This Judge’s Excuses for Acquitting Jason Stockley of Murder Are Pathetic
In Judge Timothy J. Wilson’s 30-page ruling you can see the mental gymnastics that went into acquitting a man who said to his partner of Smith, “we’re killing this motherfucker, don’t you know,” minutes before killing him.
Stockley’s statement was not the only piece of evidence against him. Prosecutors alleged that he planted a gun that was found in Smith’s car. The evidence for this is that his
DNA was found on the gun while Smith’s was not, he can be seen rifling through a bag in his police vehicle after the shooting, and he was seen returning to search Smith’s car before the gun appeared to him.
One of Stockley’s fellow officers at the time who arrived on the scene immediately after the shooting, Elijah Simpson, had testified that he didn’t see a gun in the vehicle when he lifted up the airbag and looked in the car. Simpson also testified that it was strange that Stockley was allowed to go back and forth between his own car and the scene of the shooting, and that Stockley was the only officer to remove his gloves during evidence gathering. (This was how Stockley's defense team says
the gun was contaminated with his DNA. The prosecution says he removed the gloves on purpose to have that excuse.)
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When they check a gun for DNA, they not only check the handle, but also the barrel, the bullet chamber, the trigger and any seams in the gun. If you carry the gun in your pocket, sweat, which carries DNA could get all over the gun. You're hands are greasy, loading the chamber could add more DNA. I don't think you can own and handle a gun and not have your DNA on it.
The defense for the police officer is saying that just by picking up the gun, the officer's DNA got on the gun, but the guy who owned, loaded, and carried the gun left none? Even if ignored, DNA evidence is important.
Well, unlike you, I actually read the judges decision. That article, written by Jeremy Stahl (Stahl...Stahl...what kind of name is Stahl I wonder?) shows he didn't read it either.
The judges writings are lucid and reflect a respect for law and civil society. A cop, after being rammed twice by a black thug, pursued said black thug at 87 MPH through city streets. The car was "nudged" off the road as it attempted to enter one-way traffic the wrong way. This black thug was asking to be stopped with lethal force. He should have been shot when he passed 80 mph on a city street.
Neither here nor there. As the judge says (and as all decent people know) the burden of proof is on the state. You had a lone cop...a working man...with the whole force of the government and media arrayed against him. But he was and is innocent unless somebody proves otherwise.
And the state, even with its enormous resources and its desire to crush this individual in order to avoid riots, failed to prove its case.
No expert mentioned a "kill shot" except one, Dr Norfleet the medical examiner, who stated he could NOT determine the kill shot.
No witness saw the gun planted. Several witnesses saw both cops leap back in surprise in unison before the shots were fired.
No witness could see inside the car.
The judge mentions that there is no video evidence of a gun being planted though there is video of the entire incident.
There were a total of six cops there and none saw any evidence of a plant.
What the experts did mention was a shot to the lower left flank indicating the black thug was reaching for something.
The lack of DNA, according to the only two DNA witnesses called, can only be described as "no DNA" not "never touched". (Mrs Kwiatkowski and Dr Preiter). Both stated that lack of DNA is not in any way shape or form an indication that the black heroin dealer never touched the gun. In other words lack of DNA is not evidence of anything at all. Nothing. Zilch.
We know the cop touched the gun, gripped it tightly, and ejected the clip. Not surprising to find his DNA.
But oy vey...the lies Jeremy Stahjl told that convinced you. Some were outright lies and some lies of omission. Such as (not an exhaustive list mind you).
"Wilson characterized this as a long period of time and accepted as fact the defense's argument that all five shots were fired at once"
Every witness did as well. As did the video tape. So what else was he supposed to do? There was no evidence to contravene the defense statement of fact.
"Stockley’s statement was not the only piece of evidence against him. Prosecutors alleged that he planted a gun that was found in Smith’s car. The evidence for this is that his DNA was found on the gun while Smith’s was not..."
Asked and answered above. Lack of DNA is only evidence of lack of DNA. Nothing else. Prosecutors "alleging" is not evidence. Sorry. Mr (((stahl))) lies here with his "the evidence for this..." statement.
"This testimony from a fellow officer was not enough for Wilson, because Simpson didn’t directly see Stockley actually physically plant the gun:"
LOL. Not quite. How about "didnt see, didint imply, didnt say, didnt hint, didnt indicate, didnt claim" that Stockley planted a gun? You see how these people play with words? He could just as easily have said "DOTR didnt directly see Stockley actually physically plant the gun." It is true I didnt but is that evidence? Dont think so.
All Elijah Simpson, testified to was that he saw no gun under the airbag. Look it up. He also didnt see a gun behind a wheel, in a tree or sitting on the street. Nor was it claimed the gun was "under the airbag". The testimony was that it was retrieved from "between the seats".
"It’s inconceivable to Wilson that the gun was not visible in the limited available cellphone footage, or hidden elsewhere on Stockley’s person than one of the places he enumerates."
Actually no it wasnt. But that a gun not shown in the video footage which caught the officer in motion, not seen by witnesses "could" have been hidden somewhere is NOT EVIDENCE you silly cretin. That the judge could "conceive" of it would he of no evidentiary value whatsoever.
These people are dangerous. They do not share our culture or our respect for law and order and fairness of trial. They cannot grasp "beyond a reasonable doubt" or they choose to ignore it. Either way they are a danger to us all.
The only thing they accept are that a mob gathered with signs that said "murderer". Mob rule.