US Police Shoot Unarmed Black male 8 times in the back

Killer Wench

Another cop shooting, but this time the cop is being charged with murder.

There is a video that is NSFW. It does not play automatically, so you can read the article without watching the video of the shooting.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/07/officer-michael-slager-shoots-man-in-back-video_n_7021134.html

wilhelm roentgen

Killer Wench wrote: »

Another cop shooting, but this time the cop is being charged with murder.

There is a video that is NSFW. It does not play automatically, so you can read the article without watching the video of the shooting.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/07/officer-michael-slager-shoots-man-in-back-video_n_7021134.html

This is shocking and very disturbing, how could the PO feel threatened by a man running away?

kylith

Killer Wench wrote: »

Another cop shooting, but this time the cop is being charged with murder.

There is a video that is NSFW. It does not play automatically, so you can read the article without watching the video of the shooting.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/07/officer-michael-slager-shoots-man-in-back-video_n_7021134.html

This one at least seems to be pretty cut and dried. That poor man; shot for running away.

myshirt

The Americans still seem to be having terrible difficulty getting over slavery within their municipal authorities.

This is insane.

I was in New York in 2005 and had an incident with a chap who basically attempted to rob me. I actually managed to speak to a police officer no later than 10 minutes after and he asked me for a description. All fine. He said ok sir, thank you, and then proceeded to radio it in as a 'Officer abc, report of a young male, described as 6"1" caucasian, attempted robbery, white basketball shirt, blue cap, demanded money, potentially a black guy in disguise'

I left it at that. Said I'm grand, that I just wanted to let him know. I didnt want to file a report.

whiskeyman

wilhelm roentgen wrote: »

This is shocking and very disturbing, how could the PO feel threatened by a man running away?

that's just unreal :eek:

Egginacup

kylith wrote: »

This one at least seems to be pretty cut and dried. That poor man; shot for running away.

I guarantee you will still get people saying "you don't want to get shot, then don't run".

nokia69

wilhelm roentgen wrote: »

This is shocking and very disturbing, how could the PO feel threatened by a man running away?

he could have been running home to get his gun :rolleyes:

Egginacup

I'm surprised officer "kill 'em all, let god sort 'em out" didn't claim the tried and trusted excuse that he stopped running, turned and "reached for something in his belt".

Isn't that what these guys always claim?

kylith

Egginacup wrote: »

I'm surprised officer "kill 'em all, let god sort 'em out" didn't claim the tried and trusted excuse that he stopped running, turned and "reached for something in his belt".

Is that what these guys always claim?

This time he got to try out the 'he stole my tazer' excuse. Thankfully it's not going well for him.

Didn't they introduce individual cameras on cops in the UK and immediately see a massive drop in reports of police misconduct?

buried

Thread should be re-named "American Law enforcement Shoots unarmed citizen thread". Literally seems to be one of these incidents every few weeks now.

TommyOM

And not only that, the video shows the officer planting his taser gun next to the victim. If I was a black man in the US I would be utterly terrified whenever the police stopped me. This is shocking footage..

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/white-police-officer-charged-in-us-after-black-man-shot-dead-1.2168048

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

kylith wrote: »

This time he got to try out the 'he stole my tazer' excuse. Thankfully it's not going well for him.

Didn't they introduce individual cameras on cops in the UK and immediately see a massive drop in reports of police misconduct?

Think he needs a better excsue for shooting someone eight times as he's running away from you.

As you said, thankfully this one looks like it will see justice.

steddyeddy

In the US?? Are you sure?

steddyeddy

This incident might be more extreme than previous but the sentiment behind it is the same. Love of guns and casual racism in some of America's deep south.

Kettleson

Fired 8 shots. 3 missed. Shot in the back 5 times when running away. Police officer said he was "in fear of his life". Good job they got it on camera.

jaykay74

To serve and protect

jonon9

You can then see him plant the taser next to the body. Clearly murder no question about it.

steddyeddy

What's the bet he'll get off with a lighter sentence than he should?

helimachoptor

steddyeddy wrote: »

What's the bet he'll get off with a lighter sentence than he should?

Id think given the video they'll throw the book at him
Tbh

smash

TommyOM wrote: »

If I was a black man in the US I would be utterly terrified whenever the police stopped me.

That's a bit sensationalist now...

zl1whqvjs75cdy

steddyeddy wrote: »

What's the bet he'll get off with a lighter sentence than he should?

I'd say they'll hammer him. Death penalty in that state?

Slicemeister

It would've read better if you left the "8 times" at the end of the thread title OP.











With a pause.

ColeTrain

Yeah he definitely needed to put the handcuffs on him after that...

smash

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

I'd say they'll hammer him. Death penalty in that state?

No they wont. Why did the guy make a run for it? There's always more to these stories than meets the eye.

tigger123

smash wrote: »

That's a bit sensationalist now...

Is it though? He shot at him and 8 times, as he was running away, 5 shots hit him. Then tried to cover it up afterwards.

He clearly thought he could get away with murdering him.

kneemos

smash wrote: »

No they wont. Why did the guy make a run for it? There's always more to these stories than meets the eye.

The thing to focus on is the running away.

Eugene Norman

smash wrote: »

No they wont. Why did the guy make a run for it? There's always more to these stories than meets the eye.

He made a run for it apparantly because there were alimony payments missing so some bench warrants were outstanding. Not a reason to kill a chap.

We need an American forum for this kind of stuff. General american stuff. Not just politics.

smash

tigger123 wrote: »

Is it though? He shot at him and 8 times, as he was running away, 5 shots hit him. Then tried to cover it up afterwards.

He clearly thought he could get away with murdering him.

Honestly I'm getting tired of hearing "Black man in the ghetto murdered by white police officer". It's just like the whole "Garda assaults water meter protester" stuff... there's always more to the story.

If it's as it seems then yea, he needs to go down, but without knowing the real facts lets just leave it out.

Outkast_IRE

Running away ? the guy seemed to be going at a snails pace. Complete over reaction by the Cop.

steddyeddy

smash wrote: »

Honestly I'm getting tired of hearing "Black man in the ghetto murdered by white police officer". It's just like the whole "Garda assaults water meter protester" stuff... there's always more to the story.

If it's as it seems then yea, he needs to go down, but without knowing the real facts lets just leave it out.

No lets not. We see the same thing from this country again and again. The same country yet excuses are given every time.

Since you're fond of facts here's the police version of events:

'Police in a matter of hours declared the occurrence at the corner of Remount and Craig roads a traffic stop gone wrong, alleging the dead man fought with an officer over his Taser before deadly force was employed.'
This is odd given the altercation took place in a park.
'A statement released by North Charleston police spokesman Spencer Pryor said a man ran on foot from the traffic stop and an officer deployed his department-issued Taser in an attempt to stop him.
That did not work, police said, and an altercation ensued as the men struggled over the device. Police allege that during the struggle the man gained control of the Taser and attempted to use it against the officer.
The officer then resorted to his service weapon and shot him, police alleged.'

Sorry guys here's the link I got it from.

Dog of Tears

TommyOM wrote: »

. If I was a black man in the US I would be utterly terrified whenever the police stopped me.

You'd be absolutely right to be.

I mean your chances of getting shot must be 1 in millions.

I'd also be worried about being struck by lightening and eaten by a shark.

Bruthal

smash wrote: »

Honestly I'm getting tired of hearing "Black man in the ghetto murdered by white police officer"

Is that because its happening so frequently then?

Egginacup

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Think he needs a better excsue for shooting someone eight times as he's running away from you.

As you said, thankfully this one looks like it will see justice.

I've seen cops roughly restraining a guy on the ground. They are shouting at him "stop resisting! stop going for my gun! stop resisting! stop going for my gun!" except they're fucking reciting these lines. The guy isn't resisting. His body is just reacting in the normal way to pain....you know, spasms, muscle tension and jerks in response to suffering. Also his hands are pinned against the concrete and nowhere near anyone's gun or not even capable of moving.

These creeps are now setting the stage, i.e. ordering someone to stop doing something that he's not doing so that if they decided to kill him they can claim he was doing what they were ordering him not to do.

These assholes think we're stupid.

"Look he MUST have been reaching for my gun. You heard me ordering him to stop, didn't you?"

Bruthal

Dog of Tears wrote: »

You'd be absolutely right to be.

I mean your chances of getting shot must be 1 in millions.

I'd also be worried about being struck by lightening and eaten by a shark.

Yea, but you wont be eaten by a shark while walking down the street, or stuck by lightening on a clear sunny day.

daUbiq

A black mans life is worth little or nothing to racist cops in Amerika. How many other murders like this have happened were no one could record what actually happened?

BlimpyBoy

smash wrote: »

Honestly I'm getting tired of hearing "Black man in the ghetto murdered by white police officer". It's just like the whole "Garda assaults water meter protester" stuff... there's always more to the story.

If it's as it seems then yea, he needs to go down, but without knowing the real facts lets just leave it out.

Have you watched the video? You can see what happened for yourself.

The guy was running away and got five bullets in his back for no good reason.

smash

steddyeddy wrote: »

Since you're fond of facts here's the police version of events:

'Police in a matter of hours declared the occurrence at the corner of Remount and Craig roads a traffic stop gone wrong, alleging the dead man fought with an officer over his Taser before deadly force was employed.'

This is odd given the altercation took place in a park.

'A statement released by North Charleston police spokesman Spencer Pryor said a man ran on foot from the traffic stop and an officer deployed his department-issued Taser in an attempt to stop him.
That did not work, police said, and an altercation ensued as the men struggled over the device. Police allege that during the struggle the man gained control of the Taser and attempted to use it against the officer.

The officer then resorted to his service weapon and shot him, police alleged.'

the article states:
"The video begins in the vacant lot, apparently moments after Officer Slager fired his Taser. Wires, which carry the electrical current from the stun gun, appear to be extending from Mr Scott’s body as the two men tussle and Mr Scott turns to run."

So there was a fight over the taser which had already been deployed and this is where the footage begins. A taser can only be used once so when the guy realised that he couldn't tase the cop, he ran and the cop pulled his gun. He calls it in immediately, I don't see him dropping anything by the body in the footage and after another cop turns up on the scene you can still see the taser in the background on the path where the initial scuffle took place.

BlimpyBoy wrote: »

Have you watched the video? You can see what happened for yourself.

The guy was running away and got five bullets in his back for no good reason.

He tried to grab and use the cop's taser on the cop, and then ran away and didn't stop when asked... Did you expect the cop to just let him go? I admit the cop should have shot him in the leg if he was going to shoot at all but lets face it, 5 shots out of 8 made contact so he's clearly a crap aim.

Dog of Tears

Bruthal wrote: »

Yea, but you wont be eaten by a shark while walking down the street, or stuck by lightening on a clear sunny day.

Or shot by the cops.

biko

Incidents like this makes you wonder how many times cops have got away with it because no-one was filming them.

califano

He seemed ok when arrested. I wonder did they give him a going over in the cells later.

Dog of Tears

daUbiq wrote: »

How many other murders like this have happened were no one could record what actually happened?

Four?

daUbiq

smash wrote: »

the article states:
"The video begins in the vacant lot, apparently moments after Officer Slager fired his Taser. Wires, which carry the electrical current from the stun gun, appear to be extending from Mr Scott’s body as the two men tussle and Mr Scott turns to run."

So there was a fight over the taser which had already been deployed and this is where the footage begins. A taser can only be used once so when the guy realised that he couldn't tase the cop, he ran and the cop pulled his gun. He calls it in immediately, I don't see him dropping anything by the body in the footage and after another cop turns up on the scene you can still see the taser in the background on the path where the initial scuffle took place.

Absolutely does not justify shooting him dead. Why not shoot him once in the leg?

galljga1

Police officer when asked why he shot him in the back responded:

"If he wanted to be shot in the front, he should have ran towards me"

Case dismissed.

punisher5112

smash wrote: »

the article states:
"The video begins in the vacant lot, apparently moments after Officer Slager fired his Taser. Wires, which carry the electrical current from the stun gun, appear to be extending from Mr Scott’s body as the two men tussle and Mr Scott turns to run."

So there was a fight over the taser which had already been deployed and this is where the footage begins. A taser can only be used once so when the guy realised that he couldn't tase the cop, he ran and the cop pulled his gun. He calls it in immediately, I don't see him dropping anything by the body in the footage and after another cop turns up on the scene you can still see the taser in the background on the path where the initial scuffle took place.

Wrong tazer can be used multiple times including after barbs have been deployed.

The tazer can be used by placing the device up against ones body and it works.

BlimpyBoy

califano wrote: »

He seemed ok when arrested. I wonder did they give him a going over in the cells later.

He was dead by the time they put the cuffs on him.

wes

This case, shows the need for Police to wear camera's. It will protect the both the innocent and the guilty, so if a cop does something wrong they will be caught, and if a suspect makes a false claim the cop will have proof of there innocence.

Links234

http://m.imgur.com/8jQaNVe

smash

punisher5112 wrote: »

Wrong tazer can be used multiple times including after barbs have been deployed.

The tazer can be used by placing the device up against ones body and it works.

No really much use when your suspect is running away.

daUbiq

wes wrote: »

This case, shows the need for Police to wear camera's. It will protect the both the innocent and the guilty, so if a cop does something wrong they will be caught, and if a suspect makes a false claim the cop will have proof of there innocence.

Sounds reasonable but this is a country where reason means very little and rarely enters into the decision making process...

Bruthal

Dog of Tears wrote: »

Or shot by the cops.

Well quite a few seem to be getting shot by cops these days. Not many eaten by sharks while walking the streets.

steddyeddy

galljga1 wrote: »

Police officer when asked why he shot him in the back responded:

"If he wanted to be shot in the front, he should have ran towards me"

Case dismissed.

Indeed. You have to wonder about the intelligence of the cops.