solution is to start launching bullets in the direction of those retail businesses? Take out a shopper with a stray bullet or two?
So what better way to protect that public than by firing wildly in their direction, trying to hit running man?
letting him go means exposing the public in that retail area to the risk of serious injury or death - which is the Supreme Court standard for use of deadly force.
Sure, try that defense at the trial. Once the jury and judge stop laughing I predict your client will be convicted.
You’re sick in the head. Just like other Freepers who can’t hold in their zeal for public executions.
What you list here is all in the escalation of the incident. It started out as a traffic stop. What was he being arrested for, now? Child support? He was in the act of fleeing when he was killed. I’m of the opinion that only violent people should be arrested. How is someone going to pay child support if they’re in jail?
wow, I didn’t know you knew what was in Slager’s mind!! You are astounding! Can you tell what’s in my mind right now? Umm hmmm.
Sad to burst your bubble ,but the taser wires show up as Scott starts to run and then they disconnect and fall to the ground, as the taser has as well. It’s in that video. And this happened in front of your friend and fellow, Slager, the one you know what he’s thinking, and what he knows and doesn’t know.
So don’t tell me that he doesn’t know Scott doesn’t have the taser. It’s right in front of him too, within his peripheral vision. He doesn’t look around, he goes right back to it, picks it up and carries it over to the body.