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Chemisse

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10. I thought they shot him while he was facing him - based on limited video footage.

Reply to bullwinkle428 (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 08:52 PM

Jun 2020

Even then I could not see how it was justified to kill someone who is too far away to hurt you with a taser (a nonlethal weapon) and who is clearly trying to retreat.

I am so sick of these cops who kill because they have the power to do so with impunity. I hope he is charged with second-degree murder.

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