Originally Posted by mrtdg82:
“Scott had outstanding warrants so let's not pretend that the officer walked up to a random person on the street and shot them. There were a chain of events that led to this, justified or not.
It is also likely he has been charged with first degree murder for a couple of reasons. Firstly to appease the public and secondly because it can be downgraded by the court whereas manslaughter can't be upgraded. A couple of us have suggested it will turn out to be the lesser charge, as its unlikely they will prove all elements of murder. Of course I could be wrong.
You can blame american police procedure for the handcuffing thing but can't blame the officer, as he was following protocol.”
“Scott had outstanding warrants so let's not pretend that the officer walked up to a random person on the street and shot them. There were a chain of events that led to this, justified or not.
It is also likely he has been charged with first degree murder for a couple of reasons. Firstly to appease the public and secondly because it can be downgraded by the court whereas manslaughter can't be upgraded. A couple of us have suggested it will turn out to be the lesser charge, as its unlikely they will prove all elements of murder. Of course I could be wrong.
You can blame american police procedure for the handcuffing thing but can't blame the officer, as he was following protocol.”
Are you reading any of this thread?
He had no outstanding warrants
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...t-traffic-stop
What sort of society do we live in where a policeman can't blow away a suspect and then have a laugh and drink about it later with his buddies..
And he was calm enough to follow protocol to cuff the person he's just shot in the back but not follow protocol when he executed Scott?



