SC cop charged with Murder...

[L_O_G]

How is a guy with his back turned to you and running a high stress situation? Seems most of us would have the presence of mind to go "I shouldn't shoot this guy eight times in the back". Makes you question his humanity and training.

The stress occurs at the time they were hands on with each other. It takes people's adrenalin a while to lower. This kind of reminds me of a post car-chase beating.... although the weird thing is he looks pretty calm after the shoot. I'd be all "holy crap".

He looked just as calm when the raised, aimed, and fired his pistol 8 times also

[XDM9cWA]

He looked just as calm when the raised, aimed, and fired his pistol 8 times also

thats the thing... his training took over...

one has to wonder and I suspect that while in the USCG he probably was attached to an anti-drug team since he was in Florida...

I've never been in a situation like this, but for a guy that just killed another human being, he was very matter of fact... and he had the presence of mind to have a story almost immediately... and to plant evidence to corroborate the story... telling you this was part of a training he learned somewhere... probably when he was catching drug smugglers..

[Benja455]

He looked just as calm when the raised, aimed, and fired his pistol 8 times also

thats the thing... his training took over...

one has to wonder and I suspect that while in the USCG he probably was attached to an anti-drug team since he was in Florida...

I've never been in a situation like this, but for a guy that just killed another human being, he was very matter of fact... and he had the presence of mind to have a story almost immediately... and to plant evidence to corroborate the story... telling you this was part of a training he learned somewhere... probably when he was catching drug smugglers..

Which is why every case he worked on is now in serious doubt...at least in my mind.

[Massivedesign]

Just the fact that he was FIRED is huge. From what I have learned while earning my internet law degree is that typically there is a long suspension, a team is formed to evaluate the shoot, the unions are involved and speaking on the officers behalf, with his union appointed lawyer.

Not this time. Fired, stripped of badge, gun and charged in record time. Union choosing to take a back seat. This speaks volumes to the general public looking in.

[XDM9cWA]

Just the fact that he was FIRED is huge. From what I have learned while earning my internet law degree is that typically there is a long suspension, a team is formed to evaluate the shoot, the unions are involved and speaking on the officers behalf, with his union appointed lawyer.

Not this time. Fired, stripped of badge, gun and charged in record time. Union choosing to take a back seat. This speaks volumes to the general public looking in.

this is a turning point.... unions deciding not to shield the dirty cops and protecting the honest ones...

I think they would have tried to defend him if he filed an honest report but when it was revealed he lied and fabricated the evidence (taser dropped next to body) they washed their hands...

hopefully it sends a strong message to the dirty ones out there that ruin the 99% of good cops names...

[Benja455]

Just the fact that he was FIRED is huge. From what I have learned while earning my internet law degree is that typically there is a long suspension, a team is formed to evaluate the shoot, the unions are involved and speaking on the officers behalf, with his union appointed lawyer.

Not this time. Fired, stripped of badge, gun and charged in record time. Union choosing to take a back seat. This speaks volumes to the general public looking in.

this is a turning point.... unions deciding not to shield the dirty cops and protecting the honest ones...

I think they would have tried to defend him if he filed an honest report but when it was revealed he lied and fabricated the evidence (taser dropped next to body) they washed their hands...

hopefully it sends a strong message to the dirty ones out there that ruin the 99% of good cops names...

[chasin Tail]

Just the fact that he was FIRED is huge. From what I have learned while earning my internet law degree is that typically there is a long suspension, a team is formed to evaluate the shoot, the unions are involved and speaking on the officers behalf, with his union appointed lawyer.

Not this time. Fired, stripped of badge, gun and charged in record time. Union choosing to take a back seat. This speaks volumes to the general public looking in.

Not to mention it kept the city from being burned down by the onslaught of the race riots that would have certainly started.

[gscott]

I've heard discussion that cops involved fabricated their story; that they performed CPR (not backed up by the video) and I've seen the video where Slater retrieves the taser and drops it next to the body. But then shortly thereafter he picks something up and appears to holster it on his left side. I assume this is again the taser.
Does anyone have more info backing up the "planting evidence" or "false report" angle?

[Duke EB]

Just the fact that he was FIRED is huge. From what I have learned while earning my internet law degree is that typically there is a long suspension, a team is formed to evaluate the shoot, the unions are involved and speaking on the officers behalf, with his union appointed lawyer.

Not this time. Fired, stripped of badge, gun and charged in record time. Union choosing to take a back seat. This speaks volumes to the general public looking in.

I think this is solely due to the video. This is one reason that police don't want citizens recording them even though it is perfectly legal.

[Wired]

Just the fact that he was FIRED is huge. From what I have learned while earning my internet law degree is that typically there is a long suspension, a team is formed to evaluate the shoot, the unions are involved and speaking on the officers behalf, with his union appointed lawyer.

Not this time. Fired, stripped of badge, gun and charged in record time. Union choosing to take a back seat. This speaks volumes to the general public looking in.

I think this is solely due to the video. This is one reason that police don't want citizens recording them even though it is perfectly legal.

Blanket statement much? I have no problem being recorded and I don't know of a single person I work with that would.

[Duke EB]

Just the fact that he was FIRED is huge. From what I have learned while earning my internet law degree is that typically there is a long suspension, a team is formed to evaluate the shoot, the unions are involved and speaking on the officers behalf, with his union appointed lawyer.

Not this time. Fired, stripped of badge, gun and charged in record time. Union choosing to take a back seat. This speaks volumes to the general public looking in.

I think this is solely due to the video. This is one reason that police don't want citizens recording them even though it is perfectly legal.

Blanket statement much? I have no problem being recorded and I don't know of a single person I work with that would.

There are a bunch that do. http://photographyisnotacrime.com/

[Wacarry]

I heard on Kiro radio last night that seven other responding officers were now under investigation for mis-conduct as a result of there actions. They didn't elaborate, it was just a "top of the hour update".

[L_O_G]

I heard on Kiro radio last night that seven other responding officers were now under investigation for mis-conduct as a result of there actions. They didn't elaborate, it was just a "top of the hour update".

I heard this also. Apparently in their report they also said they continued CPR until' the aid units arrived.. From every video clip I saw, this was not preformed once.

[Benja455]

I heard on Kiro radio last night that seven other responding officers were now under investigation for mis-conduct as a result of there actions. They didn't elaborate, it was just a "top of the hour update".

I heard this also. Apparently in their report they also said they continued CPR until' the aid units arrived.. From every video clip I saw, this was not preformed once.

I also read this.

[kf7mjf]

Just the fact that he was FIRED is huge. From what I have learned while earning my internet law degree is that typically there is a long suspension, a team is formed to evaluate the shoot, the unions are involved and speaking on the officers behalf, with his union appointed lawyer.

Not this time. Fired, stripped of badge, gun and charged in record time. Union choosing to take a back seat. This speaks volumes to the general public looking in.

I think this is solely due to the video. This is one reason that police don't want citizens recording them even though it is perfectly legal.

Blanket statement much? I have no problem being recorded and I don't know of a single person I work with that would.

It's the ones like you who just do your job, behave like a human and don't get attention that get overshadowed by the scum, and police subculture allows the bad ones to thrive, because cops won't take out their own garbage until it stinks too much.