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Off-Duty Cop Hits Pedestrian And Shoots Him (Original Post) Quixote1818 Jan 2022 OP
White Supremacist enforcer says WHAT? MagickMuffin Jan 2022 #1
this is first degree murder. Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #5
This!👆 SheltieLover Jan 2022 #10
Kick dalton99a Jan 2022 #2
Kill the victim..... TheRealNorth Jan 2022 #3
evidence is tilting against killer: Victim shot 4 times in back, no bullets thru windshield, Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #6
windshield wiper was torn from truck and used to break windshield in several places Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #4
This is confusing as the same article says the nurse witnessed him get struck Quixote1818 Jan 2022 #8
What part of a windshield wiper that could be ripped off by hand Red Mountain Jan 2022 #7
Why do police departments seek out and hire such stupid fucking people??? nt Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #9
Because they will obey orders I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2022 #12
Fucking asshole racist I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2022 #11
Not sure about anything in this story yet Yandex Jan 2022 #13

TheRealNorth

(9,478 posts)
3. Kill the victim.....
Mon Jan 10, 2022, 06:04 PM
Jan 2022

Now no one knows what the victim's intention was, and it's the cop's story against the witnesses.

Justice in America in 2022.

Demovictory9

(32,449 posts)
6. evidence is tilting against killer: Victim shot 4 times in back, no bullets thru windshield,
Mon Jan 10, 2022, 06:22 PM
Jan 2022

black box says no impact by truck, windshield wiper pulled off winder and used to break windshield in several places.

Demovictory9

(32,449 posts)
4. windshield wiper was torn from truck and used to break windshield in several places
Mon Jan 10, 2022, 06:05 PM
Jan 2022

https://money.yahoo.com/off-duty-cop-fatally-shot-205002865.html

Hawkins said that investigators examined the black box of the truck Hash was driving and concluded it did not record “any impact with any person or thing.” She claimed there were also “no witnesses” who had confirmed that anyone was hit by the truck, explaining that her department reviewed body-worn camera footage of statements given at the scene and that the statements were given by people who said they did not actually witness the shooting.

Hawkins went on to claim that the only available eyewitness who had come forward said “the exact opposite” of narratives being shared about Walker being hit by Hash. She added that an initial review of Hash’s truck and Walker’s body showed that a windshield wiper was torn off from the truck and a “metal portion” was used to break the windshield in “several places.” Walker’s body, Hawkins said, showed no injuries other than gunshot wounds.

Quixote1818

(28,928 posts)
8. This is confusing as the same article says the nurse witnessed him get struck
Mon Jan 10, 2022, 06:46 PM
Jan 2022

and Hawkins said there were no witnesses. So which is it?


Snip:

Elizabeth Ricks, a nurse who said she provided aid to Walker after the shooting, told protesters on Sunday that she saw him get struck by a vehicle before the man inside shot him to death, the AP reported.


If I had to guess, he hit the black guy but not very hard. However, enough to upset the black fellow to rip off the wiper and hit his car in anger. People take out their anger when getting knocked over but I doubt he was really much of a threat to the cop. Cop probably over reacted unfortunately.

Adding this. Black boxes are not reliable:

Beware The Black Box
The automotive black box data recorder is not infallible and its data is subject to interpretation.


Now recognized by law enforcement agencies, experts and even courts as reliable sources of data relative to vehicle speed, brake application, seat-belt use, throttle position, etc., the use of this data should nonetheless be approached with caution as its reliability is far from guaranteed.

https://www.plaintiffmagazine.com/recent-issues/item/beware-the-black-box


That being said, TYT tends to leave off important information pretty often. They should have mentioned there were two sides to the evidence.

Red Mountain

(1,731 posts)
7. What part of a windshield wiper that could be ripped off by hand
Mon Jan 10, 2022, 06:45 PM
Jan 2022

can crack a windshield?

That's a new one for me.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,463 posts)
12. Because they will obey orders
Mon Jan 10, 2022, 08:10 PM
Jan 2022

They are authoritarian shitheads.

Wish all the authoritarian personalities,narcissists and sociopaths were dead,every last one of those assholes.

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