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Which one was the black man with "NO criminal record, NO warrant, NO threat to society"OK, I'll bite.
It's just slightly different when he is an escapee from a federal prison with a life sentence for murder as opposed to a black man with NO criminal record, NO warrant, NO threat to society, etc. etc. The one that was NO threat to society is dead; the one that was a convicted felon, murderer, is still alive.
But do go on and tell us how they are the same...
Two convicted murderers escape from jail. You're fishing for the race card? Really?and no one seems to be outraged.
Go figure.
Two convicted murderers escape from jail. You're fishing for the race card? Really?
Jail escape is a felony.No, we've been told that prior criminal activity doesn't matter.....and....that 'Murica now hates the police.
You always seem to be on the wrong side of things.
Jail escape is a felony.
Another impressive thread, can't wait for the next one.Doesn't matter, he was unarmed at the time and was shot in the back...
Fleeing felon is fair game. There are no explicit exceptions.Section 35.30 of the state penal code says that a police officer "in the course of effecting or attempting to effect an arrest, or of preventing or attempting to prevent the escape from custody, of a person whom he or she reasonably believes to have committed an offense, may use physical force when and to the extent he or she reasonably believes such to be necessary to effect the arrest, or to prevent the escape from custody … except that deadly physical force may be used for such purposes" under specific conditions.
One of them is when "the offense committed" by the fleeing person is "a felony … involving the use or attempted use or threatened imminent use of physical force against a person" which Sweat's original crime was. Deadly force is also permitted when the person has committed "kidnapping, arson, escape in the first degree, burglary in the first degree or any attempt to commit such a crime." Escape in the first degree is what Sweat apparently committed when he broke out of prison.
http://citylimits.org/2015/06/29/was-it-legal-for-a-cop-to-shoot-david-sweat-as-he-fled/