To Protect and to Serve II

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Rasputin_Vol said:
And you wonder why some people in this country still think there is no justice in our justice system...

However, a hung jury isn't the fault of the system as much as it is the citizens that actually have no grip on reality and actually think police should be given the benefit of doubt all the time.

A man was shot in the back and died because he had a busted tail light and was behind on child support. And his killer, because he wears a badge, will be taken off the hook. Where is the justice in that?
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I'm not necessarily going to hold the entire justice system as failing on the actions of one juror that could have an ulterior motive. As to what motive that is, I have my suspicions I'll keep to myself for the moment. But I won't automatically jump to the conclusion it's because it was a cop doing the shooting.

Unfortunately the juror in question will never never have to explain himself/herself in the court of public opinion.

We'll see how this plays out over the next few days.
 
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volbeast33 said:
I may have my situation confused.... was this not the guy that was razed fought the cop and then was shot in the back running away.
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He was allegedly in a scuffle with the cop and supposedly took his Taser. However, the cell phone video shows the cop taking the Taser and putting it next to the body after he was shot.
 
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Grand Vol said:
He was allegedly in a scuffle with the cop and supposedly took his Taser. However, the cell phone video shows the cop taking the Taser and putting it next to the body after he was shot.
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I thought there was still evidence of a fight but I could be wrong....either way the cop needs to fry.
 
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Grand Vol said:
I'm not necessarily going to hold the entire justice system as failing on the actions of one juror that could have an ulterior motive.
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And neither did I.

However, a hung jury isn't the fault of the system as much as it is the citizens that actually have no grip on reality and actually think police should be given the benefit of doubt all the time.
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Grand Vol said:
He was allegedly in a scuffle with the cop and supposedly took his Taser. However, the cell phone video shows the cop taking the Taser and putting it next to the body after he was shot.
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In the video I recall seeing they were kind of scrapping and the guy did grab his taser or slap it out of his hand.
I heard part of the official statement released but didn't realize it was in reference to this case. Apparently they must have learned hard on reaction time studies because the person I heard on the radio referenced them at least twice.... maybe three times.
 
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utvols88 said:
The recent execution of cops doesn't help the jury preset opinion either.
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What about the recent execution of citizens by cops?

See, this is the sort of bias I'm talking about. When cops kill civilians, it is automatically assumed that the civilians had it coming to them.
 
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Carl Pickens said:
In the video I recall seeing they were kind of scrapping and the guy did grab his taser or slap it out of his hand.
I heard part of the official statement released but didn't realize it was in reference to this case. Apparently they must have learned hard on reaction time studies because the person I heard on the radio referenced them at least twice.... maybe three times.
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Carl, the problem is that the entire report that this cop turned in was a lie from the very beginning. the cellphone video contradicted the cop's story 2-3 days later when it went viral on social media.

You see the problem? A cop's side of the story can live on in the public's mind even after evidence to the contrary is presented.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
What about the recent execution of citizens by cops?

See, this is the sort of bias I'm talking about. When cops kill civilians, it is automatically assumed that the civilians had it coming to them.
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Unfortunately, more often than not it is ruled as a justified shooting when a cop kills a citizen. The killing of cops is mostly unjustified. Benefit of the doubt is naturally given to cops across the country in a killing as opposed to civilians.

Be realistic here. Cops put their lives on the line every day. Cops receive, normally, situational and weapons training, cops gain very little by shooting another person, etc. Not saying cops can't be malicious or make mistakes but it's rare that it happens.
 
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DEFENDTHISHOUSE said:
Court: Police can shoot dog if it moves or barks when cop enters home | Washington Examiner
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Mark and Cheryl Brown petitioned the court to hold the city and police officers from Battle Creek, Mich., accountable for shooting and killing their dogs while executing a search warrant of their home looking for evidence of drugs. The plaintiffs said the police officers' actions amounted to the unlawful seizure of property in violation of the Fourth
Amendment.
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"The standard we set out today is that a police officer's use of deadly force against a dog while executing a warrant to search a home for illegal drug activity is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment when, given the totality of the circumstances and viewed from the perspective of an objectively reasonable officer, the dog poses an imminent threat to the officer's safety," Judge Eric Clay wrote in the court's opinion.
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It is our 9th Amendment right to use or possess drugs or plants. It is amazing that we violate the 9th and 4th Ajendments in order to do anything.
 
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