Courtesy of HuffPo:
A grand jury has indicted a former South Carolina police officer in the April shooting of an unarmed black man, the prosecutor announced on Monday.
Former North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager has been charged with murder in the death of Walter Scott.
"I think the people of the 9th circuit elected me to be accountable to them, and that’s what we intend to do," Charleston County Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said during a news conference following the announcement of the indictment Monday. "They have to know they have someone prosecuting the case who is accountable to them."
This is very good news, but does anybody really think this would have happened if there had been no video?
Update: Speaking of police videos currently there is also quite a bit of controversy over this police handling of a Texas pool party.
Former North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager has been charged with murder in the death of Walter Scott.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the officer who witnessed Michael Slager dropping an object next to the slain gentleman Walter Scott? What did that officer tell his supervisor and did he mention it on his report?
It will all come out in court.
ReplyDeleteWell of course, if there's no video it didn't happen! Just like George Zimmerman.
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Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfuOkEHBd3k
One step towards justice.
ReplyDeleteI hope this sends a message to bad cops everywhere.
Yeah...make sure there are no witnesses. ;)
DeleteMaybe they should start having a Chicago equivalent of our Nenana Ice Classic, where they can place bets on when they exceed the 1000 killed mark each year...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-weekend-shooting-violence-20150608-story.html
So justice is served for one dead African American in a long long line of turning a blind eye. The pool video is beyond the pale, but of course the apologists are jumping up and down "You don't know what happened before or after the video" Bullshit. There are plenty of witnesses, the teen he's got his knee jambed into her back, in a bikini, while pulling braids, lives in the complex and had permission for the party.
ReplyDeleteWhite parents were yelling racial slurs, the parents are worse than the teens, We'll see what happens in that case, he's on PAID leave, Big Deal.
And pulling a gun on kids, even if you don't shoot, makes him "officer of the year" material? The jackass got an award of that name for "teaching" other officers how to handle this type of situation. I'm so glad they got it on tape. Who do you call when 911 is the problem?
Mouthy little bitch deserved what she got.
ReplyDelete"Call my momma"! Lol. Sure thing honey, how does that pavement taste, does it taste like you just got your ass handed to you for being a cunny?
Yeah maybe next time she'll remember that just because she is black doesn't mean you get a free pass to be an asshole to cops. What a bunch of dumb jackasses.
Those other dickheads circling behind the cop while he was restraining the little bitch absolutely should not have been surprised when he went for his holster. Fucking dumbasses. You bleeding heart libs are a bigger problem than the perpetual victim blacks.
Awww, big tough guy with a gun and a knee on a 14 year old. Your ignorance and bigotry aside, you sound like you got a small unit and overcompensating.
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