On April 7th, 2015, white officer Michael Slager is charged with murder after a video shows him in shooting and killing an unarmed black man as he is running away. He claims that he, "Feared for his life." After the man had taken his stun gun during a mini fight at a traffic stop. This does not appear to be the case as the video shows Mr. Scott running away with taser wires in his back and the officer firing his gun 8 times. Officer Slager then calls into his radio saying, "Shots fired and the subject is down. He took my taser." Later in the video you see the police officer run and pick something up from the ground and then place it next to Scott's body. We assume this is the taser but it can be tough to tell.
I think that people like Officer Slager are causing the entire police office to look bad. Police officers from all over America are going to take a hit because of this and constantly be yelled at and not treated right just because one guy who makes up maybe 2-4% of dirty police officers. Not only did yet again another white officer shoot an unarmed black man, but he also tried to plant evidence by placing the taser by Mr. Scott's body. He even lied and said he performed CPR on this man, which was not the case at all. If shootings and other events like this, such as the shooting in Ferguson keep on occurring, then the United States as a whole will begin to suffer and tension will only continue to rise between police officers and the citizens of this country, especially African Americans.
Mr. Walter Scott
I do agree that a select few police officers are unjust and dirty at times. Yet a police officer has such a small amount of time to make a decision, which makes their job very difficult at times. Overall, the police should stick to less deadly use of force.
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ReplyDeleteOn a more serious note, I don't believe that 2-4% of officers are "dirty". I believe that even thinking the problem is at that extent points to the errors within our society.
ReplyDeleteOn a more serious note, I don't believe that 2-4% of officers are "dirty". I believe that even thinking the problem is at that extent points to the errors within our society.
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