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LonePirate

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23. I'm not the one defending another senseless murder by America's militarized and racist police force

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 03:35 PM

Apr 2021

By saying we need to keep in mind the thousands of non-deadly encounters every day, that is in effect minimizing or dismissing this deadly incident and many others. It’s like we should not care about this murder because such a high percentage of incidents do not result in the loss of life. That’s absurd.

We have a significant problem in this country when massive numbers of people in this country fear for their lives whenever a police officer approaches them because we have so many racist, angry and incompetent police officers in this country. I would not be surprised if some of them take the job simply for the opportunity to kill minorities. The Klan in this country simply traded in their white robes and hoods for blue uniforms and badges.

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F'n cops need to THINK before they SHOOT! [View all] MoonRiver Apr 2021 OP

Oh, well there's your problem: Think. Aristus Apr 2021 #1

i think they do think before shooting. They want to kill black men. samsingh Apr 2021 #2

"Don't tell me I can't shoot black people, that's why I took this job!" (imagined quote) Towlie Apr 2021 #15

Post removed Post removed Apr 2021 #3

Or suspects should not attempt flight Watchfoxheadexplodes Apr 2021 #4

Too many have been killed doing everything right. TDale313 Apr 2021 #5

So flight played no part ? Watchfoxheadexplodes Apr 2021 #9

This should never have ended in his murder TDale313 Apr 2021 #10

Victim blaming? Watchfoxheadexplodes Apr 2021 #14

Floyd was fleeing? and depending on the suspect the answer is no for death. uponit7771 Apr 2021 #13

There have been multiple cases of people complying Bettie Apr 2021 #24

And yet a man can go into a convenience store and kill ten people but get walked out padah513 Apr 2021 #6

Exactly. TDale313 Apr 2021 #7

... or be black, you forgot that part uponit7771 Apr 2021 #12

"suspects should not attempt flight"? You just don't get it. Towlie Apr 2021 #18

There are far too many black and brown people killed by police Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #25

They do think. They see a black American and decide they must kill him/her no matter what. LonePirate Apr 2021 #8

um Skittles Apr 2021 #17

Are you saying this murder is acceptable because thousands of others were not murdered? LonePirate Apr 2021 #20

you know that is not what I am saying Skittles Apr 2021 #21

Your credibility takes a big hit when you imply that a poster ... 11 Bravo Apr 2021 #22

I'm not the one defending another senseless murder by America's militarized and racist police force LonePirate Apr 2021 #23

K&R, they usually do if the persons white uponit7771 Apr 2021 #11

or maybe America could be less of a gun humping nation Skittles Apr 2021 #16

exactly. bdamomma Apr 2021 #26

A man goes into 3 spas in Georgia, kills 9 people all but two Asian, and still they take him alive padah513 Apr 2021 #19

+100 MoonRiver Apr 2021 #27