Will there be a conviction in the Walter Scott case?

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14. I am sure his defense attorney's will come up with some kind of defense...

But the "I was in fear for my life" wont cut it on this one. The Supreme Court has already made it clear that you cannot shoot at a fleeing suspect (Tennessee v. Garner), except under some very narrow exceptions, usually involving the commission on violent felonies where the suspect getting away would be a greater danger to the community. The defenses option though are more limited with the video. They cant use the "Oops I thought it was my tazer" defense because the officer fired multiple shots and callously offered no aid to Mr. Scott after it was clear he had been struck several times with bullets. The defense will most likely try and go the rout of trying to convince the jury that the officer believed Mr. Scot had a gun he was reaching for in his waistband, some angle that we cannot see on the video, but I don't think it's going to fly in this case.

People are tired of this crap. And in this case the officer clearly wasn't concerned with the suspect trying to reach for a weapon, because he causally took a shooing stance and fired multiple shots. if the officer had thought the suspect was reaching for something he would have closed the distance to get a better vantage point, which is big in this kind of defense.