Iirc he could be up for the death penalty, which will make for fun times watching the angst in Murka while it's being pontificated on on their tv.
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Iirc he could be up for the death penalty, which will make for fun times watching the angst in Murka while it's being pontificated on on their tv.
lol they have no choice but to charge him and condemn it. No video made public, no murder charge.
what a mess. Horrible situation. America is really messed up with this stuff. I'm really starting to learn about white privileges later in life. Never really thought about it when I was younger. Feel sorry for the people that have dealt with this for generations over there.
Looks like that now, seems the guy had outstanding warrants so it follows he'd be asked to exit the vehicle but he decided to run for it, cop chases him down being younger and fitter at which point he attacks the cop, wrestles control of the tazer, then runs for it again, total moron if you ask me. Cop will lose his job over this but he'll never be convicted of murder.
Apparently Mr Scott had also been tasered when he made a grab for the taser, so it sounds like the officer had exhausted all forms of non-lethal violence.
Of course, the real problem here is income inequality in the US, but no-one wants to talk about that - it's easier to scream RACIST and ruin a police officer's life.
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If Youtube is anything to go by police in America seem completely out of control. Do they receive any formal training at all before being handed a badge & a gun?
It's just using common sense from prevailing information. Western European police simply don't do these kind of things. Unless you think British police are the worst of the lot?
I'm not sure how you can come to the conclusion that British police officers will murder people if they are armed, from that explanation?
They're not very well trained, not very well equipped and not very well supported, yet asked to do some of the most difficult policing jobs in the world. I'd like to see some of our smug bobbies try and patrol a US ghetto for a day.
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How did he lie in his radio communications? Did you read my original posts where I suggested that maybe he was panicking a bit? Did you also miss my post where I didn't defend the officer for falsifying evidence?
They want to start race riots prob. This country is run by crazies...
On the video you can see Mr Scott knock an object, which I believe to be the officer's taser, to the ground. It wouldn't be unreasonable for the officer to think that his taser had been taken in the heat of the moment.
Yeah, the police over here are very well equipped, maybe too well.
This is worth a watch regarding Police Militarization. (sorry if it's already been posted)
Guy running away may have been a criminal we'll never know but the guy who shot him is clearly a criminal, as soon as he shot the dude then tried to frame him with the tazer he stopped being a cop and became a criminal like all other law breaking cops the badge doesn't grant you indemnity.
The officer said the guy wrestled the taser from him in the scuffle, he never said he took it with him.
Well Officer ****er has now been fired, and dropped by his lawyer, and The South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers’ Association ( SCLEOA ) which provides legal representation to it's members has declined to assist Officer ****er because his case "does not meet the SCLEOA criteria of a meritorious defense case".
Taken from the http://www.theguardian.com/uk
Seems everybody is now lining up to kick his ass, the dashcam footage from his cruiser must be pretty damning then.
EDIT why the hell is the forum censoring his name?.
Taken from the http://www.theguardian.com/uk
Seems everybody is now lining up to kick his ass, the dashcam footage from his cruiser must be pretty damning then.
EDIT why the hell is the forum censoring his name?.
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Considering that he tried to plant evidence on a dead body afterwards, I would say his credibility is out of the window as to what the officer said happened with regard to the "scuffle".
I didn't see him planting evidence on the body, do you mean when he dropped the taser nearby in full view of his black partner then picked it back up to reholster?
That's not the same as taking it with him, it looks like he took it and threw it behind the officer, the cop never said the perpetrator took it with him, only that he took it.
Utter rubbish, American police departments are often incredibly well funded, you only have to look at their vehicles, the kit and technology they have and the armoury of weapons available to them. Officers are well-paid too. You make them sound like they're underpaid cops patrolling the Favelas.
One of the real issues is that there are so many different law enforcement agencies all with different training and different standards and seemingly not enough accountability to an agency providing any real oversight.
It's a shame really because the majority of good officers are having their reputation increasingly tarnished by these events. Building any kind of trust between themselves and the public will be a nightmare I imagine.