On May 17th 2000 Larry
Nevers was sentenced to 7 to 15 years in prison.
Off Duty cop shoots
guy for walking up to his Suburban at an ATM machine!
I am sure Nevers going back to the Big House will have some
people dancing in the streets.
I am sure that the shooting of Crenshaw was no big deal in the
big city.
Why would Detroiters be outraged over the death of a crack
head and care less about Crenshaw and the deaths
of others at the hands of Detroit's Finest?
Must be an hidden agenda here at work eh?
| Comment from Chris:
Larry Nevers Has once again been found guilty and has been sent back
to Prison. This time, he was not convicted by an all black jury. Instead
Nevers was found guilty by a white majority. Also during the latest
trail there were no Malcolm X films and Coleman Young is dead. So no
biased jury. Nevers was found guilty and with time served will probably
only be in prison for another year. That seems like a small price to pay
for COLD BLOODED MURDER!!!!!
You bring up an interesting point. What's the life of a CRACKHEAD WORTH?
Was Malice Greens life worth less than yours and mine? If Malice Greens
life had no value because he was a crackhead, How then do you place
Value on the Unborn Children who are aborted? If Malice Greens drug
problem devalues his life, Why doesn't David Jaye's alcohol problem
devalue his. After all, aren't they both addicts!!!! Just because you
have an addiction doesn't make you a bad person. Sure maybe this guy was
high on crack, But, to say that those officers had a right to crush his
skull with flashlights, Thats just WRONG!!! Nobody deserves to die like
Green did. Those cops acted like street THUGS and now their paying for
it. |
| Comment from Mark:
We disagree that it was cold blooded murder. Obviously
something went wrong. I just do not see what was in it for them to
ice Malice. Malice knew the routine of getting arrested and should of corporated.
Fact is that Malice had quite a run in with police in Chicago. Fact is
that Malice chose not to corporate. Did he DESERVE to die. No. Never
said he did. Was it too bad that he died? Yes.
I question the selective outrage. I sincerely doubt that if Nevers
and Budzen would of seen the inside of a courthouse if they were
not white. Fact is the Detroit Police go out of their way to
protect their own. Look
at the current media frenzy concerning police shootings.
Shoot someone in the back and it is no big deal. No Jesse Jackson. Why?
Look how another Green was killed in Pontiac, by young Nat.
The liberals were not upset at the murder of a black man, they were
upset that Nat was being held responsible. Twelve years old and you
would think he was a baby, not responsible for a thing, yet a six year
old jumps in the window with no clothes on (to stop a school bus) and is
a sex
offender needing punishment.
Every one has a right to life, and no one should loose their life,
excepting for convicted murders. I think no one did a better job of devaluing
Malice's life than Malice him self. Dave Jaye is throwing away a
lot of potential. Drug addicts hurt them selves, yet I feel they should
be free to reach their dreams.
Larry Nevers used bad judgment, but we weren't in his shoes, was his
intent evil, I am not sure it was, would he of been better off having
had shot Malice? Probably.
Two wrongs do not make a right, the whole case is a tragedy for all
involved, with no winners, excepting the folks
who exploited the issue to suit their agenda of hate. |
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately
explained by stupidity.
Comment from Chris:
Former Detroit police officer Larry Nevers was found
guilty Tuesday of
involuntary manslaughter for the 1992 beating death of motorist Malice Green.
Nevers had previously been convicted of second-degree murder for Green's
death.
He is still guilty!!!!! I am glad that once again he is convicted of
murdering Malice Green. Although he probably won't receive anymore prison
time, he will always have to live with the fact that 2 courts have found him
guilty of killing a man. So do you accept this courts decision or do you
still proclaim Larry Nevers is an innocent cop?
I think that there is a difference between those cops who fall into dangerous
situations... and the JERKS in SWAT TEAMS, the JERKS busting johns etc. in other
words the good cops are out protecting folks the bad cops are out looking for
revenue!
Another comment from Chris
I think that Larry Nevers biggest mistake was partaking in a job that he was
unfit for. Obviously if you go to work and you can't handle the job that your
supposed to do, You should find a new line of work. What person in their right
mind would bash a guy in the head with a 10 pound flashlight in order to force
him to open up his hand? I don't think that very many cops would resort to such
a violent tactic. Nevers dug 2 graves, Malice Greens and his own. Its funny how
you seem to blame the system and not Larry Nevers. Nevers is a grown man who committed
a violent crime of his own free will. He was used to hurting people that he came
in contact with, Nevers is nothing more than a THUG, and he got exactly what he
deserved.
How cool a diverse viewpoint:
I, possibly (ok so probably more on the finite order of 100%)naively, refuse
to accept that lacking a skin tone similar to Coleman Young effected this
situation. There must be at least one African American left in Detroit (less the
Toms') who saw that slavering slug for what it was & unbiasley decisive,
when evaluating the facts of the circumstance.
I will state openly the incident involved a bit of excessive physical effort.
The fact however remains; Malice Green's life expired due to complications
associated with drug abuse. A healthy person, while unlikely to arrive similar
occasions, would have survived the incident with a few stitches & a
headache.
>From my perspective; the Detroit Police Officers, regardless of my opinion
for the entire element, involved held Malice's life in higher regard that he did
himself.
Where in a Police Officers training manual does it state "If and or when;
situations arise wherein a representative of the DPD is place in likely path of
harm... all efforts must be made to protect the offending citizen from any and
all possible physical, mental, and emotional trauma. To the extent the office
should instead allow the citizen the full range of their personal liberties,
regardless of the potential effect they might have on surrounding, not currently
involved, citizens."
I believe the training in this area, which was dispensed by a wrought most
departments rely on as a training bible, specifically stated: "Deadly force
is morally mandated, under the following circumstances:
blah
blah
When an armed offender is fleeing an incident, while the adjunct present is
under/has reasonable expectation an innocent civilian might become adversely
effected.
blah
blah"
The only mitigating circumstances being...
a. How long had it been since Malice had the clarity of thought to effect a grid
pattern search for an innocent civilian in Detroit?
b. With Malice's progressed (as shown in evidence during the trials')
physiological condition, was he capable of actually hitting what he intended to
with that little pistol.
c. How in the %$)* could either of the officers suspected the advanced
degradation in the physical well being of the suspect? even the characters on
Star Trek "The Next Generation" don't determine that type of
statistical data until after the fact... Unless of course it makes significant
circumstance to the script.
It was no more & much less than an officer inadvertently discharging his
sidearm, where he believed his life in imminent danger, into a juvenile with a
replica toy pistol.
Further more, How dare you take comfort in the anguish of another. Regardless of
the root cause of it.
Guess who.
