Witness: Okla. teen tried to surrender before shot
Source: Associated Press
Witness: Okla. teen tried to surrender before shot
| November 20, 2013 | Updated: November 20, 2013 11:01am
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A witness to the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager by an Oklahoma police captain says the teen appeared to try to surrender before he was shot.
Del City police Capt. Randy Harrison is charged with first-degree manslaughter in the March 14, 2012, death of 18-year-old Dane Scott Jr.
Harrison has pleaded not guilty and faces a minimum of four years and a maximum of life in prison if convicted.
Scott's friend, 17-year-old John Lockett, testified Wednesday that Scott was running from Harrison and put his hands up as if surrendering before he was fatally shot.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Witness-Okla-teen-tried-to-surrender-before-shot-4995353.php
christx30
(6,241 posts)Get to shoot a surrendering person and just get charged with manslaughter. Anyone else would be facing a murder rap and life in prison. Different rules for different groups.
If someone were die due to your negligence while you were operating on them, you'd face different charges than if they'd died due to a licensed surgeon's negligence. Different rules do indeed apply to different groups, and it's not always unjustified.
We've all heard about cops suspended with pay for a few weeks and then returned to active duty after incidents like this one. I'm glad that he's facing trial at all.
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)Some one google it for me - I'm on my phone at work but I'll wager the Police Officer's Union was unsuccesful in getting legislation passed to keep OIS investigations secret
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)And thrown in general population. Even getting the minimum, that's still 4 years for cop in prison, I feel like that's suitable comeuppance.
marble falls
(56,357 posts)marble falls
(56,357 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,211 posts)[center][/center]
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)The black teen wasn't even wearing a hoodie or possessing skittles with an intent to distribute.
marble falls
(56,357 posts)undercover. I mean, either way. The cop had no choice in a no win situation. I'll bet the kid was closer to his home where he was shot at 41 times than the cop was to his own home and by a big factor. How is the cop not an occupier?
And the same holds true with the 13 year old shot by the deputy who's webpage says he looks at law enforcement as a competition.
How does it come that police feel so free about shooting unarmed children to death?