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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking: No criminal charges against Rochester, NY, officers who restrained Daniel Prude
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Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) No criminal charges against Rochester, NY, officers who restrained Daniel Prude, a Black man, until he stopped breathing.
4:31 PM · Feb 23, 2021
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Breaking: No criminal charges against Rochester, NY, officers who restrained Daniel Prude (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2021
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Voltaire2
(15,377 posts)1. Of course. Licensed to kill.
Xipe Totec
(44,507 posts)3. Licensed to kill black people. nt
TheRealNorth
(9,647 posts)5. Truth
The black officer that killed Justine Ruszczyk was (rightfully) convicted.
But there always seems to be a reason to not charge white officers, or a juror that refuses to convict.
WhiskeyGrinder
(26,662 posts)2. FTP.
multigraincracker
(37,183 posts)4. You must protect fellow gang members
at all cost. They call it a Professional courtesy.
