You be the judge

[THE_DEVIL]

SOP or execution?

 

[The Tradition]

Did the suspect die?

 

[swagsurfer02]

Depends only on the race of the cop and suspect.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

Did the suspect die?

Yep.

link

 

[THE_DEVIL]

Depends only on the race of the cop and suspect.

Reading your post was the first that I had paid attention to the race of the dead guy.

 

[The Tradition]

If I was the judge, second-degree murder.

 

[KitingHigh]

I might could see her pleading insanity, but other than that it was clearly murder.

 

[Lone Clone]

This looks pretty open-and-shut. Cop panicked. Is there any controversy?

 

[Sooner-Be-Dead]

Would love to hear from the jury on that.

Was this her first time in the field or what?

 

[22*43*51]

Clearly an illegal shooting.

The term "Blue Privilege" did make me shake my head though.

 

[naturalmwa]

OMG that voice! She about killed me too.

 

[KitingHigh]

Clearly an illegal shooting.

The term "Blue Privilege" did make me shake my head though.

Better known as the Thin Blue Line, and it is very real. Just look at the cop who broke the code.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/02/18/a-plague-of-professional-courtesy/

 

[The Tradition]

I wonder what would have happened if he hadn't made a break for it into the woods after being stopped for an expired inspection sticker, and simply waited for her to write a ticket?

Obviously, there are some details about this case that the dubious website didn't report.

 

[KitingHigh]

I wonder what would have happened if he hadn't made a break for it into the woods after being stopped for an expired inspection sticker, and simply waited for her to write a ticket?

Obviously, there are some details about this case that the dubious website didn't report.

Could any of those details appointed the cop as judge, jury and executioner? If not, they are irrelevant to whether or not she is guilty of manslaughter or murder.

 

[The Tradition]

Could any of those details appointed the cop as judge, jury and executioner? If not, they are irrelevant to whether or not she is guilty of manslaughter or murder.

SOMETHING persuaded the jury and I doubt it was simply "blue privilege."

 

[THE_DEVIL]

SOMETHING persuaded the jury and I doubt it was simply "blue privilege."

Lack of a vigorous prosecution?

 

[22*43*51]

Lack of a vigorous prosecution?

You would think the feminists would be out in full force demanding equal treatment.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

I vote to spend more tax dollars on better microphones.

 

[littlez]

Obviously the guy should have just complied but c'mon dude, that was insane. I don't care what lead up to that. She murdered him. Plain and simple. And as usual she was found innocent, even after that video. Crazy.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

 

[The Tradition]

So what is the problem? Jury selection? I'll admit, this video looks pretty damning, but we are not told what the defense argument was.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

So what is the problem? Jury selection? I'll admit, this video looks pretty damning, but we are not told what the defense argument was.

Mearkle, 37, told jurors she thought Kassick, 59, was reaching into his jacket for a gun after he sped away from a stop for an expired inspection tag and then ran into the backyard of his sister’s suburban Harrisburg home. The footage from her stun gun’s camera shows Kassick’s hands going underneath his body at some points despite Mearkle’s yells to keep them up.

So writhing on the ground being tazed he was a threat to the officer?

 

[THE_DEVIL]

Prosecutor; You thought he was reaching for a gun?
cop: Yes
Prosecutor: Did you see a gun while he was on the ground convulsing from a taser?
cop" No
Prosecutor: with out ever seeing a gun and with him convulsing on the ground you feared for your life?
cop: Yes sir.
Prosecutor: ok. sounds good. nothing further your honor.

 

[Chuck C]

I loved the part where she's tasering him and telling him to show his hands at the same time.

It's like when a cop is sitting on someone's chest compressing the air out of them, but telling them at the same time to quit resisting.

 

[Chewback]

Mearkle, 37, told jurors she thought Kassick, 59, was reaching into his jacket for a gun after he sped away from a stop for an expired inspection tag and then ran into the backyard of his sister’s suburban Harrisburg home. The footage from her stun gun’s camera shows Kassick’s hands going underneath his body at some points despite Mearkle’s yells to keep them up.

So writhing on the ground being tazed he was a threat to the officer?

She's a woman. She says she felt threatened so someone had to die. No way to argue with that.