Posted on 04/10/2015 10:25:13 AM PDT by Ken H
Ron Hosko is the former head of the FBI's criminal investigative division. He now runs a legal defense fund for police officers. He's watched the video of Walter Scott being fatally shot by Michael Slager from beginning to end and says he's never seen anything like it.
"Arguably what he should be doing, before pulling out his gun is chasing him, right? Foot pursuit. Happens every day," Hosko said. "If he's unarmed, and presumably he is from the background, chase him. Cops chase every day. Call for backup. Have others come help chase."
But did Scott pose a threat based on what is on the video?
"In this piece of video, I don't see the threat," Hosko continued. "I see a man trying to flee the scene, running away. And if that's the case, to shoot this victim in the back multiple times while he is merely trying to flee from a non-violent crime, is deeply troubling and I think is likely to result in the conviction of the police officer."
But does the shooting qualify as murder?
"I don't want to sit as judge or jury," he said. "But given this set of circumstances, I think a strong case could be made that it is murder."
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“I think Scott grabbed the tazer and threw it to the ground, and the cop went into “He got my taser” mode,”
No. Something else fell on the ground. The cop *used* the taser on Scott after the object hit the ground. Scott never touched the cop’s taser.
See the breakdown of the video here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3277622/posts
The ‘struggle’ was the cop grabbing Scott’s wrist and Scott twisting away and continuing to run. Then the cop tased him, then shot him.
He also had the opportunity to review the newly released dash cam video showing the initial traffic stop, from which Scott fled. Hosko said that video doesn't change his opinion of the incident.
And the jury will get the blame. This happens over and over. Prosecutors are the lowest of government hacks.
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