South Carolina police officer charged with murder

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/07/us/south-carolina-officer-charged-murder/index.html
(CNN)A South Carolina officer has been charged with murder after a video surfaced that appears to show him shooting an unarmed man who was running away.

Michael Slager, an officer with the North Charleston Police Department, was arrested Tuesday, according to a statement from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, or SLED. If found guilty of murder, he could face up to life in prison or death.

The shooting took place Saturday after a traffic stop, SLED said. Video obtained by The New York Times shows what happened.

A black man breaks away from the white officer. Something falls, and the officer fires eight shots at the man as he runs away. The man, who appears to be unarmed, drops to the ground.

"I can tell you that as the result of that video and the bad decision made by our officer, he will be charged with murder," North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey told reporters Tuesday. "When you're wrong, you're wrong. And if you make a bad decision -- don't care if you're behind the shield or just a citizen on the street -- you have to live by that decision."

...imo mandatory body cameras on all police would bring these surprise-executions to a screeching halt. no race war required. i know i know 'boring'. just to be more lame im not hotlinking the video.

We probably should just have a "Police being douchebags" general thread dedicated to cops doing silly things.

Phuck em.

Cop had some shit aim and judgement.

Pathetic

Take their guns, obviously they can't use them right.

Or give them rubber bullets?

Edit: Nevermind. I immediately remembered those can kill to if used irresponsibly. Carry on, then!

Give them super soakers.

He should of aimed for the one in the middle. With a taser

He must have been too drunk and there was two in the middle.

Originally posted by Time Immemorial
Cop had some shit aim and judgement.

Pathetic

Take their guns, obviously they can't use them right.

Do you think he fired eight shots with the intention of just wounding the man?

Very expensive to put cams on every state trooper much less all police

Originally posted by Robtard
Do you think he fired eight shots with the intention of just wounding the man?

Oh no he wanted to kill him but he wasted two much ammo.

Newb cop

Originally posted by Time Immemorial
Oh no he wanted to kill him but he wasted two much ammo.

Newb cop

What he could have done was tazed him, then beat him with the gun. Free kill. Appears the police academy training is not up to standards.

Originally posted by Mindset
Give them super soakers.

...Full of sulfuric acid.

Horrible. The fact that the victim's name was Walter Scott made me imagine a whole story behind his parents naming him that, after the Scottish writer, and that made me incredibly sad.

Hope the sick, self-entitled piece of shit who calls himself a cop never sees the light of day.

Originally posted by Time Immemorial
What he could have done was tazed him, then beat him with the gun. Free kill. Appears the police academy training is not up to standards.

That's mighty white of ya.

Originally posted by Time Immemorial
Oh no he wanted to kill him but he wasted two much ammo.

Newb cop

You realize that that was a person that was gunned down in cold blood? Maybe something similar should happen to one of your family members, or to someone that you care about, Then you may find that what happened was horrific. If you're joking, this isn't the subject to joke about because it's not funny.

You caught me joking on the Internet, call Obama and cry about it.

How about standing up for gun rights and taking the guns from the cops?

Originally posted by Time Immemorial
You caught me joking on the Internet, call Obama and cry about it.

How about standing up for gun rights and taking the guns from the cops?

Originally posted by Time Immemorial
You caught me joking on the Internet, call Obama and cry about it.

How about standing up for gun rights and taking the guns from the cops?

What a joke. Nice edit to include the gun rights for the police. Pathetic.