01-05-2016, 12:57 PM
^ I wish Slager would remain behind bars until his trial at the end of October too, Duchess. I was relieved to read that he's at least on house arrest until then.
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With the prosecutor, Scarlett Wilson ^, working two major cases simultaneously and the delay to a speedy trial apparently being caused by the State instead of the Defense in Slager's case, sounds like the judge was looking to avoid issues of unconstitutionality when he agreed to the bond he's previously denied. Slager has no previous criminal record and is not deemed a flight risk.
Prosecutor Wilson is also prosecuting Dylann Roof who shot to death 9 people in a black church two months after Slager unloaded his weapon into the back of Walter Scott. Roof's is a death penalty case.
Water Scott's family, their attorney, and the people of North Charlotte have shown such grace throughout. They're not happy Slager is out of jail, but they understand the reason and continue to urge calm, which the community has thus far maintained despite the killings of Walter Scott and the later massacre of peaceful community members attending church services.
As for Slager's defense, looks to me like he will (1) blame the system - the North Charlotte PD policy/quota that requires officers to ticked at least three people a day for minor traffic violations or be punished, and (2) blame the victim.
It appears Walter Scott and former officer Michael Slager had a brief scuffle before Scott slowly ran away and was shot 5 times in the back. Slager's attorney calls it a violent pummeling of Slager by Scott, but Slager did not have injuries to support that claim.
In preliminary hearings, the prosecutor has argued against those defense claims; she has referenced the fact that after shooting Scott to death, Slager (not knowing he was being recorded) walked back to where the two had scuffled, retrieved his taser from the ground, and planted it near Scott's body in order to set up his false narrative. Source: http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20...-arguments
With the prosecutor, Scarlett Wilson ^, working two major cases simultaneously and the delay to a speedy trial apparently being caused by the State instead of the Defense in Slager's case, sounds like the judge was looking to avoid issues of unconstitutionality when he agreed to the bond he's previously denied. Slager has no previous criminal record and is not deemed a flight risk.
Prosecutor Wilson is also prosecuting Dylann Roof who shot to death 9 people in a black church two months after Slager unloaded his weapon into the back of Walter Scott. Roof's is a death penalty case.
Water Scott's family, their attorney, and the people of North Charlotte have shown such grace throughout. They're not happy Slager is out of jail, but they understand the reason and continue to urge calm, which the community has thus far maintained despite the killings of Walter Scott and the later massacre of peaceful community members attending church services.
As for Slager's defense, looks to me like he will (1) blame the system - the North Charlotte PD policy/quota that requires officers to ticked at least three people a day for minor traffic violations or be punished, and (2) blame the victim.
It appears Walter Scott and former officer Michael Slager had a brief scuffle before Scott slowly ran away and was shot 5 times in the back. Slager's attorney calls it a violent pummeling of Slager by Scott, but Slager did not have injuries to support that claim.
In preliminary hearings, the prosecutor has argued against those defense claims; she has referenced the fact that after shooting Scott to death, Slager (not knowing he was being recorded) walked back to where the two had scuffled, retrieved his taser from the ground, and planted it near Scott's body in order to set up his false narrative. Source: http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20...-arguments