Police Dept series: This police chief, on the left, tried to use Stand Your Ground as his defense for killing this man, on the right, who came in to protest a ticket. Thankfully it didnt work! Sounds like the prosecutor actually presented a case to the grand jury! The media always says white or black. This is how the racism is inserted in the stories before we can even find out what happened. The Story: A white man who was the police chief in a small South Carolina town has finally been charged with murder in the 2011 shooting death of an unarmed black man after being denied a stand your ground defense. Richard Combs worked in Eutawville when 54-year-old Bernard Bailey, a retired corrections officer, came to the Town Hall to complain about a ticket his daughter had received over a broken taillight in May 2011. Following an argument, Combs issued Bailey an obstruction of justice warrant, and Bailey stormed out of the building Bailey got into his truck in the parking lot and began backing up as Combs opened the drivers door of the pick-up. The chief told investigators he felt his safety was threatened and began firing his gun. Combs fatally shot Bailey twice in the chest and once in the shoulder. After a delayed investigation, a grand jury indicted Combs on Wednesday, the same day a New York grand jury refused to indict an officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man. The indictment against Combs says the former police chief unlawfully used deadly force ... shooting and killing Bernard Bailey, when deadly force was not necessary, during the confrontation, according to The Times and Democrat. There was no need for Mr. Combs to act as he did on May 2, 2011, when Mr. Bailey refused service, as Mr. Combs expected would happen, the order stated. Mr. Combs should have allowed Mr. Bailey to leave and enlisted the assistance of other officers or serve the warrant at court as originally planned. Combs was placed on administrative leave after the shooting. He was eventually fired. If found guilty, Combs faces up to 10 years in prison. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2860823/SC-cop-charged-murder-unarmed-man-shooting.html#ixzz3KzP4U4Zj Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook Read dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2860823/SC-cop-charged-murder-unarmed-man-shooting.html
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 03:10:30 +0000
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