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Title: In the Land of the Free, A Cop Can Kill 2 Girls, Face No Charges, then Be Elected to Office
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/la ... ed-office/#iZtobExOAOXVFtCU.99
Published: Feb 19, 2016
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2016-02-19 13:21:24 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 6835
Comments: 42
Carroll County, GA — In September, on a rainy Saturday night, Georgia state trooper Anthony Scott was flexing his above the law privilege and driving at dangerously high speeds for no reason. Scott was not on his way to a call, nor did he have any official reason for driving fast, when he slammed into a Nissan Sentra carrying four kids. Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, who were in the back seat of the Nissan, were killed. Dillon Lewis Wall, 18, who was driving, and front-seat passenger Benjamin Alan Finken, 17, were critically injured and taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. Five months later, and Dillon is still recovering from a brain injury, paralysis, hearing loss and multiple broken teeth from the crash. However, according to Dillon, it’s his heart that hurts the most as this young man was crazy about Kylie. After the crash, Capt. Mark Perry of the Georgia Department of Public Safety released a statement noting that Scott had no reason to be travelling that fast. “Turns out he was running at a high rate of speed through this intersection in a territory that’s he’s familiar with and should have known the dangers that potentially exist,” Perry said speaking about the 10 crashes that had occurred at this intersection in the last 3 years. An internal ‘investigation’ said that Scott’s speed only ‘contributed to the crash,’ but that Dillon’s failure to yield was to blame. However, according to Dillon’s aunt, he could not see the trooper. Recently released dashcam video of the crash backs up Dillon’s claim of not being able to see Scott approaching. As Scott sped up the hill on that dark highway, Dillon had no way of seeing or reacting fast enough to the trooper’s car travelling at such a high speed. After watching the dashcam footage, you can clearly see who was at fault in this scenario. However, Anthony Scott is a privileged member of law enforcement, and, therefore, he is entitled to a privileged form of justice — or injustice rather. According to the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution, This week, that former trooper went before a grand jury, which was investigating why he was driving 91 mph on a dark highway in Carroll County seconds before his car collided with that of the teenagers. Anthony Scott made use of a privilege that Georgia extends to law enforcement officers: the officer may choose to make a statement to a grand jury that is deciding whether to indict him for a crime. The statement comes at the end of the proceeding, and no one may challenge it or cross-examine the officer. Scott took advantage of that privilege and was the concluding witness before the grand jury, District Attorney Pete Skandalakis said. The grand jury chose not to indict Scott. “There are no winners here,” Scott’s attorney, Max Pilgrim, said. “This has been harder on him than anything he ever did in the Marine Corps.” Scott saw combat during four years in the Marines. Scott’s attorney is wrong. There is a clear “winner” here, and it’s the man who is alive and who gets to go home to his family in spite of his criminal negligence. Because Scott was a cop — he will not face any consequences for killing two kids and paralyzing another — and we call this the ‘justice system.’ “The officer chose to speed. The officer chose to do this,” Lena Wall, Dillon’s aunt, said Thursday. “And his choice killed two people.” Imagine for a moment that this was your nephew or son, or these two beautiful girls were your daughters. The emptiness and hopeless feeling from watching the man responsible for killing your child get off scot-free would be overwhelming. To add insult to death, Scott was elected to city council three months after killing young Kylie and Isabella. Now, after the lack of charges, he can even return to law enforcement. His attorney said that Scott is eager to move on, but will never be able to fully get over his remorse. “When his daughter starts driving, he’s going to remember it, and he’s going to have to live with it,” Pilgrim said. Well, he should have to live with it. Had he not been negligently driving nearly 40 mph over the speed limit, on a rainy night, those kids would be alive today. Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. In America, there are two forms of the justice system -- one for those inside the system -- and one for everyone else.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Isn't going significantly higher than the speed limit reckless endangerment and not simply "speeding"? I don't get the dash cam video though. It doesn't show the accident.
The cop had the right of way. The teen pulled out right in front of him. I call that the fault of the teen, not the cop. The Grand Jury refused to indict. "which was investigating why he was driving 91 mph on a dark highway in Carroll County seconds before his car collided" He had slowed to 68 mph when he struck the Nissan, investigators said.
That is like blaming a person for walking into a bullet. When the driver began his turn no one was visible. Without the speed, the cop can slow down to 40 or so and avoid the accident. In a just world, the cop would commit suicide to avoid looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life for that bullet coming his way. If this were a civilian, it would be vehicular homicide, prison time and lawsuits that bankrupted their family.
Which was still well above the posted speed limit of 55. I call that the fault of the teen, not the cop. Of course you do. In misterwhite Bizarro world, cops are gods and can do no wrong. Your fetish for authority is well documented here. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much No. It's like blaming a person for failure to yield the right of way.
If the cop failed to yield and pulled in front of the kid and the cop was killed, whose side would you take then? Don't bother answering.
They cut it off at the very end, just as he is about to hit the victims.
where is this land of the free? all the posts I see are about how you are not free, that a police state rules now I know this is the point of the OP but don't shoot the messenger
The fucking cop was speeding, on a rainy night. Had he been going the speed limit as the serfs are ordered to do, the accident would not have happened. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much They cut it off at the very end, just as he is about to hit the victims. Okay, watching it again I see it. I saw him veering to the right but in the video it's hard to notice see the car turning in front of him. One thing that extreme speed does is increases the chance of other drivers to estimate the time clearance at an intersection. Someone doing 90 when you expect them to be doing 50 means when you initially see them so far away, you think you have a safe cushion of time to cross, when you really don't. The cop should certainly been indicted. If he had been going a normal speed and there was an impact, it's very possible those 2 girls would be alive. When speed doubles, kinetic energy is quadrupled, meaning impacts are 4x more damaging at 90 MPH than 45 MPH. And that's not taking into account the increased reaction time the slower speeds give, meaning more break time and defensive action time to lesson the damage & injury. But unlike ordinary people who drive around in a constant state of paranoia about tickets and increased insurance premiums, cops enjoy de facto immunity from speeding as they know other cops really can't ever issue them a ticket. I'm sure he made his appearance before the GJ in full intimidating uniform too.
How many people did this brave warrior kill?
Had the teen yielded the right of way and not pulled in front of the cop, the accident would not have happened. Stop apologizing for bad driving. He could have just as easily turned in front of me or you and we may not have been so lucky.
Not just possible but pretty likely. He was the reckless driver, not them. It would be different if he'd had his cop lights on and his siren. Then I would side with him. Cops breaking the speed laws with impunity are a bad idea. States should entirely restrict the speed of cops driving if they do not have their lights on and sirens running. That is the purpose of the lights and sirens.
This is the kind of crap that really gives you away as a paid poster. There are pro-cop posters here I respect. I disagree with them much of the time (not all), but I still respect them because it seems they at least post what they honestly think. You obviously do not. You make the biggest apology for bad driving by excusing someone for doing 91 MPH at night simply because of the employer the person happened to have. It really makes you look stupid, and frankly, the others who post in favor of cops -- most of the time, but not all -- would probably be less embarrassed by your obviously insincere pro-cop postings.
This is the kind of crap that really gives you away as a delusional halfwit.
You think this guy driving 91 MPH at night should not be held criminally responsible for the fatal accident?
The Grand Jury heard more evidence than contained in this half-assed, biased article from a bleeding-heart website and refused to indict. But you know better, huh? They're wrong. You're right. Arrogant POS.
Now, now. He's not a delusional halfwit. He's an arrogant, condescending, delusional halfwit.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall...
White posts some reasonable stuff from tyme to tyme. I don't understand why he doesn't form an opinion that is contrary to the status quo on a more frequent basis, given the lunacy of the police state.
You think that you're a God and that your ill-informed prejudiced whims should overrule Grand Jury decisions?
That's why Fred is his groupie.
Deckard repeatedly posts biased and incomplete anti-cop articles from liberal websites. I'm not content to leave those articles unchallenged. Instead of criticizing me for being pro-cop, where the f**k is your criticism of Deckard for posting these one-sided, inflammatory, anti-cop articles day after day?
Fred is a fullwit.
From tyme to tyme, I criticize Deckard's posts. Some of his posts presenting these wacky-krazy-silly-conspiricy theories composed of pure conjecture have been commented on by myself. However, his continuous posts of and about the current police state in America are often spot-on reflecting the same fears as I have; America is a fascist nation; it certainly has become this way in my life tyme. I was born post WW2 by over a decade. As a child I learned to fear the police state; fascism was what America fought against in WW2 or so I was taught. All my life, I knew and understood our nation was based on principles of reason as codified in the US Constitution. And LQQKY here ... today, America became what we were brought up to be diametrically opposed or against; that is to say, fascism. Also, I work too much in the real world wherein I have less affordable tyme to say much on a chit-chat channel; and then, my own fear of the police state has direct impact on my life in a substantial way. As an example, for years I have used TOR when connecting to the internet and I have learned the NSA has infiltrated a number of exit portals; I only ensure communication capability when using TOR on specific exit portals now. Your post seems defensive. You seem to understand some relevant truths about the condition of the current world around yourself but you seem to ignore the impact or ramifications of contemporary, violent law enforcement upon ourselves even if are not involved. Perhaps you hide yourself from the brutal reality that America has become by being cynical or sarcastic with the idea that some may interpret your posts as humour.
But you know better, huh? They're wrong. You're right. 91 MPH at night. How complicated can it possibly be? Not complicated at all. Okay mrwhite, I'll make this really easy for you. Tell us this..... Should he have gotten a speeding ticket? Speeding tickets do not require an indictment. Signing them is not even an admission of guilt. Should he have gotten a damn speeding ticket for doing 91 MPH?
Cop Saves a Woman’s Life After Choosing to Understand a Dog Instead of Shooting It In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much "Being pro-cop" in your case means support for wanton killing of kids, dogs etc ...
What you refer to as "pro-cop" is simply me telling the other side of the story.
If he was clocked doing 91 MPH, of couse he should have gotten a damn speeding ticket. My turn. How did they know he was doing 91 MPH?
That's your pro-cop article? That's like, "Man Kisses Wife Rather Than Beating Her". Awwww. What a sweet man.
Yet according to you, he should walk away scot-free for the crime of vehicular homicide. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much That's exactly what it's like. Most cops would shoot the dog. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much This week, that former trooper went before a grand jury, which was investigating why he was driving 91 mph on a dark highway in Carroll County seconds before his car collided with that of the teenagers. As per the article, and it's not FTP. Either it was via on board "black box" systems, or they simply could have timed the video as it passed landmarks. But any question of the facts didn't stop you from blaming the teen driver earlier in the thread. But thank you for admitting the obvious. Now that it's established he was speeding excessively, then his speeding was a undeniably a contributing factor in the fatal accident. It's pretty simple. Don't make your overwhelming bias so obvious next time.
Nope. I think the prosecution should present all the evidence to a grand jury to see if vehicular homicide charges should be brought. Oh. Wait. They did that. And the grand jury refused to indict. Now what? Throw him in jail anyways? Just because?
And they got 91 MPH from that? Not 90 MPH. Not 95 MPH. But 91 MPH. "Either it was via on board "black box" systems" Let's assume that instead. If it was a black box system, then you think law enforcement should be allowed to mail you speeding tickets whenever you exceed the speed limit? "But any question of the facts didn't stop you from blaming the teen driver earlier in the thread." The teen driver IS to blame. "then his speeding was a undeniably a contributing factor in the fatal accident." That's what the investigation concluded, and I never said otherwise.
Oh, so you assume that ALL of the evidence was presented? Geesh! In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much More than The Free Thought Project would ever think of presenting.
You are free to question the accuracy of the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution. I have no problem with that. But if you are going to question that, then also question whether the case really went to a Grand Jury which they also reported. Everything I'm saying is based on the assumption that the report is accurate. If you have a problem with reports that are posted here, take it up with the site owner. Is this meant to be sarcastic? They are already mailing tickets for allegedly running red lights. Speeding tickets are coming soon to a mailbox near you! "But any question of the facts didn't stop you from blaming the teen driver earlier in the thread." Concluded by cherry picking portions of the report that help exonerate members of your teddy-bear profession, and ignoring the other that said the cop was going 91 MPH at night. One gets a distictly different impression by reading your posts. 91 MPH qualifies as reckless endangerment, especially at night. Any ordinary person would not have escaped indictment.
No need. I believe they reported what they were told. I asked how that information was obtained to begin with. 91 MPH is awfully precise. "Is this meant to be sarcastic?" You're the one who said he "should have gotten a damn speeding ticket for doing 91 MPH". If that was based on a black box, then that means you support ticketing by black box reporting. "Concluded by cherry picking portions of the report that help exonerate members of your teddy-bear profession, and ignoring the other that said the cop was going 91 MPH at night." No. Concluded by a grand jury which heard ALL the evidence -- including the fact that he had slowed to 68 mph when he struck the Nissan. "91 MPH qualifies as reckless endangerment, especially at night." Especially at night? There are fewer cars on the road at night. By the way, do you think people should be arrested for something they might do?
Oh stop being a child. Two people died in this accident, and I only asked this question to see if you would say the cop was completely fault free. By admitting he should get a ticket, you are admitting he was at least partially at fault. In case you have forgotten, the whole advertised point of speed limits is for public safety. I'm surprised that you admitted such an obvious thing, but you still haven't admitted that driving 91 MPH at night is reckless, which it is, even when done by a cop. So suddenly you have access to the facts which before were questionable. So his approach was at a reckless 91 which contributed to the inevitability of the crash, and his breaks slowed him to 68, which perhaps meant that only 2 people were killed instead of all 4. Gee. What a great driver this cop is. I hope the families seriously sue him for the minimal satisfaction that would bring. He deserves that, and an example needs to be set for cops who consider speeding penalties to be only for the peon class.
Who needs due process? Bring on the show trials!
#2. To: Deckard (#0)
"An internal ‘investigation’ said that Scott’s speed only ‘contributed to the crash,’ but that Dillon’s failure to yield was to blame."
#3. To: misterwhite (#2)
#4. To: misterwhite (#2)
He had slowed to 68 mph when he struck the Nissan, investigators said.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#5. To: jeremiad (#3)
"That is like blaming a person for walking into a bullet."
#6. To: Deckard (#4)
"In misterwhite Bizarro world, cops are gods and can do no wrong."
#7. To: Pinguinite (#1)
I don't get the dash cam video though. It doesn't show the accident.
#8. To: Deckard (#0)
In the Land of the Free,
#9. To: misterwhite (#6)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#10. To: TooConservative (#7)
#11. To: Deckard (#0)
Scott saw combat during four years in the Marines
#12. To: Deckard (#9)
"Had he been going the speed limit as the serfs are ordered to do, the accident would not have happened."
#13. To: Pinguinite (#10)
The cop should certainly been indicted. If he had been going a normal speed and there was an impact, it's very possible those 2 girls would be alive.
#14. To: misterwhite, Deckard (#12)
Stop apologizing for bad driving. He could have just as easily turned in front of me or you and we may not have been so lucky.
#15. To: Pinguinite (#14)
This is the kind of crap that really gives you away as a paid poster.
#16. To: Roscoe (#15)
#17. To: Pinguinite (#14)
"You make the biggest apology for bad driving by excusing someone for doing 91 MPH at night"
#18. To: Roscoe (#15)
"This is the kind of crap that really gives you away as a delusional halfwit."
#19. To: misterwhite (#18)
He's an arrogant, condescending, delusional halfwit.
#20. To: Fred Mertz, misterwhite (#19)
(Edited)
#21. To: Pinguinite (#16)
You think this guy driving 91 MPH at night should not be held criminally responsible for the fatal accident?
#22. To: misterwhite (#18)
He's an arrogant, condescending, delusional halfwit.
#23. To: buckeroo (#20)
"I don't understand why he doesn't form an opinion that is contrary to the status quo on a more frequent basis, given the lunacy of the police state."
#24. To: Roscoe (#22)
"That's why Fred is his groupie."
#25. To: misterwhite, Deckard (#23)
Instead of criticizing me for being pro-cop, where the f**k is your criticism of Deckard for posting these one-sided, inflammatory, anti-cop articles day after day?
#26. To: misterwhite (#17)
The Grand Jury heard more evidence than contained in this half-assed, biased article from a bleeding-heart website and refused to indict.
#27. To: misterwhite (#23)
where the f**k is your criticism of Deckard for posting these one-sided, inflammatory, anti-cop articles day after day?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#28. To: misterwhite, Deckard (#23)
Instead of criticizing me for being pro-cop
#29. To: A Pole (#28)
"Being pro-cop" in your case means support for wanton killing of kids, dogs etc ...
#30. To: Pinguinite (#26)
"Should he have gotten a damn speeding ticket for doing 91 MPH?"
#31. To: Deckard (#27)
"Cop Saves a Woman’s Life After Choosing to Understand a Dog Instead of Shooting It"
#32. To: misterwhite (#30)
If he was clocked doing 91 MPH, of couse he should have gotten a damn speeding ticket.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#33. To: misterwhite (#31)
That's like, "Man Kisses Wife Rather Than Beating Her".
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#34. To: misterwhite (#30)
According to the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution,
#35. To: Deckard (#32)
"Yet according to you, he should walk away scot-free for the crime of vehicular homicide."
#36. To: Pinguinite (#34)
"or they simply could have timed the video as it passed landmarks."
#37. To: misterwhite (#35)
I think the prosecution should present all the evidence to a grand jury to see if vehicular homicide charges should be brought.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#38. To: Deckard (#37)
"Oh, so you assume that ALL of the evidence was presented?"
#39. To: misterwhite (#36)
And they got 91 MPH from that? Not 90 MPH. Not 95 MPH. But 91 MPH.
Let's assume that instead. If it was a black box system, then you think law enforcement should be allowed to mail you speeding tickets whenever you exceed the speed limit?
The teen driver IS to blame.
"then his speeding was a undeniably a contributing factor in the fatal accident."
That's what the investigation concluded, and I never said otherwise.
#40. To: Pinguinite (#39)
"You are free to question the accuracy of the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution. I have no problem with that."
#41. To: misterwhite (#40)
You're the one who said he "should have gotten a damn speeding ticket for doing 91 MPH". If that was based on a black box, then that means you support ticketing by black box reporting.
No. Concluded by a grand jury which heard ALL the evidence -- including the fact that he had slowed to 68 mph when he struck the Nissan.
#42. To: misterwhite (#38)
More than The Free Thought Project would ever think of presenting.
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