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Sunday, April 12, 2015
Press Conference on Police Shooting Caught on Video Gets So Testy That Mayor Threatens to Shut It Down
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (TheBlaze/AP) — A white South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed a black man in self-defense has been fired and faces murder charges after a bystander’s video recorded him firing eight shots at the man’s back as he ran away. The city’s mayor also said he’s ordered body cameras to be worn by every single officer on the force.
The officer, Michael Thomas Slager, has been fired, but the town will continue to pay for his health insurance because his wife is eight-month’s pregnant, said North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey, who called it a tragedy for two families.
Police Chief Eddie Diggers said he was “sickened” by what he saw on the video, but his explanations were repeatedly interrupted by shouts of “no justice, no peace!” and other hard questions during the testy press conference on Wednesday. He said he couldn’t answer several of the questions.
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Idiots acting like animals.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Idiots acting like animals.
April 8, 2015 at 9:31 PM
Yeah, that's why one of them got fired.
Mmm , good time for a plant , gun that is. Always carry a second gun to plant.
He planted his taser, but that plan won't fly... it's right on the video.
While it doesnt justify killing, nobody is talking about the suspect running away from the police and disrespecting the law!
So dumb-ass 7:42 Am you are saying it is OK to shoot someone, let alone in the back for running away????
I can't wait until someone violates your rights or does you harm for no reason...
NO wonder america is gone and SBY is falling apart, we have stupid people like this here...
836 no just thugs like you.
Well said 8:36. I don't have any personal experience, but If there was an insanely aggressive officer trying to tase me, my instinct would be to flee from that aggression. If you run, they are supposed to chase you. Not shoot you in the back.
It is idiotic however that people were interrupting to chant "no justice, no peace". The cop was pretty much immediately charged with murder and is facing the death penalty. Hopefully he gets it. I say give him a chance to run and then shoot him in the back.
I am a cop and that was a murder. It is time for good cops to speak out against bad policing. That was a crime and he will pay. Sorry he deserves the death penalty.
As an honest cop you should feel the same way. If that suspect shot a cop in the back eight times we the law enforcement community would be screaming death penalty.
Time for "good" cops to speak out against criminal behavior by cops.
945 i would hate to be your partner i guess you don't care for ALL the facts in this case now its coming in that the gentle perp was fighting with the cop on the ground before the video i feel sad that your a liberal Kop by the way i would sell that mercedes benz to feed my children and take a bus, so much for priorities for thugs.
this appears to have been an assassination. for having a tag light out. The police are out of control and apparently incapable of learning new behaviors.
I liked the part where they said HE was FIRED (!!), but they (the taxpayers) will still pay for his family's health care.
I liked it because I know if I (or YOU) were charged with murder and stood to lose my house, or I wouldn't be able to take my sick child to the cancer center, the prosecutor would certainly take that into consideration. NOT!
Where are all the "do the crime, pay the price!!" do-gooders?
9:45...you nailed it. If cops want respect, they have to EARN it. And they don't earn it standing guard while 3 other "brother cops" beat the hell out of a guy in handcuffs because he said something they didn't like. They wouldn't stand around watching if I and three friends did that to someone.
Equal justice for all.
Ain't happening.
Keep cheering.
Imclain are we pro thug and a whning liberal? YES.
I think they are handling this situation pretty well. They've already fired his a$$ instead of "paid leave" and he's in jail charged with murder, with no bail. Let the jury decide his fate.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
While it doesnt justify killing, nobody is talking about the suspect running away from the police and disrespecting the law!
April 9, 2015 at 7:42 AM
because it's not important? when kops break the law, there is no law. Just survival.
11:45...THAT'S all you got??! Your IQ is showing.....
I notice you didn't dispute the facts.
Point out the error in my post. Argue/debate the FACTS.
But, like most low-IQ, nodding, storm trooper yes-men, when the FACTS really irritate you, or when you cannot offer a logical refutation, or the worst --- the facts create such a dilemma in your small mind that you blow a fuse (I can't take any more truth!!! AHHHHHHHH!!) and can't do any better than some childish and intellectually deficient retort completely devoid of any truth.
What's your next post??
"I'm rubber and you're glue...."???
Just keep cheering. You are exactly the kind of citizen they like.....
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