Anthony Pierce charged with second-degree murder for Officer Matthews' death

Yes, just think about your auto insurance in NC... NC is a 1% negligent state, so if you had even 1% to do with an accident, and the real person at fault had 99% to do with it, that 1% you did pretty much gets them off the hook. Since this was an auto accident, it really should be left to the ins companies to dispute, but seems like we want to make an example of this guy. Put him away for the drugs & trying to run from the cops, HELL YES! But the cop died because he was not driving within the guidelines/laws he himself is supposed to protect/uphold. Yes it's a terrible thing, and a shame he's gone, but this is what happens when you loose control of your vehicle when driving like that.

There is no similar outrage because you're comparing apples to oranges. Law enforcement officers have to face all kinds of life-threatening situations whenever they are on duty. Try to think of it like this, if you will: I can easily put out a burning cigarette by simply running water on it...and though I'd be extinguishing a flame, could you call me a firefighter? Are you outraged that our men and women in the armed services have killed people during acts of war? I'm not. If someone is willing to attack an ARMED OFFICER or give them solid reason to believe an attack is imminent, do you really think they would have any problem whatsoever coming after you or me? Our law enforcement officials are asked to do so much for all of us, up to and sometimes including sacrificing their own lives. Unless you're a cop, I doubt very seriously that your job requires the same thing from you. Even when it comes to fire or EMS response, LEO's are FREQUENTLY called in to go into a situation and clear it as "safe" for fire and EMS to proceed in. Again, unless you're a cop, you really have no concept of what it's like to be on one side of a door, preparing to face someone on the other side who is a KNOWN criminal that is KNOWN to be armed. Put yourself in that person's shoes for just a moment: You honestly believe that what is on the other side of that door could very well be the difference between you going home to your loved ones at the end of your shift OR your Sergeant going to your home to advise your loved ones that you have died as a result of performing your job. If I was that officer, I too would do what I had to in order to ensure that I go to my home that night instead of to the morgue. Bottom line on your example: If Peyton had been a law abiding citizen who understood that society has rules that MUST be adhered to in order to avoid negative consequences, NONE of that would have happened. Because of the magnitude of what our officers and deputies face each time they are on duty, I'm MORE than willing to give them some leeway because they are doing a job that I believe is necessary and because they are doing a job that I KNOW I am not cut out for. Thank God there are those who will try to maintain law and order in our society. Do YOU really want chaos and anarchy? Regarding your comment that there are never consequences whenever an LEO runs afoul.... SERIOUSLY??!? You DO know that the deputy no longer works at the Sheriff's Department as a result of the Peyton crap, right? And the officer accused of fondling a woman no longer works for WPD, nor do two other officers accused of using their service weapons in an altercation that occurred when both were not on duty and not performing in any official capacity for the city. On a more poignant and painful level...yes, Officer Matthews was speeding. Do you REALLY believe Officer Matthews got off scott free that night? NO, he did not, and neither should the thugs responsible for putting him in that situation in the first place.

"Meanwhile, I'd suggest that all you Clarence Darrows research the felony murder concept in law, which states that ANY death resulting from the commission of ANY felony is justification for an indictment of murder."- CommonSenseNotCommonToday "Wilmington attorney Thom Goolsby said he agreed that David is “charting new territory.” While grand jurors only find probable cause that a crime was committed, the burden on prosecutors would be much greater to convict Pierce of murder." “In this case, you’ve got a situation where an officer is responding to another officer’s call,” Goolsby said. “He’s not chasing the car directly. It’s going to take a whole new tweaking of the law to be able to stretch it this far.” - both taken from starnewsonline I think I will trust the attorneys take on what this law is. I am pretty sure he understands felony murder concept better than you.

Remember common, don't get the liberals all riled up. We don't want to hear them crying.

What is the General Statute number?

So would you say Darrow was not justified in defending John T. Scopes?

hey, welcome back common.

Knowing that people like you live amongst the rest of us is scary. Seriously??!? You're comparing Ronald Berry with police officers, and the result of that comparison in your mind is that cops and that criminal are the same thing? WOW are you messed up in the head. There's a HUGE difference, freak show. Berry had committed crimes and was attempting to elude capture. The deputies and the officers were trying to stop him from committing any more of his illegal acts. Yep, you're right that Berry was a human life, and you're right that Officer Matthews was as well. One was building a life a crime, one was building a life around stopping crime. I'll take an officer ANY day over a criminal, so it may sound cold, but I just can't muster ANY sympathy for someone who CHOSE to live outside the laws of our society.

Are you stupid? Ronald Berry was driving the car that killed himself, he decided not to follow the law. And that wasn't the first time either, good ridance.

Why are the Officers not charged with murder? Because Berry ran, the police have to chase, if not everyone on here that are saying that Officer Matthews was going to fast; would be crying about the fact that the police let him get away, and besides who knows what would happen if they did get away. Its easy to sit back days,weeks,months, after the fact to pick at the actions the police make. Instead of saying that he was going to fast, or poor little suspect is just misunderstood and should get a second chance, stop and think that this is the career that we choose. We don't go to your job and tell you how to do what ever it is that you do, so don't sit there and tell us what to do. The day that the police stop doing what we do to make everyone happen is the day that "We" as police,Deputes, Law Enforcement officer gamble with the safety and lives that we swore to protect. I know all the arguments that will be made. Until you have done my job to not try to tell me how to do it. Remember; "we" are the ones you call. If you don't like the out come; don't complain to us, talk to the ones who make the laws. After all is said and done, no matter what you try to do; our hands are tied by the Laws of NC. P.S. for you that know, let the fun began with all the arguments we all have heard time and time again. Thanks for reading. "I would Know"

Yes you would be to blame, be cause in this county, especially if you happen to be black, a gun would magically appear. But isn't that the path that "I want to be Governor someday" Ben David is going down here. And as far as liberals go, if you think that manipulating the law for your own political agenda isn't a liberal act, you don't have a clue of the American political landscape. And to honest, being a law-abiding citizen (white by the way) I am a little scared to stop for any law enforcement official in this county, I mean they shoot unarmed kids through doors in this county, don't they!

I read your reply and compared to most, everyone is basically saying the same thing..However, I think you couldn't have explained it any better..everyone is expressing their opinion about the situation that he was not at fault...of course he wasn't..the officer killed himself because he made the decision to drive like a maniac and didn't know how to control his vehicle...they teach you that in driver's education class; how to avoid things in the road; just not at the ridiculous speed...

Their are also 2 billion people in the world who believe the christian god created our world, had a talking snake in his garden, had a senior citizen build an ark that housed 2 of EVERY animal species in the world, etc etc. Point being, just because some( or a lot of) people believe it, it doesn't mean it is true.