dervish Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 WASHINGTON — A white police officer in North Charleston, S.C., was charged with murder on Tuesday after a video surfaced showing him shooting and killing an apparently unarmed black man in the back while he ran away.The officer, Michael T. Slager, 33, had said he feared for his life because the man took his stun gun in a scuffle after a traffic stop on Saturday. A video, however, shows the officer firing eight times as the man fled. The North Charleston mayor announced the state charges at a news conference Tuesday evening. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/us/south-carolina-officer-is-charged-with-murder-in-black-mans-death.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=1 The video is NSFW. It actually shows the cop shooting the guy in the back as he's running off unarmed. Horrific stuff. Link to comment
1903Fitba Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Americans love the headlines of BLACK MAN XXXXXX. Just put man. No need for the colour. One love. Link to comment
Ke1t Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Cops aren't paid to murder people, though. Regardless of whether blacks kill blacks, whites, or anyone else, cops are supposed to be protecting civilians, not dreaming up reasons to execute us. Link to comment
BrianFaePerth Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Seems the copper has lots of support, a Norwegian site currently has 99434 Likes for this story. Link to comment
reekie_dock Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Watched the video this morning, looks like officer in question shouted a warning before unloading his clip on him...... He hand cuffed him afterwards obviously in case he turned into a zombie after death. Good thinking if you ask me. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/us/south-carolina-officer-is-charged-with-murder-in-black-mans-death.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=1 The video is NSFW. It actually shows the cop shooting the guy in the back as he's running off unarmed. Horrific stuff. Not sure what to make of that to be honest. Looks like blatant gunning down of the guy but we're not privy to what went down just before the clip starts. The press conference the family had was pretty cringeworthy. Think the copper will get fucked for it even though he's white. Link to comment
a don in oz Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Does that video show the cop try to frame the corpse? He walks over casually and drops the taser down by the corpse... coz you know... the man had tried to use the taser on the cop, amirite? The cops also said they tried to perform CPR on the murder victim and... nope, the video shows that did not happen either. ACAB... in particular that cunt. Link to comment
a don in oz Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Not sure what to make of that to be honest. Looks like blatant gunning down of the guy but we're not privy to what went down just before the clip starts. We do know what happened beforehand though. The guy had been a right bastard: was pulled over for having a broken tail light irresponsible swine! Totally deserved the 6-8 shots at him from behind. Seriously though for a moment. The cop said he shot the guy (while he was running away from him) because he feared for his life. I see. Pretty weird to fear for your life from a threat that's... running away from you. Link to comment
a don in oz Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/01/1374908/-American-police-killed-more-people-in-March-111-than-in-the-entire-United-Kingdom-since-1900 Link to comment
dervish Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Americans love the headlines of BLACK MAN XXXXXX. Just put man. No need for the colour. One love. Couldn't agree more about that. Should read "Empowered power hungry mong given gun, SURPRISE he fucked up". Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Couldn't agree more about that. Should read "Empowered power hungry mong given gun, SURPRISE he fucked up".I think us Europeans mock the yanks too easily for their issues. You dinna have to look too far in any euro country to find similar examples. Link to comment
looksgoodinred Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 we don't know what happened. the broken taillight is allegedly why the cop pulled him over, or maybe this guy is well-known to the police for other, more serious, infractions. and this is how he got him roadside in the hopes of getting something else. and it may have been that something was said. or done. but that's all speculation. i'm not saying the cop did right or wrong. i don't know. but to assume the cop is at fault without having any real facts, except this recording which represents only a particular bit of time, is only serving to incite anger. i'll wait and see what comes out before i start slinging mud anywhere. Link to comment
Redforever86 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 i'll wait and see what comes out before i start slinging mud anywhere. Certainly don't fling it on your face. A cop might shoot you in the back. Link to comment
Clydeside_Sheep Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Horrific stuff. I hope the murdered man and his family get justice. The pictures are very clear - the man was running away, not trying to harm the cop. It would have been better to let him escape, than to empty a hand-gun clip at him. Imo these things are born of Americans unhealthy love of guns and how uber-macho / OTT the US cops are in general. And it being a paranoid society in general. I dont think race hate is the root of these incidents. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Horrific stuff. I hope the murdered man and his family get justice. The pictures are very clear - the man was running away, not trying to harm the cop. It would have been better to let him escape, than to empty a hand-gun clip at him. Imo these things are born of Americans unhealthy love of guns and how uber-macho / OTT the US cops are in general. And it being a paranoid society in general. I dont think race hate is the root of these incidents.Think the black guy was gay. 2 Link to comment
Red Dragon Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 we don't know what happened. the broken taillight is allegedly why the cop pulled him over, or maybe this guy is well-known to the police for other, more serious, infractions. and this is how he got him roadside in the hopes of getting something else. and it may have been that something was said. or done. but that's all speculation. i'm not saying the cop did right or wrong. i don't know. but to assume the cop is at fault without having any real facts, except this recording which represents only a particular bit of time, is only serving to incite anger. i'll wait and see what comes out before i start slinging mud anywhere. Regardless of what went on before hand. Regardless of what the cops might have pulled him for or why he might be known to the police. The police shot a man in the back who was running away from them. That ain't right, what ever way you kook at it. Link to comment
daytripping Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I'm with LGIR here, let's get all the facts before drawing conclusions. The cracked light on the black mans car could have been completely broken for all we know, lets not go being judge and jury just yet. Link to comment
daytripping Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Regardless of what went on before hand. Regardless of what the cops might have pulled him for or why he might be known to the police. The police shot a man in the back who was running away from them. That ain't right, what ever way you kook at it. He didn't run very fast for a coloured, something just doesn't add up, I don't think we've been told the whole story. Link to comment
Clydeside_Sheep Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Years ago, I used to watch those US Cop shows, you know the ones with real footage of car chases etc. I always cringed at how rough / wild the Cops were, whenever they caught someone. You couldnt just surrender to them peacefully, even if you wanted to. It always seemed necessary for them to drag someone out of the car window by their throat, then have about 10 cops pile on top, whilst others thrust guns in their face and screamed at them. I used to think "that would put you off wanting to give up". I wonder if that was what this was about - the guy felt he was going to get a kicking regardless and ran, perhaps without even thinking about it, so the Cops go to the next level and start loosing off rounds like the wild west (probably too f*cking lazy to run after him I bet) Link to comment
Clydeside_Sheep Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Think the black guy was gay. No - you tend to find black communities have a righteous intolerance for that kind of thing! Link to comment
Ke1t Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Looks like a pretty straightforward execution and subsequent set-up. Shot 8 times in the back and a tazer planted next to the corpse. I'm guessing it's about 50/50 if the cop will get away with it, what with this being Saaath Ca-allana, y'hea? Doesn't get much deeper into the Deep South, geographically or socially. Historically they were allowed to shoot runaway niggers in SC, so right now you have an entire state of white folks wondering what all the fuss is about. What happens to Officer Good Ole Boy is going to depend purely upon political expedience rather than the legality of shooting another human to death as he fled. The fact the victim was black means the Police Department and state government give no fucks at all. They'd cheerfully let this cop back onto the streets with a mini-gun and a GPS with the houses of every black family in South Carolina programmed in as waypoints. Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 He didn't run very fast for a coloured, something just doesn't add up, I don't think we've been told the whole story.That's a valid point. Ten years ago I was officially the fastest white man at my university. Rugby players thighs, you see. Its about time they had two 100m finals in athletics. Link to comment
tommo1903 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 That would be the 200m. They have that already. Link to comment
BrianFaePerth Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Ten years ago I was officially the fastest white man at my university. Rugby players thighs, you see. You must have been officially the oldest man at your university. Link to comment
StandFree1982 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 ffs why did he run in the first place Especially if you are black and the cops are white and you are in USA. Link to comment
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