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notadmblnd

(23,720 posts) Wed Apr 8, 2015, 08:23 AM Apr 2015

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South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder

WASHINGTON — A white police officer in North Charleston, S.C., was charged with murder on Tuesday after a video surfaced showing him shooting in the back and killing an apparently unarmed black man while the man ran away.

The officer, Michael T. Slager, 33, said he had feared for his life because the man had taken his stun gun in a scuffle after a traffic stop on Saturday. A video, however, shows the officer firing eight times as the man, Walter L. Scott, 50, fled. The North Charleston mayor announced the state charges at a news conference Tuesday evening.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/us/south-carolina-officer-is-charged-with-murder-in-black-mans-death.html

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South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder (Original Post) notadmblnd Apr 2015 OP

Kicked and recommended In_The_Wind Apr 2015 #1

K & R.... chillfactor Apr 2015 #2

it is, It's about god damned time! notadmblnd Apr 2015 #3

Good! City Lights Apr 2015 #4

if crimes against law enforcement officers are punished extra harshly, crimes BY LEOs should as well Amishman Apr 2015 #5

punishment should be double when it is found that they are planting evidence notadmblnd Apr 2015 #6

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. Kicked and recommended

Reply to notadmblnd (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 08:25 AM

Apr 2015

chillfactor

(7,570 posts)

2. K & R....

Reply to notadmblnd (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 08:27 AM

Apr 2015

about time!

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)

3. it is, It's about god damned time!

Reply to chillfactor (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 08:31 AM

Apr 2015

over a broken tail light no less. the damn cop claimed he was in fear of his life over a broken tail light.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)

4. Good!

Reply to notadmblnd (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 08:31 AM

Apr 2015

Now let's hope he's found guilty.

Amishman

(5,551 posts)

5. if crimes against law enforcement officers are punished extra harshly, crimes BY LEOs should as well

Reply to notadmblnd (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 08:35 AM

Apr 2015

life without parole is the outcome I desire after watching that

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)

6. punishment should be double when it is found that they are planting evidence

Reply to Amishman (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 08:38 AM

Apr 2015

as this one did.

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