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Dante Servin Research Paper

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A Chicago cop was found not guilty on a manslaughter of a 22-year-old unarmed Chicago woman on Monday March 21, 2012 while he was off-duty. Officer found not guilty and from the facts and evidence you will see he should have been GUILTY. Officer Dante Servin should be GUILTY. Veteran Chicago cop, Dante Servin, has been accused of manslaughter of 22-year-old, Rekia Boyd, on Monday March 21, 2012. While he was off-duty he had approached Boyd and her friends in Douglas Park for being rowdy. As he approached them, Antonio Cross, one of Boyd’s friends, had been accused of reaching for a gun during the conflict. Servin says he only fired for self-defense but in that self-defense he had wrongfully shot Boyd. Judge Dennis Porter ruled …show more content…

(Chicago Tribune). This seems like a racist act. If Boyd would have been white, would Servin had went to jail and be charged with first- degree murder, or still an involuntary act? The NAACP has thought long and hard about that question, because he just gets slap on the wrist then is back on the force and might do it again. Porter said the charge was inappropriate: "The act of intentionally firing a gun at some person or persons on the street is an act that is so dangerous it is beyond reckless; it is intentional and the crime, if there be any, is first-degree murder." After three days of testimony, Porter abruptly ended Servin's bench trial. He said prosecutors had shown "beyond a reasonable doubt" that Servin killed Boyd, and that the officer fired the shots knowing they were likely to cause great bodily harm or death. Those elements would add up to first-degree murder. Whether Servin's actions were reckless or worse isn't the real issue; it’s whether they were warranted

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