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More than 50 cameras caught Christopher Magee, a police officer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, brutally shooting a black man named Carlos Harris to death in the parking lot of a night club three years ago. Now, Harris's family is suing the police for negligence and wrongful death, which could cost Baton Rouge taxpayers up to 2 million dollars, according to reports.
The shooting occurred after Magee reportedly responded to a call regarding reckless driving in the parking lot of Club Insomnia. Magee arrested the responsible driver-- Harris' friend Ryan Dominique-- when he arrived on the scene. Then, Magee told Harris to move Dominique's car. According to a witness who spoke with the local news station WBRZ News 2, Harris told the officer he was drunk and would rather not move the vehicle, but the officer forced him to go through with it.
Video footage shows Harris bumping several other vehicles, including police vehicles, in the parking lot in his attempt to move the car. As Harris drives the car forward away from Magee, the officer opens fire from behind, killing him. Harris was unarmed and other officers on the scene can be heard warning Magee not to shoot.
"Don't draw... too many people," one officer can be heard shouting.Magee was not charged or in any way penalized for shooting Harris. According to WBRZ he was cleared of all wrongdoing, did not have to attend any additional training and is still with the Baton Rouge Police Department. The BRPD police chief would not comment on the story to WBRZ because the case was pending litigation. [ video ]
Is he not aware that it's the 21st Century and EVERYBODY carries a video camera? Furthermore, it's not the best example of justice that they are showing the world.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 28 2014, @08:49PM
Lagg is whining - "trying his best not to nitpick" but then goes ahead and does just that. The summary was more than adequate it did not mislead or otherwise misrepresent the facts in any meaningful way. Too many people want this site to conform to their own arbitrary set of standards. You will never please all of them. There are a lot better uses for your time than worrying about something so trivial.
(Score: 2) by Lagg on Monday July 28 2014, @09:23PM
Good thing I wasn't talking about the summary. I'm also pretty sure that basic descriptive subject lines are not arbitrary standards unless you missed a few english classes. Given your apparent reading comprehension I don't think that's too farfetched. Also I do try my best not to nitpick and do a pretty good job of it too. Having only done so 2 or 3 times since the site launched and only in cases where it's really bad like this one. I was also right to given that not only are a few comments assuming that this happened recently but one comment actually thought the driver was still alive.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 29 2014, @12:19AM
Lol. It's funny that you resort to passive-aggressive and reductionist prose because you feel insulted. It doesn't prove you are smart or even correct. Just thin-skinned. Nit-picking that "subject line" is not part of the summary just adds fuel to my claim of nit-pickery. It's like you are begging to be trolled.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 29 2014, @11:47AM
"resort to passive-aggressive and reductionist prose", eh.
Hey, AC-to-AC: Shut the fuck up.