04-08-2015, 09:31 AM
I think the cop was charged with murder for shooting an unarmed man in the back multiple times and trying to stage a self-defense scene.
I don't know if the victim was unnecessarily and illegally (IMO) shot and killed because of fear or bias against blacks by Officer Slager, or instead because Slager is untrained, incompetent, and/or highly over-reactive.
But, it's a question that bears asking in this case -- would Slager have fired 8 times at a white man or a brown woman under the exact same circumstances?
In any event, I think the murder charge is appropriate, no matter why Slager chose to use excessive and fatal force.
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RIP Walter L. Scott
I don't know if the victim was unnecessarily and illegally (IMO) shot and killed because of fear or bias against blacks by Officer Slager, or instead because Slager is untrained, incompetent, and/or highly over-reactive.
But, it's a question that bears asking in this case -- would Slager have fired 8 times at a white man or a brown woman under the exact same circumstances?
In any event, I think the murder charge is appropriate, no matter why Slager chose to use excessive and fatal force.
RIP Walter L. Scott