04-10-2015, 02:40 PM
(04-10-2015, 01:58 PM)sally Wrote:(04-10-2015, 01:39 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Or, maybe Slager's training (or lack thereof) lead him to believe that he should fire at people who ran when pulled over by police.
From watching the videos that would be my guess. He panicked and didn't have control over himself. I think it was just simply a trigger happy lack of composure.
If it was a white guy running, would he have done the same thing? Who knows unless he admits it.
Could be.
Maybe Slager will provide honest insight into why he murdered Walter Scott. Or, maybe he'll claim (honestly or falsely) that it was just a fatal natural reaction, as you tend to believe at this point.
The North Charleston police department is under investigation by the DOJ. If the DOJ investigators find texts and/or emails by Slager like they have in other recent investigations -- referring to blacks as monkeys and niggers who deserve to be put down and such -- those texts and/or emails, in place of or in addition to an admission of racial bias from Slager, could be positioned as a hate crime motive by prosecutors.
Anyway, until there are more details from the investigation, I'm enjoying reading the opinions and speculation.