Featured White Cop Shoots Black Man in Back as He Runs Away After Being Tased

I was wondering why he was running, as well. Beyond the outcome for the parties involved, the unfortunate thing for outside viewers is that the video does not show us what Mr. Scott had done, only how Officer Slager responded. I've heard we'll see dashcam footage from Slager's car at some point today, but that also casts an ugly light on the whole case, as it makes the police look even more suspect.

 

What is it that you don't understand about THAT'S IRRELEVANT? You have a taser sending thousands of volts through you, and if you're able, see if you try to run away choppy stepped and lopsided just like this guy did probably hoping the wires would come out.

Running away didn't kill him. AN officer breaking the law did.

Apparently the cop is just as stupid because he may pay with his life too.

 

Tony ,if you look at the video and how he was running, it looks like he was still being tased because the wires look to still be attached to him. He was running like someone who didn't quite have control over his muscle contractions. He may have just been trying to get the wires out by running from the taser.

 

Fair enough. What did he do to cause the officer to use his TASER? I don't want to speak of this case as though Officer Slager was simply riding around looking for a black man to kill. Until we're told differently, I want to give the benefit of the doubt to both parties and understand why Slager used his TASER in the first place.

 

I think what he did to be tasered, while it might give a clearer picture of the the entirety of what got them to that point, is irrelevant to the fact that Officer Slager shot a fleeing man in the back.

His demeanor certainly didn't seem to suggest that he was in fear of his life. So what is the pathology that makes someone nonchalantly decide "I'm going to use deadly force"? Because I tell ya, just watching this guy's demeanor tells me that something was just really too "I do this everyday".

 

This officer has been in trouble for heavy handed use of force in the past.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/08/us/south-carolina-michael-slager/

 

I've heard a lot of people calling in to talk shows from North Charleston in the last few days. And I am as disgusted by what appears to be a pattern of police brutality and abuse of authority from what these callers have said as I am this man's murder.

The question also needs to be asked why nothing was done until this video suddenly surfaced? Because it appears had it not surfaced, Officer Slager would have gotten away with murder.

His fellow officers seemed to be backing up his mis-story.

And it seems to be universally understood that there are certain words that cops must use in their statements after they kill someone because we again and again keep hearing "I feared for my life".

 

Oh yeah. Courts issue warrants for people's arrests all the time who are behind on their child support. They can issue a criminal warrant if you are severely behind or just a civil warrant if the parent with the kid files a complaint about a missed payment or two.

The criminal warrants are enforceable in ANY state.

 

Sounds like another dirty department top to bottom. Place needs to be cleaned out.

 

Between the two of us, we shouldn't miss anything. :laugh: