HI Seeing eye.. I assume you mean "the latest" target of the schemers, not "the last".

The old corrupt Scheme Team gang have emerged, but I fear whatever happens in Slager case, he wont be their last target.

waltherppk says:
April 13, 2015 at 12:11 pm

That’s right. Scott should have never gotten out of his car. Black people were in fact seen in the area. So it was just asking for trouble and risk taking behavior for Scott to ever get out of his car. Sure enough there was trouble that found him, even if it was unexpectedly and statistically improbable trouble from a white interloper. Still it just goes to show you and proves once again that when black people are in the area it is safer to stay in your car. Safari Park Rules has proven itself good sense once again. How many times does it have to prove true before discerning people understand that Safari Park Rules is NOT just some urban legend. Only you can prevent forest fires, don’t feed the bears, and above all, when black people are in the area just play it safe and don’t get out of your car. The life you save might be your own.

MP says:
April 13, 2015 at 4:24 pm

Bottomline, overcharging Slager with murder and not manslaughter is a legal mistake. There was no premeditation of murder, the act of shooting Scott was intertwined with the life and death struggle moments before. The shooting appears to be a continuation of the fight and not a clear cut case of murder. Obviously, Slager had the option of continuing the foot pursuit or allow the suspect to escape and de-escalate the confrontation. However, he chose to use deadly force with the perp that is clearly fleeing the scene. Having a life and death struggle with someone is an emotionally charged event. Human nature being what is, you just can’t turn it off in a split second and start thinking rationally. Your brain has to have a few moments to decompress and see things in proper perspective. As an analogy, if you are a soldier involved in an intense firefight for a few minutes and you witness your buddies getting shot or killed by the enemy. Moments later, you see one of the enemy soldiers running away from the battlefield. Clearly, not posing an immediate threat to you, do you shoot the enemy in the back? Ah, hell yeah. The enemy could easily turnaround and shoot you. The enemy could also take cover and then shoot you while you advance. As long as the enemy is alive, he is a threat; unless he clearly surrenders. What happened to Slager is much the same. They went through a very brief life and death struggle, fear and adrenaline is still running through Slager’s mind, what he did was almost very natural. He terminated the threat when he had the first opportunity to do so when they disengaged from their physical struggle on the ground. It didn’t matter if Scott was running away, in Slager’s mind, he was still a threat because he did not have his hands up nor did he give a signal that he was willing to give up, he just ran. In Scott’s mind at the moment, he could have surrendered, but when he realized that he was not able to inflict serious harm on Slager, instinctually he ran away, he didn’t want to chance getting beat up by Slager while in handcuffs if he wanted some “pay back.” I don’t hear anyone criticizing Scott for not surrendering when he had the chance. In the end, resisting arrest, fighting with a police officer is never a good idea….