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Posted: 12/12/2013 6:22:17 AM EDT
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Meh, the little feller was down after the first body slam, the second was excessive. I say good slam for #1, bad slam for #2.
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You be the judge. Seems a little excessive to me, given his size. No clue why it won't embed. Link View Quote It seems excessive until a little shit like that stabs you. |
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Inmates reason for being in jail : McClain ? who had been in custody since May 28 on misdemeanor charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and consuming malt beverage on public property ? was taken to WakeMed, where he remained on life support until his death on June 17.
Now he's dead. |
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If it's deemed a good slam, I doubt he will have any problems with the inmates that witnessed that.
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Not excessive IMHO. In the passion of the moment surrounded by a lot of baddies.
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Inmate got in his face, he pushed the inmate away and the inmate attacked. Inmate gets dropped on floor twice and not beaten to a pulp. I don't see any criminal intent to kill the inmate, only subdue him quickly while in close proximity to other roaming inmates.
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Looked like he gave him a good thrashing...because the guy was little and he could.
If it was a normal sized guy he probably would have never done that first push...he just knew he was going to sent the little shit flying backwards, so he did it. Little shit has probably been picked on his whole life for being a genetic pile of shit, and reacted. After the hulk smash, CO thought it was really easy and kind of fun (like dwarf tossing) so he did another. |
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Inmate got in his face, he pushed the inmate away and the inmate attacked. Inmate gets dropped on floor twice and not beaten to a pulp. I don't see any criminal intent to kill the inmate, only subdue him quickly while in close proximity to other roaming inmates. Good. View Quote Yeah. The little doggie wanted to show how badass he was... and he did. |
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The con would not have even been in there if he hadn't been a drug user.
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Seems like a simple rule to me, some people are too ignorant for their own good and they wind up dead for their trouble.
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the con never touched him before the first blow. View Quote Watch again, inmate poked him in the chest and then was wagging his finger in his face. The officer pushed him away and the inmate came back swinging. Good slam IMO although the inmate never should have been an inmate based on his charges. |
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It seems excessive until a little shit like that stabs you. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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You be the judge. Seems a little excessive to me, given his size. No clue why it won't embed. Link It seems excessive until a little shit like that stabs you. Or someone else comes from behind and stabs you. He did the right thing. |
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Says the guard was "just trying to subdue him" with the second slam - that was him trying to teach the little dude a lesson - then oops, he died... First slam was ok in my book, he should be held accountable for the second.
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Good smash..........albeit certainly sad. I heard the lil' guy was just getting his life back on track.
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No way to judge that without being in the same situation. Totally different watching it after the fact.
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Considering how little effort it took to shove him 10ft away, I see no reason for the head first body slam. Not to mention he looks to be unconscious for the second slam. View Quote Have you ever been in a physical altercation? Once your adrenaline dumps you can't just turn it off. I feel the officer showed great restraint by stopping after the second slam. |
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I've never done corrections, but I could see that officer was in a bad position being alone and surrounded by prisoners.
As far as the use of force, prisoner who's 119lbs got in the officers face, officer pushed him (half way across the room at that), and the little prisoner goes back and hits him. I'm kinda thinking that little guy didn't learn he was a lot weaker. What did he expect would happen? Now the Officer didn't have to go all Hulk smash twice. I think the first toss down subdued the prisoner. I could see the jury going either way on this. |
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Quoted: Have you ever been in a physical altercation? Once your adrenaline dumps you can't just turn it off. I feel the officer showed great restraint by stopping after the second slam. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Considering how little effort it took to shove him 10ft away, I see no reason for the head first body slam. Not to mention he looks to be unconscious for the second slam. Have you ever been in a physical altercation? Once your adrenaline dumps you can't just turn it off. I feel the officer showed great restraint by stopping after the second slam. Plus, it's not like they were at a picnic or something. It's jail, housed with violent offenders, to which the corrections officer was definitely surrounded and outnumbered. I'm surprised nothing more happened. |
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Death by cop. Somehow I really don't have a problem with it.
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Or someone else comes from behind and stabs you. He did the right thing. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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You be the judge. Seems a little excessive to me, given his size. No clue why it won't embed. Link It seems excessive until a little shit like that stabs you. Or someone else comes from behind and stabs you. He did the right thing. Or what if the little inmate morphed into 4 little inmates with machetes for arms. I get what you guys are saying but whether the CO was right or wrong you got to judge his actions on what actually occurred, and not the what ifs. |
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Watch again, inmate poked him in the chest and then was wagging his finger in his face. The officer pushed him away and the inmate came back swinging. Good slam IMO although the inmate never should have been an inmate based on his charges. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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the con never touched him before the first blow. Watch again, inmate poked him in the chest and then was wagging his finger in his face. The officer pushed him away and the inmate came back swinging. Good slam IMO although the inmate never should have been an inmate based on his charges. This is what I wanted to post after watching the video. |
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good slam, I'm not going to second guess a guy surrounded by inmates.
sad for the guy who got slammed, but a little guy shouldn't be playing the badass. |
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I'll be using this video to illustrate disparity of force in my CCW classes.
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It depends.
If the first slam killed the prisoner, it's self-defense. If the 2nd slam killed the prisoner, it's murder. After the first slam, there was absolutely no need for the 2nd. |
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I see a detention officer punch him in face and throw him to ground twice.
Perp was definitely in officers personal space, but it looks like officer punched him without a good cause. The punch set off the chain of events. I see an officer assaulting then killing a guy. |
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Watch again, inmate poked him in the chest and then was wagging his finger in his face. The officer pushed him away and the inmate came back swinging. Good slam IMO although the inmate never should have been an inmate based on his charges. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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the con never touched him before the first blow. Watch again, inmate poked him in the chest and then was wagging his finger in his face. The officer pushed him away and the inmate came back swinging. Good slam IMO although the inmate never should have been an inmate based on his charges. Fight or flight does odd things to people. Easy to say after the fact, adrenaline pumping, room full of inmates, surrounded, I say good slam. The last thing you want is for some other inmate to get in the action. |
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Or what if the little inmate morphed into 4 little inmates with machetes for arms. I get what you guys are saying but whether the CO was right or wrong you got to judge his actions on what actually occurred, and not the what ifs. View Quote Totality of circumstances. That whole thing could very well have turned really badly for all involved. The CO putting the first belligerent down quickly and positively when he will be outnumbered 55-1 if the mob mentality switch gets turned on was the right thing to do. |
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Gotta figure, if someone steps to a CO, they need to be put down hard. Otherwise the other mutts might start getting ideas.
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The inmate dictated the force, but there is a thing called threat vs officer. I am not gonna sit here and Monday-morning quarterback the situation. None of us were there and who knows what the inmate was saying to the other inmates. IE (Help me kill this guy). It's a tragedy for all involved.
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I see a detention officer punch push him in face away and throw him to ground twice. Perp was definitely in officers personal space, but it looks like officer punched pushed him without a good cause. The punch push set off the chain of events. I see an officer assaulting then killing a guy. View Quote Fixed. Watch the video again. The CO could have been in-bounding a basketball. There was no punch. |
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Inmate got in his face, he pushed the inmate away and the inmate attacked. Inmate gets dropped on floor twice and not beaten to a pulp. I don't see any criminal intent to kill the inmate, only subdue him quickly while in close proximity to other roaming inmates. Good. View Quote 2nd body slam certainly gets your attention but the inmate made the decision to come back at the guard. I like how the defense attorney says the guard was a football player, as if that has anything to do with what went on. As far as the guards size goes I was not aware that a confrontation between prison guards and inmates should only between two people of equal size to make it fair. I certainly hope the jury sees it for what it is. |
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