Jury clears officer of wrongdoing in shooting death of fellow officer
UPDATE: Here's my story on the jury verdict. The attorney representing Stamp's widow said she was disappointed with the outcome but was pleased that the apparently differing versions of what happened are now public record. Torres' attorney did not return calls for comment.
It took jurors only a few hours to decide that Officer John Torres acted reasonably when he fired his service weapon, killing a fellow member of the force who was off duty and dressed in biker garb, The Daily Record's Brendan Kearney is reporting.
A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury of three men and three women returned a defense verdict Thursday morning after two weeks of trial, the paper reported on its website.
Norman Stamp, a well-liked 44-year veteran cop and cofounder of the “Chosen Sons” motorcycle club, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of April 24, 2008, at the scene of an East Baltimore strip club brawl.
Comments
It should have taken the jury less than 3 mins to come to a finding. Stamp was no better than the rest of us When an officer gives a lawful order, follow it, if you disagree, you have IID, the court system to file with (good luck with that) and the officers superiors to complain to later. You do not draw a weapon on an officer during an already heated situation and hope your good looks and charm gets you by. And the widow thought she was going to cash in on this stupidity?
Posted by: Jim | October 22, 2010 9:23 PM