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Dash cam: Officer who shot black man told boss he ran away
AP release via Yahoo ^ | 4/14/15 | BRUCE SMITH and PHILLIP LUCAS

Posted on 04/14/2015 2:32:03 PM PDT by Usagi_yo

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The white South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a black man can be heard telling his supervisor twice that he didn't understand why the man ran away, according to dashcam video.

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"he [the cop] didn't understand why the man ran away"

Some of you may remember the Sagon Penn murder trial from San Diego.

Here is a fairly accurate account of the Sagon Pen Police shooting

Here's his eventual fate.

1 posted on 04/14/2015 2:32:03 PM PDT by Usagi_yo
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To: Usagi_yo

Hate when I see the races being discussed as if he was targeted because he is black .

This could have happened to a white guy and this would never have been mentioned. Just more race baiting.


2 posted on 04/14/2015 2:35:15 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Usagi_yo

He ran because he was an idiot; he was afraid of going back to jail for failure to pay child support ($18,000) and he clearly wasn’t thinking. That’s probably why he resisted arrest, although obviously, since the police already knew who he was, they would have come later and picked him up anyway. It wouldn’t have done him any good to run, but he doesn’t sound like somebody whose life was exactly in order.

However, he certainly wasn’t doing anything that merited being shot in the back eight times.


3 posted on 04/14/2015 2:38:02 PM PDT by livius
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To: Usagi_yo

Wow didn’t know he killed himself.


4 posted on 04/14/2015 2:38:50 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: livius

Since they had his name, his car, and his buddy sitting in the passenger seat, they definitely had no reason to shoot at him. After thinking it over, he undoubtedly would have come in.


5 posted on 04/14/2015 2:41:41 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Usagi_yo

It doesn’t matter why the guy ran away. You don’t shoot him down in the back for running away from a traffic stop.


6 posted on 04/14/2015 2:44:23 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Usagi_yo

Why did you mention that trial? There doesn’t seem to be any parallel, at all.


7 posted on 04/14/2015 2:44:45 PM PDT by jjsheridan5 (The next Ronald Reagan will not be a Republican, but rather a former Republican)
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To: livius
He ran because he was an idiot; he was afraid of going back to jail for failure to pay child support ($18,000) and he clearly wasn’t thinking.

It's wasn't just jail, it was debtor's prison he'd been in twice before and for which he had no money to pay for legal counsel. Look up info on the bias against men in family court - it's destroyed tens of thousands of men.

8 posted on 04/14/2015 2:45:42 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: manc

Definitely not, yet through the smokescreen, it’s clear that this was not a case on caliber with others because the person was not assaulting or shooting at the cop, both of which would merit the cop defending himself. He was running away, chances are Walter Scott would likely either come back or be eventually found, as he likely didn’t have any stash for camping out and left his car, home, and supplies on a spur of the moment reaction.


9 posted on 04/14/2015 2:45:45 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: livius

Maybe a bit of a tangent but it shows that law enforcement is not learning from their mistakes. David Koresh of Branch Davidian/Waco fame, way back to 1993... The law could have picked him up on one of his regular walks for groceries but instead decided (for no good reason) to use their military toys. I think what we see here is just a mini-version of the same situation.


10 posted on 04/14/2015 2:49:35 PM PDT by Rudolphus (Tagline? I don't need no steenkin' tagline.)
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To: manc

Agreed. 100%


11 posted on 04/14/2015 2:59:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: manc

“The supervisor suggests to Slager, “When you get home, it would probably be a good idea to kind of jot down your thoughts on what happened — the adrenaline is just pumping.””

Do all murder suspects get the chance to go home and jot down their thoughts prior to making a statement?


12 posted on 04/14/2015 3:10:19 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: livius

I think you’re right on it. Should have just picked him up later at his house. This didn’t warrant getting blasted in the back.


13 posted on 04/14/2015 3:13:35 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: ColdOne

Sure he did...he ran backwards right into the bullets.

</sarc>


14 posted on 04/14/2015 3:14:11 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: Oliviaforever

Well to be fair he wasnt a murder suspect at the time, although SLED had found issues at the scene.


15 posted on 04/14/2015 3:15:57 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: Talisker

But he had 7 or 8 grand to pay for a Mercedes?


16 posted on 04/14/2015 3:19:21 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Crim
I was commenting on this......Some of you may remember the Sagon Penn murder trial from San Diego. ...Sagon Penn killed himself. Lived in San Diego at the time of this in 85. Didn't know he killed himself in 2002.
17 posted on 04/14/2015 3:19:59 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: livius
However, he certainly wasn’t doing anything that merited being shot in the back eight times.

You were there? You know that for certain?

18 posted on 04/14/2015 3:24:10 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: manc
A video showing this, would have gotten coverage even if the murdered man had been white.

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19 posted on 04/14/2015 3:24:49 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Talisker

Some of those men might try not creating children who require child support until such time as they can afford the support? And some women could learn to keep their legs crossed until they’re with a man they’re married to who can and will support any child(ren) that might be conceived. Just a thought.


20 posted on 04/14/2015 3:24:53 PM PDT by EDINVA
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