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    MTAAndy Cush
    12/03/14 2:36pm

    I don't understand— was the prosecutor working for the defense? How did this happen?

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      charlie418MTA
      12/03/14 2:46pm

      Right? It seems like prosecutors are protecting the police officers in these cases. I always heard that "prosecutors could get a grand jury to indict a sandwich." I guess unless that sandwich is a cop who killed a black person.

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      ╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯< Woke and BokeMTA
      12/03/14 2:47pm

      Well, yes, basically they're part of the same fascist system.

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    HumptyDumpedYouAndy Cush
    12/03/14 2:32pm

    Jesus Christ. I expected this type of shit from Missouri, but New Yorkers get your shit together. The officer used a banned hold and killed a guy on camera. This isn't complicated.

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      DarnellTwigleyHumptyDumpedYou
      12/03/14 2:36pm

      The fact that you think New Yorkers are above this "type of shit" is laughable. Give me a break.

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      kumfinemyyburnerHumptyDumpedYou
      12/03/14 2:39pm

      It's Staten Island, whole different story there.

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    Donald PumpAndy Cush
    12/03/14 2:34pm

    How many people do the police have to kill before this stops? When is enough enough?

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      JoshDigiDonald Pump
      12/03/14 2:39pm

      If the people they are killing aren't white then half the population will continue to root for cops to kill the people they were sworn to protect.

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      OMG!PONIES!Donald Pump
      12/03/14 2:40pm

      The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.

      The answer is blowing in the wind.

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    BrossarianAndy Cush
    12/03/14 2:33pm

    Killer Cop Walks Free

    Unfortunately, this headline could be recycled over and over again. Never seems to change.

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      tdgrimBrossarian
      12/03/14 4:34pm

      Perhaps overuse of the headline has a negative impact. Sites like this are quick to blow things out of proportion (not this case, not saying that, I believe this cop should have been charged), so when it actually does happen and should be a big deal... it doesn't have the heavy impact it should. It's The Gawker (and other outlets) Who Cried 'Wolf!', and worse, won't admit when they're wrong.

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      Your New Friendtdgrim
      12/03/14 6:02pm

      Praytell, when was this headline used incorrectly?

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    TraceAndy Cush
    12/03/14 2:46pm

    Of all the stories that came out about cops being awful, I had some hope this one might come out as something more than 'lol nope cop walks free' because of the evidence. Egg on my face, I guess.

    I think the question at this point now is 'what does a cop need to do TO actually get trouble?' because at this point it looks like you have free reign to do whatever you want and call it self defense.

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      RedWriterTrace
      12/03/14 3:01pm

      Bassguitarhero had a great comment about this. Here's what stuck out for me:

      What people WANT when they talk about body cameras for cops is, "If this footage gets out, then the prosecutors will have to take action and then a court will try them and then they'll be found guilty and that'll clean up the department."

      You can do that NOW. You don't need cameras. You just need to TRY THEM. You need trials and you need prosecutors willing to bring charges against cops. Without that, it doesn't matter how many cameras you have, because the real thing here is *legal accountability* and just throwing cameras into the mix doesn't change that.

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      TraceRedWriter
      12/03/14 3:21pm

      And I totally agree with that sentiment, because it's extremely clear at this point that no matter what you lob at police officers, if there's this wall of bullshit to penetrate, it's not going to stick and they're going to be absolutely fine way too often.


      It's just...how do we change this? I pose this to anyone, really. That's what I keep wondering to myself, because everything feels really hopeless at this point. People are demonstrating daily but people still don't seem to care. and eventually it disappears until the next bullshit starts reeking up the place.


      What's it going to take? Can anything actually make things better? You would think they'd be more wary about coming off as accomodating to bad police officers with how many are angry, but apparently they don't give two shits because they know they'll get away with it.


      I want to believe everyone can agree officers who legitimately step out of line should be punished or at least be properly tried like anyone else who was part of a suspicious death, but I feel like there's way too many people who constantly will side with the police no matter what.

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    Hip Brooklyn StereotypeAndy Cush
    12/03/14 2:33pm

    Both unsurprising and infuriating. I'm done.

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      El_GodinezHip Brooklyn Stereotype
      12/03/14 2:36pm

      I just spent 3 minutes trying to figure out what to say... I'm with you.

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      Hip Brooklyn StereotypeEl_Godinez
      12/03/14 2:44pm

      It took me about the same just to write what I did. There are no words at this point.

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    ╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯< Woke and BokeAndy Cush
    12/03/14 2:39pm

    Jesus Fucking Christ, not even involuntary manslaughter? What kind of evidence did the prosecutor present to the grand jury? An MS Paint drawing?

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      RedWriter╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯< Woke and Boke
      12/03/14 2:46pm

      This one:

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      Charlie's Misplaced Staple╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯< Woke and Boke
      12/03/14 3:06pm

      I'm very, very surprised they didn't get the involuntary manslaughter. I'm not surprised in the least they didn't get anything much more than that (the chokehold is not crucial to the case (as others have said, it is improper, but not illegal). But not getting 12 of 23 for the involuntary manslaughter leaves me baffled.

      I'm only partially mollified that there are likely no 23 people who know more about this case than the grand jury, and if there are, I'm certainly not one of them. But this requires some real answers, and unlike Michael Brown's case, the civil case against the officers/P.D. is almost certainly going to be powerfully strong. Until I hear more, I'm really quite sad about this.

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    JVBaseballSuperstarAndy Cush
    12/03/14 2:33pm

    The American Legal System to black people- "Fuck You."

    This has not been a good few weeks for the credibility of our legal system. Hopefully it's showing a lot of people what some of us have known for years.

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      Flm3454JVBaseballSuperstar
      12/03/14 3:13pm

      Even more, the system tells us that our government workers can do whatever the hell they want and it's legitimized. That's incredibly terrifying.

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    DWMitchAndy Cush
    12/03/14 2:34pm

    This is proof that police body cameras won't solve shit. This was recorded and it still didn't matter.

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      BlatheringAndy Cush
      12/03/14 2:33pm

      I just...I can't. I'm so fed up with the devaluation of human life and the idolization of the police that I have nothing left.

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        SosidityBlathering
        12/03/14 2:42pm

        So overwhelmingly frustrating.

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