Stirl_ae86
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Bail denied.
Now, he can truly say he fears for his life.
Now, he can truly say he fears for his life.
Staying on topic on the first post:
#1) One of the reason racism remains it because people keep putting 'black' (or other terms) in their title , why not 'South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder in Man’s Death - NYTimes.com'
#2) At least the officer is being charged - so there IS justice in this case, don't forget that.
- unfortunately if this person wasn't filming, who knows, he could've gotten away with it , the person video taping is the real hero IMO.
En espèrent qu'il aura une sentence exemplaire.
En population générale, ce gars-là aura pas le temps de se faire violer, il va être mort avant.
Jamais il va être en population général, il va être en cellule pour le reste de sa sentence.
Mais j'ai vraiment peur à ce qui va arriver si (quand?) il est déclaré innocent.
C'est déjà arrivé à Montréal, Allan Gosset qui tire un noir dans la tête mais acquitté parce qu'il a dit que le coup est parti accidentellement
(CNN)Now that a dash cam video and a new witness have emerged from the day Walter Scott was killed, a new question has also emerged: Could either affect whether a former South Carolina police officer gets convicted of murder?
The dash cam footage shows Officer Michael Slager talking calmly to Scott during a traffic stop for a brake light that was out. Scott says he has no insurance on the vehicle, and Slager returns to his car to do paperwork.
Moments later, Scott gets out of his car and bolts. A foot chase ensues. Scott never reappears on the dash cam video, but a witness later takes video of the officer shooting Scott several times in the back as he is running away.
Uh Oh...
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/10/us/south-carolina-police-shooting/index.html
As usual nothing is black or white, there are shades of gray...
Uh Oh...
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/10/us/south-carolina-police-shooting/index.html
As usual nothing is black or white, there are shades of gray...
The dash cam video changes absolutely nothing. We know the guy ran from the police, that's not the point. The point is that unless an officer's life is in danger, there's no justification for them to use lethal force on a suspect. You chase the suspect down, or he gets away. That's the way it's supposed to work. The officer does not have the right to act as judge, jury and executioner. Especially for a non-violent offender... Unpaid child support and driving with no insurance? Yeah, he deserved to die.
And, the clincher: the officer had the guy's fucking driver's licence. They could have arrested him at his house.
If what this officer did is acceptable in any way, then it's ok for police to open fire on anyone in a vehicle that refuses to stop for police. And that's just not how it works.
We're heading down a slippery slope....
The dash cam video changes absolutely nothing. We know the guy ran from the police, that's not the point. The point is that unless an officer's life is in danger, there's no justification for them to use lethal force on a suspect. You chase the suspect down, or he gets away. That's the way it's supposed to work. The officer does not have the right to act as judge, jury and executioner. Especially for a non-violent offender... Unpaid child support and driving with no insurance? Yeah, he deserved to die.
And, the clincher: the officer had the guy's fucking driver's licence. They could have arrested him at his house.
If what this officer did is acceptable in any way, then it's ok for police to open fire on anyone in a vehicle that refuses to stop for police. And that's just not how it works.
We're heading down a slippery slope....
Oh I agree 1000%, you don't shoot someone in the back for an 18.000 warrant and expired insurance, the cop deserves to go to jail, but now the "defenders of police" have an argument they didn't have yesterday.
You forgot to mention one thing. The black dude had an outstanding warrant on him for 18,000$ of unpaid child support. So that's why he ran. He was a felon.
This does not excuse what the officer did, but the black dude was indeed a CRIMINAL.
Sinon, un peu barbare... La famille du défunt devrait avoir le droit de buter de la même manière et mettre la vidéo sur liveleak pour la famille du policier.
Ouf, faudrait pas qu'il soit declare innocent. Ca m'etonnerait qu'il ressorte de prison avec une preuve comme on a en video.
Cop tickled foot of police shooting victim while body in morgue
A California cop is on paid administrative leave after pretending to tickle the feet of a man lying in the morgue who was shot and killed by police.
Bakersfield, Calif., Senior Officer Aaron Stringer is alleged to have told a fellow officer that he "loves playing with dead bodies," the Bakersfield Californian reported.
Victim Ramiro James Villegas was in the morgue lying under a bloodied white sheet when another officer saw Stringer grab the dead man's face and try to open his mouth more than once.
This all happened after Villegas was shot and killed by police Nov. 23 following a high-speed chase, the Bakersfield Californian reported.
Stringer then went to the morgue where he looked at Villegas' wounds, touched the dead man's feet and said "tickle, tickle," according to a statement made by another officer and obtained by the Bakersfield Californian. He then tugged on a toe and noted that rigor mortis had yet to set in.
One of the officers witnessing Stringer's behaviour reported him.
Villegas' family has filed a lawsuit against the city.
http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/04/12/cop-tickled-foot-of-police-shooting-victim-while-body-in-morgue