Title: In the Land of the Free, A Cop Can Kill 2 Girls, Face No Charges, then Be Elected to Office Source:
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:7536 Comments:42
In America, there are two forms of the justice system -- one for those inside the system -- and one for everyone else.
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.
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.
“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.
"An internal ‘investigation’ said that Scott’s speed only ‘contributed to the crash,’ but that Dillon’s failure to yield was to blame."
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.
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.
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 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.
"or they simply could have timed the video as it passed landmarks."
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.
And they got 91 MPH from that? Not 90 MPH. Not 95 MPH. But 91 MPH.
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.
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?
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."
The teen driver IS to blame.
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.
"then his speeding was a undeniably a contributing factor in the fatal accident."
That's what the investigation concluded, and I never said otherwise.
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.
"You are free to question the accuracy of the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution. I have no problem with that."
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?
