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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,409
    Hopefully he'll end up in gen-pop and save the taxpayers a lot of money.
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Bentleyspop said:

    Hopefully he'll end up in gen-pop and save the taxpayers a lot of money.

    He's already cost the tax payers a shit ton of money. He was trained, worked, and killed someone all on tax payers dime. The trial won't be 1/2 of what my money has already been spent o this guy.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Terrible. Here's more coverage:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/07/officer-michael-slager-shoots-man-in-back-video_n_7021134.html
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Wow
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    dignin said:

    Wow

    Yup. Wow.
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  • WhatYouTaughtMe
    WhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    edited April 2015
    I hope the SLED's quick decision to charge him with murder will help squash a lot of potential backlash in the community. Of course people should be upset, but it looks like there will be justice.
    Post edited by WhatYouTaughtMe on
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    The department had nothing to do with this investigation. SLED takes control of these events from the get go. They are the ones that makes the decision.
  • WhatYouTaughtMe
    WhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    Last-12-Exit said:

    The department had nothing to do with this investigation. SLED takes control of these events from the get go. They are the ones that makes the decision.

    Fixed
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    WhatYouTaughtMe said:

    Last-12-Exit said:

    The department had nothing to do with this investigation. SLED takes control of these events from the get go. They are the ones that makes the decision.

    Fixed
    Lol.
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,958
    brianlux said:

    Terrible. Here's more coverage:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/07/officer-michael-slager-shoots-man-in-back-video_n_7021134.html

    WTF??????????
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    I just heard a very good soundbite from the protest surrounding this... A black man shouting:
    "You say you have good cops, show me them! The "good" cops know the bad cops.
    If you are a good cop, why don't you do something about it!"

    That's from memory so it may not be exactly verbatim but it's very close.
    It's a good point, and a huge indictment of the system or police brotherhood.
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    edited April 2015
    The evidence is mounting and becoming undeniable. This, to me, is not an isolated incident. Even when the police are under such extreme scrutiny right now, this still happens. That to me shows evidence of a systematic problem, a cultural problem. It will not change overnight.

    And if I had to guess, had there not been a citizen recording this latest event, the murderers version of events would have been the accepted version of events.

    No wonder black men fear for their lives in some of these places.
    Post edited by dignin on
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    from the moment the law allow the cops to play rambo and do whatever the hell they want with their guns and shoot to kill and not arrest or disarm suspects innocent people will die...
    for a fuckin broken taillight ....
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  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    dignin said:

    The evidence is mounting and becoming undeniable. This, to me, is not an isolated incident. Even when the police are under such extreme scrutiny right now, this still happens. That to me shows evidence of a systematic problem, a cultural problem. It will not change overnight.

    And if I had to guess, had there not been a citizen recording this latest event, the murderers version of events would have been the accepted version of events.

    No wonder black men fear for their lives in some of these places.

    Also seems "he reached for my gun" is the go to line.
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  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    Absolutely disgusting this latest incident...The footage has been all over the news here.
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    edited April 2015
    callen said:

    dignin said:

    The evidence is mounting and becoming undeniable. This, to me, is not an isolated incident. Even when the police are under such extreme scrutiny right now, this still happens. That to me shows evidence of a systematic problem, a cultural problem. It will not change overnight.

    And if I had to guess, had there not been a citizen recording this latest event, the murderers version of events would have been the accepted version of events.

    No wonder black men fear for their lives in some of these places.

    Also seems "he reached for my gun" is the go to line.
    As well as the "my life was in danger" line which means a free pass to getting away with it. Not in this case though!
    Post edited by backseatLover12 on
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    You know what's telling? That TV show cops is on 24 hrs a day somewhere on cable and I watch it a lot. I've seen episodes where the cops could've shot suspect and they DIDNT. When did the cops stance on shoot to kill change?
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Police have killed more in one month (111) then British police have killed since 1900.

    http://m.dailykos.com/stories/1374908
  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    badbrains said:

    Police have killed more in one month (111) then British police have killed since 1900.

    http://m.dailykos.com/stories/1374908

    What we need is more guns.

    God Bless the USA.
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  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    callen said:

    badbrains said:

    Police have killed more in one month (111) then British police have killed since 1900.

    http://m.dailykos.com/stories/1374908

    What we need is more guns.

    God Bless the USA.
    That's 115 years Callen. Holyshit.
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