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1. where were the good guys with guns?

Sat Jan 28, 2023, 08:33 AM

Jan 2023

I thought that was a thing to keep us citizens safe from tyranny?

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I watched the video the Memphis PD released. [View all] Jedi Guy Jan 2023 OP

where were the good guys with guns? purr-rat beauty Jan 2023 #1

I really don't think they were thinking that far ahead, or at all. Jedi Guy Jan 2023 #3

Yes. Inflicting pain on someone makes them very angry.Too bad cops Walleye Jan 2023 #4

Deploying OC in that situation was idiotic. Jedi Guy Jan 2023 #6

Yes the right wingers defend cops by saying just obey Walleye Jan 2023 #9

Resisting arrest, passively or actively, generally isn't a smart play. Jedi Guy Jan 2023 #11

Nah. Take away their QUALIFIED IMMUNITY instead aocommunalpunch Jan 2023 #5

There was a sixth officer who happens to be white. Why Emile Jan 2023 #7

Presumably because he didn't take part in the beating. Jedi Guy Jan 2023 #8

On the video when one of the cops started walking towards the fight Walleye Jan 2023 #10

How are these police officers out of jail on bail??! RamblingRose Jan 2023 #12