Police Officer in Jail for Killing an Unarmed Man He Repeatedly Shot in the Back

Yes.. that's all that was on TV last night.. He was a 50 year old guy the cop stopped for a broken tail light. The guy had been arrested multiple times for non-payment of child support.. So I guess he ran.. The guy could have easily been caught, but the cop chose to shoot him 8 times in the back.. Then he went and handcuffed a dead man... ran back and got his taser off the ground and went back to the body and dropped it by the man. Then he called in and said he had shot a man for taking his taser. Unbeknown to the cop... a citizen filmed the entire incident from over a fence and turned it in to a newspaper.
 

QuickSilver said:
Yes.. that's all that was on TV last night.. He was a 50 year old guy the cop stopped for a broken tail light. The guy had been arrested multiple times for non-payment of child support.. So I guess he ran.. The guy could have easily been caught, but the cop chose to shoot him 8 times in the back.. Then he went and handcuffed a dead man... ran back and got his taser off the ground and went back to the body and dropped it by the man. Then he called in and said he had shot a man for taking his taser. Unbeknown to the cop... a citizen filmed the entire incident from over a fence and turned it in to a newspaper.
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I wondered why he had run, unless he felt threatened. The other cop that was there most likely would have corroborated the murderers story.

We listen to the radio when we get up and that's the first story I heard.
 
Well running away.... especially at the slow loping trot he had plainly shows that he could have been apprehended.. BUT..... wait for it... I'm sure the cop will be defended here soon.
 
QuickSilver said:
Well running away.... especially at the slow loping trot he had plainly shows that he could have been apprehended.. BUT..... wait for it... I'm sure the cop will be defended here soon.
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I was just curious what caused him to run, and watching the video he could have easily been caught. I'm sure someone here will defend the cop. 3, 2, 1....
 
Shooting a man running away... not once but 8 times... Yelling at a dead man to put his hands behind his back.. and then handcuffing him.. going back to pick up the taser to plant it near the body... YEP.... I'm sure he'll be defended.

Fortunately, the State of North Carolina has charged him with murder and he is being held without bond
 
QuickSilver said:
Shooting a man running away... not once but 8 times... Yelling at a dead man to put his hands behind his back.. and then handcuffing him.. going back to pick up the taser to plant it near the body... YEP.... I'm sure he'll be defended.

Fortunately, the State of North Carolina has charged him with murder and he is being held without bond
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Handcuffing a dead man. Does this guy have a brain? I don't see how this cop can possibly get away with it, but then strange things happen in the US justice system.
 
Well, I think this may be the first case where the cop doesn't.. maybe.. They all have until now. Thank GOD for cellphone videos... the guy who took this video should be given a medal. It makes you wonder... how many of the "good shoots" were actually "good murders"..
 
I didn't watch the video. Videos very seldom tell the whole story. There is so much more to an investigation than a video, however, having video certainly helps to support someone's version of what happened and videos are great for identification purposes. It never tells the story of how we got to that point. If this cop killed without provocation of any type, then he should and will be prosecuted.

In every police department that I am aware of, there is a code of ethics. There is some truth to the stories that we have all been told that the police look out for each other. I would never deny that. However, when one of the Officers or Troopers cross that line, they are as susceptible to prosecution as any citizen, except maybe politicians and celebrities.
 
QuickSilver said:
Well, I think this may be the first case where the cop doesn't.. maybe.. They all have until now. Thank GOD for cellphone videos... the guy who took this video should be given a medal. It makes you wonder... how many of the "good shoots" were actually "good murders"..
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Yes! Good thing someone was there to video it. It doesn't sound like this guy can possibly get away with this.
 
QuickSilver said:
I cannot be sure, but he may have attempted to grab the Taser, as you can see it fall when Walter Scott started to run away.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/07/charges-in-sc-police-shooting/25430473/

What do you think?

Still, no excuse for shooting 8 times.. no excuse for planting the taser on the body
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I paused it but can't tell what happened just before he ran. Something was dropped - the stun gun I guess. But there is absolutely no justifiable reason for shooting a man 8 times unless he is a danger. And yes planting the taser and handcuffing a dead man points to the guilt of the cop.
 
Another life taken for no reason by a police officer, funny how he yells at a dead body after shooting someone who's running away 8 times in the back, to put their hand behind their back so he can cuff them....little late for that officer. Funny too how those people always preaching the constitution don't give a damn about this citizen's constitutional rights!:mad: It appears that he picked up his taser from where he was standing and shooting too, and dropped it near the body, not the first time something like that happened (see https://www.seniorforums.com/showth...ssly-Killed-by-Police-Officers-Seek-Solutions ) . They played the video on the morning news, a cleaned up version of this one without the background noise and commentary.

More on the story here. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/u...-charged-with-murder-in-black-mans-death.html


 
It's no wonder that there is an increasing distrust of the police. The video of this incident does not show what led up to the shooting, but it is quite obvious that this policeman went Way Too Far. Police Used to be trusted members of the community, but some of these incidents over the past couple of years are seriously eroding that trust.
 
Don M. said:
It's no wonder that there is an increasing distrust of the police. The video of this incident does not show what led up to the shooting, but it is quite obvious that this policeman went Way Too Far. Police Used to be trusted members of the community, but some of these incidents over the past couple of years are seriously eroding that trust.
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Yes... and I know this from personal experience. I have an impaired son who last December was in a episode where I had to have him removed from my home, and I had to call the police. He needed to go to the hospital, but in the state he was in, I was terrified to call the police for help for fear of what they might do.. when I let the police in, I begged them to please not hurt him.. People shouldn't have to feel that way.. but with all this now coming to light, with the help of cell phone videos and social media, how else can people feel?
 
I think these kinds of incidents have been happening for a long time, and have created a "culture" of indifference in many police departments...as they have been successful in covering up these actions in the past. However, now that there are millions of people wandering around with cell phones, and able to capture these actions as they occur, the police are coming under some much needed scrutiny. There are far too many "Rambo" types carrying a badge...and it destroys the public trust the good police need in order to maintain any degree of safety for the bulk of the people.
 
It's very upsetting. Like most White people our age, I was raised to trust the police and to see them as helpers. Of course minorities have had different experiences.. I had no idea.. and it makes me heartsick. It would be easy to say.. "oh this is a very small minority of officers" but come on..!! This keeps happening over and over and over..
 
In Oklahoma police have been known to confiscate cameras where people were filming police brutality or the shooting of a victim. Without any evidence like video, officers can get away with a killing. They will lie and make up excuses and other officers support such goings on. Makes you wonder who is the bigger sinner, the victim or his shooter. I know police work is dangerous, I've had a number of family members who served as police officers, sheriffs, FBI agents. Police are subject to the same temptations and loss of temper as any other citizen and will do things they will regret if caught doing them. We could prosecute the bad ones or look the other way as we have been doing and say it's an imperfect world. But it's not always the bad one who kills someone, sometime it's the good cop who gets caught up in the moment and crosses the line. And sometime situations are not always black and white.
 
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