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tonedevil

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16. While not black...

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #11)

Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:24 PM

Jun 2018

I suspect that Jose Fausto Garcia Alvarez was unafraid more based on the narcotics he tested positive for than on his sense of white privilege. Here in Sacramento our police have been much more circumspect since the shooting of Stephon Clark. I hope this new found sensitivity holds.

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California roadrage [View all] Demovictory9 Jun 2018 OP

The ticket Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #1

Crazy guy was probably listening to Michael sagar or one of those other kooks on am radio kimbutgar Jun 2018 #2

Wait. He passed you "speeding way over the limit.." But you could hear his radio? Tipperary Jun 2018 #4

The limit was 45 as we were on the bay bridge and Michael savage show has this particular hard rock kimbutgar Jun 2018 #6

I am not in the least familiar with the Michael Savage show, so I will take your word for it. Tipperary Jun 2018 #8

what a nutcase...... chillfactor Jun 2018 #3

Let's hope he does lose all that lunatica Jun 2018 #7

At least! WillowTree Jun 2018 #9

The local news reported... tonedevil Jun 2018 #15

Notice how the police kept calm and were patient? NutmegYankee Jun 2018 #5

If that guy was Black, he stood a good chance of being in the morgue today. Blue_true Jun 2018 #14

That was my first thought. Doreen Jun 2018 #27

And here I thought California was all mellow and laid back and shit. Tipperary Jun 2018 #10

There is lots of rage here in California Raine Jun 2018 #26

And if the raving person had been black? What would the outcome have been? CurtEastPoint Jun 2018 #11

While not black... tonedevil Jun 2018 #16

I recently saw a raving Black person taken down by tazer. Blue_true Jun 2018 #17

trDump voter ? magicarpet Jun 2018 #12

Imagine if he'd had a gun. nt tblue37 Jun 2018 #13

This looks like the same incident from a different angle csziggy Jun 2018 #18

I call both vehicles TOTALLED Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #19

Thanks for that, ziggy.. says he Rammed another car Cha Jun 2018 #23

That should buff right out. LuckyCharms Jun 2018 #20

lol Cha Jun 2018 #22

Good case for a tazer if I ever saw one. roamer65 Jun 2018 #21

He seems nice... Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2018 #24

Any unnecessary force used in the apprehension of driver... has been approved. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2018 #25

The police were too passive. This creep belongs in a cage and not free in civil society IMO. Trust Buster Jun 2018 #28