Posted on 12/05/2016 12:41:15 PM PST by Trump20162020
The state should retry this case until they get a clean verdict. There’s simply no excuse for what the officer did: shooting an unarmed man in the back multiple times who was at a distance and was therefore no threat, and who was simply trying to run away...
Easier to convict on manslaughter...
The video starts after the Taser is already loose.
From day one Slager said that Scott had grabbed the Taser and tried to use it on him.
If there's no accountability for the police in this case, then their is simply no accountability at all...
Many peeps leaving out the important part that Slager was in fear after the perp grabbed the tazer and they struggled for it.
So what? At the time Scott was shot multiple times in the back, the taser was not a factor, and the man represented zero threat.
It appears there was simply one juror who was incapable of rendering the proper verdict based on the facts of the case. The other jurors were all for conviction, and plenty of them were white...
Thank God for that mentally strong juror.
You might want to do some more thinking, Buddha.
That part was not important, because at the time of the shooting that fact had nothing to do with the price of tea in China.
If the jury was significantly divided, that would be one thing, but all the remaining jurors were firmly for conviction, which is the proper verdict in this case, at least on the charge of manslaughter.
There's simply no justification in America for such callous actions on the part of a police officer. The victim was not guilty of anything that would justify such an action on the part of the officer, including "struggling over a taser" which was no longer an issue at the time of the shooting.
Furthermore, the officer clearly was conscious of guilt, inasmuch as he tampered with evidence and obstructed justice, walking the taser over to the victim's body and staging the scene to make it appear something different had happened.
Gimme a break with the apologetics...
Am surprised, as the video was rather specific.
Regardless, I suggest one does not try to stop and pick up some ribs on the way home fir dinner while driving through North Charleston tonight.
You’re joking right?
But the fear justification dissolves when the threat is removed, and a man at 20 feet running away is not a threat.
Vick Mackie wouldn’t do this.
Even if you accept his version of events, he was running away from him so no longer could be perceived as posing a threat. Therefore, he is guilty of manslaughter, which the jury was allowed to consider, at the least. The state will retry him and he will be convicted or the state will avoid a retrial and allow him to plead out.
OJ knifing 2 people to death and walking is a travesty. 1 juror hanging the jury happens in a functioning system.
Don’t know all the facts but the cop sure looks guilty of murder 2 or worse. You never shoot someone running away in the back in almost any circumstance.
South Carolina doesn't have second degree murder. You either murder or you don't. There are aggravating circumstances that impact sentencing.
....And other important things like, that the perp didn't have the Taser in his possession, was fleeing away from the officer, and that the officer calmly shot the perp in the back and then tossed the Taser next to his dead victim, oh and there is video of the officer walking and shooting the unarmed perp in the back.
You know important things like murder.
Having four tours in combat and more life/death shoot/no shoot situations than I can count, I'm usually the last to blast the police for split second decisions.
But, it is a complete miscarriage of justice that police rules of engagement are less restrictive than U.S. troops in combat, or that anyone in their right mind thinks it is okay for the police to become judge, jury, and executioner and to back shoot an unarmed individual posing no immediate threat.
If I were on the jury my verdict would be, "Old Sparky"
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