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n2doc

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Sun Nov 30, 2014, 02:10 PM Nov 2014

How police confront black and white: U. of I. vs. Cleveland

by Charles J. Johnson

snip:

In my case, a visibly out-of-control white adult on a college campus within theoretical firing range of students was taken down without injury.

In the Rice case, a black child, also holding a fake gun, was shot dead upon the arrival of police.

This discrepancy I simply cannot rectify, no matter how much I wish I could.

I don't know what I would have done. But I did witness what is supposed to be done.

the rest

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-police-shootings-tamir-rice-college-airsoft-perspec-1130-20141128-story.html

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How police confront black and white: U. of I. vs. Cleveland (Original Post) n2doc Nov 2014 OP
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