North Charleston, SC: Michael Slager sentenced to 20 years
BREAKING: Michael #Slager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and 2 years of supervised release by US District Judge David Norton for violating Walter Scott’s civil rights in April 2015 shooting.
— Adam Manno (@AdamManno) December 7, 2017
Former North Charleston officer Michael Slager sentenced to 20 years in Walter Scott shooting death
(Still from cell phone video)
... A year ago, Slager's initial criminal jury trial ended in a mistrial. Over the summer Slager agreed to plead guilty to federal civil rights violations in the shooting death, avoiding a local retrial. ...
This week's proceedings have centered on prosecutors and defense attorneys' interpretations of the severity of Slager's actions, with the feds standing by their position that his actions constituted second-degree murder. ...
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So cold blooded murder is a violation of civil rights.
Well, at least he's paying a price. What a scumbag.
should have been at least three counts
lifelibertypursuit of happinessA large reason for the existence of those civil rights laws
is to be able to prosecute in federal court criminal cops who would never be convicted by local authorities.
A surprising instance of the "system" almost sorta working.
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True,
gotta take what we can get on this one I guess. It does send a strong message, twenty years in the hole.
20 years of federal time means 20 years.
This makes one time I’m all for no parole for federal crimes.
"Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now..."
as arlo guthrie once put it,
"you can't have a light without a dark to stick it in".
The earth is a multibillion-year-old sphere.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews.
On 9/11/01 a Boeing 757 (AA77) flew into the Pentagon.
AGCC is happening.
If you cannot accept these facts, I cannot fake an interest in any of your opinions.
triggered - obligatory
[video:https://youtu.be/sdXjm8pZMws]
Totally.