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uponit7771

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109. The importance is the cop has to be caught in broad daylight murdering a person AND planting evidenc
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 08:46 PM
Apr 2015

... to be charged...

Or not... Garner's death was ...

I'm not holding my breath

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The link is bad. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #1
North Charleston is in South Carolina unless it moved./NT DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #3
Yes...NC =North Charleston dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #13
I like Charleston.../NT DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #16
3 days ago... vid says April 4 / 2015 uponit7771 Apr 2015 #5
Link works for me. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #11
omg... this shit is horrible!!!! uponit7771 Apr 2015 #2
Slager's report should make for interesting reading. n/t cloudbase Apr 2015 #4
I wonder what the police report says. bravenak Apr 2015 #6
the cop was claiming that the victim took his taser. KMOD Apr 2015 #40
I just watched again. I saw him plant that gun. bravenak Apr 2015 #42
I didn't see him plant a gun on the victim. It looked like he handcuffed the victim Maraya1969 Apr 2015 #98
The end of the vid shows the LEO going back and getting the Tasor and throwing it near the person uponit7771 Apr 2015 #106
After he shot the guy, watch in slow mo. bravenak Apr 2015 #111
Watch it at the NYT herding cats Apr 2015 #116
"It was easy for him." sheshe2 Apr 2015 #117
I'm starting to think it's a part of the training. bravenak Apr 2015 #121
What is part of the training is correct phrases to use in the report dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #151
Yep. It's a part of the script they are taught. bravenak Apr 2015 #153
this has to stop gwheezie Apr 2015 #7
Holy crap matt819 Apr 2015 #8
Christ.... SomethingFishy Apr 2015 #9
It almost looked like the cop was out of it...not even thinking he might be dead. Duh? libdem4life Apr 2015 #59
Most police dept have insurance for things like this. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #145
even with a video like this, you wonder if the cop will be found guilty rurallib Apr 2015 #10
No shit, juries tend to worship cops as hero's. nt Logical Apr 2015 #53
Here is a link to the original story, before the video surfaced... SomethingFishy Apr 2015 #12
Yet the video clearly shows the man smacked the taser to the gruond then ran dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #14
Right? The cop had about 20 other options... SomethingFishy Apr 2015 #21
Exactly. There's something terribly wrong when cop's FIRST instinct is shoot to kill. Phentex Apr 2015 #141
"Officers tried to revive him" by shooting laser beams out of their eyes as he lay prone, handcuffed uppityperson Apr 2015 #129
How many stories like this must exist? joshcryer Apr 2015 #38
Wow, cops lie all the time and without video, this cop gets off. nt Logical Apr 2015 #54
No struggle at all, the guy fled at a snails pace. Rex Apr 2015 #69
Taser won't work if it deployes the barbs... Historic NY Apr 2015 #137
Scott was 50yrs old & was stopped in a Mercedes Benz..IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE or HOW YOU ACT! uponit7771 Apr 2015 #15
Yeah, and a couple hundred grand from GoFundMe. GoneFishin Apr 2015 #29
Murder in the First Degree RealityAdvocate Apr 2015 #17
I hope the authoritarians do try to defend this and out themselves as automatons GoneFishin Apr 2015 #18
This is a more comprehensive link sunnystarr Apr 2015 #19
At least this cop got arrested Warpy Apr 2015 #20
How do you know Sctts' a dead beat father already!? !?!? What does that have to do with a uponit7771 Apr 2015 #24
The cop stopped him because he had outstanding warrants Warpy Apr 2015 #28
I did, the article I read said he was stopped because of a tail light out in his MB.... uponit7771 Apr 2015 #32
These stories? Nope. None of these links say that. uppityperson Apr 2015 #130
The news article in the link said Scott had warrants for unpaid child support, dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #33
That's not the reason the cop stopped him, it was because of a tail light in his MB... the warrants uponit7771 Apr 2015 #35
The arrest warrant Dale Neiburg Apr 2015 #155
The cop wanted him to die. nt. Mariana Apr 2015 #49
What did the guy even do to begin with? cwydro Apr 2015 #22
He was stopped for a broken brake light. Glimmer of Hope Apr 2015 #23
... in his Mercedes Benz ... (uppity black man shooting) uponit7771 Apr 2015 #26
It was a rusted out junky old car. RealityAdvocate Apr 2015 #70
I don't know what the condition of the car has to do with anytyhing, I've not read on it either... uponit7771 Apr 2015 #74
They showed a picture of it during one of the news stories. RealityAdvocate Apr 2015 #87
Video RealityAdvocate Apr 2015 #92
here are a couple incredible paragraphs from that link. uppityperson Apr 2015 #132
Seriously? cwydro Apr 2015 #30
There are 2 links to the local news story. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #34
Thanks. I just read them. cwydro Apr 2015 #36
I don't give murdering cops the benefit of the doubt, Even Wilson... since he was too cowardly uponit7771 Apr 2015 #37
White guy? Ed Suspicious Apr 2015 #57
Huh? cwydro Apr 2015 #139
Maybe the cop threated to kill him. nt. Mariana Apr 2015 #50
Maybe he was afraid. NOLALady Apr 2015 #68
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2015 #75
Who is coordinating the thuggish training that is causing so many murders by cops? There are too GoneFishin Apr 2015 #25
Really? You think its some sort of giant coordinated conspiracy??? cstanleytech Apr 2015 #44
Do you call the distribution of military gear to local police forces a conspiracy? GoneFishin Apr 2015 #61
OK cstanleytech Apr 2015 #95
ok heaven05 Apr 2015 #110
You kinda answered DesertDawg Apr 2015 #114
Don't know if we are hearing about it more, or what. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #115
The military shanti Apr 2015 #56
That would make sense. GoneFishin Apr 2015 #62
This ^^^^^ job security for returning vets...training already done and ready to kill, I mean libdem4life Apr 2015 #65
Yup and to be honest its a piss poor way for police departments to recruit new officers imo. nt cstanleytech Apr 2015 #101
Thank god for the video Egnever Apr 2015 #27
Nothing ever happens to them (the cops). cwydro Apr 2015 #31
You can be both pro law enforcement and against police brutality. Rex Apr 2015 #80
I agree, I know cops who are embaraced and know it's just that 10% but there's no means to speak up uponit7771 Apr 2015 #94
I agree, there needs to be an open and transparent grieving process that does not all way in the cops Rex Apr 2015 #100
Yes they are. ncjustice80 Apr 2015 #128
Good thing it went to a news outlet, too. pintobean Apr 2015 #41
Find a jury that believes in doing the right thing damnedifIknow Apr 2015 #39
Now on the front page of Huffington Post. One of top stories there.. Stuart G Apr 2015 #43
Another true american hero risking his life for us. I bet this asshole gets off. nt Logical Apr 2015 #45
The rule would be for the officer to not only get off but get funded and then get a bigger pay day uponit7771 Apr 2015 #46
This video is the worst I have ever seen. No reaching in waist band, no threat to officer at all.... Logical Apr 2015 #48
I do not think so, not with this video.. Stuart G Apr 2015 #47
I missed the police report part. My worry is juries tend to worship the police as heroes. nt Logical Apr 2015 #51
No, they'll convict. NYC Liberal Apr 2015 #58
... I doubt it, they'll use the Wilson \ Zimmerman defense... that the THOUGHT of the person ... uponit7771 Apr 2015 #66
They can't. Supreme Court has already ruled on this npk Apr 2015 #124
Jurys love cops. Raised to trust them and adore them. nt Logical Apr 2015 #67
Not all juries, in KC we walked 2 by 2 not for gang bangers but dirty cops uponit7771 Apr 2015 #78
I live in KC area also. But overall jurys trust cops. Grand Jurys especially. nt Logical Apr 2015 #82
Yeap, GJ have to trust the cops because of the PAs... There should be a law allowing for outside uponit7771 Apr 2015 #84
This won't go to the jury. It will plea out. RealityAdvocate Apr 2015 #81
Probably true, and in the past judges have given the cops double time served awaiting for trial. nt Logical Apr 2015 #88
The Wilson \ Zimmerman pattern of ID'd threat - needlessly pursue threat and place self... uponit7771 Apr 2015 #102
The attorney resigned when the truth came out. RealityAdvocate Apr 2015 #103
Just read that... whoa... OK... that's at least different... no holding my breath though uponit7771 Apr 2015 #104
I am SHOCKED the cops did not arrest the man videoing it. And take his camera as "Evidence"! nt Logical Apr 2015 #52
We are very lucky that this video still exists. Stuart G Apr 2015 #55
That was my second thought, after the horror of it. This photographer was fairly brazen and lucky FailureToCommunicate Apr 2015 #99
Yes, and how many cops have did this with no video? 100s, 1000s? nt Logical Apr 2015 #108
I think the fence between the videographer and the murderous cop JimDandy Apr 2015 #136
I can't even watch it. I just can't BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #60
I watched it. It is truly ugly Stuart G Apr 2015 #73
It's just beyond words BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #77
And not just once - SEVERAL shots TBF Apr 2015 #147
What a sickening video to watch. Vinca Apr 2015 #63
So they must know he is dead, otherwise why leave his face buried in the dirt? Rex Apr 2015 #64
I think the video zentrum Apr 2015 #90
You've got good eyes, I could not tell what he was doing. Rex Apr 2015 #93
I wonder how quickly the cop will get off. It has to be a justified shooting. They all are. valerief Apr 2015 #71
WHOA!!! On All In!! Chris Hayes!! Shows Cop Dropping Taser!!! uponit7771 Apr 2015 #72
On Cris Hayes - North Charleston charge with same criticism of over policing & rackateering like FPD uponit7771 Apr 2015 #76
Horrifying. n/t Jefferson23 Apr 2015 #79
Is it my imagination or zentrum Apr 2015 #83
+1, he also comes back and throws the tasor on the ground near the person he murdered uponit7771 Apr 2015 #86
I think this might become one of the most viewed videos ever. Millions will see this. everywhere.. Stuart G Apr 2015 #89
practically emotionless... Phentex Apr 2015 #142
I'm very glad he was arrested. Sissyk Apr 2015 #85
This is cold blooded murder, and it is on film. I really hope he is charged with murder still_one Apr 2015 #91
They've been getting away with murder for way too long malaise Apr 2015 #96
That's murder and he lied about the taser to try and cover it up. herding cats Apr 2015 #97
we'll see gwheezie Apr 2015 #105
This story is incredible. Stuart G Apr 2015 #107
The importance is the cop has to be caught in broad daylight murdering a person AND planting evidenc uponit7771 Apr 2015 #109
You could probably have left out the word "black" and we'd have known it. NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #112
+1, also... Scott would've had 5 bullets in the back... how would the cop explain that?! uponit7771 Apr 2015 #113
Notice the police officer looking over his shoulder nilesobek Apr 2015 #118
He didn't even seem angry to me. herding cats Apr 2015 #119
Agree on all your points. nilesobek Apr 2015 #122
You seem to have a typo in your title: "is arrested". Dr. Strange Apr 2015 #120
Only reason I can think of is the video is too clear to be denied. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #133
"THAT's gotta mean something" jberryhill Apr 2015 #144
This notion that law enforcement has that anyone who ZX86 Apr 2015 #123
Whoever took that video is damn lucky they didn't get shot too Number23 Apr 2015 #125
My first thoughts also. Officer Insane-O, with the murder and the gun, is a very dangerous person. Bonx Apr 2015 #134
This message was self-deleted by its author Renew Deal Apr 2015 #126
Pictures of Walter Scott... TeeYiYi Apr 2015 #127
Thank you, TeeYiYi KMOD Apr 2015 #131
You're welcome, KMOD. ..nt TeeYiYi Apr 2015 #135
where is the struggle for the taser gwheezie Apr 2015 #138
Do you hear the clicking sound at the beginning? jberryhill Apr 2015 #140
I think you are correct. That's a taser pop. nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #143
How much is this cop going to make from wingnuts for doing this? alarimer Apr 2015 #146
Thank goodness the guy with the camera was there--and is still alive! WI_DEM Apr 2015 #148
I agree with you, I am glad the cameraman got what he did. Stuart G Apr 2015 #149
Horrific, and thank goodness it was recorded. No chance of justice otherwise. n/t Jefferson23 Apr 2015 #150
As it turns out.... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #152
For a God damn car light...thanks for the link. So out of control, it's sickening. Jefferson23 Apr 2015 #154
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