Posted on 04/07/2015 4:24:56 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
Cop charged with murder of motorist after jarring video surfaces
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A white South Carolina police officer has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a black motorist after a traffic stop. North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey told a hastily called news conference that city Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager was arrested and charged Tuesday after law enforcement officials saw a video of the shooting following a Saturday traffic stop. Authorities say the victim, 50-year-old Walter Lamer Scott of Charleston, was shot after the officer already hit him with a stun gun.
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Yeah. me too.
Like it or not, body cams are here and every cop in america will be wearing one.
What do you make of that?
To me it seems like he cracked up, went nuts.
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150407/PC16/150409468
Cop’s version BEFORE the video came out:
Officer’s account
Slager said earlier this week in the statement from his attorney at the time that his encounter with Scott had started around 9:30 a.m. Saturday as a routine traffic stop.
His department said he pulled over Scott’s Mercedes-Benz sedan near Remount and Craig roads because it had a broken brake light. But at some point, Scott ran away with Slager in pursuit on foot. Scott’s passenger stayed with the Mercedes.
During the foot chase over a dirt-surfaced road near a small park, Scott confronted Slager, according to the lawyer’s statement. Slager got out his Taser to subdue the man, but Scott took the device during a struggle, the statement said. That’s when the officer fired at Scott several times because he “felt threatened,” it added.
The bystander’s cellphone camera continued to roll as Slager stands over Scott and another officer puts on gloves.
“(Expletive) abuse,” the cameraman says. “(Expletive) abuse.”
During the 21/2 minutes after the shooting until the end of the video, the backup officer lifts up Scott’s shirt to check his wounds. But no one immediately starts CPR.
The police have said, though, that they tried desperately to save Scott until paramedics showed up.
There’s another thread where at least one is defending the cop.
People actually still watch CNN? I’ll pray for you :)
Of course not. But what the dead man was or was not justified in doing in no way makes what the cop did afterwards okay. Not by a long shot.
I don’t know, he looks pretty spry...
As well they should be. But did you see the video? I mean, pretty cut and dry, really. I would have been ashamed of myself if I was the cop. That was just chickenspit.
I know! don’t fight the Man, you might get murdered.
There’s always some excuse for murdering a civilian, right?!
Don’t tell me, you had your eyes closed, right????
I guess it’s up to the individual? If I was afraid of a cop, maybe he’d made some threats, maybe for any reason, good or not, then maybe I’d run too.Although come to think of it, I wouldn’t run, I can barely walk fast, much less run!!! But in any case, it’s not a capital offense to run. Or in this case, it was.
Well, on the other hand, is everything a capital offense, required a death sentence right then and there?
It wouldn’t, but he’s on a roll to stick up for the murderer.
There is a supposition that he owed back child support. Well, his kids will get SS Survivors Benefits now. sigh
Paul is not interested in Truth, he’s sticking up for a killer cop. Any innuendo or doubt cast is worth it to him, I suppose.
You must not have read carefully. There is a poster on this thread that will cast any aspersion to make the killer cop seem innocent and put upon.
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