by Bill Singer
The Intent of a Cop Killer: Supreme Court's Opinion
May 27, 2011
http://blogs.forbes.com/billsinger/2011/05/27/fowler-intent-supreme-court/
A riveting, disturbing, and provocative Supreme Court case is today's featured column at Forbes's "Street Sweeper." Consider these facts that Bill Singer presents in his blog:
At trial, Gamble testified that Officer Horner then pulled out a gun and told the group to give him their names so that he could check for outstanding warrants. At that point, Fowler snuck up behind Officer Horner and Gamble started talking to Officer Horner to distract him. Once Fowler was directly behind Officer Horner, Fowler grabbed Officer Horner's gun and Gamble, Winston, and Paige helped Fowler gain control of it. At trial, Gamble explained that they had subdued Officer Horner because "by the clothing that we had on - I mean it happened so fast, we didn't have time to throw the clothes off and look like regular people. We was [sic] going to rob a bank. So, it was evident. He sees all this black, you know. He knowed [sic] that something ain't right, and he knowed [sic] before that I was robbing." Because it was spring in Florida, it was suspicious that all of the occupants were wearing black clothes and gloves.
READ this compelling story at http://blogs.forbes.com/billsinger/2011/05/27/fowler-intent-supreme-court/