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<blockquote data-quote="gillman7" data-source="post: 1775049" data-attributes="member: 2784"><p>"DEL CITY, Oklahoma - A Del City police captain is charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a teenager.</p><p></p><p>Captain Randy Trent Harrison faces one count of manslaughter in the shooting of 18-year-old Dane Scott Jr. last month.</p><p></p><p>Del City officers say the teenager tried to get away from a traffic stop when he crashed his car after a short police chase on March 14. Harrison shot Scott following the chase. Scott was pronounced dead at the hospital following the officer-involved shooting. </p><p></p><p>3/14/2012 Related Story: Suspect In Del City High Speed Chase Dies At Hospital</p><p></p><p>Harrison is now facing a 1st degree charge of manslaughter. According to court documents, Harrison willingly, unlawfully and unnecessarily killed Scott <strong>as he was resisting an officer. </strong>Court papers also state Harrison fired at Scott twice but missed him. When officers caught up to Scott, one officer tried to use a taser to stop him, while Harrison shot at Scott again, this time shooting him in the back.</p><p></p><p>3/15/2012 Related Story: Del City Police Identify Teenager Shot, Killed By Police</p><p></p><p>Officers at the scene say they saw Scott with a gun. <strong>But court documents show he was unarmed.</strong></p><p></p><p>Captain Harrison's attorney, Irven Box, says Harrrison was protecting his own life, the public and trying to stop a fleeing felon.</p><p></p><p>"I don't think he should have been charged in this particular case," said Box. "No one's walked in his shoes, and if you look at the overall picture of what went on that day I think what he did was certainly within police procedure and certainly within Oklahoma law." </p><p></p><p>After the shooting, Scott's family told News 9 that their son should not have run, but he didn't deserve to be killed.</p><p></p><p>The Medical Examiner's office told the Scott family that <strong>Scott died from a gunshot wound to his back</strong>."</p><p></p><p></p><p>He did run from the cop. I don't see where he fought the cop, running away is what constituted resisting arrest, I think you are reading into it that he resisted. </p><p></p><p>Court records show he did <strong>not </strong> have a gun, the article does not say what he did or did not do that would make them think he had a gun. That is a really easy excuse to say, "I thought he had a gun?" Like it or not, police are held to a higher standard, they recieve training to deal with this, so are more responsible.</p><p></p><p>To your point, he got away, he was not threatening the officer. As to he could have been a threat to society, who is the police to determine that a fleeing suspect deserves capital punishment? He could have been, and he could have been a scared person that reacted as flight to an option to a stressful situation. I am sorry, but with the information presented at this time, this was a bad shoot.</p><p></p><p>The fact is he did not hurt anyone, and to make a decision based on what he could have, but didn't do is irresponsible. In that line of reasoning, we should execute all drunk drivers that take off running on foot, or a shoplifter that is running from arrest, because they "might" hurt someone while evading? Sorry, that is a really silly line of thinking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gillman7, post: 1775049, member: 2784"] "DEL CITY, Oklahoma - A Del City police captain is charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a teenager. Captain Randy Trent Harrison faces one count of manslaughter in the shooting of 18-year-old Dane Scott Jr. last month. Del City officers say the teenager tried to get away from a traffic stop when he crashed his car after a short police chase on March 14. Harrison shot Scott following the chase. Scott was pronounced dead at the hospital following the officer-involved shooting. 3/14/2012 Related Story: Suspect In Del City High Speed Chase Dies At Hospital Harrison is now facing a 1st degree charge of manslaughter. According to court documents, Harrison willingly, unlawfully and unnecessarily killed Scott [B]as he was resisting an officer. [/B]Court papers also state Harrison fired at Scott twice but missed him. When officers caught up to Scott, one officer tried to use a taser to stop him, while Harrison shot at Scott again, this time shooting him in the back. 3/15/2012 Related Story: Del City Police Identify Teenager Shot, Killed By Police Officers at the scene say they saw Scott with a gun. [B]But court documents show he was unarmed.[/B] Captain Harrison's attorney, Irven Box, says Harrrison was protecting his own life, the public and trying to stop a fleeing felon. "I don't think he should have been charged in this particular case," said Box. "No one's walked in his shoes, and if you look at the overall picture of what went on that day I think what he did was certainly within police procedure and certainly within Oklahoma law." After the shooting, Scott's family told News 9 that their son should not have run, but he didn't deserve to be killed. The Medical Examiner's office told the Scott family that [B]Scott died from a gunshot wound to his back[/B]." He did run from the cop. I don't see where he fought the cop, running away is what constituted resisting arrest, I think you are reading into it that he resisted. Court records show he did [B]not [/B] have a gun, the article does not say what he did or did not do that would make them think he had a gun. That is a really easy excuse to say, "I thought he had a gun?" Like it or not, police are held to a higher standard, they recieve training to deal with this, so are more responsible. To your point, he got away, he was not threatening the officer. As to he could have been a threat to society, who is the police to determine that a fleeing suspect deserves capital punishment? He could have been, and he could have been a scared person that reacted as flight to an option to a stressful situation. I am sorry, but with the information presented at this time, this was a bad shoot. The fact is he did not hurt anyone, and to make a decision based on what he could have, but didn't do is irresponsible. In that line of reasoning, we should execute all drunk drivers that take off running on foot, or a shoplifter that is running from arrest, because they "might" hurt someone while evading? Sorry, that is a really silly line of thinking. [/QUOTE]
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