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speeding motorcycles, cop, gun, bang!

Climber said:
You mean he's gay? :laughing
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He might become gay in prison because he's GUILTY!!:thumbup

http://toledoblade.com/article/20100514/NEWS02/5140348/0/ARCHIVES
Article published May 14, 2010
Ottawa Hills police officer guilty in traffic-stop shooting


A jury found an Ottawa Hills police officer guilty Friday night of felonious assault with a firearms specification for a shooting during a traffic stop last year.

The case went to the jury on the fourth day of Officer Thomas White's trial for felonious assault with a firearms specification in the shooting of Michael McCloskey, Jr.

White, 27, showed no emotion, standing quietly with his attorney, Jerry Phillips, when the verdict was read about 7:20 p.m. The jury deliberated six hours on Friday before reaching a decision.

White was released on bond, pending sentencing set for 9 a.m. on June 21. White faces up to 11 years in prison.

Mr. Phillips would not comment and left the courtroom soon after the verdict was announced.

During closing arguments Friday morning, Jeff Lingo, an assistant Lucas County prosecutor, contended White had no justification for shooting — and permanently paralyzing — a man for a traffic violation.

"This case is not an indictment of all police officers," Mr. Lingo said. "This case is not an indictment of a police department. It is in fact a charge that resulted from the acts of a single police officer over a period of five minutes for which he acted alone and, the state feels, he should be held responsible."

Defense attorney Jerry Phillips told jurors that it made no difference whether Mr. McCloskey had committed a traffic violation or a criminal violation, whether he had a weapon or not. He said it made no difference whether Officer's White gunshot missed him, nicked him, or paralyzed him.

"Michael McCloskey was shot because White appropriately felt that either his life or the life of Officer [Christopher] Sargent was in danger at that moment," Mr. Phillips said.

He continually reminded jurors that they could not consider what happened in the early morning hours of May 23, 2009 with "20/20 vision of hindsight" but that they had to put themselves in the place of Officer White, considering only what he knew and saw and felt at the time.
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anyone know what time he has to spend? it just says up to 11years, for all that mean it could be 1day than parole
 
A Jury trial system is the only thing keeping us out of a full blown police state. That cop shot someone in the back.
 
Wonder what the charges would be had it been the biker shooting the cop :rolleyes me guesses a touch more than 11 years. Fuck government.
 
Lazerus said:
Wonder what the charges would be had it been the biker shooting the cop :rolleyes me guesses a touch more than 11 years. Fuck government.
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Oh, this one has been made clear to me since I don't even remember when.

Driver attempts to bump off another driver or motorcyclist -> police say, 'sorry nothing we can do', even with good evidence

Driver attempts to bump off a police officer -> attempted manslaughter, maximum sentence
 
MikeyRocks said:
The cop could have handled things differently, he could have shot him in the leg or something if he really felt that threatened.
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that only happens on TV shows in the movie.
afm199 said:
I suspect you never have fired a handgun.

Nonetheless, looks to me like the dude on the bike was just trying to hold up a big ass pig. If he put his hands up ( and he was not given any time to do that) it would have fallen over on him. Looks like manslaughter to me.
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My bike weighs about the same if not more than the one in the video and I have zero problems holding the bike up at a stop without hands. That being said, cop really overreacted, especially considering there was another unit on scene.

I did not see them as trying to "run" from the LEOs. Looks to me like they knew the LEO was behind them and decided to do a hard launch. They never went over the speed limit, and the one that got shot actually stopped at the next stop sign. You don't stop at stop signs when you're trying evade the po-po (or so I'm told:D). Betting the riding buddy would have stopped at the sign if he had not lost control.
 
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sliverstorm said:
Oh, this one has been made clear to me since I don't even remember when.

Driver attempts to bump off another driver or motorcyclist -> police say, 'sorry nothing we can do', even with good evidence

Driver attempts to bump off a police officer -> attempted manslaughter, maximum sentence
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Fuk that noise!
Driver doesn't stop for officer standing along side of the street = Attempted murder.:wow
 
MikeyRocks said:
The cop could have handled things differently, he could have shot him in the leg or something if he really felt that threatened.

He also could have hidden behind his door and used it as armor, or stayed in the squad car, and instruct him to turn the bike off, throw the key to the ground, get off the bike, and get on the ground.

I had an encounter with an enraged officer this past weekend that also over reacted and ended up arresting a friend for a situation that the officer provoked. I respect and admire LEO's for the job they do, but some of them need to learn how to control their rage.
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I would be floored if you could find a police force that has a policy that isn't shoot to kill.

when you need to resort to a lethal response, it is just that, Lethal.

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