http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/05/california.subway.shooting.sentencing/index.html?hpt=T1

I know all along the guy has been swearing he meant to fire his Taser, but he did not even have justification to do that....the "suspect" was already pinned on the ground face down and held under the weight of another officers knee. Hell if there were not cell phone footage of the incident he probably would not have even been charged.

He will likely be released in only seven more months. DISGUSTING.

11/5/2010 9:23:33 PM

If that poor boy would have been a white girl this cop would have been locked away for life.

Buh lee dat.

11/5/2010 9:26:21 PM

yes, two years.

11/5/2010 9:28:56 PM

Remember when the cops killed eli manning?

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11/5/2010 9:29:09 PM

^^^ i always wondered how you spell that

11/5/2010 9:32:54 PM

Is there any surprise? Realistically?

Cops get away with this shit all the time.

11/5/2010 9:44:51 PM

^

11/6/2010 1:19:06 AM

they is pissed!

11/6/2010 1:28:37 AM

I remember this, but honestly who the fuck mixes up a taser and a pistol?

11/6/2010 3:55:05 AM

well we can hope that justice works itself out in the cell block

11/6/2010 3:57:59 AM

^ gonna be a motherfuckin rape party

11/6/2010 11:33:50 AM

If you look the purpose of punishment here, it actually makes sense.

In CA, there are 7 reasons for punishment, and only one of those at most is met here by a longer sentence:

1) Protect society - this guy is not a threat to the general public, to go around shooting people again
2) Specific deterrence - Is this guy discouraged from killing people by getting a harsher sentence? Don't think so. 14 years doesn't make him less likely to commit crime, given the nature of this offense.
3) General deterrence - Does a harsher punishment deter other police officers from shooting a man in the back while he's on the ground? Doubtful.
4) Incapacitation - Is it necessary to isolate this guy so he won't commit more crimes? Again, based on his offense, no.
5) Rehabilitation - Does a longer sentence rehabilitate him more than a shorter one? Will he come out a better member of society? No.
6) Restitution/compensation - Not addressed by prison time
7) Seek uniformity in sentencing - This is the only argument that could be made, but I don't know what the standard sentence length is for similar involuntary manslaughter convictions in CA with the defendant's background.

If you want a similar situation, look at People v. Du, a California case where an old Korean lady shot a teenage black girl in the back of the head and was not given any prison time.

[Edited on November 6, 2010 at 12:39 PM. Reason : v]

11/6/2010 12:38:49 PM

Wow. Riots in Oakland.

Never saw that coming.

11/6/2010 12:45:15 PM

Cops should be held to a higher standard.

11/6/2010 12:55:11 PM

This is un-friggin believable string him up....

Police officers need to loose this invincibly they feel.

I'm serious all the cops that graduated with me weren't the kind of people you'd want "up holding the law" they are the jackasses that went around slapping peoples dick's in high school. They are wanna be bullies.

11/6/2010 4:00:49 PM