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2naSalit

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4. It sounds like a "throw down"...

Reply to Dial H For Hero (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:44 AM

Sep 2020

A gun the cops had in their possession prior to the incident to "throw down" after the fact to make such a claim, whether he actually reached for it, sans body cam recording, is only reported by the cops. Dead men don't have any say at that point. Happens more often than anyone would like to think.

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Sheriff's Dept. alleges Dijon Kizzee picked up gun before deputies fired 19 shots [View all] Dial H For Hero Sep 2020 OP

wouldn;t police body cameras verify this? If so, where are videos? beachbumbob Sep 2020 #1

a gun that dropped from a jacket as he fell to the ground. 2naSalit Sep 2020 #2

Hm....would it make a difference, though? Putting aside that law enforcement officials almost Dial H For Hero Sep 2020 #3

It sounds like a "throw down"... 2naSalit Sep 2020 #4

That would of course be an entirely different matter, granted. Dial H For Hero Sep 2020 #5