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Taillight's broken, ASSHOLE!

Call it Crazy says

Once again, isn't that what the prosecutor thought when she charged Zimmerman?

You remember this differently than I do. I remember the cops and prosecutors not being interested at all in prosecuting Zimmerman after the most surface investigation (with the lead detective thinking Zimmerman was full of shit), and only doing so after immense public pressure.

Call it Crazy says

But the video, which was taken by a bystander and provided to The New York Times by the Scott family’s lawyer, presents a different account. The video begins in the vacant lot, apparently moments after Officer Slager fired his Taser. Wires, which carry the electrical current from the stun gun, appear to be extending from Mr. Scott’s body as the two men tussle and Mr. Scott turns to run.

The Supreme Court has held that an officer may use deadly force against a fleeing suspect only when there is probable cause that the suspect “poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others.”

Looks pretty bad to me. Prosecutors hate going after their partners, the cops.

Police are supposed to protect the citizenry. The first time a police officer utters the excuse that they "acted out of fear", they should immediately be permanently barred from any government job, and be stripped of their benefits and kicked from the union. It's unacceptable.

It feels like we're back in bizarro world, where punk ass pussies like CiC who blame the government for everything, rush to defend the union and the State, when the State is clearly in the wrong, committing the ultimate overreach. Executing another unarmed citizen on the street.

How could any black man be dumb enough to drive with a broken taillight in SC?

Common sense tells me you don't go "all Rambo" for no reason at all

What the fuck do you know about common sense?

There's no scenario the cop and his lying fuck lawyer could concoct, that warrants him firing eight shots at point blank range into the back of an unarmed, nonviolent, immobile old man.

What argument are you even trying to make? Nobody convicted the POS cop of anything. People watched the video and saw a big government loving, union leech, execute an unarmed citizen. in the back, as he gimped away. Are you saying that didn't happen?

Call it Crazy says

Moments after the struggle, Officer Slager reported on his radio: “Shots fired and the subject is down. He took my Taser,” according to police reports.

But the video, which was taken by a bystander and provided to The New York Times by the Scott family’s lawyer, presents a different account

Now why am I surprised. Murdering liars. No wonder cops want to ban citizens from taking videos/photos.

Spare us your delusional, drugged out, pro union government loving view of the World. You have no perspective

Scenario 18B:
He was firing a warning shot and the trigger stuck...

you asked...

errc says

There's no scenario the cop and his lying fuck lawyer could concoct, that warrants him firing eight shots at point blank range into the back of an unarmed, nonviolent, immobile old man.

maybe the guy was running with the cops whole dozen...that's justifiable homicide..

sbh says

and then turning his back on him to scarf a doughnut.

errc says

The first time a police officer utters the excuse that they "acted out of fear"

The perps use that excuse all the time.
"Why did you run?"
"Because I was scared..."

CaptainShuddup says

The perps use that excuse all the time.

"Why did you run?"

"Because I was scared..."

And apparently with good reason.

SoftShell says

Scenario 18B:

He was firing a warning shot and the trigger stuck...

you asked...

Presumably he would have then missed seven more times.

thunderlips11 says

The Supreme Court has held that an officer may use deadly force against a fleeing suspect only when there is probable cause that the suspect “poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others.”

Call it Crazy says

..."The officer, Michael T. Slager, 33, said he had feared for his life

I agree with the officer. There is nothing scarier than an old black man running away from me.

The video could have been edited and reversed...

tatupu70 says

I agree with the officer. There is nothing scarier than an old black man running away from me.

Why do people keep referring to what the black guy did as "running " away? If you watched that and thought to describe it as "running ", you're an even less athletic slow piece of shit than the likes of CiC.

Now, if you watched the cop panicking after dropping the guy, and saw him flailing about like a little fancy boy, then maybe you were sympathetic to the notion that both these poor souls are un athletic food pyramid eaters. Maybe it made you think of your own pathetic physique, i dont know. But that is yet another mark against the cop, who should be in tip top shape, not the elderly black guy.

The murderer walked over to the corpse and dropped what is believed to be a taser. The criminal then reported that the deceased had threatened him with the taser. Surprising that the cop did not carry a drop gun just for this scenario.

The video illustrates the thinking of many police officers - if you do not obey me, I will kill you. The question is, why do they feel this way?

Blurtman says

The murderer walked over to the corpse and dropped what is believed to be a taser. The criminal then reported that the deceased had threatened him with the taser. Surprising that the cop did not carry a drop gun just for this scenario.

The video illustrates the thinking of many police officers - if you do not obey me, I will kill you. The question is, why do they feel this way?

Well killer cops are rarely, if ever prosecuted. if this one was not in video, do you think the cop would have faced charges? Despite the video, looks like some people still support the cop.

lostand confused says

if this one was not in video, do you think the cop would have faced charges?

Zero chance.

Is this cop Sunni or Shiite?

There's no excuse for this kind of cop behavior. If we don't hold our peace officers to a higher code of conduct, there will be no peace at all, and all our lives are in danger. This cop willfully took a man's life without cause, without remorse, and without being truthful about it. He should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

I'm curious as to the police record of the thung that this cop offed.

zzyzzx says

I'm curious as to the police record of the thung that this cop offed.

It's all Obama's fault ... and this time I mean it.

Maybe they should have rules of engagement for cops too?

Like Raylan Givens from JUSTIFIED said:

If you wanted me to shoot you in the front, you should have run towards me.

I'm curious as to the police record of the thung that this cop offed

The thung was black, the shooter is a white, big government ,union member. What else matters?

Call it Crazy says

Apparently, to many here, his past record doesn't matter..

So, if you're a criminal, it's OK to shoot you in the back as you walk/run away?

And FFS, that was 25 years ago

Just out of curiosity, how many of PATNET users have run from a cop when he said stop? I haven't.

Now that cops are trigger happy, doesn't seem like a good strategy.

Apparently, to many here, his past record doesn't matter..

Did the shooter know about his violent history of not paying child support, at the time of the encounter? Then why would it be pertinent?

komputodo says

Just out of curiosity, how many of PATNET users have run from a cop when he said stop? I haven't.

Now that cops are trigger happy, doesn't seem like a good strategy.

So, rather than fix the problem (trigger happy cops), just submit weakly?

zzyzzx says

I'm curious as to the police record of the thung that this cop offed.

a. On what basis is he a thug?
b. What difference does a police record make to being shot in the back whilst posing zero threat to the person who shot you from more than 20ft away?
c. His outstanding warrant was from a family court. The stated previous arrest history hardly makes him a hardened thug - arrested 10 times mostly for failing to pay child support.

Just out of curiosity, how many of PATNET users have run from a cop when he said stop? I haven't.

Well many of the people that post here are SQUARE AS FUCK, so take that into consideration. I can remember numerous times , in my teens, running from the police. A time or two for truancy, and a couple times for being at a party underage.

errc says

Well many of the people that post here are SQUARE AS FUCK, so take that into consideration. I can remember numerous times , in my teens, running from the police. A time or two for truancy, and a couple times for being at a party underage.

And apparently each time it would have been perfectly reasonable for you to have been shot in the back... well, as long as no one filmed it.

errc says

. I can remember numerous times , in my teens, running from the police.

Any of them for smoking mota?

And apparently each time it would have been perfectly reasonable for you to have been shot in the back... well, as long as no one filmed it.

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Well, i had no criminal record, and im white, so those awaiting more evidence wrt the actual incidents, would have had quite the conundrum as to wether or not the Cop was justified.

Luckily, im light on my feet for a big guy, and certainly smarter than any cop in the history of cops, so I always got away.

errc says

Did the shooter know about his violent history of not paying child support, at the time of the encounter

Probably, since it's a good possibility that this officer had arrested this guy before.

Standard police force issue must include a flamethrower. It is the only way.

Call it Crazy says

At what point is it acceptable to fight with a cop and try and take a weapon away from him?

What are you talking about? Is someone arguing it's OK to fight with a cop?

Call it Crazy says

If you have followed along in discussions here, you would know the answer to that question.

And if you weren't such an idiot, you'd be able to answer a simple question.

Call it Crazy says

..."He would face several similar charges occasionally during the next decade until his last arrest in 2012."

2012 was 25 years ago? What type of calendar do YOU use?

Similar to what? Child support non-payment or assault?