At Guns Save Life, we call a turd a turd.
A recent (as in days) shooting in South Carolina is a turd, no doubt about it. The cop claims self-defense in discharging his pistol in the course of a scuffle. Supposedly the suspect – a fifty-year-old man who is overweight – gained control of the cop’s stun gun and the cop said he was in fear for his life.
Then a video surfaces showing the cop backing away from the suspect. The suspect takes off running from the cop. Well, running might be the wrong word. I should say sauntering away from the cop as he was running at about the speed of a brisk walk because he was obviously no Carl Lewis, the famous track star. The cop draws his gun, and while the suspect is running away, proceeds to fire off a series of shots until the almost senior citizen collapses maybe 40 or more feet away from the cop.
Even more damning to the cop was the fact that the victim of the cop’s violence was probably 18′ or more away, making no effort to turn to face the cop or cause the cop harm, when Mr. Police Officer opened up on him.
This one is an easy call: Bad shoot. And now the (former?) cop faces 30 years in prison.
WASHINGTON (NY Times) — A white police officer in North Charleston, S.C., was charged with murder on Tuesday after a video surfaced showing him shooting in the back and killing an apparently unarmed black man while the man ran away.
The officer, Michael T. Slager, 33, said he had feared for his life because the man had taken his stun gun in a scuffle after a traffic stop on Saturday. A video, however, shows the officer firing eight times as the man, Walter L. Scott, 50, fled. The North Charleston mayor announced the state charges at a news conference Tuesday evening.
Leave it to the New York Times to inject race into the incident starting with the second word of the story. Why? It sells papers, even though there is nothing to suggest race played a role in the incident.
It’s as if they’ve fired the proverbial starting gun for the race of race hustlers to rush to North Charleston, S.C. to inflame the situation, instead of simply calling it a case of criminal misconduct on the part of a cop against a citizen.
We have said that cops are like gun owners: The vast, overwhelming majority are good, decent people. Once in a while you’ll run across one that’s a criminally bad one.
Looks like we’ve found one.
As for the racial component: We suspect those injecting race into this are doing so for monetary gain. The list of suspects will be long:
** Lawyers seeking to enrich themselves from civil lawsuits. Look for Parks and Crump and the National Bar Association to make an appearance soon, if not already. Who are they?
Thanks to an attorney in St. Louis posting a comment at the Truth About Guns, we have much of the answer:
1) Darryl Parks, who was one of the attorneys representing St. Trayvon Martin’s family, was recently president of the NBA. His law partner is Crump. Crump’s dad John was exec director of NBA for 25+ yrs.
2) Means is currently president and very close to Parks and Crump and stands to gain $$ from any civil suits
3) Crump is president-elect and used St. Trayvon’s death to jump in, and instead of spending several years like other leaders, moving up the ranks, and move from member at large, to VP, to President elect in 3 yrs.
4) The NBA only has about 2,200 paying members and is essentially broke, surviving on corporate donations. The “representing 60,000″ stuff is like the NRA says it represents all gun owners vs the 5M who actually pay
5) Sunny Hostin, who parades herself on CNN as a legal analyst and gave the wrong info during Zimmerman’s trial for killing St. Trayvon, is an NBA member and close to Parks and Crump. Funny CNN hasn’t put her to the side because of her close personal ties.
6) Al Sharpton is part of the shakedown with the NBA. He gets a cut of whatever fees get earned as a “consultant” and the NBA gets a referral.
** The floundering mainstream media, who will gin up the racial angle for viewers/readers to command additional revenue for advertising.
** The race-hustling “reverends” who will descend upon the locals, passing the collection plate, to feed upon the locals like vultures.
That’s just for starters.
As for the cop: You might want to invest in some soap on a rope.
Here’s the video:
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