New video released in “Dash-cam Shooting” (SC)

legalinsurrection.com ^ | 9-25-2014 | Andrew Branca

[GeronL]

get your license - complying is suspicious so get out of the car, getting out of the car is also suspicious so BANG, I guess he didn’t also stomp on the guys face too?

These incidents are getting far too common

[driftdiver]

Wow talk about a hair trigger

[samtheman]

The best face you can put on this one is “the cop is an idiot”.

[4yearlurker]

The cop is a trigger happy little jerk who has no business wearing a badge. A citizen pulls into a gas station to go inside for something and a cop pulls up,draws his weapon and starts shooting. I hope this ex cop does time.

[Joe 6-pack]

'Also favorable to Groubert, I think, is his demeanor immediately before and after the shooting, in which he demonstrated no unusually aggressive conduct or apparent malice.'

BS...he mellowed out real quick when he realized he f'ed up.

[Lurker]

“Law enforcement” in America needs to be totally revamped from top to bottom.

[babygene]

I think the officer should, without a trial be (no longer an officer)... Of any kind.

[rockrr]

It’s just the prudent thing to do, I think.

Yea, in a perfect world.

[driftdiver]

Wear your seatbelt and you won’t have to worry about getting shot. /s

[MeganC]

Good thing this was on camera or the cop could’ve said ANYTHING and most everyone (including a majority on this very site) would’ve accepted it at face value.

[Fred Hayek]

I have no sympathy for this cop. The victim complied fully and kept everything above board. South Carolina is going to take a financial hit on this one.

[Chode]

Judge Dredd strikes again...

[4yearlurker]

Right you are. I wouldn’t want to get hurt.

[Fido969]

If this is the case, only he would be able to explain why; perhaps it was the result of his training or on-the-job experiences,

I think the the morons that train these cops full them full of fear about "You've got to shoot first so you go home safe!", and so overtrain the cops to shoot, and in this case shoot an innocent civilian complying with police.

Had there not been a video, the "police trainers" also tell the cop exactly what to say: "I was in fear for my life".

[babygene]

Or maybe no longer a person of any kind...

[cpdiii]

get your license - complying is suspicious so get out of the car, getting out of the car is also suspicious so BANG, I guess he didn’t also stomp on the guys face too? These incidents are getting far too common

Yep. I am concealed carry licensed here in Texas. A couple of times I have been stopped by law enforcement and rightfully so. When they would come to the window of the vehicle I have my hands on the dash in plain view. Law enforcement will run your plates and know if you are concealed carry or a bad guy. I will have the window open with my ID Insurance and Concealed Carry License in my hand. The first thing I say is I am armed and tell them where the weapon is. Without exception I have been dealt with courteously and did not get a ticket that I had justly earned.

Please note this is not a defense of the officer that shot that man. He screwed up big time.

[samtheman]

“Law enforcement” in America needs to be totally revamped from top to bottom.

I think it needs the same reform that all our bureaucracies need... desperately need:

The ability to FIRE all poor-performers, at all levels, workers, middle-managers, top managers... all MUST be subject to FIRE FOR POOR PERFORMANCE or we are lost as a country (which we are).

[MrEdd]

There is no “getting” about it.
This has always happened.
There are just cameras now.

[Amendment10]

"The best face you can put on this one is “the cop is an idiot”."

Conceptually, it's as if a Chicago cop got reassigned to Mayberry RFD.