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MadLinguist

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28. It was 2009 in Oakland CA when Oscar Grant was murdered by a cop

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 06:56 PM

Apr 2021

who used the precise same excuse -- thought it was my taser. 12 years later, are we really to buy that police departments haven't figured out some kind of ergonomics or something to make such a mistake impossible? This incident just piles up more evidence that police cannot be trusted with guns, or with tasers

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Then, shouldn't it be at least negligent homicide? LakeArenal Apr 2021 #1

Kickin' with disgust! Faux pas Apr 2021 #2

His belief? Sanity Claws Apr 2021 #3

i just watched the video Rorey Apr 2021 #4

Just found this... sheshe2 Apr 2021 #6

Absolutely! Rorey Apr 2021 #8

CNN: sheshe2 Apr 2021 #22

No, they're supposed to be put on the other side of the body. uponit7771 Apr 2021 #16

I'm pretty sure that's what I said. Rorey Apr 2021 #19

Yes my bad, I read right past that. IMHO if its a PD full of unaddressed community complaints then uponit7771 Apr 2021 #23

I agree Rorey Apr 2021 #25

Yep uponit7771 Apr 2021 #27

Fire them all. Claire Oh Nette Apr 2021 #30

I'm not buying it CanonRay Apr 2021 #5

Copaganda. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #7

Good word Rorey Apr 2021 #10

I'm stealing that! 2naSalit Apr 2021 #13

+1000 Solomon Apr 2021 #24

No question she is a poor police officer, but the video sure looks like Hoyt Apr 2021 #9

Wow. I was kind of expecting to hear she was a rookie NT Rorey Apr 2021 #12

I hope they tested her for drugs, prescription or not. Hoyt Apr 2021 #18

I'm not going to sit here in my comfy living room all this distance away and... TreasonousBastard Apr 2021 #11

I would think that it would be negligent homicide at the very least NT Rorey Apr 2021 #14

My guess, too. But I'm not a lawyer, or even there. TreasonousBastard Apr 2021 #21

CNN now: sheshe2 Apr 2021 #15

Sure was, but that by itself doesn't make it criminal. TreasonousBastard Apr 2021 #17

Every death that isn't natural, by suicide or accident is ruled a homicide. Kaleva Apr 2021 #20

Good malaise Apr 2021 #26

It was 2009 in Oakland CA when Oscar Grant was murdered by a cop MadLinguist Apr 2021 #28

Thank you for this incite, MadLinguist. sheshe2 Apr 2021 #29