And yet, a man is still dead.
Yes he is. The difference is the "why" of it.
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And yet, a man is still dead.
And yet, a man is still dead.
And I have seen people mistake the gas pedal for the brake pedal which resulted in death of a pedestrian. Is this also murder?
if a civilian shot someone in the back while on the ground, they'd be going to jail period. Doesn't matter if it's an accident or not. A leo does it and he resigns from his job. I'll wait to see if there are charges, but I just don't see it happening. At the very very very least a citizen is losing his LTC. I bet the cop doesn't lose his rights...
Tasers are drastically overused. What used to be done by tacking and pinning a perp is now done by electrocuting someone. Seriously, cops forgot how to wrestle a guy down? Especially when it's like 5 officers on one guy. Tasing a buy who's already face down and unarmed with an officers knee in his back? WTF is the justification for that?
BTW, I think it looks like a really f***ed up kind of accident, but if we're spending our tax dollars on making the police tacti-cool, maybe we as the public should insist that those tools will only be available to cops who are "suitible" to use them.
if a civilian shot someone in the back while on the ground, they'd be going to jail period.
Tasers are drastically overused.
Assuming that the firearms was mistaken as a tazer, the issue is that the firearm was used unintentionally.
Essentially he would have to claim incompetence.
Essentially all he can do is claim to have made a mistake. Not something that's provable, but possibly something a jury will believe.
lawsuit already filed...$25mil
I am sure the lawsuit is based on how much welfare he would have collected in his entire life.
where does it say he was on welfare?
Ah the R word.Don't ya just love it.So easy to use.People that work are too tired to be out all hours of the night raising hell.Whites and blacks.
well i don't know if your LE or not.
i do have a problem with people categorizing people based on were they live, race, ethnic background ect... i have NEVER collected a cent, in unemployment, welfare, section 8 or any other social program.
so, the fact is you could easily say that about me, because i'm dark-skinned, hispanic if something went really wrong and a cop shot me thinking i was a "suspect"... in the back, on the ground, by mistake....
I know many dark skinned folks that are not on welfare.The point I was making is that wellies many times have too much time on their hands to stay out all night long and raise hell.People that work have to get bed time.I admit to being a welfareist.You don't hear that word too often because it doesen't roll off the tip of the tongue like the R word.If I had to lable you,I would prob call you a Leoist.
it didn't. Thats just one LEO's racism showing...
I know many dark skinned folks that are not on welfare.The point I was making is that wellies many times have too much time on their hands to stay out all night long and raise hell.People that work have to get bed time.I admit to being a welfareist.You don't hear that word too often because it doesen't roll off the tip of the tongue like the R word.If I had to lable you,I would prob call you a Leoist.
lawsuit already filed...$25mil
I am sure the lawsuit is based on how much welfare he would have collected in his entire life.
I know many dark skinned folks that are not on welfare.The point I was making is that wellies many times have too much time on their hands to stay out all night long and raise hell.People that work have to get bed time.I admit to being a welfareist.You don't hear that word too often because it doesen't roll off the tip of the tongue like the R word.If I had to lable you,I would prob call you a Leoist.
I'm just a plain old jerk.
Yes, he is. Of course, the law recognizes a difference in intent when a person has been killed: manslaughter versus murder.And yet, a man is still dead.
Handcuffing a person who is resisting is really hard and very dangerous, both to officers and perpetrators.
The reality is that taking a resisting person into custody is never pretty. Whether the person is subdued with joint locks, baton strikes, Taser, what have you, it won't be pretty.
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LE shoots man in the... 01-12-2009 04:14 PM Your posts are poorly thought out and unpleasant on the face.
Maybe not.
I suppose it would depend on where the offence happened.
IE A killing in Texas could be prosecuted different than a killing in California.
Enlighten me.
OK who's the chickenshit that left me this Unsigned Neg REP point.
unpleasant on the face. ? WTF ya want a unpleasant Knuckle Sandwich on your face.
It wasn't me. I sign all my rep points, and rarely give negative ones. But threatening to hit someone in response is worse than chickenshit, IMNSHO.
He should find a less stressful line of work.