Quote:What side am I not looking at.  Did she not kill an unarmed man?  Did she not get charged with manslaughter.

 

As an American, I beleive in the constitution and I prefer to look at the facts.  I'm pointing out facts.  Sorry that your side of the arguement has to deal with a stupid cop that is terrible at her job.  But the fact remains.  She killed an unarmed man.  He was innocent until proven guilty of whatever he was pulled over for and didn't deserve to die.

 

She's standing trail for manslaughter.  Based on the video tape, the state of Oklahoma feels there's enough evidence to charge her with manslaughter which carries a 4 year minimum sentance if convicted.

 

What's vitriolic about those facts?

 

By the way, calling black protesters animals and saying they are terrorists is pretty vitriolic as well.  But it's cool to demagogue blacks, right?  Who cares about those animals.

 

The only fact that you are pointing out is that she killed an unarmed man.

 

She probably was pretty good at her job and made a mistake.

 

The State of Oklahoma doesn't feel that there is enough evidence "based on the video tape".  There is probably other evidence involved in making the decision to charge her.

 

Based on what more that I've read about the incident, it gets even more bizarre.  It seems that it started with a 911 call from a woman who said an abandoned car was blocking the street and a man was running away. The man warned that it was going to blow up.  The video that's been released shows her confronting the man from the passenger side of her patrol car.  Audio from the helicopter says something to the affect that "he's got his hands up for her now", and happens at a time when other patrol units are arriving.

 

Looking at the statute for Oklahoma regarding first degree manslaughter, I wouldn't be surprised if there is either a plea down to a lesser charge, or she gets acquitted.  Prosecutors would have a hard time proving first degree manslaughter beyond a reasonable doubt to 12 jurors.

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