Coroner: Walter Scott died from multiple gunshot wounds to the back

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[Eric Pode of Croydon]

How do you account for the cop going back to pick up the taser and then carrying it back 30 (?) feet to plant it next to the body??

[wastoute]

In the one video I have seen of the cop dropping something what he dropped was not the color of a taxer or gun.

[DoodleDawg]

In the one video I have seen of the cop dropping something what he dropped was not the color of a taxer or gun.

What color was it?

[wastoute]

Light tan.

[wastoute]

Looked more like a wallet than anything else.

[sport]

Emmmm, no. That one, along with the Michael Brown's hands up, don't shoot and George Zimmerman's stalking Travon Martin and shoot him in the back will live on well past the end of eternity. Truth does not matter. Facts do not matter. The officer will always have the taser wires hanging from him. Scott could have wiped out 99% of South Carolina if he had not been stopped. That he had not was... well, nobody's perfect and the day was young. Give him time.

However, as some say, every dark black cloud has a silver lining. And the silver lining in this case was as some subtlely and latently suggested, the police be allowed to shoot all sons of bitches and people who run from them. That has too many advantages to numerate. Among them getting rid of judges, lawyers, jails, prisons, jail guards, bailiffs, court reporters, bail bondsmen/women. The only problem is the sons of bitches. To paraphrase: One's son of a bitch is another's angel. But again, nobody is perfect. Ehmmm, on second thought, in the view of many, the police are. Until they catch them in their real or imaginary wrongs. So no, the taser prongs were in the officer story will never go away.

[Crim]

Yup...the teleporting taser:

At the 1 minute mark Slagor jogs back to retrieve the taser...

at 1.30 he drops it by scott..

At the 2 minute mark you can clearly see him pick up the taser that he tossed down and holster it on his left side.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2015/apr/08/us-police-fatal-shooting-south-carolina-phone-footage-viral-video

[sport]

SLED does not think so. The Solicitor does not think so. His former lawyer does not think so, he bailed early. However, there are dozens, if not thousands that agree with you. But, at this point in time, they are only two opinions that matter: SLED and the Solicitor’s. Perhaps later there will be twelve, but that is in the future and time will tell on that one.

[Crim]

Didnt read The op eh?

“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”

Slager tasered fail.

[Crim]

Pffft...facts?...we dont need no stinking facts!!

At the 1 minute mark Slagor jogs back to retrieve the taser...at 1.30 he drops it by scott..

At the 2 minute mark you can clearly see him pick up the taser that he tossed down and holster it on his left side.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2015/apr/08/us-police-fatal-shooting-south-carolina-phone-footage-viral-video The troubling part is habersham witnesses this but it is no where in his report...that means he might even be charged as accessory after the fact.

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

with a guy who has a warrant on him

The cop knew from his computer that at most he was late paying child support and that any warrant was just a civil contempt of court one, not a criminal warrant.

Eight in the back is now what you get in the US of A for being late on paying a bill to the State.

[biff]

If it was so insignificant, why did the fool run as well as put up a fight. The fight itself would be resisting arrest and the chase would most likely be eluding, both felonies where I live. There would have been other charges I am sure.

[sport]

Argue it with SLED. They are who charged him.

[biff]

When it gets right down to the nut cutting, I don’t really give a damn.

The truth will come out and those that care will see what happened and those that refuse to see the truth will still be pizzed off.

[jaydee770]

“...The video supports the scenario of the officer being tangled in taser gear, and thinking the perp has the control...”

I don’t see that and it is going to be rather simple to defeat that defense tactic and here’s why...

Slager knew he shot “at” Scott with the taser, so the taser is not in condition to fire again unless Slager took the time to reload it. Next we are told they are struggling for the taser and Scott breaks off and starts to run away. We see in the video - clearly - that Scott is empty handed as he runs. That means the last hands on that taser are Slager’s and we know this because he has to drop the taser in order to draw his pistol. Furthermore, we know Slager is aware of this because while he is by the body, he suddenly gets the idea to move the taser closer to the body, so he jogs back to where he dropped it - the spot he fired his pistol from - retrieves the discarded taser and brings it back to drop it by the body.

But, let’s say that Scott wrestled the taser from Slager and still had the taser in his hands as he ran. The taser cartridge was expended and Slager knew it because he said he fired it at Scott before the struggle over the taser. Scott looked to be a good 10 feet away and increasing distance, posing no immediate threat to Slager or anyone else, when Slager fired the first shot.

Without the video, maybe a strong defense lawyer pitted against a weak prosecutor could instill enough doubt in the jury. But with the video entered into evidence, it’s going to take a miracle. It’s not unheard of... O.J. pulled off a miracle. If Slager can afford a defense team on par with O.J.’s, maybe he has a chance...

[familyop]

"Supposedly there is another witness and a still photo of the prep on top of the cop on the ground. They supposedly struggled for 2 minutes."

It's a blurry frame from the beginning of Santana's video (wiggling past the scene). Looks like Scott. That's Scott's legs in front of him on the path--not big enough to be the voluminous posterior of someone else. Scott was wearing dark blue pants, a bit of white undershirt showing through above the pants, white or light colored sneakers. Slager is not seen in the frame.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3278316/posts?page=424#424

And the frame as posted might have been manipulated (outside of the chain of evidence, plucked out of a video, then whatever, who knows, and posted to a discussion board). Slager can't be seen in it at all. It might as well be an image after a rumored UFO sighting.

Where did the "2 minutes" rumor come from? Did it come from one of the city or state officials involved or someone else chatting through the Internet?

[familyop]

"The fight itself would be resisting arrest and the chase would most likely be eluding, both felonies where I live."

So, if someone has a problem with vehicle equipment, a non-moving violation and maybe a civil court case (like child support) and runs from police for whatever reason, police can shoot him or her in the back.

That's one way for the government-paid, political/regulator class folks controlling the cops to get rid of any potential business and political competition from the dwindling true private sector. Looks like they've been trying to overthrow the government step by step. It's no wonder that they've been pushing the Article V Convention scam. They're trying to legitimize their other recent activities.

What a plan for anarcho-communist dependents of big government spending (e.g., the Clinton's expansion of federal pork to state and local governments). Pass extreme numbers of un-American laws (regulations, anti-family laws, etc.) and start killing everyone else off.

[biff]

There ya go, just like the perfect little liberal by attempting to put words in my mouth.

Why don’t you take Reading & Comprehension 101.

[familyop]

See the title, link and quote in comment #8 for information about commies.

[trebb]

If the officer was confused, upset, disoriented, frightened, or whatever, the perp put him in that state by running, and fighting with him. Have you ever been in genuine fear for your life? Time and space do weird things.

Understood - some folks are better able to stay cool and rational under extreme pressures while some on the other end of the spectrum cannot control what they do. Some get pissed off and stay cool but cannot control their anger and purposely do more damage than is warranted.

Seems like too many cops that we read about are in the last category - purposeful overdoing the harm. This guy wasn't so shaken up that he couldn't think straight - not with all the direct hits while the guy was fleeing - else he might not have hit him at all with all the shots - the cop opted to kill him and was very efficient.