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NATION/WORLD Thursday, April 9, 2015 East Oregonian Page 7A Police shooting video inflames debate 7VDUQDHYJXLOW\RI DOOFKDUJHVLQ%RVWRQ Marathon bombing Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The fatal shooting of a black man UXQQLQJIURPDZKLWHSROLFHRI¿FHULQ- ÀDPHGWKHQDWLRQ¶VGHEDWHRYHUSROLFH use of force Wednesday, and the mayor DQG SROLFH FKLHI RI 6RXWK &DUROLQD¶V third-largest city said they were “sick- HQHG´E\ZKDWDE\VWDQGHU¶VYLGHRUH- YHDOHG 7KHRI¿FHUZKRKDVEHHQFKDUJHG ZLWKPXUGHUZDV¿UHGDQGWKHPD\RU said he ordered enough body cameras IRUHYHU\RI¿FHURQWKHVWUHHW%XWWKDW did little to quell the outrage of an an- JU\ FURZG DW 1RUWK &KDUOHVWRQ¶V &LW\ +DOO DQG WKH RI¿FLDOV ZHUH VKRXWHG down by protesters calling for justice. 7KHRI¿FHUUHSRUWHGWKDWKH¿UHGLQ self-defense after the suspect he pulled RYHU6DWXUGD\IRUDEURNHQEUDNHOLJKW grabbed his stun gun. Police shared his YHUVLRQZLWKWKHSXEOLFDQGSURPLVHGD IXOOLQYHVWLJDWLRQ %XW WKH RI¿FHU¶V VWRU\ TXLFNO\ XQ- UDYHOHG DIWHU D QHUYRXV E\VWDQGHU¶V VKDN\YLGHRZDVVKDUHGZLWKWKHGHDG PDQ¶VIDPLO\DQGWKHQWKHZRUOG It shows Patrolman Michael Thom- DV 6ODJHU ¿ULQJ UHSHDWHGO\ DW :DOWHU Lamer Scott as the unarmed 50-year- ROGWULHVWRÀHH 7KHYLGHREHJLQVZLWKZKDWDSSHDUV WR EH D EULHI SK\VLFDO DOWHUFDWLRQ RYHU WKH RI¿FHU¶V 7DVHU ZKLFK IDOOV WR WKH JURXQGVKRUWO\EHIRUHWKHRI¿FHUSXOOV RXWKLV*ORFNSLVWRODQG¿UHVHLJKWWLPHV Scott then crumples to the ground about 30 feet away. Not once in the moments before or during the shooting can the RI¿FHUEHKHDUG\HOOLQJ³VWRS´RUWHOOLQJ the man to surrender. 0RPHQWV ODWHU WKH RI¿FHU LV VHHQ walking back and picking up what ap- pears to be the Taser, then returning to GURSLWDW6FRWW¶VIHHWDVDQRWKHURI¿FHU DUULYHVWRFKHFNWKHG\LQJPDQ¶VFRQ- dition. 7KH YLGHR FKDQJHG HYHU\WKLQJ DX- WKRULWLHVDQGDGYRFDWHVVDLG:HGQHVGD\ ³:KDWLIWKHUHZDVQRYLGHR":KDW LIWKHUHZDVQRZLWQHVVRUµKHUR¶DV, FDOO KLP WR FRPH IRUZDUG"´ / &KULV 6WHZDUW D ODZ\HU IRU WKH GHDG PDQ¶V family, told The Associated Press. “We GLGQ¶WNQRZKHH[LVWHG+HFDPHRXWRI the blue.” Slager was promptly abandoned by his attorney and charged with murder DIWHUWKHYLGHRZDVPDGHSXEOLFE\WKH VODLQPDQ¶VIDPLO\7XHVGD\DIWHUQRRQ Mayor Keith Summey announced WKDWWKHRI¿FHUZDVLPPHGLDWHO\¿UHG DQGWKDWKH¶VRUGHULQJPRUHERG\ FDPHUDVVRWKDWHYHU\XQLIRUPHGRI¿- cer on the street will wear one, a key GHPDQG RI WKH %ODFN /LYHV 0DWWHU PRYHPHQWWKDWLVJURZLQJQDWLRQZLGH ³, KDYH ZDWFKHG WKH YLGHR $QG I was sickened by what I saw. And , KDYH QRW ZDWFKHG LW VLQFH´ 3ROLFH Chief Eddie Driggers said. The news conference was meant to quiet the uproar, but both the mayor and chief were interrupted by chants of “no justice, no peace” and other shouted ques- tions they said they could not answer. Outside City Hall, local organizer 0XKL\GLQ'¶%DKDUHSHDWHGO\KROOHUHG “Eight shots in the back!” through a bullhorn. The crowd yelled, “In the back!” in response, aiming to coin a new phrase to supplant the “hands up, GRQ¶W VKRRW´ UHIUDLQ WKDW JUHZ RXW RI AP Photo/Courtesy of L. Chris Stewart In this April 4 frame from video provided by Attorney L. Chris Stewart representing the family of Walter Lamer Scott, Scott runs away from city patrolman Michael Thomas Slager, right, in North Charleston, S.C. IS THERE A FEDERAL STANDARD TO JUDGE USE OF FORCE? <HV7KH6XSUHPH&RXUWKHOGLQDFDVH*UDKDPY&RQQRUWKDWWKH DSSURSULDWHQHVVRIXVHRIIRUFHE\RI¿FHUV³PXVWEHMXGJHGIURPWKHSHUVSHF- WLYHRIDUHDVRQDEOHRI¿FHURQWKHVFHQH´UDWKHUWKDQHYDOXDWHGWKURXJK hindsight. 7KDWVWDQGDUGLVGHVLJQHGWRWDNHLQWRDFFRXQWWKDWSROLFHRI¿FHUVDUHIUH- TXHQWO\DVNHGWRPDNHVSOLWVHFRQGGHFLVLRQVGXULQJIDVWHYROYLQJFRQIURQWD- WLRQVDQGVKRXOGQRWEHVXEMHFWWRRYHUO\KDUVKVHFRQGJXHVVLQJ7KH-XVWLFH Department cited that legal threshold last month when it declined to prose- FXWHIRUPHU)HUJXVRQ0LVVRXULSROLFHRI¿FHU'DUUHQ:LOVRQLQWKHVKRRWLQJ death last summer of an unarmed black 18-year-old. CAN POLICE OFFICERS SHOOT AT FLEEING INDIVIDUALS? 2QO\LQYHU\QDUURZFLUFXPVWDQFHV$VHPLQDO6XSUHPH&RXUWFDVH 7HQQHVVHHYV*DUQHUKHOGWKDWWKHSROLFHPD\QRWVKRRWDWDÀHHLQJSHUVRQ XQOHVVWKHRI¿FHUUHDVRQDEO\EHOLHYHVWKDWWKHLQGLYLGXDOSRVHVDVLJQL¿FDQW SK\VLFDOGDQJHUWRWKHRI¿FHURURWKHUVLQWKHFRPPXQLW\7KDWPHDQVRI¿FHUV DUHH[SHFWHGWRWDNHRWKHUOHVVGHDGO\DFWLRQGXULQJDIRRWRUFDUSXUVXLWXQ- less the person being chased is seen as an immediate safety risk. ,QRWKHUZRUGVDSROLFHRI¿FHUZKR¿UHVDWDÀHHLQJPDQZKRDPRPHQW HDUOLHUPXUGHUHGDFRQYHQLHQFHVWRUHFOHUNPD\KDYHUHDVRQDEOHJURXQGVWR DUJXHWKDWWKHVKRRWLQJZDVMXVWL¿HG%XWLIWKDWVDPHUREEHUQHYHU¿UHGKLV RZQZHDSRQWKHRI¿FHUZRXOGOLNHO\KDYHDPXFKKDUGHUDUJXPHQW ³<RXGRQ¶WVKRRWÀHHLQJIHORQV<RXDSSUHKHQGWKHPXQOHVVWKHUHDUHH[- igent circumstances — emergencies — that require urgent police action to safeguard the community as a whole,” said Greg Gilbertson, a police practic- HVH[SHUWDQGFULPLQDOMXVWLFHSURIHVVRUDW&HQWUDOLD&ROOHJHLQ:DVKLQJWRQ state. RWKHURI¿FHULQYROYHGNLOOLQJV 6FRWW¶VIDPLO\DQG6WHZDUWDSSHDOHG to keep protests peaceful, saying the murder charge shows the system is working in this case so far. %XW6WHZDUWGRHVSODQWRVXHSROLFH DQGVDLGWKH\DFWHGGHFLVLYHO\RQO\EH- FDXVHRIWKHYLGHRZKLFKZDVUHFRUGHG E\DZKLVSHULQJPDQZKRWULHGWRDYRLG WKHRI¿FHUV¶DWWHQWLRQDVKHSHHUHGRYHU a chain-link fence into the empty lot where Scott died. That man, Fayden Santana, told 1%& RQ :HGQHVGD\ WKDW KH DS- proached the scene because he noticed Slager controlling Scott on the ground and heard the sound of a Taser before Scott got loose and ran away. “I remember the police had control of the situation,” Santana said. “He had control of Scott. And Scott was trying just to get away from the Taser.” /RFDOSROLFHWXUQHGRYHUWKHLQYHV- tigation to state law enforcement. The YLGHR DOVR SURPSWHG WKH )%, DQG WKH -XVWLFH'HSDUWPHQW¶VFLYLOULJKWVSURV- ecutors to announce a federal probe Wednesday. 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Slager then re- FRYHUVWKHREMHFWDQGGURSVLWQHDUWKH ERG\ DV D EODFN RI¿FHU DSSURDFKHV 7KHQKHSLFNVLWXSDJDLQDVWKHRI¿- cers talk. %26721 $3 ² ']- KRNKDU 7VDUQDHY ZDV FRQYLFWHG RQ DOO FKDUJHV :HGQHVGD\ LQ WKH %RVWRQ Marathon bombing by a jury that will now decide wheth- er the 21-year-old should EH H[HFXWHG RU VKRZQ PHU- cy for what his lawyer says was a crime masterminded by his big brother. The former college stu- GHQWIROGHGKLVDUPV¿GJHW- ed and looked down at the defense table in federal court as he listened to one JXLOW\ YHUGLFW DIWHU DQRWKHU on all 30 counts against him, including conspiracy and deadly use of a weapon of PDVVGHVWUXFWLRQ6HYHQWHHQ of those counts are punish- able by death. 7KHYHUGLFWUHDFKHGDIWHU a day and a half of deliber- ations, was practically a IRUHJRQH FRQFOXVLRQ JLYHQ KLVODZ\HU¶VVWDUWOLQJDGPLV- VLRQDWWKHWULDO¶VRXWVHWWKDW 7VDUQDHYFDUULHGRXWWKHWHU- ror attack with his now-dead older brother, Tamerlan. The two shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bombs that H[SORGHGQHDUWKH¿QLVKOLQH on April 15, 2013, killed three spectators and wound- ed more than 260 other peo- ple, turning the traditionally celebratory home stretch of the world-famous race into a scene of carnage and putting the city on edge for days. 7VDUQDHY ZDV IRXQG UH- sponsible not only for those deaths but for the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of 7HFKQRORJ\ SROLFH RI¿FHU who was gunned down days later. “Guilty like we all knew he would be. Great jurors,” said Sydney Corcoran, who nearly bled to death after VKUDSQHO VHYHUHG D PDMRU artery. .DUHQ%UDVVDUGZKRVXI- fered wounds on her legs, VDLG³,W¶VQRWDKDSS\RFFD- VLRQ EXW LW¶V VRPHWKLQJ One more step behind us.” 6KH VDLG 7VDUQDHY DS- peared “arrogant” and un- interested during the trial, DQG VKH ZDVQ¶W VXUSULVHG when she saw no remorse RQ KLV IDFH DV WKH YHUGLFWV were read. She refused to VD\ZKHWKHUVKHEHOLHYHVKH GHVHUYHV WKH GHDWK SHQDOW\ but she rejected the defense argument that he was simply IROORZLQJKLVEURWKHU¶VOHDG “He was in college. He was a grown man who knew what the consequences ZRXOGEH´%UDVVDUGVDLG³, EHOLHYH KH ZDV µDOO LQ¶ ZLWK Tsarnaev “Guilty, like we all knew he would be. Great jurors.” — Sydney Corcoran, Seriously injured in the Boston Marathon bombing the brother.” 7VDUQDHY¶V ODZ\HUV OHIW the courthouse without commenting. ,Q WKH WULDO¶V QH[W SKDVH which could begin as ear- ly as Monday, the jury will KHDUHYLGHQFHRQZKHWKHUKH should get the death penalty or spend the rest of his life in prison. ,QDELGWRVDYHKLPIURP a death sentence, defense attorney Judy Clarke has DUJXHGWKDW7VDUQDHYIHOOXQ- GHUWKHLQÀXHQFHRIKLVUDG- icalized brother. She repeat- edly referred to Dzhokhar — then 19 — as a “kid” and a “teenager.” “If not for Tamerlan, it ZRXOG QRW KDYH KDSSHQHG´ she told the jury during clos- ing arguments. 3URVHFXWRUV KRZHY- er, portrayed the brothers — ethnic Chechens who PRYHG WR WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV from Russia more than a de- cade ago — as full partners in a brutal and coldblooded SODQ WR SXQLVK WKH 86 IRU its wars in Muslim coun- tries. Jihadist writings, lec- WXUHVDQGYLGHRVZHUHIRXQG on both their computers, though the defense argued that Tamerlan downloaded the material and sent it to his brother. 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