Have another trial.
Who is Michael Slager?
2016 is turning out to be a great year!
No surprise about that. I wonder what the makeup of the jury looks like?
Well, the video is horrible. I don’t think we want to set the precedent that it is fine for the police to shoot you in the back if you are (barely) running away. I don’t think the man would have made it more than 20 yards before falling on his own. I get it, don’t resist arrest, and I never would, but it appeared to me there was nobody else around that this man could have endangered. What it looked like to me was that the officer didn’t want to chase him and just shot him instead.
shot a guy . . . in the back . . . 9 times . . . from a distance . . . as he ran away from him . . .
bound to be against some law or other.
Serious? Even I thought that one looked really bad!
They over charged him.
They should have charged him with manslaughter.
Pretty sure he will be convicted federally...
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...
Many peeps leaving out the important part that Slager was in fear after the perp grabbed the tazer and they struggled for it.
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.
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.
It was an execution. Regardless of the immediate events the man was running away. I can think of only one instance in law that allows shooting a fleeing suspect and that is if the shooter believes the person could continue their criminal activity and be a danger to others.
Since when are endless tweets considered reportage?
Looks like there’ll be some free stuff riots tonight!