Deacs89
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Anybody want to talk about "hands up, don't shoot?"
huh?
Anybody want to talk about "hands up, don't shoot?"
I'm wondering if the news outlets have the entire video. The police chief, you know, the one who made the decision to charge the officer, is saying that at the end of the video he sees a police officer remove Scott's shirt and perform "some sort of life saving prohcedure." I don't see anything resembling that on the video I've seen.
Even if we do have the entire video, it is certainly possible that CPR was performed after the video stopped rolling.
Don't misunderstand me. I'm not claiming that Slager cared or that he is not a murderer. I'm just saying that it might be a little premature to be accusing this entire police office of a vast conspiracy.
Thread took a turn for Dent City. let's get this straight for everyone who can't keep up - Officer Slager wasn't the only officer on the scene, yet the other officer(s) did not refute his dishonest story, they supported it. Slager isn't the person who lied and said that the officers tried to resuscitate Walter Scott, when in reality they cuffed his dead body face down and let him there for minutes. What "evidence" does anyone need to refute reality? It's on the goddammed video. The only ones who need more evidence are those desperate for a slimmer of doubt to support their fascist apologist stance and label Slager as some unbalanced rogue agent in a department of blue collar white knights
I have no evidence to back this up but police offices are generally like fraternities. Frat bros will stick up for each other in almost all circumstances. That may be an overly negative view of police departments but that is why checks and balances are needed like independent internal affairs groups, etc.
Where are you seeing that other officers were on the scene *at the time of the shooting*?
Also, how do you know that Slager and the second (black) officer knew CPR? And how do you know it wasn't performed by the other responder whose siren can be heard at the end of the video?
If you want to get into a pointless semantics argument, there could be a cop performing CPR on Walter Scott right now.
don't all police officers get CPR training?
Still waiting.
Yeah saw a stat earlier that 99% of all legal officers in South Carolina are first aid certified.
And again, even if CPR were performed at the end of the video it would be pretty worthless since it was after several minutes had elapsed.
don't all police officers get CPR training?