Someone explain to me why the second officer was charged with aggravated assault and violation of oath?

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Wasn't he charged with felony murder? Sorry, I'm not following that today. I know the Wendy's that got torched a little too well.

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I think Brooks wasn't quite flatlined when one of them kicked him and the other stood on his (Brooks') shoulder.

Are you arguing that the officer should have known that the taser shot Brooks fired at his face was the last because he should have remembered that his partner's taser was already fired once earlier in the melee? Not to bite BRogue's bit, but let's go out in a parking lot, I'll take a couple swings at you while you try to wrestle me to the ground and end up having to fire your own taser, then I'll fire a taser at your face and you can tell me immediately whether I have any shots left.

This is why MANY are taught to treat any kind of firearm that they haven't personally inspected as loaded and ready to fire.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

i know, it's crazy right. I'm on a roll this week. Had two work comp phone pre-trials and kicked ass in both and those were versus real lawyers.

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So it would be okay if I shoot you in the back while you are running away after our skirmish?

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yep, this is a similar rationale to why we have dram shop laws.

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sounds like you've never had a paper weight thrown at your head.

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Am I still armed with the weapon I turned to fire at you while you pursued me fleeing?

Yes.

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I'd be okay with it.

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Yes

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Doesn't matter. Either way I can't shoot you in the back while you are fleeing. I mean I guess I could but I'd be charged with murder.

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So then you two are arguing that fleeing really is just a license to blast away back at the cops pursuing you. That's literally what you're arguing here, and there's not a single chance that's the law.

No it's not because he wasn't blasting away at the cops chasing him. If he turned around and pointed a gun at them that would change the analysis. Facts matter.

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Not to Litigation Notes they don't.

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He turned and fired a taser at the cop pursuing him. And to save us another loop on this merry-go-round of suck: It's not reasonable to expect the officer to know that Brooks earlier fired the taser (if he did indeed fire it) earlier in the struggle.

JLN will never pass up on an opportunity to defend a white cop who kills a black man.

It's one of the certainties of the board.

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He was turned at the cops firing a taser when he was shot? I thought he was running away and was shot in the back. You must know something no one else does.

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Seems pretty unreasonable if their rules of engagement only allow an officer to fire at a fleeing suspect only when that suspect is turning to fire at them after already turning and firing at them previously ( along with the whole resisting , fighting, taking their weapon away in the first place thing ) .

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

You don’t think he would be defending the cop if he were black? The race is irrelevant here.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

So it's okay for a cop to shoot someone in the back while running away from them because of what they *might* do?

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Just kneel on their neck. Problem solved.

He had already done it . I think there’s reasonable expectation to think he was going to do it again. ( aside from the whole resisting, physical struggle, getting a weapon that he already did).

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

So you do think it's okay. Thanks.

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Here is Brooks pointing the taser at the pursuing officer who has his gun drawn and pointed at Brooks. Brooks kept the taser pointed at the officer as he ran after firing the taser shot at the officer pursuing him.

Ogie knows I would, but why make a rational argument when you can just specifically note the different races of the people involved in a lazy attempt to imply racism?

At that point, one of two things happen. They let him run free with the stolen taser (which they may or may not know is "live"), or they chase. If they chase, he is likely to try to use the taser again to avoid capture. That might involve shooting it at the cop again, taking a hostage, etc.

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