Capn Circus posted...Zeeak4444 posted...
Antifar posted...
About the case in question:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/15/st-louis-tenses-for-verdict-in-murder-trial-of-former-police-officer/?utm_term=.d95283da69e6
According to the probable cause statement, Stockley was caught saying he was "going to kill this motherfucker, don't you know it" and was heard telling another officer to drive into Smith's slowing car.
The court document, submitted by the St. Louis circuit attorney, said Stockley then approached Smith's window and fired five times into the car, hitting Smith "with each shot" and killing him. In addition, prosecutors say, there was a gun found in Smith's car, but it was later determined to only have DNA from Stockley.
Judge Timothy Wilson, the circuit judge who heard the case in a bench trial, acquitted Stockley on the murder charge as well as a charge of armed criminal action in a 30-page order released Friday morning.
Wilson wrote that he was "simply not firmly convinced" of Stockley's guilt, saying that "agonizingly," he went over the case's evidence repeatedly. Ultimately, Wilson said, he was not convinced that the state proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Stockley "did not act in self-defense," as the former officer had said.
Yup, only CEs typical red hat circle jerk will defend this.
Or how about the court of law that carefully examined all evidence?
He was involved in a high speed chase. People can get tense and say figurative things like that. Unfortunately, it came true---only after the inspanidual pulled a gun on the officer.
I'm sure you'll say "No, he didn't pull a gun on him! He was an upstanding citizen who just happened to be fleeing police at a high speed"
Why would he say, "I'm going to kill this motherfucker"?