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Community => Politics and Government => Topic started by: Eiki-mun on December 04, 2014, 06:26:01 pm
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As if Ferguson and Staten Island wasn't enough, we have yet another case where police shoot someone who was absolutely no threat to them. Only difference: This one was white! (And schizophrenic, but also tased and lying on the ground.)
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/08/justice/north-carolina-teen-killed/ (http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/08/justice/north-carolina-teen-killed/)
Apparently, "not having time for this" is a perfectly legitimate excuse to shoot and kill a tased, 90-pound teenager. Oh, sure, that's not what the cops say, but I trust the family of the dead teen much more than I trust one of them.
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Jesus Christ, not again.
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One thing to be sure of: Note the date. This one's not new, in fact it's the first of the three. But I'd still claim it significant.
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Police - we hire the psychopathic, the violent, and the vile.
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Police - we hire the psychopathic, the violent, and the vile.
And if you hit all three, you get paid administrative leave!
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Having violent maniacs freely wonder the streets without fear of retribution is a small price to pay to not have violent maniacs freely wonder the streets without fear of retribution.
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The amount of unjust killings by police going on, I guess you must be able to win a free t-shirt or something after killing your first five.
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I could have sworn we had a thread on this back when it happened.
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I could have sworn we had a thread on this back when it happened.
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The amount of unjust killings by police going on, I guess you must be able to win a free t-shirt or something after killing your first five.
Close, you actually get a 75% discount at Dunking Donuts.