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rideo tliat should be made public. Steps are hopefully being made toward a possible hearing sometime in the near future.“It’s unfortunate that this continues to be dragged out in the legal system because the public has a right and a need to see this video,” Rogers said.Since this happened in North Augusta, the state has experienced another case in Seneca where police shot a teenager and refused to release the video.Media outlets have requested the video through a Freedom cf Information Act request but it has so far been denied. The agency has tried to hide behind the excuse that the incident is “an active and ongoing investigation”The teenager, Zachary Hammond, died about 3:20 p.m. in the paiking lot at a Hardee’s after Seneca police officer Lt. Mark Tiller said he feltbrought against Craven by SLED, which carries a felon}1' punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $1,000, or both.It’s important to keep in mind that both of these shootings involved an unarmed victim, which is very rarely warranted. The use of such force requires the officer to have probable cause that the subject presents an imminent threat either to the officer’s life or a bystander's lif e. Particularly of what’s known of the Satterwhite case, which involved a low-speed chase from North Augusta’s city limits to Satterwhite’s Edgefield Count}' home, it’s hard to believe that was the case.Officers are supposed to be tasked with serving and protecting their communities. In these instances, it’s impossible to know whether officers were even coming close to fulfilling that duty.vvnai yehave wrcCHARLESKRAUTHAMMERColumnistOn September 5,2014, Russian agents crossed into Estonia and kidnapped an Estonian security official.T _ -i 1.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Fri, Aug 28, 2015
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