South Carolina cop kills man over Traffic Stop in the BACK!!
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More importantly, there is evidence of real change in police accountability in South Carolina. Who'da thunk it? I hope it takes, and spreads across the country.
Thankfully there is video to counter what would be the usual police smokescreen.
Both in Canada and the Good'ol USA it should be mandatory for officers to wear body cameras.
The cops already have a dash cam.
After all, they are public servants and paid by the public taxes.
The cops already have a dash cam.
After all, they are public servants and paid by the public taxes.
Slaves (including those owned by Jefferson) did not have a choice in that "consent".
from wiki =
democracy definition: a system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives
kinda sounds like Lincoln
as for lynching, I suggested the same for the Boston Marathon terrorist
A New Witness comes forward, that may help the Police Officer..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbDLCpuHt7w
209 Police officers have fired at suspects in that area over the last year... ouch!!
That's a little excessive.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbDLCpuHt7w
209 Police officers have fired at suspects in that area over the last year... ouch!!
That's a little excessive.
... is the Jury always correct??
Innocent Alabama Man Released From Death Row After 30 Years | News One
Jury said the man in this news article was guilty..
The dashcam footage released by North Charleston officials provides enough context about Officer Michael Slager‘s slaying of Walter Scott to get the cop off his murder charge, says Fox’s Geraldo Rivera.
Geraldo: Dashcam Video Gets Officer Slager Off His Murder Charge | Mediaite
Geraldo: Dashcam Video Gets Officer Slager Off His Murder Charge | Mediaite
We'll let you know when they kick off so you can enjoy them. In the meantime, why not view some youtube videos of upper-middle class white college students rioting because their team lost or won a game? Or is that less satisfying?
Better sports related violence watching the riots, looting and burning when the Habs win the cup... Or lose the cup... Or because it's Tuesday
UPDATE
On October 8, more than six months after the April 4 shooting, North Charleston officials announced the city would pay a $6.5 million settlement to Scott's family, the Washington Post's Wesley Lowery reported. "It's historic," Chris Stewart, an attorney for the Scott family, told Lowery. "It sets a good precedent for a city not tolerating this sort of behavior from police officers."
Previously, on June 8, prosecutors announced that a grand jury indicted Slager, who's no longer with the police force, on murder charges, according to CNN's Shawn Nottingham. The case is proceeding to trial. If Slager is convicted, prosecutor Scarlett Wilson said he could serve 30 years to life in prison with no chance of parole.
The shooting was recorded on film by a bystander, who turned over the video footage to authorities. The video has been widely credited with leading to charges of murder against Slager, the officer's firing from the police force, and now the indictment.
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Walter Scott: What we know about the South Carolina police shooting of an unarmed man - Vox
On October 8, more than six months after the April 4 shooting, North Charleston officials announced the city would pay a $6.5 million settlement to Scott's family, the Washington Post's Wesley Lowery reported. "It's historic," Chris Stewart, an attorney for the Scott family, told Lowery. "It sets a good precedent for a city not tolerating this sort of behavior from police officers."
Previously, on June 8, prosecutors announced that a grand jury indicted Slager, who's no longer with the police force, on murder charges, according to CNN's Shawn Nottingham. The case is proceeding to trial. If Slager is convicted, prosecutor Scarlett Wilson said he could serve 30 years to life in prison with no chance of parole.
The shooting was recorded on film by a bystander, who turned over the video footage to authorities. The video has been widely credited with leading to charges of murder against Slager, the officer's firing from the police force, and now the indictment.
more
Walter Scott: What we know about the South Carolina police shooting of an unarmed man - Vox
20 years. 30 years. Pretty soon you're talkin hard time.... is the Jury always correct??
Innocent Alabama Man Released From Death Row After 30 Years | News One
Jury said the man in this news article was guilty..
The scene is slow motion..........
The police advocacy group does not want to pay former North Charleston officer Michael Slager’s legal fees because shooting Walter Scott to death, planting evidence and lying were not in his job description, a court filing says.
Slager had been paying the Southern States Police Benevolent Association a $23.50 monthly fee for legal representation should he ever find himself fending off civil claims or criminal charges.
After Slager shot Scott on April 4, 2015, he hired an attorney through the association. But Charleston lawyer David Aylor dropped the client three days later when video showed Slager firing as Scott tried to run away, and the association refused to fund Slager’s defense any longer.
Slager sued in U.S. District Court, saying the group violated an insurance contract that promised unlimited legal aid if he were involved in a shooting. The association on Thursday asked a judge for “summary judgment,” an order that would end Slager’s claims before trial.
“Mr. Slager’s shooting an unarmed Mr. Scott five times in the back as he fled, planting the Taser behind Mr. Scott’s body, and lying to the PBA are intentional acts outside the scope of Mr. Slager’s duty as a police officer,” the association’s attorney, James Bradley of West Columbia, argued in the filing.
Slager filed a motion for summary judgment of his own, and his lawyer in the criminal cases against him has offered a different account of the killing.
U.S. District Judge David Norton is expected to take up motions in the lawsuit during a hearing at 2 p.m. Monday in downtown Charleston.
Scott fled from his Mercedes-Benz during a traffic stop after giving Slager inconsistent answers about his ownership of the car. The officer used a Taser hoping to stop the suspect, but it had little effect and the two got into a struggle.
A bystander started filming the scuffle with a cellphone. As they grappled, Slager has said, Scott grabbed his Taser and tried to use it against him. As Scott ran away again, the device fell to the ground, but it’s unclear whether Slager knew that. The officer fired eight times with Scott’s back turned to him, and five of the bullets hit the fleeing man. Slager picked up the Taser and dropped it near Scott’s body, but the officer fetched it seconds later and put it back into its holster.
He was arrested later on a murder charge. Slager argued in a motion Friday that the association terminated his legal coverage despite being “innocent of all charges until proven guilty.”
The former officer also was indicted in federal court on a civil rights charge, using a firearm in a violent crime and obstruction of justice. Authorities said he misled agents who interviewed him by saying he shot Scott as the suspect came at him with a Taser.
His trial in state court is set for Oct. 31, but his federal court date has not been scheduled.
Charleston attorney Andy Savage has represented Slager for free in state court, and he was appointed as the former officer’s government-funded defense lawyer in the federal case.
Police group refuses to pay Slager’s legal fees, says Walter Scott shooting and lies not part of officer’s duty - Post and Courier
Mistrial declared in case of white ex-cop charged with murder of unarmed black driver
Bruce Smith And Seanna Adcox, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, December 05, 2016 05:08 PM EST | Updated: Monday, December 05, 2016 07:55 PM EST
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial Monday after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist.
A panel of one black and 11 white jurors — who had seemed close to a verdict to convict Friday, with apparently only one holdout — said Monday they were unable to reach a unanimous decision after deliberating more than 22 hours over four days.
“We as a jury regret to inform the court that despite the best efforts of all parties we are unable to come to a unanimous decision,” said Circuit Judge Clifton Newman, reading a note from the jury before declaring a mistrial.
Former patrolman Michael Slager was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015, shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. The judge had said the jury could also consider a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.
Outside the courtroom, Scott’s mother and brother said justice will eventually prevail.
“I’m not sad, because I know justice will be served,” Judy Scott said.
Asked whether he could forgive Slager, Anthony Scott said he could eventually “find the peace” to forgive the ex-officer but not before justice is served.
“He gets to spend Christmas with his family,” he said of Slager.
Cellphone video taken by a bystander that showed Scott being shot in the back five times was shown widely in the media and on the internet and shocked the country, inflaming the national debate about how blacks are treated by law enforcement officers.
After the video went public, Slager was fired by the police department and charged with murder. Scott’s family called for peace in the North Charleston community. Their calls for calm are believed to have helped prevent the kind of violence that erupted elsewhere when black men were killed in encounters with law enforcement.
It’s the second time in recent weeks a jury has deadlocked in an officer-involved shooting. A mistrial was declared Nov. 12 when a jury in Cincinnati couldn’t reach a verdict in the case of a former campus police officer who was also charged with shooting a black motorist.
The video in the Scott slaying renewed debate about how blacks are treated by white law officers. There have been similar debates over race and policing in places from New York to Ferguson, Missouri, and from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to North Carolina.
Slager’s wife, Jamie, cried after the jurors were dismissed and briefly put her head on the bench in front of her. She said “thank you for everything” to the defence lawyers as they left the courtroom. She did not respond when reporters asked if she wanted to comment.
One female juror wiped away tears with her hands and a tissue as the attorneys addressed them and thanked them for their hours of work.
There were no outbursts in the courtroom. Slager’s lawyer, Andy Savage, did not comment.
Scott’s family again called for peaceful protests.
“We’re not going to tear up this city,” Anthony Scott said. “We’re not happy. But we’re not sad.”
Solicitor Scarlett Wilson praised Scott’s family for their patience and understanding.
“They have not received the credit they deserve in their calm leadership for the community,” she said in a statement. “The Scotts have been a sterling example of dignity and grace in extraordinary circumstances.”
Slager also faces trial next year in federal court on charges of depriving Scott of his civil rights.
Gov. Nikki Haley said that she understood there will be “a new trial where the Scott family and all of South Carolina will hopefully receive the closure that a verdict brings. Justice is not always immediate, but we must all have faith that it will be served I certainly do.”
While Slager is white and Scott was black, the video, not the races of the men, dominated the trial.
Scott was pulled over in North Charleston for having a broken taillight on his 1990 Mercedes and then fled the car, running into a vacant lot. Family members have said he may have run because he was worried about going to jail because he was $18,000 behind on child support.
The prosecution argued that the 35-year-old Slager let his sense of authority get the better of him.
The defence maintained that the two men wrestled on the ground, that Scott got control of Slager’s stun gun and then pointed the weapon at the officer before the shooting. The defence also contended there was no way the officer could tell if Scott was unarmed.
Last year, the city of North Charleston reached a $6.5 million civil settlement with Scott’s family. In the wake of the shooting, the city also asked that the U.S. Justice Department conduct a review of its police department policies with an eye toward how the department can improve its relationship with residents.
Michael Slager, left, walks from The Mills House Hotel to the Charleston County Courthouse under the protection from the Charleston County Sheriff's Department during a break in the jury deliberations for his trial Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. Former North Charleston police officer, Slager, is charged with murder in the shooting death last year of Walter Scott. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
Mistrial declared in case of white ex-cop charged with murder of unarmed black d
Bruce Smith And Seanna Adcox, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, December 05, 2016 05:08 PM EST | Updated: Monday, December 05, 2016 07:55 PM EST
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial Monday after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist.
A panel of one black and 11 white jurors — who had seemed close to a verdict to convict Friday, with apparently only one holdout — said Monday they were unable to reach a unanimous decision after deliberating more than 22 hours over four days.
“We as a jury regret to inform the court that despite the best efforts of all parties we are unable to come to a unanimous decision,” said Circuit Judge Clifton Newman, reading a note from the jury before declaring a mistrial.
Former patrolman Michael Slager was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015, shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. The judge had said the jury could also consider a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.
Outside the courtroom, Scott’s mother and brother said justice will eventually prevail.
“I’m not sad, because I know justice will be served,” Judy Scott said.
Asked whether he could forgive Slager, Anthony Scott said he could eventually “find the peace” to forgive the ex-officer but not before justice is served.
“He gets to spend Christmas with his family,” he said of Slager.
Cellphone video taken by a bystander that showed Scott being shot in the back five times was shown widely in the media and on the internet and shocked the country, inflaming the national debate about how blacks are treated by law enforcement officers.
After the video went public, Slager was fired by the police department and charged with murder. Scott’s family called for peace in the North Charleston community. Their calls for calm are believed to have helped prevent the kind of violence that erupted elsewhere when black men were killed in encounters with law enforcement.
It’s the second time in recent weeks a jury has deadlocked in an officer-involved shooting. A mistrial was declared Nov. 12 when a jury in Cincinnati couldn’t reach a verdict in the case of a former campus police officer who was also charged with shooting a black motorist.
The video in the Scott slaying renewed debate about how blacks are treated by white law officers. There have been similar debates over race and policing in places from New York to Ferguson, Missouri, and from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to North Carolina.
Slager’s wife, Jamie, cried after the jurors were dismissed and briefly put her head on the bench in front of her. She said “thank you for everything” to the defence lawyers as they left the courtroom. She did not respond when reporters asked if she wanted to comment.
One female juror wiped away tears with her hands and a tissue as the attorneys addressed them and thanked them for their hours of work.
There were no outbursts in the courtroom. Slager’s lawyer, Andy Savage, did not comment.
Scott’s family again called for peaceful protests.
“We’re not going to tear up this city,” Anthony Scott said. “We’re not happy. But we’re not sad.”
Solicitor Scarlett Wilson praised Scott’s family for their patience and understanding.
“They have not received the credit they deserve in their calm leadership for the community,” she said in a statement. “The Scotts have been a sterling example of dignity and grace in extraordinary circumstances.”
Slager also faces trial next year in federal court on charges of depriving Scott of his civil rights.
Gov. Nikki Haley said that she understood there will be “a new trial where the Scott family and all of South Carolina will hopefully receive the closure that a verdict brings. Justice is not always immediate, but we must all have faith that it will be served I certainly do.”
While Slager is white and Scott was black, the video, not the races of the men, dominated the trial.
Scott was pulled over in North Charleston for having a broken taillight on his 1990 Mercedes and then fled the car, running into a vacant lot. Family members have said he may have run because he was worried about going to jail because he was $18,000 behind on child support.
The prosecution argued that the 35-year-old Slager let his sense of authority get the better of him.
The defence maintained that the two men wrestled on the ground, that Scott got control of Slager’s stun gun and then pointed the weapon at the officer before the shooting. The defence also contended there was no way the officer could tell if Scott was unarmed.
Last year, the city of North Charleston reached a $6.5 million civil settlement with Scott’s family. In the wake of the shooting, the city also asked that the U.S. Justice Department conduct a review of its police department policies with an eye toward how the department can improve its relationship with residents.
Michael Slager, left, walks from The Mills House Hotel to the Charleston County Courthouse under the protection from the Charleston County Sheriff's Department during a break in the jury deliberations for his trial Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. Former North Charleston police officer, Slager, is charged with murder in the shooting death last year of Walter Scott. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
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