Cop askes man for I.D., man grabs I.D. as instructed, cop shoots man

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Cop askes man for I.D., man grabs I.D. as instructed, cop shoots man

September 25, 2014

By Shepard Ambellas | Intellihub.com



Cop may get what he deserves



Sean Groubert, 31, a South Carolina State Trooper with a medal of valor, has been charged with aggravated assault and battery after shooting an innocent man who was merely grabbing his wallet and I.D. as the cop instructed.

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Yet they still vehemently defend the Right To Bear Arms (which is also a very ambiguous clause, as hase previously been discussed in these forums).

With such a Gun Culture, all it serves to do is to hype the level of paranoia among everyone.
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assault and battery what about attempted murder or are they protecting their own

one law for cops one for the public
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Unbelievable, on the news I saw the guy was apologising as the Policeman was shooting him, asking him what did I do wrong.

I thought I knew more than this until I opened my mouth
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Amazing. The guy pops off four caps on the guy at 5 feet, and only hits him once.

The don't train their troopers very well in South Carolina.

This should be a training video for cops It has so many points of what NOT to do during a traffic stop. (Not to mention that is was not even a traffic stop.)
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One perfect example of the benefits of in car video, to all concerned.

I can see how the Officer might have seen it as a threat, but in so doing that would have to be excessivly paranoid. From the start he had the positional advantage, and if the driver had have produced a weapon, then the cop would have easily been in the position to get in the first shot.

One thing that I'm curious about though, is that all in car video footage I've seen before has included the watermarking identifying the time, date, vehicle ID etc., or has this simply been cropped out, and if so, why, because it also narrows the range of coverage.

Plus is the bonnet (hood) a typical design of a marked Police Car? Once again, footage I have seen previously show them as being 'squareish', whereas this one seems more streamlined, with no markings visible. Was it, therefore, a marked Police Car?
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FourPart;1466006 wrote: One perfect example of the benefits of in car video, to all concerned.

I can see how the Officer might have seen it as a threat, but in so doing that would have to be excessivly paranoid. From the start he had the positional advantage, and if the driver had have produced a weapon, then the cop would have easily been in the position to get in the first shot.

One thing that I'm curious about though, is that all in car video footage I've seen before has included the watermarking identifying the time, date, vehicle ID etc., or has this simply been cropped out, and if so, why, because it also narrows the range of coverage.

Plus is the bonnet (hood) a typical design of a marked Police Car? Once again, footage I have seen previously show them as being 'squareish', whereas this one seems more streamlined, with no markings visible. Was it, therefore, a marked Police Car?


Police departments buy cars from various manufacturers. That hood looks like it is a Dodge Charger, I think. One of the popular cars of late for police departments.

As for the camera, many do show a date/time stamp. Curious that this one does not.

The cop should have started with asking the guy to step away from his car, then asked him where his ID was. He simply said, "Let me see you license, please." The guy turned back to his car to retrieve his ID, and the cop panicked, grabbed his gun and went into defense mode. That cop definitely needs more training before they turn him loose solo again.
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