No charges filed.

[cyclonescott]

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/teens-families-angry-that-ex-trooper-not-charged-i/nqSnT/

Two of his friends died, and Dillon Wall, 18, is still recovering from a brain injury, paralysis on the side of his face, hearing loss and broken teeth from his car’s collision with a state trooper on a dark road in Carroll County five months ago.

Five seconds before the crash, the trooper was going 91 mph, although he wasn’t on an emergency call or pursuing anyone.

“The officer chose to speed. The officer chose to do this,” Lena Wall, Dillon’s aunt, said Thursday. “And his choice killed two people.”
Teens’ families angry that ex-trooper not charged in crash photo
Channel 2 Action News
Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17 (left), and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, died from their injuries following a September crash in Carroll County. (Photo: Channel 2 Action News)

A Carroll County grand jury this week declined to charge former state trooper Anthony Scott with any crime in connection with the accident. And the families of the four teenagers in the crash are unhappy about it.

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What the article doesn't state is that an officer gets to give a statement to the Grand Jury before an indictment. Us average people do not.

[houstondallas]

Georgia is only state that allows an unchallenged statement at grand jury.

I'm sure the officer hates what happened. He screwed up. But once again, this is an issue with the jury process and not a FTP.

[Craizie]

It's still the same do as I say not as I do ftp cop mentality. They should be held to a higher standard than an average citizen when it comes to breaking laws.

[svauto-erotic855]

It doesn't appear to me that the officers speed was the cause of the crash. The other car entering the officers right of way looks to be the cause to me. I think the kids would have been just as dead if the offices was going 60mph. What was the posted limit?

FYI: as a defendant you have the right in the state of TX to testify before a grand jury but you would be a fool to do so.

[SS Junk]

It doesn't appear to me that the officers speed was the cause of the crash. The other car entering the officers right of way looks to be the cause to me. I think the kids would have been just as dead if the offices was going 60mph. What was the posted limit?

FYI: as a defendant you have the right in the state of TX to testify before a grand jury but you would be a fool to do so.

The flipside to that argument is if he were doing the speed limit he wouldn't have reached them in time before they made that turn. Not only that, but it looks as though he had just crested a hill when the car turned in front of him. They may have seen his headlights, but assumed he was not going 91mph. If that is the case with his excessive speed, he's guilty as fuck. Any other joe blow asshole would've been in jail. Hopefully a civil suit can be brought against this cock sucker.

[soap]

Only thing I see wrong is the other car pulling in front of the cop. No charges should be filed.

I see dumbass do this shit every day, I'm driving in a straight line and there's always some dumbass every day! Who sees me coming from a distance. They have all the time in the world to take off. But no... They wait till you get about 20 feet from them and then they Slowly pull out of a parking lot in front of me.
Then when you hit the brakes and swerve and honk at them they look at you like it's your fault.

[ram57ta]

It doesn't appear to me that the officers speed was the cause of the crash. The other car entering the officers right of way looks to be the cause to me. I think the kids would have been just as dead if the offices was going 60mph. What was the posted limit?

FYI: as a defendant you have the right in the state of TX to testify before a grand jury but you would be a fool to do so.

At the speed he was going....they never saw him coming until it was too late. And seriously....91mph but no lights on, so siren, and wasn't responding to anything or chasing anyone? To just about anyone else....even without having a crash thats a trip to jail and a tow. Why the fuck does he get a pass...he killed 2 people that just happened to be on the road that night because he felt the law didn't apply to him. Fuck this double standard that has become oh so common these days. 99% of the time police are NOT held accountable when they do shit that would land most people in prison...and its total bullshit.

[svauto-erotic855]

The flipside to that argument is if he were doing the speed limit he wouldn't have reached them in time before they made that turn. Not only that, but it looks as though he had just crested a hill when the car turned in front of him. They may have seen his headlights, but assumed he was not going 91mph. If that is the case with his excessive speed, he's guilty as fuck. Any other joe blow asshole would've been in jail. Hopefully a civil suit can be brought against this cock sucker.

I know that there are rural hwys in GA that have a 75mph speed limit and the difference between 91mph and 75mph is just over 23fps. If the limit was 75mph I doubt the officer going 91mph caused the crash. If it was 60mph I believe that what you are saying is a possibility.

[SS Junk]

just wow...

[asphaltjunkie]

Anyone else notice this: trooper was in the left lane the entire time, except when the video cuts off. At the end, he is completely in the right lane. The car full of kids was travelling from his left to his right. Just based on what I saw, it looks like he could have been aiming for the car. If he had stayed in the left lane, he would have taken out their trunk at most instead of t-boning the other car. I'm sure he was doing what the felt was the right thing to do to avoid the crash, but in my personal experience, shutting her down and staying in your lane is the best thing to do, which is something you would think a state trooper would know.

[Buick355]

Anyone else notice this: trooper was in the left lane the entire time, except when the video cuts off. At the end, he is completely in the right lane. The car full of kids was travelling from his left to his right. Just based on what I saw, it looks like he could have been aiming for the car. If he had stayed in the left lane, he would have taken out their trunk at most instead of t-boning the other car. I'm sure he was doing what the felt was the right thing to do to avoid the crash, but in my personal experience, shutting her down and staying in your lane is the best thing to do, which is something you would think a state trooper would know.

What?!?!? I seriously doubt he was aiming for that car doing 90 mph. He could have killed himself in the process. I'm sure he was just expecting them to eventually see him and stop suddenly, and he could have avoided the collision by veering right. Same thing I would have done.

[Cobraman]

Just based on what I saw, it looks like he could have been aiming for the car.

[asphaltjunkie]

I'm sure he was doing what the felt was the right thing to do to avoid the crash...

If you would actually read shit, you would have seen where I refuted the claim of the trooper doing this on purpose.

[Cobraman]

If you would actually read shit, you would have seen where I refuted the claim of the trooper doing this on purpose.

did you though?

[slowturbocar]

Cop was going to damn fast for no good reason and should be a good enough reason to charge him,what's the posted speed limit on that stretch of road 55-60? He needs to be charged with something IMO. So im guessing he retired after this crash?