According to MSNBC (which tends to swing extremely and often unnecessarily left), the assistant DA presented an outdated law (declared unconstitutional in 1985) to the jury to aid them in their decision in this case, claiming that it was legal for an officer in Missouri to shoot a fleeing suspect.
Is there any actual truth to this?
If so, then we've got ourselves an even bigger mess.
The victim was unarmed and harming nobody. The police officer fired but did not call for an ambulance. He is described as a "rookie" patrolling with his gun drawn. This is so unreal, it's hard to imagine.
[b]pittrek wrote: [/b] Does anybody know if this is real or fake? [url=http://vara.gulas.sme.sk/upload/posts/5/74/74695/large_extra/26e931b5dd127c86844f53e943b14ee0.jpg]http://vara.gulas.sme.sk/upload/posts/5/74/74695/large_extra/26e931b5dd127c86844f53e943b14ee0.jpg[/url][/QUOTE]
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It's a fake. [url=http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/fergusonsign.asp]http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/fergusonsign.asp[/url]
Although the above-displayed photograph
does depict three protesters standing outside a fire department in Ferguson, Missouri, the wording on the sign has been altered. The original photograph was taken by Mitch Ryals and was published in the Riverfront Times on 1 October
2014; it documents the message on the sign carried by the center protester actually read: "No mother should have to fear for her son's life every time he leaves home":