Louisiana officer convicted of manslaughter in boy's death

[TexasTowelie]

MARKSVILLE, La. -- A Louisiana law enforcement officer was convicted Friday (March 24) on a lesser charge of manslaughter in a shooting that killed a 6-year-old autistic boy, a gruesome encounter captured on tape by another officer's body camera.

Jurors found Derrick Stafford guilty of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter charges, multiple news outlets reported. He had faced charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in the case.

Stafford, 33, and another deputy city marshal opened fire on a car -- killing Jeremy Mardis and critically wounding his father -- after a 2-mile car chase in Marksville on the night of Nov. 3, 2015.

Video from a police officer's body camera shows the father, Christopher Few, had his hands raised inside his vehicle while the two deputies collectively fired 18 shots. At least four of those bullets tore into Jeremy, who died within minutes.

Read more: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/03/louisiana_officer_convicted_of.html

[Laffy Kat]

1. OMG. That child must have been terrified.

Fuck, fuck, fuck. (And yes, I have been using that word a lot lately.)

[shenmue]

2. ...

[Boxerfan]

3. Good-should have been murder 1...

Premeditated as they were harassing the father in this case-his kid was just in the way when they went nuts. But it was their intent to do harm(to the father) so I'm glad they got convicted but it should have been life no parole.