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So; police should operate under a seperate judicial system that doesn’t operate under the assumption of innocence or beyond a reasonable doubt?
No, they should have the presumption of innocence, and the State should have to prove the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. What I'm saying is that the process is flawed. How can you have a prosecutor prosecute a cop that he has worked with for the past couple years without there being a conflict of interest? There should be a neutral special prosecutor that handles these cases.
Also, I am saying that all cops should have to wear body cams. By wearing body cams, it protects the cops from wrongful allegations of police brutality, and it protects the suspect when police brutality has actually occurred. Video is much more reliable than eyewitness testimony.
But not for nothing but if the perp complied and didn't run he wouldn't have ended up in a body bag
Zero personal responsibility these days
You say that with a straight face, even knowing this cop shot an unarmed man five times in the back? Where in that is any indication that Slager was the kind of cop who would have acted appropriately under any circumstance?
His actions showed him to be a bad cop. Blaming the victim doesn't change the fact that this cop shot an unarmed man numerous times in the back for the high crime of having a broken tail light. There is nothing Scott did that justified that, no matter how hard you try to make it so.
No, they should have the presumption of innocence, and the State should have to prove the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. What I'm saying is that the process is flawed. How can you have a prosecutor prosecute a cop that he has worked with for the past couple years without there being a conflict of interest? There should be a neutral special prosecutor that handles these cases.
Also, I am saying that all cops should have to wear body cams. By wearing body cams, it protects the cops from wrongful allegations of police brutality, and it protects the suspect when police brutality has actually occurred. Video is much more reliable than eyewitness testimony.
Scott was a fool to plead guilty. A jury would have let him off just like in all the other murder by cop cases.
Juries likely were taking into account the fact that Scott had wrestled Slager to the ground. It is not relevant except for the degree of murder. (correct that it is 2nd not 1st) You cannot shoot a fleeing suspect.
No, I'm happier with this outcome. A quick death would be too easy and painless for him. Now he's got two decades of terror in front of him. A much more apt and fitting punishment.
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