What do you think his next lawyer is going to do? Somebody has to defend him to avoid the lynch mob that becomes the plebs that I see in here.

Oh I thought he was just out of frame doing something else the whole time

Actually the law precisely says you can

No. The cop called for backup after he had shot the guy. The 2nd cop radioed to dispatch that he was on his way.

Meanwhile you sit here and armchair strategize this entire thing. Honestly I've kinda been meaning to ignore most of your responses because I sensed a pretty low level of intellect, failure to address arguments, high degree of emotional state, etc. It's just nobody else is really active right now. I think I've wasted about 10 responses on you thus far to what amount to nothing more than a screaming toddler. Think I'll save my typing skills for the rage I'll get tomorrow when more people wake up to this thread.

maybe you should read cookies post again.

a 'maybe', isn't a reasonable threat. if he had a gun in his hand, now you've got a case.

did the guy have a gun in his hand?

you've made none.

Having a broken tail light, unpaid child support, and trying to run away after getting hit with a cattle prod, does not equal probable cause.

Doubt you can get the death penalty on a cop, but he should do 30 for 1st degree murder.

reading comprehension, how does that work again?

I didnt mean in this situation it was justified (although clearly the cop thought it was), but this idea that a cop absolutely positively cannot shoot someone running away under any circumstance is FALSE. They are in fact allowed to shoot if the conditions are met. This time they were not met, but it's important for people to know this because this is a common theme when a cop shoots someone running away. Most people have no idea that cops are allowed to do this at all.

uh you tell me. Hint: unless

I don't think if the cop thought it was justified his first instinct would be to plant the taser. He ****ed up big time and someone got it on tape and now he'll likely play. They don't slap murder charges on cops willy nilly.

You noticed the only time the cop moved fast was to go get the taser and plant it on the guy.

so in your world, a maybe, or a, "here's a youtube, it happened once." is a significant threat?

you're a strange dude.

at this point, i'd love to know if you're an actual racist, or if it's just that your daddy was a cop.

Ya. The initial police statement also said that they immediately tried CPR on him which the video clearly shows isn't true. It's a **** sandwich.

I live in a country where there is video evidence clearly showing what happened, the cop planting a weapon and matching up little with what the police report says ,and all we are questioning is whether this cop is going to get convicted.

He doesnt need to plant the taser. The fact that the victim has a discharged taser hanging off his body doesnt help his cause. Whether the taser remains in the grass with the probes extending across the sidewalk or not is irrelevant. Lets just say for a second that the victim did take his taser, so what? It's already been spent and cant be reused, and it's currently partially attached to himself which makes it even more useless if such a thing can be said. The cop does not need to pretend like the victim was somehow in possession of it at the time he was shot since the weapon was already improperly deployed.

The only thing we know about the taser beyond it being used was that the cop radios in something about "he took my taser". If you watch the clip something definitely happens with it. If I had a hunch I'd say the cop used it and it either failed prompting the victim to run away, or the victim attempted to stop the cop from using it which is what caused it to fail hence his immediate reaction to turn to lethal force as a backup.

I did notice this and found it suspicious, but from what I can tell he's already aware he's being filmed so it doesnt really make a lot of sense either way.

Agreed. He's already shown a propensity towards stretching the truth at best, and flat out lying at worst, which goes to show a state of mind/character suggesting he cant be trusted and has ulterior motives (i.e. trying to cover it up)

you appear to be 'walking it back' now?

good luck selling that as a 'significant threat', after they show the video of a guy 50 ft away and the cop unloading on him.

Um, the 2nd thing we know about the taser is he felt it necessary to run over and grab it and then throw it near the dead guy. All your hunches and hypotheticals about why he didn't need to plant it forgets that he did plant it. On tape.

Is this going to be the frontline defense of the poor cop? Why oh why would a perfectly sane and rather handsome hero cop feel the need to go back and fool around with the taser? What was his mind state they'll all ask.

c'mon bro. obvious "relocation".

I really think you should watch the full video again. He doesn't notice he's being filmed until about 2 minutes in.

Edit: I unfortunately re-watched it and he does seem to look at the camera briefly at the beginning.

This is a hypothetical unto itself. You do NOT know that this was a plant. Unless you work for CSI you have no clue what this means, whether or not picking up weapons from a crime scene is allowed, etc. What if it wasnt a taser but a 9mm? Does the cop just leave it somewhere randomly on the ground with bystanders approaching? Or does he secure it by putting it somewhere visible?


The fact of the matter remains that planting his own taser makes as much sense as planting his own police issue glock 45 after it has been used and filled the victim full of bullets. I'm not sure how you guys think a plant works, but the general idea is that you make it look like the victim was the assailant. How can the victim be the assailant with a discharged weapon pointing at himself and all of the discharge evidence 50 ft back where the shell casings are?