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1. Isn't this kind of violence

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2019, 07:43 AM

Dec 2019

Promoted by trump , claiming police shouldn't be nice? trump likens violence to power, and uses it to incite people for him, then denies he had anything to do with it. Didn't Charlie Manson use those tactics too before he went to prison?

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Police slammed a man's head into a car that they thought he had stolen, video shows. The man died. [View all] Demovictory9 Dec 2019 OP

Isn't this kind of violence duforsure Dec 2019 #1

YUP and... 2naSalit Dec 2019 #23

This story is sickening Pachamama Dec 2019 #2

Just a guess malaise Dec 2019 #3

that last sentence - "'Oh well', Blount said. " trusty elf Dec 2019 #4

He appears to be white. cwydro Dec 2019 #6

So I got it wrong malaise Dec 2019 #27

Wrong guess. LisaL Dec 2019 #19

my grandfather's cousin was a cop. he treated EVERYBODY like a human. even vice suspects got respect pansypoo53219 Dec 2019 #5

I have a good friend who's a cop. cwydro Dec 2019 #16

Why I can't stand "Law & Order" and some other cop shows for the way they treat prisoners. rickyhall Dec 2019 #7

Treating people well is the best way to get confessions. MoonRiver Dec 2019 #12

Wow. AFTER slamming his head, they also Tased him and put him in a choke hold: tblue37 Dec 2019 #8

I hope that guy is really fired. cwydro Dec 2019 #15

I hope he's charged with murder. SharonClark Dec 2019 #28

That's not just overkill, PatSeg Dec 2019 #22

They Tased him more than once, too. Basically, they were just really pissed off, especially tblue37 Dec 2019 #24

And I think many people PatSeg Dec 2019 #30

Periodic psych evals should be mandatory DeminPennswoods Dec 2019 #33

Absolutely PatSeg Dec 2019 #34

Am I missing something? Why did he run from the cops? nt USALiberal Dec 2019 #9

I don't get that either. Or why he wouldn't get out of the car. cwydro Dec 2019 #11

Read your own sentences in reverse order Bucky Dec 2019 #25

Ha! No shit. ret5hd Dec 2019 #26

Maybe he was afraid they would kill him. nt tblue37 Dec 2019 #13

If, as they claim, he was on meth, he wouldn't have been thinking clearly. Also, he'd been tblue37 Dec 2019 #14

Good point. nt USALiberal Dec 2019 #17

Something is missing for sure fescuerescue Dec 2019 #29

Well he knew the suspect in carjacking. LisaL Dec 2019 #36

That itself is highly unusual. fescuerescue Dec 2019 #39

My rule of thumb: When it doesn't make sense, ecstatic Dec 2019 #38

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2019 #41

Well I tend to default to that to when it comes to cops fescuerescue Dec 2019 #42

"Officials did not say whether the officers were using lights and sirens" dalton99a Dec 2019 #10

One would think that would be 2naSalit Dec 2019 #20

Video. The part where Blount stops and approaches the car starts at 4:02. tblue37 Dec 2019 #21

FTP. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2019 #18

Well,Sanoma County Wellstone ruled Dec 2019 #31

Fire them, lock them up & long restitution required after gets out of jail. lark Dec 2019 #32

White male authority figures... stillcool Dec 2019 #35

Not just white ones. Tipperary Dec 2019 #44

There was a time, back when I was protesting the Vietnam war not_the_one Dec 2019 #37

glad you posted that stopdiggin Dec 2019 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Dec 2019 #43

I need more coffee maxrandb Dec 2019 #45

update Demovictory9 Dec 2019 #46