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The dashboard camera video shows what appears to be a routine traffic stop -- until it is not.

Experts who spoke with the Los Angeles Times were struck by how courteous the initial exchange was between North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael T. Slager and motorist Walter L. Scott.

They agreed that Scott should not have run, but disagreed about whether Slager should have chased him. And they noted that when Slager shouted, "Taser! Taser! Taser!" it meant he was about to use the non-lethal weapon.

In the video, released Thursday by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Scott pulls into a parking spot at an Advance Auto Parts store in North Charleston. Moments later, Slager walks toward the car.

"The reason I stopped you is your brake light is out," Slager says. He asks for Scott's license and registration.

Scott says he doesn't have the registration or insurance card because he is in the process of purchasing the car, but he appears to hand Slager his driver's license. The officer takes it to his police cruiser, telling Scott to wait inside his own car.

A few minutes later, however, Scott gets out and runs away. A cellphone video taken by a passerby picks up the encounter, apparently as Slager is trying to use his Taser on Scott.

Slager is charged with murder.

But how did everything go so wrong? Neither man raised his voice nor made any move toward the other. Neither appeared hostile.

"I was a bit surprised at how courteous [the officer] was," Terry L. Cooper, an expert in ethics for law enforcement officers at the University of Southern California, told The Times. "That was done very well."

Lisa Graziano, an associate professor of criminal justice at Cal State Los Angeles, agreed. "The behavior of the officer came off as standard. From what I saw, he seemed to handle it very professionally."

http://www.latimes.com/nation/...-20150410-story.html

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I saw a similar interview on CNN, and I couldn't agree more with the traffic stop procedure including the officer leaving his fingerprints on/around the left tail light.  So far, no "expert" has mentioned that.

 

As far as the foot pursuit goes, I've no idea whether or not Slager had enough time to do a "wants/warrants" check on Mr. Scott to know if there anything "outstanding."  I'm sure that will come out eventually.

 

Many departments have policies against vehicle pursuit over certain traffic offenses, but none I've ever heard of regarding foot pursuits following a traffic stop except officer safety issues.

Best, you conveniently left out this part of the observations from the sources you quoted:

 

"Scott should have stayed in the car, all three experts agreed, but running away didn't give Slager license to shoot."

 

You probably thought that no one would catch your self-serving editing, but Contendah does his homework.

 

It is NOT standard professional police behavior for a policeman to shoot an unarmed  fleeing person in the back multiple times when said person is running as hard as he can to get away from said policeman.

 

It is MURDER!  

 

 

Last edited by Contendah
Originally Posted by Contendah:

Best, you conveniently left out this part of the observations from the sources you quoted:

 

"Scott should have stayed in the car, all three experts agreed, but running away didn't give Slager license to shoot."

 

You probably thought that no one would catch your self-serving editing, but Contendah does his homework.

 

It is NOT standard professional police behavior for a policeman to shoot an unarmed  fleeing person in the back multiple times when said person is running as hard as he can to get away from said policeman.

 

It is MURDER!  

 

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Tender, I didn't "leave out" anything. I posted a link to the article. That's not leaving out anything. Once more, get a grip!!! You did SEE the link did you not? Did or did you not click on it? Or is this another like your 'measles madness" snafu?

 

Originally Posted by Bestworking:
Originally Posted by Contendah:

Best, you conveniently left out this part of the observations from the sources you quoted:

 

"Scott should have stayed in the car, all three experts agreed, but running away didn't give Slager license to shoot."

 

You probably thought that no one would catch your self-serving editing, but Contendah does his homework.

 

It is NOT standard professional police behavior for a policeman to shoot an unarmed  fleeing person in the back multiple times when said person is running as hard as he can to get away from said policeman.

 

It is MURDER!  

 

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Tender, I didn't "leave out" anything. I posted a link to the article. That's not leaving out anything. Once more, get a grip!!! You did SEE the link did you not? Did or did you not click on it? Or is this another like your 'measles madness" snafu? You're about to stroke out over nothing. Who gave you homework? Yea, real sneaky of me to post a link to a story that's being covered in about a thousand places out there. Maybe we're going to have to start posting in all caps and bold-ATTENTION CONTENDAH, LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST!!!

 

 

Last edited by Bestworking
Originally Posted by Bestworking:
Originally Posted by Contendah:

Best, you conveniently left out this part of the observations from the sources you quoted:

 

"Scott should have stayed in the car, all three experts agreed, but running away didn't give Slager license to shoot."

 

You probably thought that no one would catch your self-serving editing, but Contendah does his homework.

 

It is NOT standard professional police behavior for a policeman to shoot an unarmed  fleeing person in the back multiple times when said person is running as hard as he can to get away from said policeman.

 

It is MURDER!  

 

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Tender, I didn't "leave out" anything. I posted a link to the article. That's not leaving out anything. Once more, get a grip!!! You did SEE the link did you not? Did or did you not click on it? Or is this another like your 'measles madness" snafu?

 

You're a Psychic?   Right?

 

Get a 1-800 number.

Scott, 50, was driving a black Mercedes-Benz on April 4 when he was pulled over by Slager, 33, for a broken tail light. Video from the dashboard camera in Slager's police cruiser recorded a respectful exchange between the two men before the officer returned to his patrol car.

          A few minutes later, after being told by Slager to stay in the Mercedes, Scott emerged from his car and took off running. He was apparently unarmed.

          A second video by a bystander showed the men in a brief tussle before Scott ran off again, Slager fired his gun and Scott slumped into the grass.

          In the days since his death, Scott has been remembered for his love of dancing and the Dallas Cowboys. He had a history of arrests for failing to pay child support and was forced out of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1986 after more than two years of service due to a drug offense.

          He was nonetheless discharged under honorable conditions because he had a good record of service, the Coast Guard said.

          An obituary published on Friday said Scott's survivors include his parents, two brothers and four children.

 

ATTENTION! LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF POST.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/funeral-...ficer-110542917.html

What is your point Best? Who cares how courteous the officer was on the dash cam video? I'm trying really hard to understand what you are getting at here. Are you saying because he was nice and respectful before he ruthlessly gunned downed a unarmed fleeing citizen then he should be given some kind of medal? 

 

Why are you harping on how professional the cop was before he pulled out his gunned an murdered this man? Is there a point to this thread? 

Originally Posted by Bestworking:

Funny, the ones calling for the annihilation of the officer are the same ones that don't think we should have a death penalty, even though not having it means murderers rarely serve any major amount of time.

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I'm all for the death penalty! I hope he gets it. However in states where they don't have the death penalty criminals are sentenced to life in prison. How much more time can they serve besides LIFE?

Originally Posted by Jankinonya:

What is your point Best? Who cares how courteous the officer was on the dash cam video? I'm trying really hard to understand what you are getting at here. Are you saying because he was nice and respectful before he ruthlessly gunned downed a unarmed fleeing citizen then he should be given some kind of medal? 

 

Why are you harping on how professional the cop was before he pulled out his gunned an murdered this man? Is there a point to this thread? 

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The "point" is that this is the best Best can come up with to express her ludicrously skeptical attitude about the existence of lawlessness within the law enforcement establishment.

CHARLESTON, S.C.  — In stories April 7 and 8 about the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Walter Scott was honorably discharged from the Coast Guard. Scott was granted a lesser discharge, known as a general discharge under honorable conditions, because of a drug-related incident.

A corrected version of the story is below:

 

ATTENTION! LINK POSTED BELOW!

http://www.bostonherald.com/ne...fatal_shooting_story

Originally Posted by Bestworking:

CHARLESTON, S.C.  — In stories April 7 and 8 about the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Walter Scott was honorably discharged from the Coast Guard. Scott was granted a lesser discharge, known as a general discharge under honorable conditions, because of a drug-related incident.

A corrected version of the story is below:

 

ATTENTION! LINK POSTED BELOW!

http://www.bostonherald.com/ne...fatal_shooting_story

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So, is it okay to shoot in the back an unarmed man running away from the scene inif his discharge from the military was less than honorable?

Originally Posted by Contendah:
Originally Posted by Bestworking:

CHARLESTON, S.C.  — In stories April 7 and 8 about the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Walter Scott was honorably discharged from the Coast Guard. Scott was granted a lesser discharge, known as a general discharge under honorable conditions, because of a drug-related incident.

A corrected version of the story is below:

 

ATTENTION! LINK POSTED BELOW!

http://www.bostonherald.com/ne...fatal_shooting_story

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So, is it okay to shoot in the back an unarmed man running away from the scene inif his discharge from the military was less than honorable?

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You'd have to contact the ones reporting the story and ask them if that's what they meant, but I have to say, I don't think it is what they meant. But have at it.

Associated Press writers Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, S.C., and Tom Foreman Jr. in Charlotte, N.C., contributed to this report.

Last edited by Bestworking
Originally Posted by Contendah:
Originally Posted by Bestworking:

CHARLESTON, S.C.  — In stories April 7 and 8 about the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Walter Scott was honorably discharged from the Coast Guard. Scott was granted a lesser discharge, known as a general discharge under honorable conditions, because of a drug-related incident.

A corrected version of the story is below:

 

ATTENTION! LINK POSTED BELOW!

http://www.bostonherald.com/ne...fatal_shooting_story

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So, is it okay to shoot in the back an unarmed man running away from the scene inif his discharge from the military was less than honorable?

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I wouldn't shoot them but, I don't have much use for people who didn't serve honorably or dodged the draft.  When stuff happens their backs is all you usually see.

Why would anyone equate a dishonorable discharge with "dodging the draft?" A dishonorable discharge is basically equivalent to having a serious felony conviction in the private world. The U.S. hasn't had an extant draft in many years, but "draft dodgers" could range from those who moved to Canada to those who continued in school to become physicians to those who joined a local guard. Whole lotta difference there.

Originally Posted by Kate Colombo:

Why would anyone equate a dishonorable discharge with "dodging the draft?" A dishonorable discharge is basically equivalent to having a serious felony conviction in the private world. The U.S. hasn't had an extant draft in many years, but "draft dodgers" could range from those who moved to Canada to those who continued in school to become physicians to those who joined a local guard. Whole lotta difference there.

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And those who "dodged" the draft during the Vietnam debacle are looking smarter all the time.

The protesters in that era were right; the warmongers were wrong. A stupid, senseless, wasteful war, as is well described here:

 

https://www2.bc.edu/~hafner/mcnamara_rev.html

Last edited by Contendah
Originally Posted by Contendah:
Originally Posted by Kate Colombo:

Why would anyone equate a dishonorable discharge with "dodging the draft?" A dishonorable discharge is basically equivalent to having a serious felony conviction in the private world. The U.S. hasn't had an extant draft in many years, but "draft dodgers" could range from those who moved to Canada to those who continued in school to become physicians to those who joined a local guard. Whole lotta difference there.

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And those who "dodged" the draft during the Vietnam debacle are looking smarter all the time.

The protesters in that era were right; the warmongers were wrong. A stupid, senseless, wasteful war, as is well described here:

 

https://www2.bc.edu/~hafner/mcnamara_rev.html

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If, the Democrat congress hadn't reneged on our agreement with the south, then 990,000 would not have left in  panic, or thousands drowned in the attempt. Or, 737,000 slaughtered by the communists.

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