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Slager case declared mistrial
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:47 pm
Charleston PD better be ready. The buses from Standing Rock will be there soon.
I hope the hang up was not just one middle aged white dude. That shooting looked a little unjustified.
Mistrial
I hope the hang up was not just one middle aged white dude. That shooting looked a little unjustified.
Mistrial
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Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:47 pm to Pax Regis
Incoming melt
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:49 pm to Pax Regis
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That shooting looked a little unjustified.
a LOT unjustified
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:50 pm to SlowFlowPro
Let's hear from the jury. Hopefully we can.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:50 pm to SlowFlowPro
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a LOT unjustified
dude, you didn't get the memo - cops are always justified in shooting an unarmed man running away from them.
and people wonder why BLM exists.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:51 pm to Pax Regis
Yeah this a shame.
Oh well, Left melts when it's justified and melts when it isn't.
They will melt regardless.
Oh well, Left melts when it's justified and melts when it isn't.
They will melt regardless.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:51 pm to Pax Regis
Christ, man. This was the case where the cop shot him 8 times while he was running away.
If you can't get a conviction for this one, you might as well stop trying.
If you can't get a conviction for this one, you might as well stop trying.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:51 pm to Pax Regis
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Slager case declared mistrial
Yeesh.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:52 pm to MSMHater
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Minutes later, that defendant, Michael T. Slager, the North Charleston police officer who shot and killed Walter L. Scott during a traffic stop and foot pursuit, ended nearly 20 months of silence and told a jury that he had been consumed by “total fear” in the moments before he opened fire on April 4, 2015.
“I see him with a Taser in his hand as I see him spinning around,” Mr. Slager, 35, said as he described the fatal encounter with Mr. Scott, 50. “That’s the only thing I see: that Taser in his hand.”
But Mr. Slager also conceded that given the benefit of hindsight, the encounter could have ended much differently, with an outcome that did not leave a man dead and a police officer on trial for murder.
“Going back 18 months later and looking at everything,” he said, “things could have been different.”
Still, to a prosecutor who was skeptical and sneering during the cross-examination, Mr. Slager was a lawman with questionable judgment, a selective memory and a finger quick to pull the triggers of his Taser and his handgun.
“It seems like you’re not remembering things that are bad for you,” said D. Bruce DuRant, the chief deputy solicitor for Charleston County. Before the jury of 11 white people and one black man, Mr. DuRant accused Mr. Slager of exaggerating the confrontation with Mr. Scott. “You’re starting to make up things as we go along, aren’t you?” he asked.
Mr. Slager, who was fired after the shooting, said his recollection of the day was hazy or nonexistent. “I don’t remember everything that happened,” he said.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:52 pm to Hawkeye95
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dude, you didn't get the memo - cops are always justified in shooting an unarmed man running away from them.
well THIS one was vilified pretty quickly and he was arrested almost immediately iirc
BUT
we do have due process and he's gone through one trial. there will be another
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:52 pm to Hawkeye95
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and people wonder why BLM exists.
I think everyone understands that BLM exists as a political arm of George Soros
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:53 pm to Pax Regis
Won't they retry?
This post was edited on 12/5/16 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:53 pm to MSMHater
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Christ, man. This was the case where the cop shot him 8 times while he was running away.
If you can't get a conviction for this one, you might as well stop trying.
Yeah. Slager supporters are real big on the notion that guy shot at him with the Taser before turning around to run, but that doesn't justify the killing in the slightest.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:53 pm to SlowFlowPro
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well THIS one was vilified pretty quickly and he was arrested almost immediately iirc
dude was crucified, most assumed it would be a slam dunk.
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we do have due process and he's gone through one trial. there will be another
I think the only way he goes down is if the feds take it over.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:53 pm to Old Sarge
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Won't they retry?
oh yeah. 1000%
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:54 pm to Hawkeye95
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I think the only way he goes down is if the feds take it over.
no way. one yokel got on the jury and mucked it up
i'll put it this way. if BLM gives a shite about black people, they won't try to attack due process rights for the criminally accused. if there is one group who is at risk of losing the most if we erode those rights, it's young, black males
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:56 pm to Old Sarge
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Won't they retry?
Could. I suspect the decision will be based largely on what they hear from juror interviews. If it mistried because someone just can't convict a cop maybe. If there were flaws in the evidence they probably won't.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:56 pm to SlowFlowPro
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no way. one yokel got on the jury and mucked it up
that is the thing, there is enough of america that believe cops can do no wrong.
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i'll put it this way. if BLM gives a shite about black people, they won't try to attack due process rights for the criminally accused. if there is one group who is at risk of losing the most if we erode those rights, it's young, black males
i don't disagree but I think many in the BLM movement would suggest that due process doesn't exist for young black males.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:57 pm to slackster
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Slager supporters are real big on the notion that guy shot at him with the Taser before turning around to run, but that doesn't justify the killing in the slightest.
And he didn't even possess it as he was running. The cop could not even explain his planting of the taser to the court. His defense was basically admitting incompetence and fear in the moment.
This post was edited on 12/5/16 at 2:58 pm
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:57 pm to Pax Regis
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I suspect the decision will be based largely on what they hear from juror interviews.
there is supposedly a single hold out who refused to convict
everyone else basically was super careful to preserve the ability to try him again. he's going to be tried again
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