Jury rules San Francisco cops who killed college student, firing at least 48 times, didn’t use exces

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Source: Neww York Daily News

The San Francisco cops who shot at a stun gun-toting college student at least 48 times did not use excessive force when they killed him in a park, a jury ruled Thursday.

The eight jurors reached the verdict in a civil lawsuit filed against the city following the 2014 death of 27-year-old Alex Nieto, a shooting that sparked protests throughout the city and fueled anger against police.

Officers Richard Schiff, Nathan Chew and Roger Morse and Lt. Jason Sawyer were cleared of criminal wrongdoing last year.

The foursome fired at least 48 shots at the City College of San Francisco student after he pulled out what they believed was a handgun, police said. The weapon, allegedly pointed at the cops, turned out to be a Taser.

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[scscholar]

1. But would 49 shots...

have been excessive?

[atreides1]

2. I have a theory

The reason that these juries and grand juries fail to return with a guilty verdict, is because some of them realize that they as tax payers, they will be the ones paying for any compensation awarded!

Let's call it a form of "self preservation"!

[fbc]

4. Interesting

I never thought about it that way.

[Kelvin Mace]

8. The criminal proceedings has no bearing on a civil suit

The police will still be sued and will pay, meaning the tax payers will pay.

[branford]

9. This verdict was in the civil case. nt

[Kelvin Mace]

11. Thanks for the clarification

I am so used to seeing this in the criminal cases, that I didn't read closely enough.

In this case I think the jury decided that a taser was a "weapon".

[branford]

12. I don't have much knowledge about this case,

but in general I certainly would certainly consider a taser a "weapon" and could understand how a police officer might mistake many models of tasers for a handgun.

[valerief]

10. Oh, I think it's simpler than that. They don't cross the cops after they've been warned

not to.

Old school but effective.

When thugs run govt., the thugs' thugs can get away with anything.

[NoMoreRepugs]

3. who sits on these juries?

cleared of criminal wrongdoing? Unbelievable...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. We wouldn't want the police to hesitate. Right?

[graegoyle]

7. I'm at work;

Can someone bring out the list of people who pointed guns at cops and weren't shot?

[Pantagruelsmember]

13. NOT shot by cops

It's a short list but I'd bet a lot it's virtually all white.

[graegoyle]

14. That was the implication.

Not to minimize that a lot of white people are killed by cops, too. Justified or not.

[Initech]

15. We live in the Matrix.