reconmark
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Right, because we all saw the numerous people standing around within arms reach of him doing harm...It doesn't prove that he wasn't a threat to anyone else, though.Or so it appears. There is likely way more to this. I'll wait for evidence at trial.If the perp is carrying a weapon that he had already discharged he can be shot while running away for sure.I agree that the jury ends up making the call given all the evidence but there is no police protocol that justifies shooting an unarmed person who is running away.
Except that he wasn't carrying anything. Slager picked up the taser and dropped it next to the body to cover up his illegal shooting.
The only thing definitively established is that the perp is a criminal who resisted arrest and ran from the police. Beyond that, it's still up in the air.
Nope!
The video definitively established that Slager killed the victim who was no threat to him at all.