Listen I have been on the cops side a lot in tough cases such as

[OlecountryDawg]

the dog that charge the officers , while arresting the owner . BUT I can't defend and I won't defend this officer . You can't defend it .

The officer screwed up and will pay dearly for it . That's a good thing : when I first saw it , yelled what the fock are you doing ?
Posted from Rivals Mobile

 

[StoneColdKillerDawg]

Bet you'd willingly trade places for a shot at 12 inches of SC justice*

Nm

 

[waycrossbulldawg]

Todd, as a professional former Mall Cop, what do you attribute

to being the main cause of this screw-up: lack of training, or piss poor recruiting?

 

[BullochDawg]

Can't defend the end result...but we don't see what happened before that

Pretty sure it wouldn't have ended that way with him standing there and saying "Yes Sir" "No Sir"

Got bad cops and bad thugs. Just be's dat way

 

[OlecountryDawg]

Waycross good question, I think this officer been a cop for 11 years

and you would think he would know . I don't really know the answer to that question . It's easy to blame lack of training and such but I don't know how much they train or not . I know they train some .

I think he simply screwed up .
Posted from Rivals Mobile

 

[BullochDawg]

Adrenaline and lack of control imo**

**

 

[Ty TyDawg]

Concur, he was pissed and didn't want to run***

n

 

[OlecountryDawg]

The end result all that matters . That what got him and should

Get him
Posted from Rivals Mobile

 

[_Keef_]

Who cares - cops shouldn't be shooting people in the back ..

that are running away from them. We should expect more out of them. If they can't handle it, then they don't need that life or death power. Many jobs are statistically more dangerous, so you can go to the "it's a dangerous job" defense, but that doesn't really work on me. I think he executed that old man. I don't care too much what the guy did before or during the confrontation - that cop's life wasn't in danger when he was running away and he shouldn't have squeezed off multiple shots at his back. If I find out the dead guy was a known murder suspect or something, then I'll change my tune. To me, something like that would be the only excuse for that BS. I don't think you should shoot people down like a rabid dog just for being a dumbass. I'll let it play out, but it's hard to argue with the footage. However, I've got no problem with people thinking differently. I'll never understand it, but that's cool.

This post was edited on 4/8 9:48 AM by _Keef_

 

[JudgeLarryDawg]

Local media telling us that while officer had no prior charges

there had been 2 different complaints that he had used excessive force during an arrest.

 

[_Keef_]

Then let him go - he didn't kill anybody ...

no excuse for a cop to shoot somebody that is running away from him dead over a broken taillight and a tussle.

 

[Ty TyDawg]

Re: Local media telling us that while officer had no prior charges

Understand but if if was the perp's word, it isn't worth much. They will lie.

 

[_Keef_]

Cops lie, too ... *

d

 

[Ty TyDawg]

LOL, I didn't say the cop wasn't guilty. Very bad timing because

he is going to get the max.

 

[Booneville Dawg]

Re: Who cares - cops shouldn't be shooting people in the back ..

In this case very true, but there are exceptions. If someone is fleeing who poses a life endangering threat to society, then the officer(s) should do whatever is necessary to stop the perp.

 

[McDonoughDawg]

What was the crime, I'm not big on news shat, other than here..

Known or suspected Felon, yeah, get the guy stopped. Anything less, I see no need to shoot someone. I'm not going to shoot a dude I see walking out of my yard with a ladder.

 

[_Keef_]

He'd have gotten away with it if it wasn't for the video ...

I just hate seeing this stuff. It also helps keep all the tension going and gives real ammunition to people that use this stuff for their own political ends. It's not like black people don't need to do a whole lot of self-policing of their own.

 

[McDonoughDawg]

Suspected or known felon, get the guy down...

otherwise, I see no need to shoot folks. Maybe the Cop was on his period.

 

[Ty TyDawg]

Not if he shot him in the back. I hate seeing it as well***

n

 

[BullochDawg]

Think we agree on this. No excuse for shooting a man in the back.

Just saying it should've never gotten to that point. He should've just done what the cop said. Cop said the guy grabbed his taser. Who knows. We know his account of the end wasn't true, so maybe he lied about that too.
I too will wait for all the facts to come out. Maybe the guy did just kill somebody and was going to do whatever to get away. Who knows.
Don't know...may never know.
Definitely not defending his shooting a man in the back.

 

[McDonoughDawg]

I've had Cops lie to my face...I'm with Keef...

They bear watching.

 

[_Keef_]

I've qualified my statements every time and I am just ...

talking on a message board, not getting out in the street. I'm perfectly willing to let this cop have due process. In my initial opinion, I don't think he gave the guy he shot in the back his due process, but that doesn't mean I want him railroaded. I'm willing to look at all the evidence.

 

[Ty TyDawg]

The guy going to jail bears watching more***

n

 

[McDonoughDawg]

Agreed, bad scene all the way around*

*

 

[McDonoughDawg]

Maybe, I avoid both criminals and Cops when I can....

Especially those jokers in Athens that want to sniff what is in the red cup downtown.

 

[Booneville Dawg]

Re: I've qualified my statements every time and I am just ...

I understand, I was just saying there are situations where a shot to the back may be called for, not this case.

 

[BullochDawg]

Incoming briefing at Keesler AFB in Biloxi they showed us a pic of one of

the local cops; old fat guy. They said, "Notice he's old and fat. Most of them look like this. Do not run from them. They aren't going to chase you. They're just going to shoot you. Any questions?"
Nope. That covers it.

 

[_Keef_]

Re: Think we agree on this. No excuse for shooting a man in the back.

Yeah, that footage just was f'd up to me. I don't think I could do that. Who knows, though. Maybe I could, the blood can get hot, but I'd deserve to be punished for that. It just looks like murder to me. Maybe not murder 1, but his life was not in danger when that 50 yo man was high-tailing it away from him.

 

[Ty TyDawg]

Not their fault most of the time, it's their bosses fault. I seriously

doubt there are near as many bad cops as there used to be.

This post was edited on 4/8 12:08 PM by Ty TyDawg

 

[Doc Hollidawg]

How can we listen when you're typing this, ass munch?*

Say when.

 

[Ty TyDawg]

LOL***

n

 

[Karl_Childers]

outstanding warrant for child support. Not exactly a threat to the

community at large

 

[BullochDawg]

He's been charged with murder. That was pretty quick, so they must've had

some damning evidence to move that quickly. My guess is trying to circumvent riots n such. It won't stop it, but maybe take a little wind out if that sail.

 

[Ty TyDawg]

Could have been something that just happened but it still looks

like the cop is in deep shit regardless.

 

[BullochDawg]

Saw one call out to a guy drinking beer on the other side of the road.

Told him, "Hey buddy, come here" (who's not going to). The guy crossed the street and the cop started writing him up for open container. Guy said he thought that was campus property. Cop said, "Oh, that is campus property over there, but this is city property over here" and kept writing. I told the cop, "Dude, that's just wrong". He looked at me and said, "I've got plenty of room down at the jail. You wanna go?"
Just shook my head and walked on,

 

[ARealMunson]

Re: Who cares - cops shouldn't be shooting people in the back ..

What? Dumbest thing I've ever seen written. A cop, who maybe has a high school education, is all the sudden now the arbiter of justice for a capital case. No one who was a part of creating this country ever envisioned anything like that. The exact opposite in fact.

This post was edited on 4/8 4:12 PM by ARealMunson

 

[Booneville Dawg]

Re: Who cares - cops shouldn't be shooting people in the back ..

Are you for real? So someone that has just killed multiple school children is running away from officers and they are supposed to let him go? Dumbest post I have ever seen.

 

[ARealMunson]

Re: Who cares - cops shouldn't be shooting people in the back ..

I am over exaggerating but look at Tennessee v. Garner. It's not as easy as "Oh, that person could harm someone in the future."

 

[OlecountryDawg]

No common sense usually helps

Nm
Posted from Rivals Mobile

 

[Booneville Dawg]

Re: Who cares - cops shouldn't be shooting people in the back ..

Mine was just an example, but when the suspect is identified by multiple people or seen by the officer and involved in a violent crime then the officer is obligated to stop them. If they don't and someone does get hurt or killed; they can be held liable.