The kid didn't have either one, now at least, he gets a check.
I just can't feel sorry, for a dead beat dad, especially one driving a new Mercedes. Bastard should have been taking care of his kid.
So kill every dead beat dad? And would you say its not "murder" because he broke the law?
He wasn't shot over child support idiot, he was shot because he ran and resisted arrest.
There will be no murder conviction, there may be a manslaughter conviction, and an evidence tampering conviction.
He wasn't shot over child support idiot, he was shot because he ran and resisted arrest.
and possibly shot the officer with the officers tazer
if you look closely you can see at least one of the wires hooked in on the cop
and the tazer being dragged behind
Walter Scott
Shooting while being tazed is pro
Um... it is unclear if he was tased or not.
Being shot with the taser, and getting tased, are not (contrary to intuition) automatically connected.
First, the shot could have had a dart nail the cop in the vest. If it hit the cop there, or any other place were connectivity was hindered, no tasing would happen.
Second, police tasers are different than civilian tasers. A civilian taser will continuously shock for 30 seconds. Police tasers are limited to 5 seconds. However, the officer can choose to taze for another 5 seconds, by depressing the trigger again.
In the video, what we believe is the taser, is dropped on the ground, just as Scott turns to run away.
Without him actually holding the button down, whatever tazing would stop within 5 seconds. And most all police are trained in being tazed, so likely the officer was able to recover (which is exactly why they are trained that way).
Lastly, as Scott runs away from the officer, you can see the tase cartridge dangling behind him. Obviuosly the cartridge was separated from the tazer. It is theoretically possible that the cartridge discharged and broke free from the tazer pretty quickly. Or even that the officer intentionally knocked the cartridge from the tazer, when they were struggling for it.
So, no he was not being tased, while he was shooting.