He must like his job as a barber, he is styled himself. He is a hero to at least the community. I hope he grows to feel safe in his community again. I think there have been enough people around, even a Congressman to bring attention to the incident and he will be left alone. I hope he has good friends that will be a comfort to him. He witnessed a terrible thing. It may effect him in a few weeks when he realizes what he did to bring justice to the death of Mr. Scott, his family, his children and the community.
A few things.
From what Lawrence O'Donnell read during his show this evening it is obvious there is somewhat of a cover up. Mr. Slager never wrote a report. Officer Wilson never did either in the case of Michael Brown, Jr.. It was Mr. Slager's supervisor who didn't have first hand knowledge that wrote the report and the responding officer reported any first aid and CPR that was performed.
This "Stop Bleeding in 15 Seconds" is the only way any of these men could have survived the assault on their lives. Perhaps police officers should have these on their belt loops if they are going to be shooting people rather than chasing them.
If nothing else these devices (if they are on the market yet) should be stocked in the ambulances responding to these scenes. Maybe they'll make is there while the victim of the shooting still has some life in him.
I also saw the full length video (click here) and the CPR came far too late to do any good. Mr. Scott had already bleed out and stopped breathing. He would have been impossible to save him by the time help arrived. But, the EMTs would not necessarily know that, but, they should have asked.
No one asked Mr. Santana at the scene of the shooting if he witnessed it. They told him to move along. He later went to the police station when he realized the reports to the public were incorrect. He wanted to talk to the police. There is an innate understanding most Americans have about police. They are the folks that are suppose to get it right. We trust them.
He left when he realized it might not be a trustworthy environment at the police station. I don't blame him for being scared. He knew what happened was wrong. I would be scared, too.
I am glad the DOJ is there and I am also concerned about what they are going to find. It was more than one officer that didn't accurately report the events. The Supervisor reported what he was told, but, the responding officer to the shooting had to know something terrible happened.
If this turns out to be another city that has a significant income from fines and fees, it will make at least the third the DOJ has intervened and actually found good reason to be concerned. Albuquerque, New Mexico; Ferguson, Missouri and now North Charleston, South Carolina. That is a lot wrong and it is getting to be more representative of the methodology of police nationwide.
There are legislators that need to be very worried about the citizens of this country, especially citizens of color. Their upward mobility is being thwarted by city with insufficient budgets and when they don't cooperate in the way a police officer believes they should and they are Black men, they end up dead.
Everyone of the killings of which there is quite a list, were to be husbands or already husbands with children and at the very least, sons. They were good and decent men. Where mental health was an issue, there was medication in their homeless campsite. Considering the hostile environment they lived in and the monies siphoned off them and their families, it is fairly clear to me why they still are impoverished and even frustrated with their circumstances.
This has to end.
One other thing. About those people caught in the "money or jail scam." They should have lawyers file as a 'class' to request their monies back and their records expunged. They need to be made whole again.
A few things.
From what Lawrence O'Donnell read during his show this evening it is obvious there is somewhat of a cover up. Mr. Slager never wrote a report. Officer Wilson never did either in the case of Michael Brown, Jr.. It was Mr. Slager's supervisor who didn't have first hand knowledge that wrote the report and the responding officer reported any first aid and CPR that was performed.
This "Stop Bleeding in 15 Seconds" is the only way any of these men could have survived the assault on their lives. Perhaps police officers should have these on their belt loops if they are going to be shooting people rather than chasing them. If nothing else these devices (if they are on the market yet) should be stocked in the ambulances responding to these scenes. Maybe they'll make is there while the victim of the shooting still has some life in him.
I also saw the full length video (click here) and the CPR came far too late to do any good. Mr. Scott had already bleed out and stopped breathing. He would have been impossible to save him by the time help arrived. But, the EMTs would not necessarily know that, but, they should have asked.
No one asked Mr. Santana at the scene of the shooting if he witnessed it. They told him to move along. He later went to the police station when he realized the reports to the public were incorrect. He wanted to talk to the police. There is an innate understanding most Americans have about police. They are the folks that are suppose to get it right. We trust them.
He left when he realized it might not be a trustworthy environment at the police station. I don't blame him for being scared. He knew what happened was wrong. I would be scared, too.
I am glad the DOJ is there and I am also concerned about what they are going to find. It was more than one officer that didn't accurately report the events. The Supervisor reported what he was told, but, the responding officer to the shooting had to know something terrible happened.
If this turns out to be another city that has a significant income from fines and fees, it will make at least the third the DOJ has intervened and actually found good reason to be concerned. Albuquerque, New Mexico; Ferguson, Missouri and now North Charleston, South Carolina. That is a lot wrong and it is getting to be more representative of the methodology of police nationwide.
There are legislators that need to be very worried about the citizens of this country, especially citizens of color. Their upward mobility is being thwarted by city with insufficient budgets and when they don't cooperate in the way a police officer believes they should and they are Black men, they end up dead.
Everyone of the killings of which there is quite a list, were to be husbands or already husbands with children and at the very least, sons. They were good and decent men. Where mental health was an issue, there was medication in their homeless campsite. Considering the hostile environment they lived in and the monies siphoned off them and their families, it is fairly clear to me why they still are impoverished and even frustrated with their circumstances.
This has to end.
One other thing. About those people caught in the "money or jail scam." They should have lawyers file as a 'class' to request their monies back and their records expunged. They need to be made whole again.
