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Brandishing firearm: Why jury acquitted deputy in courtroom incident

Original post made on Oct 4, 2016

On Aug. 29, 2016, after a three-day trial and about four hours of deliberation, a jury acquitted Sheriff's Office Deputy Andy Mar of misdemeanor brandishing of a firearm. But there were witnesses. What led to that verdict?


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Comments (3)

Posted by Ethan
a resident of Menlo Park: University Heights
on Oct 4, 2016 at 1:45 pm

What we definitely do not need around here is South Carolina justice.


Posted by SteveC
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Oct 4, 2016 at 2:10 pm

SteveC is a registered user.

We don't need Deputy Mar either. Time will tell.


Posted by Easy
a resident of another community
on Oct 4, 2016 at 5:01 pm

Easy to understand (but definitely not right): police officers are literally getting away with murdering people across the country, so why did anyone expect Mar to get hit?


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