South Carolina Killer Pig Michael Slager uses "Jeff Sessions" defense to help get a lighter sentence
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North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager uses "Jeff Sessions" defense
A week before sentencing, CBS News has obtained a memorandum submitted to the court by the attorneys representing former North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager. In their argument for a lighter sentence the defense attorneys, Andy Savage and Donald McCune, say Slager did not lie about his conduct that day and they compare Slager's apparent memory loss to that of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, CBS News' Jeff Pegues reports.
Slager is scheduled to be sentenced next Monday, and one of the elements of the case being considered by the judge is whether he lied about his conduct and concocted a story about being attacked by Walter Scott. Scott, who was black, was shot and killed by the white police officer after a traffic stop in April 2015. In video captured by a bystander, Scott is seen running away from Slager who fired eight shots at his back.
Slager's attorneys claim expert testimony supports their assertion that memory formation, retention, and recall is affected by many factors. According to the memo, "In a danger, fear, or fight or flight situation, the chemistry affecting the brain that helps us survive also disrupts the memory…"
The defense attorneys argue that "memory is not static, and memory created under stress has many holes." The holes, they argue, are eventually filled in when outside information is incorporated with the help of having someone "fill in the blanks."
That is when Savage and McCune present their comparison to Sessions, highlighting the attorney general's testimony earlier this month, when he could not recall the Trump campaign's contacts with Russian operatives.
"As Sessions made clear in his statement, a failure to recall, or an inaccurate recollection, does not a liar make," they wrote in their brief. Screenshots of the excerpts are below:
State prosecutors failed to win a conviction -- the jury in the case deadlocked -- but Slager pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge earlier this year. Slager is to be sentenced on December 4. Legal experts are saying the sentence could range from five to 20 years.
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stringer bell wrote: »
Hate to be him right now especially where he going. I'm surprised this isn't bigger news -
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Nothing wrong with forgiveness. It actually empowers us to move forward. Holding on to bitterness only worsens our health. She cant bring her son back, so holding grudges will only be a negative at her expense. Justice has been served and she now has closure.
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The fact that he planted his taser and radioed in a false story is always skimmed over or not mentioned.
If i was the prosecution id drill that into the talking points everyday -
Should be harsher but it's a step.
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The fact that he planted his taser and radioed in a false story is always skimmed over or not mentioned.
If i was the prosecution id drill that into the talking points everyday
THIS! That ? knew exactly what he was doing.. ? him.. -
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stringer bell wrote: »
This forgiveness and "turning the other cheek" is getting out of hand.
I have no respect for Walter Scott's mother. -
radio_santana wrote: »Nothing wrong with forgiveness. It actually empowers us to move forward. Holding on to bitterness only worsens our health. She cant bring her son back, so holding grudges will only be a negative at her expense. Justice has been served and she now has closure.
So if someone murdered your loved one, you're forgiving that person?
You sound conditioned. SMH -
Meanwhile that molesting ass gymnastics coach got sentenced to 60 years today. Not saying he didn't deserve it but if he deserves 60 then this pig deserves 120
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Any loopholes?
Will his time get commuted?
I dont trust these white people -
He'll be out in 7 years with good behavior
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radio_santana wrote: »Nothing wrong with forgiveness. It actually empowers us to move forward. Holding on to bitterness only worsens our health. She cant bring her son back, so holding grudges will only be a negative at her expense. Justice has been served and she now has closure.
You don't have to forgive someone to move on. You forgive em and what took place still took place. -
Beech Oss Neega wrote: »He'll be out in 7 years with good behavior
Federal.....Good Behavior?
Hahahahahaha -
I can see trump giving him a pardon just to ? wit ? .
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THIRDSUPREME wrote: »Beech Oss Neega wrote: »He'll be out in 7 years with good behavior
Federal.....Good Behavior?
Hahahahahaha
Oh its federal? -
black caesar wrote: »stringer bell wrote: »
This forgiveness and "turning the other cheek" is getting out of hand.
I have no respect for Walter Scott's mother.
So, how did you react when your son was killed by the police?
Oh that’s right. Your son was not killed by anyone to provide you with a vantage point for how you would cope, heal, maintain, or soothe in such horrific circumstances. That lady can do whatever she wants/needs to do. -
& that undercover ? Tariq needs to keep his manicured fingers off Twitter talkin about that man’s mother. She don’t owe that ? ? .
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black caesar wrote: »radio_santana wrote: »Nothing wrong with forgiveness. It actually empowers us to move forward. Holding on to bitterness only worsens our health. She cant bring her son back, so holding grudges will only be a negative at her expense. Justice has been served and she now has closure.
So if someone murdered your loved one, you're forgiving that person?
You sound conditioned. SMH
Forgiveness isn't some magical cure all or memory cleanser. Especially in situations like this. I spoke on this before a coupke years ago when ? was all happy in a thread about a PG County cop was killed and ? were cheering giving props to a ? on some freedom fighter ? when it was really just a failed suicide attempt...you forgive so you're not walking around with that heavy of a feeling of anger in you. That ? can weigh on you. You never ever forget but you do at some point have to move on with your life and not stay stuck and for some forgiving is a part of that but that in no way means you forget or all of a sudden wanna be buddy buddy -
Forgiveness granted to anyone doesnt mean you have to be buddy buddy with them
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Tariq Nasheed is a smug ? . Old black women believe in Jesus and forgiveness. Yes, it’s stupid as hell, but if you’re a black person in America you know that’s how our grandmommas do.
But us.... we don’t need to be forgiving ? . ? that cop and all the others like him. -
radio_santana wrote: »Forgiveness granted to anyone doesnt mean you have to be buddy buddy with them
True, but ? that forgiveness ? , especially when a white supremacist doesn't ask for it. Some people just don't get it though.
