COLUMBIA, SC — An S.C. trooper who stopped a man for a seat belt violation outside Columbia and then shot him – apparently without provocation – was arrested Wednesday and charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.
Sean Groubert, 31, a lance corporal who was fired from the Highway Patrol after the shooting incident, now faces 20 years in prison if convicted of wrongfully shooting the driver, Levar Jones.
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The first mistake, the driver, Mr. Jones, should not have reached into his car. The second. the Trooper was awful fast to start shooting. I never saw a threat presented, no gun, no knife, not even a club. Last time I checked, not wearing a seat belt was a fine, not a capital offence. Especially a death sentence to be carried out right there and then. Mr Jones is luck the copper was a lousy shot.
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Yeah, mistakes were made no question, but that doesn't make his shooting right...
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