Prisoner#1 said:

Patlal said:

Legal or not, shooting a guy while he's running away like that is definitely bad. I don't care what the law says, that's just plain wrong. The guy was slow as fuck and the cops seems in shape. He could easily have chased him down.

But hey, apparently in the US, shooting black people is a 75$ offense.

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I agree but then think about it, he fought over the taser which was caught on
tape, why? because he was too big of a piece of shit to take care of his kids
while he was rolling on 22s in his mercedes

maybe the baby momma can get the car and have something from the turd for her kids

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luvdemboomers said:

Prisoner#1 said:

Patlal said:

Legal or not, shooting a guy while he's running away like that is definitely bad. I don't care what the law says, that's just plain wrong. The guy was slow as fuck and the cops seems in shape. He could easily have chased him down.

But hey, apparently in the US, shooting black people is a 75$ offense.

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I agree but then think about it, he fought over the taser which was caught on
tape, why? because he was too big of a piece of shit to take care of his kids
while he was rolling on 22s in his mercedes

maybe the baby momma can get the car and have something from the turd for her kids

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Being a piece of shit doesn't justify murder

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depends on your view, shroomism sees all cops as pieces of shit and he
advocates that everyone bu him start murdering cops, he says it's a
justifiable reason

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Prisoner#1 said:

mpd said:

That is racist.

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what's racist? calling a deadbeat a deadbeat?

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mpd said:

Prisoner#1 said:

mpd said:

That is racist.

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what's racist? calling a deadbeat a deadbeat?

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We know what you really meant even without you thinking it.  J/k.  I was jerking your chain.

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Everything Police Said About Unarmed Man’s Death Before Video Surfaced Was a Lie

A police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, was just charged with murder after a video was released that shows him executing an unarmed African American man. But now it is clear that Officer Michael T. Slager, his partner and the department all spun a web of lies about the victim in this case.

Before you entertain the idea that there may be some ambiguity in this incident, watch the video of the incident below…

    North Charleston, South Carolina Police Officer Michael Thomas Slager shot and killed Walter Scott… Scott was UNARMED and SHOT IN THE BACK as he ran away!!!Help SPREAD THE WORD!

    Posted by Counter Current News on Tuesday, April 7, 2015

The video clearly shows Officer Slager, 33, shooting and killing a man who was running for his life.

But Slager had claimed that he “feared for his life” because the fleeing suspect had supposedly taken his stun gun in a confrontation after a traffic stop on Saturday.

But the video clearly shows the officer planting the stun gun on the dead body of the man, Walter L. Scott, 50, who was fired at eight times as he fled.

The North Charleston mayor formally announced the state charges against Slager at a news conference Tuesday evening.

Scott was shot early Saturday morning. Between then and when charges were filed, Officer Slager, his department and his attorney, presented and stood by his version of the events, that we now know were complete lies.

Think Progress writes that “On Saturday the police released a statement alleging that Scott had attempted to gain control of a Taser from Slager and that he was shot in a struggle over the weapon.”

The Post And Courier reported that: “Police in a matter of hours declared the occurrence at the corner of Remount and Craig roads a traffic stop gone wrong, alleging the dead man fought with an officer over his Taser before deadly force was employed.”

    A statement released by North Charleston police spokesman Spencer Pryor said a man ran on foot from the traffic stop and an officer deployed his department-issued Taser in an attempt to stop him.

    That did not work, police said, and an altercation ensued as the men struggled over the device. Police allege that during the struggle the man gained control of the Taser and attempted to use it against the officer.

    The officer then resorted to his service weapon and shot him, police alleged.

The story clearly came from Slager but he was able to use the authoritative voice of the police department to bolster his narrative. Meanwhile, Scott could only be defended by friends who did not witness the incident. “Walter was a nice, good, honest person… He was a grown man working hard to take care of his family,” said Samuel Scott, the victim’s cousin.

By Sunday, the police department had clammed up and refused to release any additional information about the events. (It’s unclear when the department became aware of the existence of the video.)

On Monday, Slager sought to reinforce his narrative, this time releasing a statement through his attorney. From The Post And Courier:

    Slager thinks he properly followed all procedures and policies before resorting to deadly force, lawyer David Aylor said in a statement.

    “When confronted, Officer Slager reached for his Taser — as trained by the department — and then a struggle ensued,” Aylor said.

    “The driver tried to overpower Officer Slager in an effort to take his Taser.”

Seconds later, the report added, he radioed that the suspect wrested control of the device. Even with the Taser’s prongs deployed, the device can still be used as a stun gun to temporarily incapacitate someone.

Slager “felt threatened and reached for his department-issued firearm and fired his weapon,” his attorney added.

If it were not for the video, there is little question that Slager would have been believed and would have continued with his wanton abuses and murders. He acted in such a callous manner in the video that it is clear he was used to the sort of coverup he was engaged in.

The State reports that “[p]olice in South Carolina have fired their weapons at 209 suspects in the past five years” but there was not a single conviction in these cases. “We ruled all the shootings were justified – and we looked at dozens and dozens of them,” a former prosecutor told The State.

This is why the police fear citizens armed with cameras more than anything. Tonight, this murderer is off the streets! But if a brave by-stander would not have taken the initiative to film the police, then Slager would still be “policing” the streets and murdering more innocent people.

The police report was filled with lies, but those lies are believed by default every time a murder like this is carried out by law enforcement officers.

Why does the public and legal system give the police the benefit of the doubt, even as we continue to document such abuses? The video shows part of the problem: the collusion of other police officers. Even though the second officer, who comes on to the scene later in the video, did not do the shooting, he lied in his police report to support his partner – Slager.

In the days to come, we can expect more scrutinizing of Slager’s partner and the lies he wrote in his police report. Stay tuned!

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Prisoner#1 said:

ShootinD5nukes said:

The black guy did try to take the stun gun.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleeing_felon_rule

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At Common law, the Fleeing Felon Rule permits the use of force, including deadly force, against an individual who is suspected of a felony and is in clear flight. Force may be used by the victim, bystanders, or police officers.

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Prisoner#1 said:

according to the news accounts he ran and was caught, the cop deployed the taser
after that apprehension and the guy slapped the taser out of the cops hand, this
shows us that the "non lethal" options are frequently not options but toys, after
doing so he bolted again and that's when the cop deployed and actual weapon

the guy was stupid, he got killed, stupid should always be killed so it cant keep
trashing up the gene pool

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Shroomism said:

The facts that the officer feared for his life?

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Shroomism said:

Slow motion shot of him planting the taser next to the body

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Kinko said:

lolz my first time shooting a handgun i unloaded 3 out of 7 rounds into a 4 inch target from about 100 feet ( we pulled target all the way back and aim for the head of target) the 1911 is dead accurate chill recoil wins me over. 

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so a proffesional(cops) trained marksmen cant just aim for the legs ? like you know target practice? explain to me how i with no training in weapons can perform better than most coppers?  jesus he shot him 7 times and only hit him 3?

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mpd said:

Turns out that this cop had a prior complaint about use of excessive force from 2013 on him that the department whitewashed.  Too bad.  If they had done a proper investigation and fired his ass then this guy might be alive today and the cop wouldn't be facing Murder One.

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