Cops 4: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

[Wisko McBadgerton]

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Milwaukee cop acquitted in shooting.

This is the case that spurred rioting in Milwaukee last year.

[Handyman]

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Milwaukee cop acquitted in shooting.

This is the case that spurred rioting in Milwaukee last year.

That makes a heckuva lot more sense than Yanez getting set free...

[The Rube]

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No there isn't. If it was murder that he was being tried for then sure but it's manslaughter, ie he accidentally killed someone he shouldn't have. And the key word here is reasonable, there was no reasonable fear of being shot in this situation. The guy disclosed that he had a weapon on him with the kid/gf in the car and was pulled over for what would've amounted to a warning most likely. The idea that he was any threat to start shooting is ludicrous and his fellow officer appears to feel the same way.


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.3265188

You can probably add this to cop shooting bingo card.

With the law phrased as it is, there is reasonable doubt. Yet again, I think the verdict was incorrect, and today's article in the STrib had some good explanations as to why the jurors ruled they way they did, which I also understand as to why they thought that way, however...still reasonable doubt.

[ScoobyDoo]

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With the law phrased as it is, there is reasonable doubt. Yet again, I think the verdict was incorrect, and today's article in the STrib had some good explanations as to why the jurors ruled they way they did, which I also understand as to why they thought that way, however...still reasonable doubt.

Not reasonable to me.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/u...imes&smtyp=cur

“Part of what may have made a difference to the jury was the officer’s very emotional reaction after the shooting. He’s somebody who realizes that he’s made a grievous mistake. It’s certainly an argument for a manslaughter conviction rather than a murder conviction. People who do harm in the heat of the moment still deserve punishment.” — Mr. Butler, former prosecutor

[St. Clown]

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Scooby, when's the last time anything in this world was ever reasonable to you?

[ScoobyDoo]

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Scooby, when's the last time anything in this world was ever reasonable to you?

Yesterday.

[Shirtless Guy]

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Not reasonable to me.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/u...imes&smtyp=cur

“Part of what may have made a difference to the jury was the officer’s very emotional reaction after the shooting. He’s somebody who realizes that he’s made a grievous mistake. It’s certainly an argument for a manslaughter conviction rather than a murder conviction. People who do harm in the heat of the moment still deserve punishment.” — Mr. Butler, former prosecutor

I completely agree with that statement...a police officer realizing he made a grievous mistake does not excuse him from manslaughter.

[ScoobyDoo]

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I completely agree with that statement...a police officer realizing he made a grievous mistake does not excuse him from manslaughter.

Yet to this jury it did. His reaction should have been evidence against him and not a sympathy card.

[Handyman]

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http://www.citypages.com/news/dash-c...ideo/430172143

So look, if the cops story is true then the driver is a dick and deserves every carge against. He does not deserve to have the snot beaten out of him. Why must cops pretend they are Dirty Harry?

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Scooby, when's the last time anything in this world was ever reasonable to you?

Never, LOL. He's a glass 9/10ths empty man.

That said, this ex-cop should be facing 15 years in prison.

[St. Clown]

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Never, LOL. He's a glass 9/10ths empty man.

That said, this ex-cop should be facing 15 years in prison.

No arguments from me.

[MaizeRage]

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if the cops story is true

Oh honey.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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Jesus. Another one. Boy and dog shot. Both dead.

http://abc7.com/news/suspect-killed-...s-say/2131277/

[WeAreNDHockey]

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Jesus. Another one. Boy and dog shot. Both dead.

http://abc7.com/news/suspect-killed-...s-say/2131277/

Cops know there is almost no chance they will be charged -- let alone convicted -- if they discharge their firearms. Even if unarmed and seemingly innocent people die. All that's going to do is make it keep happening. And more often. With every one of these acquittals or every one of the times the prosecutor decides no crime was committed, it will embolden the worst cops to behave in the worst ways.

At some point the good people in law enforcement are going to come to regret their insistence on this blue wall of silence. At some point there will be a runaway train of violence directed at them. We've already seen it with the likes of the shocking ambush killings last year of 5 cops in Texas.

Just like right now the republicans are really the only ones who can save this country from trump, the cops themselves -- the good, decent ones who really are cops because they want to help people and make their communities better places to live -- had better get their own 5h!t together and ferret out the bad ones. Because if you are deranged enough to go out and kill cops for revenge are you gonna first determine which are the good ones and which are the ones who got away with killing an innocent kid? No you're not.

[ScoobyDoo]

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Jesus. Another one. Boy and dog shot. Both dead.

http://abc7.com/news/suspect-killed-...s-say/2131277/

Guaranteed acquittal. Next.