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7. Every day sometimes multiple times

Mon Apr 26, 2021, 02:03 PM

Apr 2021

A black person or other person of color is shot dead. Maybe the training isn’t right. Maybe not every damned cop needs to have a gun.

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Yet ANOTHER black man mowed down by 10 bullets [View all] CatWoman Apr 2021 OP

+1. They view black/brown as enemy combatants radius777 Apr 2021 #15

The cop knew this guy Bayard Apr 2021 #3

Why can't these cops aim for babylonsister Apr 2021 #4

Because this isn't the movies. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2021 #5

doesn't that copy also carry a taser?? nt Grasswire2 Apr 2021 #6

A taser isn't for use against a gun. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2021 #8

He didn't have a gun. He held a cell phone. nt Grasswire2 Apr 2021 #9

In this case, yes. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2021 #11

Tasers have extremely high failure to deploy rates, approaching 50%. Calista241 Apr 2021 #10

We surely can create better non-lethal devices radius777 Apr 2021 #14

It's hard to do, and many attempts have been made Calista241 Apr 2021 #16

They're less lethal than bullets uponit7771 Apr 2021 #17

Every day sometimes multiple times CrackityJones75 Apr 2021 #7

Most cops barely shoot their guns for practice NickB79 Apr 2021 #12

I'd prefer if they just shoot themselves in their genitalia. madinmaryland Apr 2021 #13