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ExciteBike66

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2. Cops have the ability to shoot people committing deadly crimes...

Reply to StarfishSaver (Original post)

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 01:14 PM

Apr 2021

This kid is very lucky he didn't get shot.

I know you are trying to make a point about Ma'Khia Bryant, but it doesn't change the fact that the cop saved that other girl's life.

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He stabbed a cop in the neck - and guess what happened next? [View all] StarfishSaver Apr 2021 OP

Typical.... HipChick Apr 2021 #1

Didn't take long ... StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #5

Cops have the ability to shoot people committing deadly crimes... ExciteBike66 Apr 2021 #2

Cops are executing POC HipChick Apr 2021 #4

I agree, but the statement "unarmed and not committing crimes" ExciteBike66 Apr 2021 #6

That simple malaise Apr 2021 #9

We agree, and cops disproportionately shoot black people vs white people in similar circumstances uponit7771 Apr 2021 #8

FYI - she wasn't a "girl." She was a grown woman in her 20s. StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #11

I am now informed, however it doesn't really matter does it. ExciteBike66 Apr 2021 #12

It could StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #13

I can't see instagram stuff Watchfoxheadexplodes Apr 2021 #3

Copologist would say there's no one wearing pink so this scenario doesn't count or some uponit7771 Apr 2021 #7

Indeed StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #10