Horrifying Police Dashcam Video: Hands Up, Don’t Shoot… In South Carolina

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Horrifying video from South Carolina of a white trooper gunning down a black motorist after the officer asks the man for license and registration. Note how the trooper continues to shoot at the man after his hands are in the air…

Fortunately, the motorist survived and the officer has been fired and is now facing felony charges.

latimes.com

Youtube Video

The trooper is claiming, natch, that he feared for his life.

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1 lostlakehiker  Sep 25, 2014 5:03:13pm

Cameras! Put cameras with every cop, and everyone, cop and robber and civilian, will know that whatever goes down, goes before a judge by and by.

Experience with cameras confirms what logic predicts: much less trouble all around. Most everybody is on their best behavior when they know the whole world will be watching if there’s trouble.

This time, the cop didn’t unload the whole clip into the poor guy. Because why? Maybe because he came to his senses. Or maybe because he knew it was all going on tape.

2 nines09  Sep 25, 2014 5:38:11pm

Inexcusable.

3 b.d.  Sep 26, 2014 8:23:36am

I’m afraid I’ll have to see that guy’s juvie records before I can come to a conclusion.

4 wheat-dogghazi  Sep 26, 2014 8:25:04am

re: #3 b.d.

I’m afraid I’ll have to see that guy’s juvie records before I can come to a conclusion.

And his party affiliation.

5 Frenchy  Sep 26, 2014 8:30:36am

re: #1 lostlakehiker

Or maybe because he was an incompetent nincompoop who couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. Which is fortunate, for the victim’s sake.

6 Dr. Matt  Sep 26, 2014 8:34:13am

This is what a Conservative America looks like: shoot [blah people] first, ask questions [maybe] later. Fuck this cop. I hope he spends the rest of his life behind bars.

7 Skip Intro  Sep 26, 2014 8:35:40am

If the victim hadn’t survived and there was no video, Award Winning Journalist UpChuck Johnson would be trying to dig up all the dirt he could on the vic, his family, friends, whatever. UpChuck must be having a bid sad.

8 wheat-dogghazi  Sep 26, 2014 8:36:24am

re: #5 Frenchy

Or maybe because he was an incompetent nincompoop who couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. Which is fortunate, for the victim’s sake.

In Kentucky, state troopers are generally several notches above the local LEOs in terms of professionalism. Having never lived in South Carolina, I don’t know if the same is true. I hope this particular trooper is not representative of the SC State Police. He sounds like he was just plain afraid, panicked and (luckily for the victim) had less than perfect motor control as a result.

9 Dr. Matt  Sep 26, 2014 8:36:43am

re: #7 Skip Intro

If the victim hadn’t survived and there was no video, Award Winning Journalist UpChuck Johnson would be trying to dig up all the dirt he could on the vic, his family, friends, whatever. UpChuck must be having a bid sad.

Don’t worry, UpChuck and the rest of the vile parasites on the right will still attempt to smear the victim. Set an egg-timer.

10 Dr. Matt  Sep 26, 2014 8:39:06am

P.S. THANK GOD this [former] cop is a shitty shot. The victim was only hit once even though the asshole fired four shots at less than 5 yards.

11 Danny  Sep 26, 2014 8:41:16am

re: #6 Dr. Matt

Faces 20 years max.

12 b.d.  Sep 26, 2014 8:41:17am

Oh joy!

I am also hearing that the fire was intentionally set.

13 ausador  Sep 26, 2014 8:42:17am

re: #3 b.d.

I’m afraid I’ll have to see that guy’s juvie records before I can come to a conclusion.

Has anyone checked his Twitter/Facebook/Instagram accounts to see if he has any posts or pictures that can be used to portray him as a thug yet?

14 Lidane  Sep 26, 2014 8:42:21am

re: #10 Dr. Matt

P.S. THANK GOD this [former] cop is a shitty shot. The victim was only hit once even though the asshole fired four shots at less than 5 yards.

Seriously. It’s a good thing this cop couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. Now there’s a survivor and a video to help put him away.

15 Bulworth  Sep 26, 2014 8:43:05am

re:
#3

I bet his relatives are Blood or Black Panthers.

///

16 Shiplord Kirel  Sep 26, 2014 8:46:01am

“The policeman is your friend” “If you are in trouble, go to a policeman”

So they told us when I was a little kid (ca. 1956). Since I lived in England and the only police I knew were USAF security and British bobbies, it was probably true. A long time ago and a long way away.

*Edited to add approximate date

17 ausador  Sep 26, 2014 8:46:29am

re: #12 b.d.

Oh joy!

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I am also hearing that the fire was intentionally set.

Something strange there, they reported removing a man with “self-inflicted non-gunshot wounds” from the basement where the fire was and transported him to a hospital.

18 b.d.  Sep 26, 2014 8:49:39am

re: #17 ausador

Something strange there, they reported removing a man with “self-inflicted non-gunshot wounds” from the basement where the fire was transported him to a hospital.

Yes, this is a pretty big hit on our infrastructure. Not a glamorous one but one with a huge impact. Hope this is an accident.

19 b.d.  Sep 26, 2014 8:50:27am

re: #15 Bulworth

re:
#3

I bet his relatives are Blood or Black Panthers.

///

I heard he may like teh same rap music that thugs listen to.

20 Danny  Sep 26, 2014 8:55:35am

re: #18 b.d.

ATF said the fire was intentionally set with gasoline.

21 Dr. Matt  Sep 26, 2014 8:55:46am

WTF

Police: Woman beheaded at Oklahoma workplace

22 b.d.  Sep 26, 2014 9:01:42am

re: #20 Danny

ATF said the fire was intentionally set with gasoline.

they are blaming it on a contract employee who was no longer gruntled with his job.

23 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 26, 2014 9:04:42am

re: #21 Dr. Matt

WTF

Police: Woman beheaded at Oklahoma workplace

24 HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2014 9:06:26am

I used to be one to defend my native region but the South still has a lot of growing up to.

25 Ace-o-aces  Sep 26, 2014 9:06:46am
26 Danny  Sep 26, 2014 9:07:48am

re: #22 b.d.

they are blaming it on a contract employee who was no longer gruntled with his job.

Very ungruntled, apparently.

27 Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 26, 2014 9:09:36am

re: #21 Dr. Matt

WTF

Police: Woman beheaded at Oklahoma workplace

Oh god please don’t let the wingnuts get all “ISIS in America!” Because of this.

28 Decatur Deb  Sep 26, 2014 9:11:30am

re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg

Oh god please don’t let the wingnuts get all “ISIS in America!” Because of this.

Could be those damn Tudors again.

29 Ace-o-aces  Sep 26, 2014 9:12:39am
30 Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 26, 2014 9:14:20am

re: #29 Ace-o-aces

And by sources we mean the voices in his head.

31 Timothy Watson  Sep 26, 2014 9:17:12am

I’m confused by the claim that the trooper stopped him for a seat belt violation: How the hell could the trooper tell if he had a seat belt on or not?

32 b.d.  Sep 26, 2014 9:18:08am
33 Ace-o-aces  Sep 26, 2014 9:18:22am

re: #30 Eclectic Cyborg

And by sources we mean the voices in his head.

Hey, that’s my line.

34 ausador  Sep 26, 2014 9:18:23am

re: #23 NJDhockeyfan

Morgan Chesky ✔ @BreakingChesky

UPDATE: Moore PD identify suspect as Alton Nolen 8-16-84 in Vaughan Foods stabbing. #Breaking #KOCO

Another winner from the revolving door prison lottery it would seem…

Court records show that Nolen was convicted on drug-related charges and of assaulting an officer in 2011. In October 2010, Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Betsy Randolph pulled Nolen over and attempted to arrest him on outstanding warrants. While the trooper was attempting to handcuff Nolen a struggle ensued and the trooper was assaulted. Nolen fled into nearby woods, troopers said. A manhunt involving four law enforcement agencies and two helicopters lasted 12 hours before Nolen was apprehended.

In March, Nolen was sent to the Davis Correctional Center in Holdenville where he stayed for seven months before he was transferred to the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center in Lexington, said state Corrections Department spokesman Jerry Massie. Nolen spent the final year of his sentence at the department’s Lawton and Oklahoma City community correction centers.

Massie said Nolen had no misconduct record during his time in the Oklahoma prison system. He was discharged in March 2013.

35 b.d.  Sep 26, 2014 9:18:51am

re: #32 b.d.

btw, I thought that Greenwald was going to take down the UK sometime last year?

36 HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2014 9:18:58am

re: #32 b.d.

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Glenn Greenwald to write scathing anti British attack.

37 b.d.  Sep 26, 2014 9:22:21am
38 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 26, 2014 9:24:03am
39 HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2014 9:24:14am

I don’t get ultra hawks whose first thoughts are always use force and I don’t get extreme doves who think any use of force is “imperialism” either. I am probably more dove than hawk when push comes to shove but at the same time, I don’t like reflexive opposition.

40 ausador  Sep 26, 2014 9:24:40am

re: #31 Timothy Watson

I’m confused by the claim that the trooper stopped him for a seat belt violation: How the hell could the trooper tell if he had a seat belt on or not?

The trooper was waiting to pull out of the gas station parking lot when the man pulled in, so as he passed slowly from only a few feet away the trooper could see he didn’t have his belt on.

The man explained to the officer while he was laying on the ground after being shot that he had removed his belt as he was pulling in.

1. You are not required to wear a belt on private property, only public roadways.

2. People often remove their belt when pulling in to a convenience store/gas station/restaurant/etc. because they plan on getting out seconds later.

41 HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2014 9:25:10am

re: #38 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I have to say. I am glad that we’re not paying much attention to the homophobia and bigotry disguised as value voters summit. They don’t deserve it.

42 Dr. Matt  Sep 26, 2014 9:25:22am

re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg

Oh god please don’t let the wingnuts get all “ISIS in America!” Because of this.

Likely too late: Police: FBI looking into Moore beheading after suspect tried to convert others to Islam

43 Decatur Deb  Sep 26, 2014 9:26:45am

re: #40 ausador

The trooper was waiting to pull out of the gas station parking lot when the man pulled in, so as he passed slowly from only a few feet away the trooper could see he didn’t have his belt on.

The man explained to the officer while he was laying on the ground after being shot that he had removed his belt as he was pulling in.

1. You are not required to wear a belt on private property, only public roadways.

2. People often remove their belt when pulling in to a convenience store/gas station/restaurant/etc. because they plan on getting out seconds later.

For that matter is SC even a “primary” state, one where a seat belt violation can trigger a stop? (That’s opposed to states that may only write a belt violation if you’re stopped for something else.)

44 Dr. Matt  Sep 26, 2014 9:27:36am

File this under ‘WTH’: After making fun of Jonathan Hoening yesterday for his anti-Muslim paranoia, he’s now following me.

45 Timothy Watson  Sep 26, 2014 9:27:36am

re: #40 ausador

The trooper was waiting to pull out of the gas station parking lot when the man pulled in, so as he passed slowly from only a few feet away the trooper could see he didn’t have his belt on.

The man explained to the officer while he was laying on the ground after being shot that he had removed his belt as he was pulling in.

1. You are not required to wear a belt on private property, only public roadways.

2. People often remove their belt when pulling in to a convenience store/gas station/restaurant/etc. because they plan on getting out seconds later.

Thanks, been trying to figure it out since I saw the video yesterday.

46 HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2014 9:28:09am

re: #44 Dr. Matt

File this under ‘WTH’: After making fun of Jonathan Hoening yesterday for his anti-Muslim paranoia, he’s now following me.

Now you know why I don’t like Twitter. At least with Facebook, you can choose who can read your posts.

47 Decatur Deb  Sep 26, 2014 9:30:47am

South Carolina is only a ‘primary’ state for drivers under 18 yr/old. The fine is $10 (or a bullet).

nhtsa.gov

48 ausador  Sep 26, 2014 9:30:50am

re: #43 Decatur Deb

For that matter is SC even a “primary” state, one where a seat belt violation can trigger a stop? (That’s opposed to states that may only write a belt violation if you’re stopped for something else.)

It is a primary enforcement state…

As of December 9, 2005, South Carolina’s safety belt law changed from secondary enforcement to primary enforcement. What does this mean to a motorist? Under the old law, an officer could only cite a motorist for a safety belt violation if the motorist had been stopped for another violation. The new primary law, however, gives law enforcement officers the authority to stop a driver if the officer has a clear and unobstructed view of a driver or occupant of a motor vehicle not wearing a safety belt or not secured in a child restraint system.

49 Ace-o-aces  Sep 26, 2014 9:31:23am

re: #44 Dr. Matt

File this under ‘WTH’: After making fun of Jonathan Hoening yesterday for his anti-Muslim paranoia, he’s now following me.

I’ve discovered Hoenig will promote almost any tweet that mentions him, even in a negative way. I’m not sure if he has a script doing this automatically, or if he sit around all day clicking on tweets with his name.

50 Decatur Deb  Sep 26, 2014 9:31:50am

re: #48 ausador

It is a primary enforcement state…

Achh. The NHTSA file is from 2004.

51 Dr. Matt  Sep 26, 2014 9:32:30am

re: #49 Ace-o-aces

I’ve discovered Hoenig will promote almost any tweet that mentions him, even in a negative way. I’m not sure if he has a script doing this automatically, or if he sit around all day clicking on tweets with his name.

Translation: He’s narcissistic.

52 HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2014 9:32:38am

re: #49 Ace-o-aces

I’ve discovered Hoenig will promote almost any tweet that mentions him, even in a negative way. I’m not sure if he has a script doing this automatically, or if he sit around all day clicking on tweets with his name.

Wouldn’t that be what Dr. Charles Krauthammer would call “narcissism” or does he only consider it narcissism when the word I is used in a speech.

53 Shiplord Kirel  Sep 26, 2014 9:32:46am

The RW has picked up the Oklahoma beheading story, massive derp sign detected.

Freep, first of five stories so far

54 Timothy Watson  Sep 26, 2014 9:33:13am

re: #43 Decatur Deb

For that matter is SC even a “primary” state, one where a seat belt violation can trigger a stop? (That’s opposed to states that may only write a belt violation if you’re stopped for something else.)

A lot of states went to primary offense for seat belt violations, I think the feds made it a requirement a couple years ago for transportation funding.

55 Eventual Carrion  Sep 26, 2014 9:33:16am

re: #30 Eclectic Cyborg

And by sources we mean the voices in his head.

And I see it more as the way he interprets the noises around his ears in his lower intestinal tract.

56 Decatur Deb  Sep 26, 2014 9:33:25am

re: #53 Shiplord Kirel

The RW has picked up the Oklahoma beheading story, massive derp sign detected.

Freep, first of five stories so far

Derp such as god himself has never seen.

57 Lidane  Sep 26, 2014 9:34:13am

*headdesk*

Jerry Boykin Hopes For Imminent Christian Conversion Of Israel’s Jews

58 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 26, 2014 9:34:15am
59 HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2014 9:38:24am

re: #57 Lidane

*headdesk*

Jerry Boykin Hopes For Imminent Christian Conversion Of Israel’s Jews

Yeah good luck with that one Jerry. They’ve been practicing their religion since your ancestors were still pagans. Do fundies like Boykin really think Jews like this condescending bullshit? I am not even religious or Jewish and it offends me because it shows a complete lack of respect for their religious beliefs.

60 HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2014 9:39:35am

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Hahaha Cruz is such a sad hack. Nice analogy numnuts.

61 HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2014 9:41:05am

Maybe Cruz will bring the Chardonnay for dealings with the British and the Bombay Sapphire for the French. And to top it off vodka for his meeting with Angela Merkel.

62 Shiplord Kirel  Sep 26, 2014 9:41:13am

Rw nuts are already trumpeting the shooting of the Oklahoma suspect as another example of a “good guy with a gun,” stopping a murderous bad guy.
True enough but it’s worth noting that the armed good guy (company owner Mark Vaughn) is a certified law enforcement officer (a reserve deputy) and not some free lance bozo with his pet Glock.

63 HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2014 9:42:46am

re: #62 Shiplord Kirel

Rw nuts are already trumpeting the shooting of the Oklahoma suspect as another example of a “good guy with a gun,” stopping a murderous bad guy.
True enough but it’s worth noting that the armed good guy (company owner Mark Vaughn) is a certified law enforcement officer (a reserve deputy) and not some free lance bozo with his pet Glock.

Right. A trained professional. Not some nutjob who hoards guns because he’s afraid of the Obummist taking all his guns.

64 Dr. Matt  Sep 26, 2014 9:43:40am

“Swilling Chardonnay w/Iranians”?

Did Cruz hire Palin as his speech writer?

65 WhatEVs  Sep 26, 2014 9:45:18am

re: #25 Ace-o-aces

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You really crack me up. You’re very sharp. Well done.

66 Decatur Deb  Sep 26, 2014 9:45:31am

Off to pull first day’s GOTV duty at the town’s BBQ competition/Octoberfest. The sacrifices I make to bring democracy to Alabama…

littlegreenfootballs.com

67 HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2014 9:46:01am

re: #66 Decatur Deb

Off to pull first day’s GOTV duty at the town’s BBQ competition/Octoberfest. The sacrifices I make to bring democracy to Alabama…

littlegreenfootballs.com

BBQ schnitzel?

68 Decatur Deb  Sep 26, 2014 9:47:41am

re: #67 HappyWarrior

BBQ schnitzel?

We do cultural appropriation right. BBL.

69 HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2014 9:48:30am

re: #68 Decatur Deb

We do cultural appropriation right. BBL.

Ha I was just joking around. I do love good German food and beer when I get the chance. Have fun fighting the good fight.

70 ausador  Sep 26, 2014 9:55:15am

Yep, the wingnuts have taken something that possibly has a grain of truth to it and are stretching it to tell “outrageous stories” already. Comment from the Yahoo article…

Shottracker 11 minutes ago
I see that Yahoo is censoring their coverage of this muslim killer. According to employees statements from the business, Nolen was warned about his ongoing statements about how the killing non muslims was ok. He was also warned according to statements about telling others on the job to convert or die. Nolen was then fired for not obeying those warnings. After his firing he then committed this killing and attempted the second one before being shot by a good guy with a gun.

71 Rightwingconspirator  Sep 26, 2014 10:00:17am

re: #63 HappyWarrior
re: #62 Shiplord Kirel

Ummm, given recent shootings and what some many critics contend, should we really presume that cop is so much better trained than an avid shooter with a gun and or CCW?

We can’t have it both ways-Undertrained cops like the one above and then assume all that training made the difference in a defensive shoot.

72 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 26, 2014 10:08:24am

re: #40 ausador

The trooper was waiting to pull out of the gas station parking lot when the man pulled in, so as he passed slowly from only a few feet away the trooper could see he didn’t have his belt on.

The man explained to the officer while he was laying on the ground after being shot that he had removed his belt as he was pulling in.

1. You are not required to wear a belt on private property, only public roadways.

2. People often remove their belt when pulling in to a convenience store/gas station/restaurant/etc. because they plan on getting out seconds later.

I wouldn’t do #2 in part to the fact that I think a sudden (even if relatively low speed) collision is actually more likely to occur in a parking lot or pulling in/out of such of a location. And one of the two collisions I ever was involved in was getting T-boned while pulling out of a bank’s parking lot.

73 ausador  Sep 26, 2014 10:14:12am

re: #71 Rightwingconspirator

Ummm, given recent shootings and what some many critics contend, should we really presume that cop is so much better trained than an avid shooter with a gun and or CCW?

We can’t have it both ways-Undertrained cops like the one above and then assume all that training made the difference in a defensive shoot.

You can throw all the training in the world at someone who does not have the needed temperament for the job and it wont matter a bit when the feces hits the rotary air pusher.

“Training” is just that. Good training tries to add stress elements to the scenarios, but it still can’t replicate or predict real situational responses. BTW police are notoriously lousy shots in general when under mental stress, the records on that are pretty damning.

74 Shiplord Kirel  Sep 26, 2014 10:18:45am

re: #71 Rightwingconspirator

You can’t limit the “good guys with guns” to “avid shooters” with CCW etc. if you want to make a valid comparison. You’re arbitrarily excluding inept gun owners, of whom there are many, while including bad cops. Amateurs shoot 70 or 80 times as many people as cops and with a much lower percentage of justified shootings, Ferguson and similar incidents notwithstanding.

75 Shiplord Kirel  Sep 26, 2014 10:23:13am

re: #71 Rightwingconspirator

Ummm, given recent shootings and what some many critics contend, should we really presume that cop is so much better trained than an avid shooter with a gun and or CCW?

We can’t have it both ways-Undertrained cops like the one above and then assume all that training made the difference in a defensive shoot.

My original point is really about the need for training and proficiency, not a suggestion that firearms should be limited to police.

76 Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 26, 2014 10:23:48am

Um…wow. I had no idea Charles had promoted the story.

77 ausador  Sep 26, 2014 10:25:44am

re: #76 Aunty Entity Dragon

Um…wow. I had no idea Charles had promoted the story.

I had, but after a while I came back down here to see why no one was up there posting yet. ;)

78 wrenchwench  Sep 26, 2014 10:28:35am

re: #76 Aunty Entity Dragon

Um…wow. I had no idea Charles had promoted the story.

Congrats!

79 taserian  Sep 26, 2014 11:32:07am

re: #48 ausador

It is a primary enforcement state…

As of December 9, 2005, South Carolina’s safety belt law changed from secondary enforcement to primary enforcement. […]

Yes, they had a big campaign here about “Click it or Ticket” to make people aware of the switch to primary enforcement.

The gas station where the incident happened is relatively close to my place of work, but I tend to get my gas elsewhere.

And completely off topic, but I might as well add this to the Salute-Gate arsenal:


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