Skylar
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You didn't answer my question. Are you negroid in appearance? I'm tired of the 'Special Needs' negros running their mouths defending the illegal actions of every negro solely based on their skin color.Not at all. The man had no weapon, was fleeing with his back turned to the officer. Even if he had the taser (which he obviously didn't) it was no threat to the officer as both cartridges had been expended. The taser would have to be pressed against the officer to be used.
And the suspect was 20 feet away, without a taser, facing away from the officer.
There's no 'reasonable fear for one's life' argument to be had. Which was why the officer was fired. And why he was charged with murder.
Slager thought he still had it. Which is what the jury must consider. Not hindsight.
Genuinely irrelevant. Lets say that Scott did have it. He obviously didn't, but lets say. Both cartriges had been expended. Slager knew this. The only way that the man could have threatened Slager in any way was to push the taser against Slager's body directly. Slager knew this too.
Both are which are physically impossible when Slager began firing. Scott was 20 feet away, running away, and facing away from Slager. There's no credible argument that Slager feared for his life in that scenario.
You're right. From that distance...he wasn't a threat to Slager. If it were you or me...absolutely no right to shoot. But...as a sworn officer...Slager has a right to continue that arrest...which Graham v. Connor and Tennessee v. Garner says can be accomplished via deadly force if the suspect is armed.
So you admit that there was no threat to Slager and Slager knew there was no threat to Slager.
Excellent .
Plumoff v. Rickard SCOTUS 2014 reaffirms officers judgements can't be judged in hindsight, but rather heat of the moment, AND this ruling states cops can use deadly force on a fleeing suspect IF other officers "on foot in the area" may be in danger....and Slager knew Habersham was on the way and Scott had already fought him and took his taser.
First, you're making up a narrative for Slager that Slager never offered. Slager never makes such an argument in any incident report. There's no mention of it in dispatch recording. There's no mention of it any police report. Slager cited his OWN fear of being attacked by the suspect.
A fear you've already conceded was unfounded and unjust.
Second, Plumoff was about a driver of a car that tried to hit a police officer as part of a high speed car chase. This wasn't a high speed car chase. This was a man on foot. An unarmed man who had AT MOST an empty taser. And in reality, not even that.
To equate an empty taser with a speeding car fails the 'totality of the circumstances from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene" test used in Plumoff.
Making your argument double crap.
The fact that Slager went and planted the taser beside Scott's body after killing him demonstrated that Slager knew he'd fucked up. Slager was fired on the spot once these facts were known. Nixing any 'but its standard police procedure to plant the taser beside the unarmed guy you just shot in the back' bullshit.
Its not standard police procedure. His boss saw what slager had done and was appalled. Slager was immediately fired and then rightly charged with murder.
Whatever color you are you're a nothing more than a troll. And that means you're boring and that means you're on permanent PI.
Run along StormFront. The adults are talking. And you have a sheet you need to put on.