I think you know by now that I agree with everything you said here regarding this incident. While I was aware of the opinion of the retired police chief and I agree with you there as well, I was not aware of this so-called expert professor. I mean, with an entire year as a police officer he's got to know everything there is to know about policing and I'm certain he experienced every type of critical incident that can be experienced by a police officer in the entire year that he did the job.
In seriousness, it's so-called experts like the retired Chief and this professor, paid Shills who will say whatever they're asked to say, or they're sought out specifically by prosecutors who know that they've never seen a police use of force that they like and will come up with all kinds of b******* to say that it was not justified.
I'll never quite understand how one of these so-called experts can give a professional opinion that can adversely affect an officer's career and Future when they get to review that incident from the comfort of their own couch and as you pointed out, using video that's been forensically examined and includes freeze frames and zooms, all types of things that these officers did not have the luxury of observing. What exactly don't they understand about totality of circumstances and "at that exact moment" ?
This is so obviously a persecution and not a prosecution that quite frankly it's sickening. When one of the largest news media organizations in the world, CNN has a headline regarding this incident that says "police shoot black man who stole beer" , you know what the motivation to prosecute these officers truly is.
Yeah I think it was clear that the prosecutor is doing to you all what they get you all to help them with when targeting people with predicative policing such as what has been seen in Pasco County FL and other counties with even crime victims and witnesses. He had every right to self defense and it's clear cut. Plus he had already reached for the gun.
The culpable mental state attributed to the officers is ridiculous. Even if most of these shootings were gross lapses in judgement, they certainly wouldn’t be worse offenses than, say, killing someone while drunk driving 120 mph on the freeway. These cases should never be considered as anything above a negligent homicide at worst
I think you know by now that I agree with everything you said here regarding this incident. While I was aware of the opinion of the retired police chief and I agree with you there as well, I was not aware of this so-called expert professor. I mean, with an entire year as a police officer he's got to know everything there is to know about policing and I'm certain he experienced every type of critical incident that can be experienced by a police officer in the entire year that he did the job.
In seriousness, it's so-called experts like the retired Chief and this professor, paid Shills who will say whatever they're asked to say, or they're sought out specifically by prosecutors who know that they've never seen a police use of force that they like and will come up with all kinds of b******* to say that it was not justified.
I'll never quite understand how one of these so-called experts can give a professional opinion that can adversely affect an officer's career and Future when they get to review that incident from the comfort of their own couch and as you pointed out, using video that's been forensically examined and includes freeze frames and zooms, all types of things that these officers did not have the luxury of observing. What exactly don't they understand about totality of circumstances and "at that exact moment" ?
This is so obviously a persecution and not a prosecution that quite frankly it's sickening. When one of the largest news media organizations in the world, CNN has a headline regarding this incident that says "police shoot black man who stole beer" , you know what the motivation to prosecute these officers truly is.
My Question to you is How Much was Mr Epperson " fee" to testify?
This is what a travesty of Justice looks like
Yeah I think it was clear that the prosecutor is doing to you all what they get you all to help them with when targeting people with predicative policing such as what has been seen in Pasco County FL and other counties with even crime victims and witnesses. He had every right to self defense and it's clear cut. Plus he had already reached for the gun.
Excellent article for all street cops to read.
Thank you.
The culpable mental state attributed to the officers is ridiculous. Even if most of these shootings were gross lapses in judgement, they certainly wouldn’t be worse offenses than, say, killing someone while drunk driving 120 mph on the freeway. These cases should never be considered as anything above a negligent homicide at worst