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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Apr 10, 2015, 10:37 AM Apr 2015

Geraldo: Dashcam Video Should Clear S.C. Cop Of Murder Charge (VIDEO)

Fox News contributor Geraldo Rivera on Friday morning said that new dashcam footage that shows Walter Scott running away from his car at a traffic stop should clear South Carolina police officer Michael Thomas Slager of the murder charge.

"I'm extremely glad that they released the dash cam video because it gives context to the event. However horrific and tragic and outrageous the shooting in the back is, it shows that it started as a righteous traffic stop," Rivera said on "Fox and Friends."

Rivera said that Scott "was acting very hinky, very edgy" and that he allegedly struggled with Slager after the officer used his stun gun.

"So, up until that point the cop, with his adrenaline pumping, now he's been in a physical tussle, now the perpetrator has reached for the taser, allegedly. Now it gives you the context of his blood boiling," Rivera said. "He has done everything professional and now ... this civilian has dared to physically have this altercation with the officer."

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Geraldo: Dashcam Video Should Clear S.C. Cop Of Murder Charge (VIDEO) (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2015 OP

Has he totally lost his OldHippieChick Apr 2015 #1

Scum.... daleanime Apr 2015 #2

Being shot in the leg is even over-doing it... But DEATH? vkkv Apr 2015 #3

Geraldo is an asshole? Hissyspit Apr 2015 #4

"...struggled after the officer used his stun gun." How would you react, Geraldo, after tasering? FailureToCommunicate Apr 2015 #5

with this "fact" now established on Faux NoMoreRepugs Apr 2015 #6

I hit this hot mess when channel surfing this AM Botany Apr 2015 #7

Well isn't that Special ...we see Fox News show yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #8

Walter Scott (unarmed) was acting ... edgy .... rizlaplus Apr 2015 #9

It took these fuckers less than a week to start defending the cop. Chakab Apr 2015 #10

Struggle? Give me a break! madamvlb Apr 2015 #11

what tussle? frylock Apr 2015 #12

Of that I have no doubt. He will walk. Darb Apr 2015 #13

http://cdn.ksk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/vault.jpg blkmusclmachine Apr 2015 #14

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)

1. Has he totally lost his

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 10:43 AM

Apr 2015

fricking mind!?!?!?!

What a colossal pile of crap. So as long as a cop is pissed and can't control himself, it's okay to shoot you in the back? You are a disgrace Geraldo.

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

2. Scum....

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 10:44 AM

Apr 2015

vkkv

(3,384 posts)

3. Being shot in the leg is even over-doing it... But DEATH?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 10:46 AM

Apr 2015

So the cop is prosecutor, jury, judge and executioner...
wonderful.

Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)

4. Geraldo is an asshole?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 10:56 AM

Apr 2015

What a surprise.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,022 posts)

5. "...struggled after the officer used his stun gun." How would you react, Geraldo, after tasering?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 10:58 AM

Apr 2015

"Righteous traffic stop" ?!?!

Oh, and Geraldo, just FYI, cops are (supposed to be) "civilians" also. Though I could see where - with the obscene amount of militarization of municipal police forces - you might make that mistaken distinction...

NoMoreRepugs

(9,468 posts)

6. with this "fact" now established on Faux

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 11:06 AM

Apr 2015

all the other talking heads there can now build off of it per usual to build the 'perception' aka non-reality version of events

Botany

(70,588 posts)

7. I hit this hot mess when channel surfing this AM

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 11:20 AM

Apr 2015

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The man was shot in the back running away after being stopped on a bullshit
traffic stop and now Geraldo wants to justify it because the cop had his "blood
boiling?" Got to give Roger Ailes credit he can spin anything.

yuiyoshida

(41,862 posts)

8. Well isn't that Special ...we see Fox News show

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 11:53 AM

Apr 2015

Clearly this white cop shoot a black man in the back several times, and the panel of Fox and Friends says the Cop was justified. Even with evidence in their faces, they have mental blinders on and can not see.

rizlaplus

(159 posts)

9. Walter Scott (unarmed) was acting ... edgy ....

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 12:21 PM

Apr 2015

.... after being stopped by armed cop, and we know the recent history of unarmed African Americans being shot by cops.

THAT'S the context that the odious Rivera completely ignores.

Chakab

(1,727 posts)

10. It took these fuckers less than a week to start defending the cop.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 12:54 PM

Apr 2015

Get ready for another round of incredibly divisive race baiting on this topic.

BTW I'm fucking sick and tired of Geraldo and his bullshit. This guy goes ballistic whenever there's racist, anti-Latino/immigrant nonsense in the media, but has no problem turning around to shit all over black Americans en masse. It's disgusting example of trying to assimilate by stomping on the neck of somebody that you perceive to be lower on the food chain.