Monday, April 13, 2015

"New audio captures aftermath of deadly South Carolina shooting" Brett Akop

"Two pieces of audio recorded in the immediate aftermath of a deadly police shooting in South Carolina emerged Monday. The voice of Michael Slager can be heard in both. The former North Charleston police officer is charged with murder in the death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. Michael Slager is charged with murder. In the first recording, an unidentified officer talks to Slager about what might happen. "Once they get here, it'll be real quick. They're gonna tell you, you're gonna be off for a couple days and we'll come back and interview you then. They're not gonna ask you any type of questions right now. They're gonna take your weapon," the officer says. "It'd probably be a good idea to jot down your thoughts about whatever happened ... once the adrenaline stops pumping." Slager responds: "It's pumping," and then laughs."I can't say that there's any justice in this case because police brutality should be a thing of the past , the fact that we as a nation still profile to this degree is absolutely outrageous. It only took multiple shootings and unjustified brutality from police officials to finally convict one man. I realize that we've made great strides towards equality, but I don't see a tremendous difference since the 60's. Granted, there aren't "colored" areas anymore, but I believe that the progress we made is the surface of the situation and there's a substantial difference between believing in equality and saying it. http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/us/south-carolina-police-shooting/index.html

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