Posted on 04/14/2015 6:38:37 PM PDT by dragnet2
On April 4, less than an hour after Slager fatally shot 50-year-old Walter Scott....When investigators attempted to speak to Slager, he told them he had retained an attorney, Berry said.
Investigators began interviewing Slager on the morning of April 7, Berry said, and Slager was arrested later that day at the end of the interview. He was charged with murder and fired.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
He was from the union, so you were right about that.
But do they just instantly withdraw all support only 3 days after an on duty incident?
“Earlier this week, Andy filed an Appearance Notice with the Charleston County Clerk of Court. He was requested to assist Mr. Slager by the Slager family after his previous counsel terminated his representation. Previous counsel was provided to Mr. Slager by the Southern States Police Benevolent Association pursuant to Mr. Slager’s membership and the member benefits ostensibly offered by that organization (union). We have confirmed that no investigation was undertaken by Mr. Slager’s previous counsel or the PBA, and we have been advised that the PBA is no longer involved.”
Wow. Didn’t know about this one from last September.
SC State Trooper Shoots Unarmed Man - Officer Fired from Job (Original Video) HD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeT_oSLtI-o
The Union discontinued all funding for representation when he was fired.
an elderly man was shot almost point blank while on his own property when he confronted an arrogant preck of cop who was in an unmarked police car at night.....the cop never spoke to investigators until he came back from his vacation ...9 days later...
Dig around a little more. You’ll find he’s retained by the Police Union to represent their members. They stopped paying him when Slager was fired.
You mean as described in post 21.
Would you link me to the part about the union ceasing payment?
It won’t have any bearing on the case, though the prosecution tried to make something out of a similar nervous laugh in the Rodney King case. It’s a great litmus for how desperate the media is to pin something on him, though. Read the inflammatory headline, imagine what they’re talking about, then go look at the actual interaction, and you’ll see what I mean. I suspect you’ll find it doesn’t live up to its billing.
Having been fired from his police job, Slager was no longer a member of the association.
Aw, you’ll have to dig it up, I’ve read several hundred pages of news coverage on the case in the last few days, and don’t recall the specific source. One of the stories quoted the Union as saying they had no further involvement in the case, and weren’t paying for the defense. The reporter then tried to get a comment from Savage and didn’t succeed.
Do you have a link for that, and do they really quit representing a member on the third day after an on the job incident?
You should be able to support the things you post, not just tell people to go search to see if they can verify them or not.
Most officers aren’t fired on the spot after an incident. The usual routine is a leave or reassignment with or without pay.
Every tac instructor under whom I've trained has said to find out who the local LEOs use for representation, and get that lawyer's card. If you're put in a situation, give that card over to them. It puts you in a position where you have legal representation that gets LEOs out of trouble and they're on the defensive even if they have them on retainer.
We have a BINGO!!
An officer involved shooting and the officer declines providing the investigators a statement until 3 days later. After the scene has been completely processed.
Pretty slick deal. I guess obtaining a statement as soon as possible while the events are still current and fresh in one’s memory mean nothing anymore.
Now you’re just being contentious for the sake of it. If you don’t trust me, and you’re too lazy to do your own research, then just don’t believe me. It’s of no moment to me. Those who know my record usually do, though.
3 days?
Come on now.
So there was a previous informal interview?
The few cases I covered were kind of like the Ferguson case, there was usually an early interview that was confined to the officer’s statement of the bare facts, then the formal interview came after he got a chance to organize his thoughts. That goes back to the 60’s, so it’s been the norm for a while.
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