The Shooting Gallery: Police Violence MEGATHREAD

[DGuller]

The cop who shot Philando Castile was found not guilty.  I'm shocked, shocked.  I wonder why cops ever take plea deals in these cases, it seems like even in the most inexcusable cases the worst they can get is hung jury.

[CountDeMoney]

Of course he was acquitted.

[Admiral Yi]

The cop who shot Philando Castile was found not guilty.  I'm shocked, shocked.  I wonder why cops ever take plea deals in these cases, it seems like even in the most inexcusable cases the worst they can get is hung jury.

Haven't there been some convictions mentioned in this thread?

[CountDeMoney]

Welcome back to another episode of America's Funniest Unarmed Motorist Execution Videos!

[Habbaku]

  Philando Castile was definitely armed.

[CountDeMoney]

Philando Castile was definitely armed.

Being legally armed with a concealed weapon is not a crime.

Minnesota police officer who responded after another officer fatally shot a black motorist says he saw a gun sliding out of the man's front right pocket.
Roseville police Officer Juan Toran testified Tuesday that he was performing CPR on Philando Castile and he saw the gun as paramedics rolled Castile onto a backboard. Toran says he shouted "Gun!" and removed it.
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St. Paul paramedic Eric Torgerson testified that he saw an officer reach deep into Castile's pocket to pull out the gun. He didn't see it sliding out of the pocket.
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On the audiotape, Yanez can be heard telling a fellow officer, "I don't know where the gun was."
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The police officer backing up his partner in a Minnesota traffic stop that led to the death of a motorist last year says there wasn't enough concern ahead of the stop to treat it as a felony stop.
Officer Joseph Kauser says his partner, Jeronimo Yanez, told him he thought driver Philando Castile resembled a suspect in a recent armed robbery. But Kauser said there wasn't enough concern to handle the stop as high-risk, in which occupants are ordered out of the car with their hands up before officers approach.
Instead, it was treated as "stop and ID."

But you're from Georgia, so it obviously doesn't count when it's a negro.  At least the cop is fired, is which a better ending than usual.

[Berkut]

Philando Castile was definitely armed.

Being legally armed with a concealed weapon is not a crime.

No, but it is also not what the word "unarmed" means.

[CountDeMoney]

Philando Castile was definitely armed.

Being legally armed with a concealed weapon is not a crime.

No, but it is also not what the word "unarmed" means.

It's just the title of the show, it's not subject to strict autistic asschimp scrutiny.  Sometimes cat videos make it in, too.

[Syt]

http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-catasauqau-cat-killing-cop-cleared-20160808-story.html

[derspiess]

The Philando Castile thing was fucked up.  I don't see how the cop got acquitted.  Castile was operating under contradictory police commands-- how was he supposed to not move and at the same time get his license?

I also have the feeling the University of Cincinnati cop is going to walk.  If he ends up with a hung jury again here in his second trial, I don't see them trying him a third time.  Prosecution screwed up; should have charged him with manslaughter instead of murder.

[Oexmelin]

White cop shoots black cop, "not knowing he was an officer, fired his weapon once at the man".

Militants of "Blue Lives Matter" spontaneously combust.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/off-duty-st-louis-officer-injured-by-friendly-fire-after/article_761b9cc4-75d1-5023-a38f-c4096f99d114.html

[garbon]

Even when you join them, that don't make you safe.

[DGuller]

Even when you join them, that don't make you safe.

Well, you kind of have to let others know you're one of the good ones.

[garbon]

Even when you join them, that don't make you safe.

Well, you kind of have to let others know you're one of the good ones.

Even Uncle Tom didn't get a happy ending.

[CountDeMoney]

I also have the feeling the University of Cincinnati cop is going to walk.  If he ends up with a hung jury again here in his second trial, I don't see them trying him a third time.  Prosecution screwed up; should have charged him with manslaughter instead of murder.

They knew what they were doing.