DA Charges Reserve Deputy With Second Degree Manslaughter

[avebury]

42. Interesting coments in locsl newspaper website

http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepage1/updated-district-attorney-steve-kunzweiler-charges-reserve-deputy-with-second/article_883e0747-46e9-595d-9c4f-e1cb4fdabbf4.html

Kunzweiler is one serious D.A. I am so happy to see him as our D.A. We have had a rather lame and at times crooked D.A. for quite some time. Kunzweitler is the real deal. My Tulsa Police Sergeant and Lawyer Son, said that he has been impressed by the actions of Kunzweiler ever time he appeared in court representing the D.A.s office. make no mistake about the difference in the education and training between the Tulsa Police Department and the Tulsa Sheriff's Deputies. It is not the same. The Police are much more highly trained.

Please note that the Oklahoma statute for first degree murder has a 4 year minimal sentence, so what time if any will this guy get, what may be house arrest?
Given the fact that he was already on the ground, in custody, with officers on him when shot, the DOJ will have a hard time NOT SAYING THAT HIS CIVIL RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED.
Let's just see where we go from here!



"Glanz also said he had no plans to change the deputy reserve program"

You are crazy, Mr Glanz . . .I hope the DOJ DOES come into Tulsa because of this. THEN we will have the chance of a competent police force coming out of it.

Stanly is in trouble. He has more than a few people in City Hall that more than dislike him. This is how Stanly acts and he is not going to change. He has never been remorseful for the death of a bad guy and he never will. (Stanley is Glanz)

The video and the statements released to the press raise a reasonable suspicion that the reserve deputy committed felony manslaughter. Unfortunately the LE response to this likely homicide fits the "thin blue line" philosophy in which there are "cops" and "other people". "Other people" are supposed to IMMEDIATELY COMPLY with whatever unbalanced commands or force are imposed on them, and that unsatisfactory policy must be corrected. Yet the system excuses cops for seemingly any mistake, whereas we can all guess what would happen to a private citizen who "accidentally" used a firearm instead of mace or a Taser when lethal force wasn't legally justifiable. If the Tulsa County District Attorney doesn't launch a serious, unbiased, "for real" investigation then you may fairly assume that the private lives of "other people" are expendable in the law enforcement community.