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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts) Tue Feb 23, 2021, 05:40 PM Feb 2021

Breaking: 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 OP

Of course. Licensed to kill. Voltaire2 Feb 2021 #1

Licensed to kill black people. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2021 #3

Truth TheRealNorth Feb 2021 #5

FTP. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #2

You must protect fellow gang members multigraincracker Feb 2021 #4

Voltaire2

(13,009 posts)

1. Of course. Licensed to kill.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2021, 05:48 PM

Feb 2021

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

3. Licensed to kill black people. nt

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 23, 2021, 06:00 PM

Feb 2021

TheRealNorth

(9,478 posts)

5. Truth

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 23, 2021, 07:05 PM

Feb 2021

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

(22,326 posts)

2. FTP.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2021, 05:51 PM

Feb 2021

multigraincracker

(32,673 posts)

4. You must protect fellow gang members

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2021, 06:08 PM

Feb 2021

at all cost. They call it a Professional courtesy.

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