Officer charged in taped beating apparently kills himself

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Story Highlights
• Former police officer Lance Schilling died from gunshot wound to roof of mouth
• Schilling was charged in videotaped beating of a man after Hurricane Katrina
• Tape shows Robert Davis, 64, being kneed, struck on head multiple times
• Trial was set for June 29; Schilling's attorney says death had no connection to trial


http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/11/officer.taped.beating.ap/index.html

[Hugh Lincoln]

I'm sure there's more to the story. But what we know is that a white cop was on trial for beating a black man. In today's society, that's a charge and conviction wrapped up in one.