Justice for Officer Sutton
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Anonymous
Bingo. |
Anonymous
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So you want police to be able to chase people in their cars for not wearing a helmet?
"I'M BEATING YOU FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY! STOP RESISTING!!" |
Anonymous
They were chasing him because he was a known member of a dangerous gang headed to go shoot someone. |
Anonymous
And you know that how? |
Anonymous
He was a member of the Kennedy St Crew on his way to shoot a rival. When he died he had thousands of cash on him, a gun, and was high. The defense wanted to present that evidence but was not allowed. |
Anonymous
| I had no idea DC jailed a police officer for following a gang member @ 30mph, which is a very slow pace in DC regardless of the posted speed limit. No wonder they don't arrest anyone, a lot of DC criminals are especially dumb and I doubt anyone wants to be held liable for their tragic mistakes. |
Anonymous
Source? Or just making assumptions like usual |
Anonymous
They didn't. They jailed him for committing second degree murder, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice. |
Anonymous
That's interesting, because initially, police said they attempted the stop because he wasn't wearing a helmet. Are you saying that wasn't the truth? |
Anonymous
Please explain in drain how he committed second degree murder in your mind. Step by step. |
Anonymous
| I have no idea what happened. But has no one here watched any NCIS? You have to hold the suspect on what you have, hoping more will come. |
Anonymous
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In December 2022, Washington, D.C., police officer Terence Sutton was convicted of second-degree murder for the October 2020 death of Karon Hylton-Brown. Sutton faces more than six decades behind bars when he is sentenced, though his sentencing has been delayed and is yet to be rescheduled.
But Sutton, a 13-year police veteran, did not strike, shoot, harm, or even touch Hylton. Hylton died after exiting a blind alley on a motorized scooter and being struck by a passing civilian vehicle. He had multiple drugs in his system. He ran through stop signs and red lights in the minutes before he drove into oncoming traffic. Sutton followed Hylton at a moderate speed, averaging 30 miles per hour. What, then, explains the murder conviction? Sutton violated the D.C. police department’s then-strict “no chase” policy, according to which officers can pursue only those wanted for a violent felony or who pose an immediate risk of bodily harm to others. Hylton’s helmet and traffic violations apparently did not suffice. Yet, the pursuing officers believed that Hylton—a member of the violent Kennedy Street drug gang with previous arrests for drugs, illegal gun possession, and assaults on police officers—was on his way to retaliate against a rival gang member over a debt. At the request of federal prosecutors, the court blocked the jury from hearing about Hylton’s membership in the Kennedy Street crew, which was under Justice Department investigation at the time and whose other members would later be indicted for murder, drug trafficking, and racketeering. The jury also never heard that Hylton was wearing an ankle monitor for a violent assault in Montgomery County, Maryland, and had thousands of dollars in cash strapped to his body. |
Anonymous
rtfa |
Anonymous
| This had to do with the politics in re the riot pressure |
Anonymous
| This police officer better walk to his family’s |