South Carolina policeman charged with murder

Slager speaks

"Not long after Walter L. Scott’s death, a North Charleston police officer told his wife that he shot somebody who had grabbed his Taser and talked about the adrenaline rush with a supervisor.

The conversations involving Patrolman 1st Class Michael T. Slager were captured on his in-car camera within a half-hour of the shooting. . .

The dash footage does not show Slager, but it contains audio from the officer’s body-worn microphone that’s linked to the camera...."
 
http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news...e--pumping--after-scott-shooting-427443779582






Cops was laughing about have an adrenaline rush after shooting of Scott. :mad:


Sometimes atfer very stressful situations, natural body response is to laugh. Inappropriate it may be it is a norm reliever. Ive been in very very violent situation and some of staff laugh atferwards to release the side effect we get from all of the rush. We are not being unprofessional we just have to to release it or itll make us go crazy. Its stupid but it works cops sometimes need to joke to get amp out of system. But stupid abt brag.

Death can be also an effect on anybody. Some people have to joke to cope with what happened.

It suck what he did :( stupid to brag. Stupid to shoot that many times, he not deserve my sympathy
 
Sometimes atfer very stressful situations, natural body response is to laugh. Inappropriate it may be it is a norm reliever. Ive been in very very violent situation and some of staff laugh atferwards to release the side effect we get from all of the rush. We are not being unprofessional we just have to to release it or itll make us go crazy. Its stupid but it works cops sometimes need to joke to get amp out of system. But stupid abt brag.

Death can be also an effect on anybody. Some people have to joke to cope with what happened.

It suck what he did :( stupid to brag. Stupid to shoot that many times, he not deserve my sympathy

I had to deal with death all the time as a health aide and I never laughed to cope with. And I grew up with a violent dad and never laughed after award .
I don't buy this b/c another cop was laughing about this too and he arrived after the shooting happen .
 
I agree that this happen really fast with the cop being charged with murder and could had been to pacify the Black community so they would not protest and riot . How do even know if that cop is in jail , has anyone see him going into a court for a hearing yet?
 
I had to deal with death all the time as a health aide and I never laughed to cope with. And I grew up with a violent dad and never laughed after award .
I don't buy this b/c another cop was laughing about this too and he arrived after the shooting happen .
Not everyone is like you.

Some people deal with high stress situations in different ways. Sometimes the reflective action may be involuntary nervous laughter once the situation is defused/over. I don't agree with what the cop did as it was a)overkill and b) inappropriate and c)bragging.

I've laughed when scared sh!tless (rarely- and it was some 5-10 minutes later). I can remember some scary situations at a residential facility I worked at where some staff did have to laugh- but NEVER in front of the residents- always in private and NEVER at the expense of the actual resident or situation. Ever. Each person reacts in a different way.



I am sure I will get flamed for the above--- just as well I know that person won't see it anyway
 
I agree that this happen really fast with the cop being charged with murder and could had been to pacify the Black community so they would not protest and riot . How do even know if that cop is in jail , has anyone see him going into a court for a hearing yet?
In our area, bond hearings and other initial hearings aren't done in a courtroom. Instead, the magistrate (judge), and victim representatives are in one room, and the charged person is in the jail. The meeting is held via two-way camera, with monitors. It's more secure and economical that way.

Here's a picture of Slager's bond hearing.
 

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In our area, bond hearings and other initial hearings aren't done in a courtroom. Instead, the magistrate (judge), and victim representatives are in one room, and the charged person is in the jail. The meeting is held via two-way camera, with monitors. It's more secure and economical that way.

Here's a picture of Slager's bond hearing.

Thanks for posting that , my TV is not working b/c of the cable box so I am behind in the news.
 
I know how black people feel now as they did in the past a million times. The corruption in most of police dept is still alive. Scary for those people. I bet some of you say that he should not run away. Oh really? Because he was black? White people run away from police and they don't get shot. Why?
 

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I found the link on line and read it I am not sure if I agree with this "Like many attorneys for officers involved in shootings, Savage has said in the past that the officers can better recall incidents after a few days of rest. " I think it mean the cops have more time to talk with their lawyer and know what 'not to say' during the questioning or whatever it called.
 
I can't read b/c I keep getting a popup blocking it and clicking on the 'X'
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Here it is:

The North Charleston police officer who fatally shot Walter L. Scott told investigators that he had an attorney when they asked him for an interview on the day of the shooting, according to the State Law Enforcement Division.

SLED agents arrived at the scene at 10:29 a.m. April 4, about 51 minutes after Patrolman 1st Class Michael T. Slager fatally shot Scott in the back as Scott ran away. They later asked Slager to answer some questions.

“When our investigators spoke with ... Slager at the scene, he said he was represented by an attorney,” SLED spokesman Thom Berry said Tuesday. “We stopped questioning him and contacted his attorney.”

The agents then got in touch with the lawyer, David Aylor, who said he would make the officer available for an interview three days later, on April 7, Berry said.

That’s the day when video of Slager shooting Scott publicly surfaced. But Berry did not say whether agents had a chance to confront Slager about the footage before it became public late that Tuesday afternoon.

But the agents’ interview with Slager that started that morning at Aylor’s office was a lengthy one, Berry said.

“The interview continued into the afternoon,” he said. “Slager was arrested following the interview.”

Aylor put out a statement the day before his client’s arrest that said Slager “felt threatened” by Scott and shot the man who had grabbed his Taser. But the attorney would not further explain Slager’s account or say whether Scott had used the Taser against the officer.

Aylor on Tuesday declined to discuss the case, and Berry did not divulge what Slager said during the interview.

The attorney announced publicly after the officer’s arrest that he would not represent Slager any further.

Andy Savage, a Charleston attorney, filed paperwork the next day to take on Slager as a client.

Savage said in a statement Friday that Aylor had been employed by the Southern States Police Benevolent Association to represent Slager because of the officer’s membership in the group. But Savage said that the association and Aylor had not started any investigation for Slager’s defense before he took the case.

Like many attorneys for officers involved in shootings, Savage has said in the past that the officers can better recall incidents after a few days of rest.

Savage has not commented publicly about the facts of Slager’s case, and he could not immediately be reached Tuesday.
 
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