Cop charged with murder

[Polarbear6]

Officials fire white SC officer charged with murder in shooting death of black man | Fox News

 

[TX69]

The law works both ways and good that someone had a camera rolling. Hopefully we won't have a racial fallout over it but we will.

 

[sdismukes]

Our mentor and compadre Sharpton is now calling for Federal level laws on this topic. Just what we need!

Al Sharpton Calls for Federal Police Laws After South Carolina Killing | Observer

“There must be national policy and national law on policing,”

 

[oldag]

If the situation is what it appears from the video, then that bad apple needs to be put behind bars.

 

[Saltyag2010]

It looked to me like the bad guy (dead one) slapped something off the LEO's belt and it flew off. Then the bad guy tried to run away (while being shot).

The LEO was in the wrong and a murderer but the dead guy is still a bad guy. People will act like the bad guy is a saint.

 

[TX69]

It looked to me like the bad guy (dead one) slapped something off the LEO's belt and it flew off. Then the bad guy tried to run away (while being shot).

The LEO was in the wrong and a murderer but the dead guy is still a bad guy. People will act like the bad guy is a saint.

Zero relevance. It's a white on black killing issue at least this is how it will be portrayed, believed, and played out in the streets.

 

[Saltyag2010]

Zero relevance. It's a white on black killing issue at least this is how it will be portrayed, believed, and played out in the streets.

I know. I just wanted to comment.

Bringing race into the equation is racist. It could be any color person shooting any other color person and is see it the same way. Jesse Jackson and Al see everything as a racial issue where the people they exploit have been wronged.

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

Zero relevance. It's a white on black killing issue at least this is how it will be portrayed, believed, and played out in the streets.

How so i live with the same laws as every body else. Stupid games stupid prizes.
But shooting a unarmed man in the back? 8 times and then moving evidence.
And then lie on the radio! ! And then not call for medical attention. Come on man

 

[BIGPAPIGREG]

wow

 

[rl96ss]

That's murder plain and simple. Regardless of any color or uniform.

 

[Charlie]

That's murder plain and simple. Regardless of any color or uniform.

This ^^^^^

 

[Younggun]

Yup.

Too bad they don't have a law like Rep Villalba is proposing to protect cops from such interference.

 

[majormadmax]

According to the US Department of Justice, blacks accounted for 52.5% of homicide offenders from 1980 to 2008, with whites 45.3% and "Other" 2.2%. The offending rate for blacks was almost 8 times higher than whites (per 100,000), and the victim rate 6 times higher (per 100,000).

Most murders were intraracial, with 84% of white homicide victims murdered by whites, and 93% of black victims murdered by blacks (Source: Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008)

The "National Youth Gang Survey Analysis" (2011) state that of gang members, 46% are Hispanic/Latino, 35% are African-American/black, 11.5% are white, and 7% are other race/ethnicity (Source).

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reports, in the year 2008 black youths, who make up 16% of the youth population, accounted for 52% of juvenile violent crime arrests, including 58.5% of youth arrests for homicide and 67% for robbery. Black youths were overrepresented in all offense categories except DUI, liquor laws and drunkenness.

So tell me again all these incidents are always a race issue?

By the way, the male incarceration rate is roughly 15 times the female incarceration rate; so if anything, it is a gender issue!

 

[duckknot]

Fox news reports it as "white cop shoots unarmed black man"

Getting really tired of that narrative! The cop was absolutely in the wrong and is being treated as such.....yet it's still being made a racial issue.....

sent from wait...where am I!?

 

[BIGPAPIGREG]

that seems to be what gets the views & responses............sad

 

[breakingcontact]

Yup.

Too bad they don't have a law like Rep Villalba is proposing to protect cops from such interference.

Not getting many comments on this I see but good one.

 

[Mike1234567]

That cop deserves the death penalty.

 

[majormadmax]

That cop deserves the death penalty.

I am not so quick to condemn him, simply because the media has a track record of showing only selected bits of video to meet their goal of sensationalized news.

That said, by all indications this looks like a bad shoot; and I would hope it's been investigated thoroughly before any charges were filed.

However, there could be missing aspects of what's being reported. For instance, had the individual been armed and ran away from the officer, then appeared to be going for his weapon, then the shoot would have been justified.

That said, it doesn't appear to be the case here. Still, it's worth letting the justice system proceed to determine his guilt or innocence. Until such time, all we are going to see is the usual racial hype that blows up every time there is an incident like this...

 

[BIGPAPIGREG]

Until such time, all we are going to see is the usual racial hype that blows up every time there is an incident like this...

seems like that is exactly what they are wanting......it sells papers.

 

[Mike1234567]

He shot the guy in the back repeatedly while he was running away. He obviously was not going for a weapon. To ME... it looked like he was fleeing for his life.

I am not so quick to condemn him, simply because the media has a track record of showing only selected bits of video to meet their goal of sensationalized news.

That said, by all indications this looks like a bad shoot; and I would hope it's been investigated thoroughly before any charges were filed.

However, there could be missing aspects of what's being reported. For instance, had the individual been armed and ran away from the officer, then appeared to be going for his weapon, then the shoot would have been justified.

That said, it doesn't appear to be the case here. Still, it's worth letting the justice system proceed to determine his guilt or innocence. Until such time, all we are going to see is the usual racial hype that blows up every time there is an incident like this...