An evil scofflaw, heartlessly attempting to victimize society through his callous refusal to renew a vital vehicle inspection sticker, was heroically subdued and terminated by this valiant policewoman. Then, incredibly, she herself nearly became a victim of injustice as a corrupt and no-doubt politically ambitious district attorney actually had the effrontery to try her in public court for manslaughter.
The vile miscreant against whom she valiantly defended us all had craftily attempted to disguise his deadly intent against the lone peace officer by lying prone and displaying apparently empty hands in plain sight. But the intrepid and highly trained paladin was never fooled for an instant – or even for the thirty full seconds during which she tazed him. Finally, in the absence of even more helpless groveling from the foul lawbreaker than he was already displaying and justifiably fearing for the safety of innocent others, she had no choice but to end the encounter in the only manner the villain deserved.
Fortunately this fine defender of the weak has been completely exonerated by a grateful and joyous jury of her lesser peers.
“(The jury) looked at it through the eyes of officer Mearkle, and they realized that that this is a tough job and she had a split second to make that decision,” said [Chris Hunt, a St. Louis area police officer who himself has been the victim of trumped-up charges of burglary]. “And (the jury) realized it was the right decision.”
And so it proved unnecessary for the falsely-accused officer’s supporters to harm any of them.
So sleep well, America. Your faithful sheepdogs are ever watchful, ever vigilant.
Rule 5 well presented, my friend. I’ve been watching this particular Murder, Inc. episode for awhile, and what strikes me is the sociopathic “why me?” crap coming from this praetorian. She is convinced that she is the victim in this, and is surprised that she must be held responsible. And yeah, bad as it may seem, your shot at the jury being under the gun (so to speak), is right on.
Holy shit, she just executed him.
Screaming “get on the ground” when he already is on the ground, over and over, then shooting him dead as he laid there?
THere are no words to describe the depravity here.
And she got a medal. The poor thing, how brave.
If I were on her jury, I’d not only find her guilty, I’d v*te the death penalty. Even if they botched her execution, it would still be kinder and less overtly murderous than what she did to that helpless man.
Her fellow cops may praise and reward her but the Internet knows her name.
That was evil, pure evil
Around here it’s usually “Stop resisting! Stop resisting!” while one brave strapping lad in blue holds the 86-pound suspected miscreant in an arm-bar face-down in a puddle of slushy mud while the other applies a tazer repeatedly to his genitals. And no one cares, so long as this stuff generally gets done to “the right people.”
Crazy old libertarians like me have been warning y’all for a while. It isn’t always going to be our melanin-enriched brethren with multiple felony convictions who get this treatment. Sooner or later the cops are going to start doing this to us too, if we let them. And if we let them, I guess we deserve it after all.
They HAVE been, nomen nescio. Erik Scott. Andrew Lee Scott. Vicki Weaver. Kelly Thomas.
And then they spout the bullshit about “only a few bad apples”. When the pigs refuse to clean out their sty, that barrel is rotten to its very core.
It will be interesting to see what happens in Baltimore since the trials for the pigs that murdered Freddie Grey are supposed to begin this month. In any hive that size, there are prospective jurors who who have a pig executed for merely looking cross-eyed at a rapist. And there are prospective jurors who would vote to acquit even if they had watched a “Law Enforcement” officer kill their two year old kid in front of their very eyes. It is the responsibility of the Defense to make sure the first type are not seated on the jury, and you can bet they’ll do their job well. It is the responsibility of the Prosecution to make sure the SECOND type are not seated on the jury. And quite frankly, that only requires ONE question:
“Do you agree that Law Enforcement officers must be held accountable to the same laws as every other citizen?”
Any hesitation in answering that question with a clear “YES!” is grounds for disqualification for cause. Wanna bet whether the DA will even ASK such a question? When she doesn’t, I hope the people of the Baltimore area burn that hive to the ground. With special emphasis on those neighborhoods where the “Law Enforcement” officers live.
And I see that a Texas judge recently got “sent a message”. Wonder if she’ll learn from that?
As a Claire link pointed out only this morning, jury selection is likely to go the other way.
“Sooner or later the cops are going to start doing this to us too, if we let them. And if we let them, I guess we deserve it after all.”
Right on target, brother.
There are a lot of bootlickers in this world. Normally you don’t notice them, but when you do it is hard not to retch.