“I’m not a trained police officer and I would not shoot a person who was already out of my yard and running in the street away from me. They had the man’s information. They know where he lives and works. They had his vehicle. Where was he going to go?”
Thank you for common sense.
Slager had no business being a police officer in the first place.
I blame lack of competent police department management for allowing this man to remain a police officer.
The family is correct in filing a civil suit against the city for its hiring practices, allowing unqualified persons to be employed in the police department.
I suspect we will get some more Ferguson style entertainment out of this.
I’m surprised CNN isn’t running “Long Hot Summer” promos.
I think that what is REALLY important is for those spokespersons on the Right (including us) to be VERY supportive of this family and of charges against this officer... and to be very clear that this is VERY different from Ferguson, and that all comparisons to Ferguson are not apt. The white officer CLEARLY deserves charges here, and we need to be on board with that... but also clear in noting that this does not mean that all non-black cops that are forced to shoot a black suspect are guilty of murder. Only in THIS kind of case is that true.
Not the first time Slager had a report of excessive force, but of course his partner backed him up and the complaint came to nothing.