VIDEO South Carolina officer shoots fleeing man in back 8 times, plants taser on him (pedestrian cat

[blakep267]

Juror isn't going to budge. They have said they will not and can not vote guilty. Gonna end up being a mistrial

Even with the odds against with a primarily white jury they still mainly came to a conclusion except for the one lone racist

 

[aepps20]

Not surprised by these developments.

 

[blakep267]

Not surprised by these developments.

I'm actually more suprised that 11/12 of the jurors actually wanted to convict

 

[Betonblck]

This is terrible but I am not surprised.

This is our justice system.

 

[Chopper]

This is just un******* believable. If this guy walk someone needs to smoke him and this juror. 

How in the world is the jury 11 white people in the first place... I'm at a loss for words. I guess I was always optimistic in humanity which I guess was the incorrect perception to have. 

 

[Peep Game]

Juror isn't going to budge. They have said they will not and can not vote guilty. Gonna end up being a mistrial

Even with the odds against with a primarily white jury they still mainly came to a conclusion except for the one lone racist

There's always at least 1 doofus like this in a jury

One juror can't find guilt. ******* ridiculous. The 11 others are ready to deliver a verdict and this mother ****** is stopping that

Hot take, the juror voted Trump and think the officer "just made a mistake."

Not really a hot take. That's very plausible.

 

[hand2handking]

this is win win for WS either way

a black man is dead

another black mancan either get locked up or continue to act on behalf of WS 

 

[frshstunna]

Not suprised they cop is getting away with killing another brotha ...they gotta stand up for this down there

 

[Belgium]

Absolutely disgusting. This case couldn't be any more blatant homicide and there's still these moronic racists who refuse to hold murderers accountable. A cop could be screaming "die (racial slur)" on video and these people would still find a way to excuse homicide.

 

[AZwildcats]

I am actually surprised that 11 of the 12 voted for a guilty verdict.

 

[dreamer23]

Jury foreman explains how Michael Slager case resulted in mistrial

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

The jury foreman from the trial involving the fatal shooting of Walter Scott said that while one of his fellow jurors refused to convict the police officer in the case, a handful of others were on the fence about the man's guilt.

“We had one individual who was just deadlocked that he wasn’t changing, yet we had five individuals who were undecided,” Dorsey Montgomery II said Thursday on TODAY.

Montgomery sat on the trial of former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager. The trial ended in mistrial on Monday after the jury failed to reach a unanimous decision.

Last Friday, as the jury deliberated, one of the members sent a letter to the judge saying “I cannot in good conscience consider a guilty verdict.” But Montgomery said the “media misconstrued” the note.

“I believe we could have deliberated just a little bit more to see if we could sway that particular juror and get those who were undecided to make a decision,” he told TODAY.

Slager, who is white, was charged with killing Scott, an unarmed black motorist shot in the back while fleeing on foot. The exchange was caught on videotape and has been played repeatedly since the April 4, 2015, traffic stop.

Slager could have been convicted on either murder or voluntary manslaughter charges. Montgomery said when he first began deliberating he was prepared to convict.

“Initially it was going to be murder,” he said. But after reviewing evidence and reading legal definitions of the charges and “the things that were presented to us by the judged, we had come to find out he didn’t do anything malicious.”

Instead, Montgomery said he believed Slager demonstrated a “brief disturbance in reason” when he shot Scott.

“So based on the law, that would be classified under manslaughter, voluntary manslaughter,” he said.

Montgomery, the only black person in the 12-member jury, was asked about the role of race in the trial.

“Due to the society that we live in, race will always be a factor,” he said, but added that he did not believe race played into the decision for “the majority” of the jurors.

Asked about why the lone juror refused to budge about a not guilty verdict, Montgomery would not elaborate.

“He just had his own convictions, and I’ll leave that right there,” he said.

 

[Belgium]

 “Initially it was going to be murder,” he said. But after reviewing evidence and reading legal definitions of the charges and “the things that were presented to us by the judged, we had come to find out he didn’t do anything malicious.”

Instead, Montgomery said he believed Slager demonstrated a “brief disturbance in reason” when he shot Scott.

“So based on the law, that would be classified under manslaughter, voluntary manslaughter,” he said.

Didn't do anything malicious? 

 

[noskey]

"He had his own convictions." Blatant How someone with an obvious bias was allowed on the jury... nvmd, not even surprising in the least.

 

[northoaklandfc]

This is why cops are being shot in the head.

 

[gamerg]

Dorsey Montgomery II is a traitor and should be guilty of treason!!

 

[dreamer23]

The former South Carolina police officer charged with killing an unarmed black man running from a traffic stop said he needs public help paying for his defense.

View media item 2350603

https://www.yahoo.com/news/officer-tried-black-mans-death-public-defender-191211320.html

 

[heliumclinton]

Wow I never knew there was a mistrial

Why am I even surprised

 

[dreamer23]

Ex-officer to plead guilty in fleeing black motorist's death

plead guilty Tuesday to violating the civil rights of an unarmed black motorist he shot and killed as the man ran from a 2015 traffic stop, according to a copy of the plea agreement obtained by The Associated Press.

The 13-page document also notes that as part of the deal, state prosecutors would drop a pending murder charge against Michael Slager, effectively bringing to a close both parallel cases against the former North Charleston police officer.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-officer-plead-guilty-fleeing-black-motorists-death-135537657.html

victory...?

 

[dreamer23]

well damn...first 1 i know of

 

[Rootin4EverybodyBlack]

well damn...first 1 i know of

In South Carolina of all places.

 

[$tatus $ymbol]

One devil down plenty more to go.

 

[hand2handking]

hope the worst is yet to come

 

[TipsyMcStagga]

In South Carolina of all places.

I'm from Charleston and SC actually has a good track record of holding police accountable. Surprises me too.

A state trooper in Columbia shot a man who reached for his wallet after he told him to reach for it. He was fired and the dude got a big settlement. Dylan Roof got the death penalty.

Definitely a decent track record for SC so far.

 

[dreamer23]

I'm from Charleston and SC actually has a good track record of holding police accountable. Surprises me too.

A state trooper in Columbia shot a man who reached for his wallet after he told him to reach for it. He was fired and the dude got a big settlement. Dylan Roof got the death penalty.

Definitely a decent track record for SC so far.

oh yeah...forgot about that 1...hard to keep track of all the shootings...

 

[AEA18]

Hope he's sent to one of those prisons where they bury inmates on the property, dies a slow painful death in prison and never gets to leave.