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I am no pro cop guy but I fail to see murder here. For one the moron kept reaching for something in his jacket
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: amazing
You should probably bone up on what Pennsylvania considers murder and what it considers voluntary manslaughter, then.
Call it whatever you care to, what the penal code calls it matters a wee bit more.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: amazing
If you as a civilian tried to pull somebody over, then chased them to their house, then chased them into their yard, then applied a Taser multiple times before finally shooting them, I'm sure you would have caught a murder charge, and probably been convicted.
Since none of that is in any way your job as a civilian, it would all probably be used to demonstrate your intent to kill.
This is a pretty poor use of the ol' "if I did that I'd be behind bars" card.
And bear in mind that this is all coming from a guy who absolutely thinks she could have and should have caught a voluntary manslaughter conviction.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: amazing
Age has nothing to do with it. Seriously. That excuse is beyond played out. Do you know him personally? Can you speak to his physical condition? A blind guy just ran a marathon in Machu Pichu, in the jungle. Wait, blind people can't do things like that, they're blind!
Utter crap, unless you can speak to that person beyond "he has gray hair, ergo he's old and frail and couldn't hurt anybody."
How do you know what the cop felt? Do you know her? Do you have a source to substantiate your claim that she felt no danger?
I'm not missing your point at all. You're applying a civilian mindset to a non-civilian situation. Cops don't get judged like civilians because they have to do things civilians don't.
Should she have shot him? No. I don't think she should have at all. At no point in the video did I see anything that made me think it was justified. But it's not murder. Wailing and gnashing your teeth won't make it murder. "But if I did that" won't make it murder, for her. Made up, magical, what if scenarios are completely pointless.
What if he did have a gun? Nobody would've given a damn about it if he'd had a gun inside his coat.
How's that for a what if?
originally posted by: RomeByFire
Some of you folks just love to live in absolute FEAR.
"He moved his hands! He was reaching in his pockets!"
Yeah, in which nothing was there.
Nothing at all.
Cops and cop apologists - for some unknown reason - feel, and are compelled to testify to the world, that lethal force is justifiable for:
1. Running
2. "Walking with a purpose"
3. Selling untaxed cigarettes
4. Possessing cannabis
5. "Mouthing off" to an officer
6. Any other extenuating circumstance
originally posted by: WP4YT
Murder is legal in this country if you are a cop. Fact.
For this reason, psychopaths by the thousands apply to be police.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: amazing
How cute of you to convict me based off my comments here. You should try reading some of the other PC forum threads I've commented in. I'm more than happy to call a cop out for wrong doing, when I think they've done wrong. Like this cop in this OP, being guilty of voluntary manslaughter. I can only presume that you haven't bothered to go look at how murder is defined in Pennsylvania, thus your reluctance to let go of the murder idea.
Guess the fact yes, I am indeed an active LEO, and am not only an active LEO but have arrested more than one "fellow" cop would certainly buttress your claim that I'm afraid to cross that blue line and am just as guilty as the rest.
Sorry bub. I don't have jurisdiction in New York. I can't go arrest the cop that choked Eric Garner to death, much as I may want to. Doesn't make me a bad cop though.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: amazing
How cute of you to convict me based off my comments here. You should try reading some of the other PC forum threads I've commented in. I'm more than happy to call a cop out for wrong doing, when I think they've done wrong. Like this cop in this OP, being guilty of voluntary manslaughter. I can only presume that you haven't bothered to go look at how murder is defined in Pennsylvania, thus your reluctance to let go of the murder idea.
Guess the fact yes, I am indeed an active LEO, and am not only an active LEO but have arrested more than one "fellow" cop would certainly buttress your claim that I'm afraid to cross that blue line and am just as guilty as the rest.
Sorry bub. I don't have jurisdiction in New York. I can't go arrest the cop that choked Eric Garner to death, much as I may want to. Doesn't make me a bad cop though.
originally posted by: stevieray
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: amazing
How cute of you to convict me based off my comments here. You should try reading some of the other PC forum threads I've commented in. I'm more than happy to call a cop out for wrong doing, when I think they've done wrong. Like this cop in this OP, being guilty of voluntary manslaughter. I can only presume that you haven't bothered to go look at how murder is defined in Pennsylvania, thus your reluctance to let go of the murder idea.
Guess the fact yes, I am indeed an active LEO, and am not only an active LEO but have arrested more than one "fellow" cop would certainly buttress your claim that I'm afraid to cross that blue line and am just as guilty as the rest.
Sorry bub. I don't have jurisdiction in New York. I can't go arrest the cop that choked Eric Garner to death, much as I may want to. Doesn't make me a bad cop though.
haha "choked Eric Garner to death". Eric Garner stroked out from spazzing out for several minutes while weighing 400 # plus. After breaking the same crime for about the 40th time. A true victim.
I guess we need to take your words of wisdom over those of Bo Dietl. Yah, fer sher.
originally posted by: amazing
originally posted by: stevieray
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: amazing
How cute of you to convict me based off my comments here. You should try reading some of the other PC forum threads I've commented in. I'm more than happy to call a cop out for wrong doing, when I think they've done wrong. Like this cop in this OP, being guilty of voluntary manslaughter. I can only presume that you haven't bothered to go look at how murder is defined in Pennsylvania, thus your reluctance to let go of the murder idea.
Guess the fact yes, I am indeed an active LEO, and am not only an active LEO but have arrested more than one "fellow" cop would certainly buttress your claim that I'm afraid to cross that blue line and am just as guilty as the rest.
Sorry bub. I don't have jurisdiction in New York. I can't go arrest the cop that choked Eric Garner to death, much as I may want to. Doesn't make me a bad cop though.
haha "choked Eric Garner to death". Eric Garner stroked out from spazzing out for several minutes while weighing 400 # plus. After breaking the same crime for about the 40th time. A true victim.
I guess we need to take your words of wisdom over those of Bo Dietl. Yah, fer sher.
Have you seen the video. That guy choked him to death for no reason. Murdered him. and I've got news for you Bo Dietl is a scumbag who wouldn't cross the blue line if he saw a cop raping a nun.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: real_one
I saw the video in the OP, how bout you?
I also said it was my opinion that he wasn't. You saying "yes he was" isn't going to do much to change my opinion on it.
I also said the shooting wasn't justified, in my opinion. No need to rant on like I said it was righteous.