
“‘What they decided … was that Officer Randall Kerrick did his job,’ summarized his attorney, George Laughrun, after a grand jury in North Carolina refused to indict Kerrick for manslaughter in the death of Jonathan Ferrell. ‘Regretfully, it cost the life of Jonathan Ferrell. But he did his job.’ Some version of this formulaic response is uttered by cops, their superiors, or their attorneys anytime an officer is exonerated after an on-duty killing under dubious circumstances. In this case, the victim, an unarmed 24-year-old man with no criminal record, was shot ten times while he was asking the police for help.”
http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/a-cop-job-kill-without-cause-or-consequences/
Related posts:
Occupy debt-relief campaign buys, forgives $100,000 worth of debt
Zimbabwe adopts Chinese yuan as legal tender
Medical Apps: Improving Healthcare on a Global Scale
Can New UK Health Czar Cure NHS's 'Enormous Sickness'?
Secret Bitcoin mining code added to e-sports software sparks outrage
What Will Software Eat Next?
In Writing, the Justification Used by Obama to Kill Americans
South America Gets Its First Bitcoin ATM
You’re Much More Likely to Be Killed By Lightning than by a Terrorist
After Boston: Arrest Kerry and the Neo-Cons!
Judge 'Troubled' by DOJ Position in Drone Strike Case
CIA Dismissed Snowden After Suspecting Him of Internal Hacking
The World’s Email Encryption Software Relies on One Guy
Woman dies after genital kick from LAPD officer
Thieves drain 2FA-protected bank accounts by abusing mobile networks