No, not necessarily - and you're right. There's no hard evidence to show that Slager has committed a murder that is racist - although he's still committed murder. But my personal hunch is that he wouldn't have done it if the guy had been white.


If the person can be clearly seen in daylight, running away, then yes they are cold blooded murderers.


Agreed.

I know how the community can solve the problem and earn some respect; Start rioting and looting.

An altercation occurs before the video properly starts and it's my understanding that he was wanted for something very minor. For that reason the cop has a reason to be dealing with him and isn't just randomly picking on some black guy.

We don't know what happens, but il make a safe assumption that the guy probably didn't want to be arrested hence why he got away from the cop.

The cop now has 3 options, chase, let him run, or shoot.

As something has already happened with the Tazer he clearly wanted to use force of some kind, again we didn't see what happened before so we don't know why.

Whether it was pride, a rush of adrenaline or what he has then shot him. We have seen countless examples of where American poloce move to firearms too quickly.

Based upon that I can make a reasonable assumption that the cop wasn't going round hunting black people and I question if as much fuss would be made of this was the victim not black.

However the cop was a trigger happy idiot who shouldn't have shot him and I'm almost certain he will face the consequences. The fact he tried to cover his tracks showed he knew he messed up. However let's not turn this into a race thing when there's no evidence at present to suggest it was.

Policeman stops black guy for cracked rear light () on his vehicle who then runs off. Police officer proceeds to empty off 8 rounds into the back of the man to kill him (you shoot at the legs if your intention is to bring someone down).

A bystander, obviously not seen by the Police films the entire episode on his phone which on closer examination then shows the officer walking over to the dead man dropping his taser by the body as he radios back to base "he'd grabbed my taser...".

That's murder.

Why do so many people believe that police should go around shooting people in the legs???

They are trained to aim for the largest area. Not that it is justified here obviously.

Why are you missing out the part where he tried to grab the taser, which then fell on the ground?

Same here.

"Stop or I'll shoot". Err I think I will run...duh.

Because that's how you bring a person down very quickly without killing them......assuming you can shoot of course, and if he couldn't hit his legs from the distance he was firing then quite frankly he shouldn't have a gun.


They are Police Officers in a supposedly 'civilised' country......not front line infantry soldiers facing IS.

Surely you meant to say that's a purely personal opinion based on an incomplete theory of a sketchy incident you have scant details of ?

How do you know the guy didn't grab the taser, and why assume the moving of the taser next to the body is a sign of anything ?

Not part of the training in any country. It's not the movies.

Question: Exactly how much firearms training and / or experience in shooting people have you had in order to reach this conclusion?

Like everyone else on here, i saw and listened to the news.

That is everything we all have to go on.


If he 'grabbed the taser' then he didn't make mjuch of an effort did he because seconds later when the Officer is satisified he's killed him, he walks over and drops the taser by the dead mans body.

That is clearly seen on the video and indisputable.

Of course had it not been filmed the Police officer would have got away with lying.

Looked to me like the black man dropped the taser as he was running.

Has there been any looting yet?

Only surprise is that he didn't wrap the dead man's hand around the taser. Note the way the beast keeps shouting put your hands behind your back, just to reinforce the lie of a threat. No surprise that people are so quick to defend his murderous action.

He may well be a murderer but where's the evidence he was a racist?

I think I need a little more info before I make up my mind. Like they seem to be running in a park, so how far did the cop chase this dude from his car before he shot? I'm undecided about the scuffle, but maybe the person who caught it on camera will fill in that blank, did he just start filming because he saw a cop chasing someone?

All in all though, in my mind it would be unnecessary force, guy was running away so how much did you really fear for your life at that moment? Is it racially motivated? The pull over for the light situation may have had an element of racial profiling, I honestly couldn't say it was a definite though.

^^Everything said may be changed given new information. At the moment though I'm glad the cop is facing charges, let the courts decide, rather than it being covered up or ruled on by the court of public opinion.

It's always 'the movies' in the US. Dirty Harry is still on patrol in SFPD.......isn't he?



Answer: self none. Never shot a person ever but shot plenty of rounds of various calibre.
My son on the other hand was ex-Special forces and i know the training he underwent. They can't afford to bring someone down.....they shoot to kill.

If the video footage is ruled inadmissible in court, the officer involved will walk. The victim's brother is right in saying if there was no video evidence, officer Michael Slager's word alone, would be enough to exonerate himself of wrongdoing. As was the case with Darren Wilson.

The justice system is morally bankrupt. Judges admit they aren't there to serve the interests of justice, only the law. Which is ironic since it's uses the term 'justice' to describe itself. A spot of false advertising for the masses. And of course it's the law as they determine it, not as it's written.

I have little faith in the system.

He's white and the dead guy is black. That's all you need round here.

I will happily stand corrected if it does turn out to be the case but it's ridiculous to jump to that concluded at this moment in time.

You don't need to be a racist to commit an act of murder.

Obviously. Which is why I made the comment I did.

That same training is given to all firearm using personnel in the military and in law enforcement. The idea that a firearm should be used to try and wound or wing a target is a complete and utter myth. I have no firearms training whatsoever, but even I know that they aren't trained to kill, or to wound, simply to "stop" and that means aiming at the area of largest mass, which is the torso. It can't be coincidence that a firearm or ammunition's efficiency is known as "stopping power"

Give the **** the death penalty!