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Walter Scott was driving his passenger home for a cookout...shot dead by South Carolina cop
Associated Press and Dailymail.com ^ | 16 April 2015 | Associated Press and Dailymail.com Reporter

Posted on 04/17/2015 1:40:52 PM PDT by familyop

Walter Scott and his passenger were looking forward to having a cookout when he was pulled over and shot dead by a South Carolina police officer, it has emerged. Scott, 50, and Pierre Fulton, his friend of several years, had met for breakfast on April 4 before Scott drove him to a church...Scott was behind $18,000 in his child support payments and family members have said he may have run because he was worried about going to jail.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: copbashersonfr; copbashingonfr; corruption; crime; handsupdontshoot; immunity; murder; southcarolina
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1 posted on 04/17/2015 1:40:52 PM PDT by familyop
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To: familyop

“This week, on ‘Dining With Deadbeats’.....”


2 posted on 04/17/2015 1:42:24 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: familyop

Scott fled from police officer 3 times, assaulted police officer 2 times, shot police officer with taser one time.


3 posted on 04/17/2015 1:43:46 PM PDT by biggredd1
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To: dragnet2

Ping.


4 posted on 04/17/2015 1:44:41 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: biggredd1
Scott fled from police officer 3 times, assaulted police officer 2 times, shot police officer with taser one time.

No. He didn't.

5 posted on 04/17/2015 1:46:49 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: biggredd1
Coroner: Walter Scott died from multiple gunshot wounds to the back
LIVE 5 WCSC ^ | Apr 08, 2015 | LIVE 5 WCSC
Excerpt of excerpt:
"Summey said Scott was hit with the officer's Taser weapon, and they know that, Summey said, because one of the Taser projectiles was still attached...Officer Slager then deployed his Taser weapon to detain the driver but was unsuccessful, a spokesperson for the police department said..."

SLED: Video confirmed investigators' early suspicions of Walter Scott's death
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3278558/posts

Here’s Slager in his jail uniform (and more info).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvyTYOtvf8E

SC Supreme Court orders judge to hear Michael Slager case
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3279289/posts

Walter Scott shooting: Recording reveals cop Michael Slager 'laughed about pumping adrenaline'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srRz3zEiEXY


6 posted on 04/17/2015 1:49:48 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: familyop

Not saying the guy deserved it and that the police officer involved is not guilty of reckless manslaughter. But anybody who runs from the police is a damn fool.


7 posted on 04/17/2015 1:49:50 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: biggredd1

A couple things.

The cop discharged the Taser at Scott. If they grappled over it the thing was useless against the cop as a Taser unless the Taser was reloaded with another cartridge. Granted, it could still be used as a stun gun but only in close proximity.

The last is that ‘assault on a police officer’ is a boilerplate “contempt of cop” charge. It’s not unusual for a cop to charge someone with ‘assault’ after they hit the officer’s fist with their face.

Meaning that to me that charge is meaningless as a justification for summary execution.

As to the man fleeing the police? The facts would lend themselves to stating that fleeing the police is probably a prudent course of action in some parts of this country where the cops are liable to shoot you and then make sh*t up to justify murder.


8 posted on 04/17/2015 1:52:52 PM PDT by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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To: familyop

There you go.

Why would you present facts on a thread where people are posing unsubstantiated conspiracy theories and self-comforting rumors?


9 posted on 04/17/2015 1:53:41 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: SamAdams76
I'm not saying the guy deserved it either. From what I've seen and read so far (and with all recent cases like this we should be very careful about assuming anything), it looks like a bad shoot.

But again, it was not a case of a police officer simply shooting someone out of spite. There was a struggle, a possible tasering of the officer, and then a fleeing suspect. Still doesn't mean the guy should have been shot. But let's let things shake out.

10 posted on 04/17/2015 1:54:59 PM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: SamAdams76

“But anybody who runs from the police is a damn fool.”

Sometimes anyone who DOESN’T run from the police is a damn fool.

Six million cooperative Jews can attest to this.


11 posted on 04/17/2015 1:55:58 PM PDT by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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To: familyop

Walt, like Mike, learned much too late that it doesn’t pay to attack a law enforcement officer.


12 posted on 04/17/2015 1:56:46 PM PDT by TheDon (BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
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To: MeganC
What kind of analogy of that? We are not talking about Nazi Germany here.

In the United States of America, the police are not going to toss you into a concentration camp and gas you to death. At least not yet. When and if we get to that point, I may change my position.

In the meantime, running from the police is foolish. It will almost never end well.

13 posted on 04/17/2015 1:59:32 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

There was a black passenger in the care and he didn’t get shot. So that disproves that it was a white cop hunting and killing black people, or the passenger would have been next. So what was the difference. Oh yeah, one fought with the cop and ran, the other sat quietly and obeyed the rules.


14 posted on 04/17/2015 2:03:50 PM PDT by lynn4303
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To: biggredd1

where did you read all that as those details were not in the article?

Scant details in the article other than the fact he ran away from a police officer. What are the rules of engagement for a police officer when they stop someone and the person runs away - shoot them? just asking

the video was edited and does not show what happened BEFORE the guy runs away. so it is hard to get the full story.


15 posted on 04/17/2015 2:05:23 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: SamAdams76

You have far more faith in the police than I do.

http://www.policemisconduct.net/

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/


16 posted on 04/17/2015 2:07:33 PM PDT by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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To: plain talk

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/04/12/game-changer-or-paradigm-shift-walter-scott-shooting-enhanced-video-shows-officer-slager-with-taser-darts/


17 posted on 04/17/2015 2:10:59 PM PDT by biggredd1
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To: SamAdams76

I would say in almost all instances, I agree with you.

I leave the door open for those fleeing corrupt officers who are trying to murder them. Look at the goon squad Clinton employed in Arkansas.


18 posted on 04/17/2015 2:12:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MeganC
It's not a matter of having faith in the police. It's a matter of taking your life and liberty in your hands when you run from them. You only have to watch one or two episodes of COPS to figure that out. And that's when the police know they are on camera and are on their best behavior.

If you have a warrant out on you, man up and face the charges, because running will only compound your legal woes.

If you are innocent, running will almost ensure you of being charged with a 1st degree misdemeanor or even a felony. With possible jail time.

It's foolish to run from the police. Not to mention you look pretty pathetic doing so.

19 posted on 04/17/2015 2:15:03 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: lynn4303

Apart from the police officer’s testimony, what evidence is there that Walter Scott fought with the police officer?


20 posted on 04/17/2015 2:18:30 PM PDT by Stingray51
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