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37. I'm hear nothing but heinous stuff coming out of North Carolina

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Black Man gets in a serious car accident---seeks help--- get's shot and killed by a Police officer. [View all] trumad Sep 2013 OP

Fucked up cops are so god damn out of control gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1

that's why I call them KKKops ~nt~ b.durruti Sep 2013 #3

That's mature. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #33

"Grow up" is a personal attack on another DUer. Trillo Sep 2013 #45

I agree gopiscrap Sep 2013 #123

The behaviour of the cops and their supporters in this country has become increasingly gopiscrap Sep 2013 #126

Diversion. nt valerief Sep 2013 #129

See reply 35. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #133

I dunno. Are you one? quakerboy Sep 2013 #130

See reply 35. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #134

Your assertion is underwhelming quakerboy Sep 2013 #135

See, I don't jump to conclusions. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #138

Except for the conclusion quakerboy Sep 2013 #140

Quite a broad brush you have there butch! rustydog Sep 2013 #122

OMG That poor man was seeking help life long demo Sep 2013 #2

Book TV had a program about this this weekend, marew Sep 2013 #6

Police seeing American citizens as the enemy. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #11

Police seeing BLACK American citizens as the enemy. That is all. nt kelliekat44 Sep 2013 #25

As a white American citizen, I am terrified of the police. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #28

They do generally treat black people worse, but plenty of white people LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #49

I'm white and have gotten tickets when conservatively dressed. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #99

My experience certainly doesn't rise to the level of what happened here reflection Sep 2013 #120

No guarantee even if you're a buttoned down white guy matt819 Sep 2013 #131

I agree...and it started with fucking Fox showing shows like COPS gopiscrap Sep 2013 #124

That never occurred to me about COPS. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #132

FDP ~nt~ b.durruti Sep 2013 #4

Living while black is increasingly fatal malaise Sep 2013 #5

He was a star football player at college too..just got engaged and just moved to the area.. HipChick Sep 2013 #16

The home owner was also heartless malaise Sep 2013 #17

She has blood on her hands too.. HipChick Sep 2013 #20

For sure malaise Sep 2013 #21

no, she does not JanMichael Sep 2013 #27

"The guy was banging on her door furiously in the middle of the night." No shit??!! Could that maybe Ghost in the Machine Sep 2013 #39

She didn't know he was in a car wreck. LisaL Sep 2013 #40

EMS would have gotten there in the same amount JanMichael Sep 2013 #47

Apparently caring for one another is no longer malaise Sep 2013 #82

Just curious - Who helped you? was it a single woman? ctaylors6 Sep 2013 #125

Sadly this exact situation has been used wercal Sep 2013 #29

I don't blame her either. LisaL Sep 2013 #41

It was reasonable to call 911 - They were needed no matter the reason for him pounding gollygee Sep 2013 #84

From what has been reported, she did tell 911 he was knocking on her door. LisaL Sep 2013 #100

That conflicts with other stuff I've seen here gollygee Sep 2013 #103

+1 TheDebbieDee Sep 2013 #42

absolutely riverwalker Sep 2013 #97

If someone I don't know knocks on my door after midnight Link Speed Sep 2013 #23

People are oftentimes terribly disoriented after a wreck. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #38

and it was a severe accident riverwalker Sep 2013 #98

Not sure. It depends. Dash87 Sep 2013 #81

Horrific iandhr Sep 2013 #7

WTF. Just... WTF. Initech Sep 2013 #8

Exactly my reaction : WTF !!! Nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #13

OMG etherealtruth Sep 2013 #9

this guy can't make sense of it either Snake Plissken Sep 2013 #14

Disgusting etherealtruth Sep 2013 #15

I posted about this earlier..lynching never went away,it got morphed into murder by police HipChick Sep 2013 #10

That's a terrible summation Orrex Sep 2013 #12

+1,000 malaise Sep 2013 #22

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2013 #102

BIWB -- Being Injured While Black. marmar Sep 2013 #18

Cops. Iggo Sep 2013 #19

If you remove the quotation mark right before the URL then the link in the OP will work Tx4obama Sep 2013 #24

It's a tough job. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2013 #26

cop was arrested trumad Sep 2013 #34

Sure does. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #36

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 2ndAmForComputers Sep 2013 #116

The city/ county/ police department are handling this one JanMichael Sep 2013 #30

This breaks my heart! What is the country coming too????? emsimon33 Sep 2013 #31

This is f*cked up. The Mercenary Class is out for themselves, and out of control. ~nt 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #32

Charges seem appropriate. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #35

I'm hear nothing but heinous stuff coming out of North Carolina Auggie Sep 2013 #37

"She immediately closed the door, hit her panic alarm, called 911." Rex Sep 2013 #43

Oh for Pete's sake... Llewlladdwr Sep 2013 #44

Whatever you want to believe. Rex Sep 2013 #108

Maybe she had been attacked and raped by someone pretending to need help joeglow3 Sep 2013 #114

I'm with you. reflection Sep 2013 #121

I can't believe ANYONE is blaming this woman who answered the door cali Sep 2013 #46

People always like to pretend JanMichael Sep 2013 #48

Question is--- what if he were white? trumad Sep 2013 #51

Same JanMichael Sep 2013 #53

I called 911 on a white guy who was pounding on my door in the middle of the night gollygee Sep 2013 #59

I'd call 911 treestar Sep 2013 #88

Exactly. And kudos to the CPD for the fast arrest JanMichael Sep 2013 #94

A couple years back someone was banging on my door justiceischeap Sep 2013 #136

so, the repo man JanMichael Sep 2013 #137

Awww---but if it was a cherry sweet white person... trumad Sep 2013 #50

If a bloody stranger of *any* race woke me up at 2:30 AM pounding on my door, Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #52

Disagreed JanMichael Sep 2013 #54

Chances increase big time if he was white. trumad Sep 2013 #55

I felt weird writing that, but it's true around where we are JanMichael Sep 2013 #57

Most horrific CT home invasion and murder of recent years. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #63

Thank you JanMichael Sep 2013 #71

I'm sorry, but how the fuck would YOU know? cali Sep 2013 #69

I'm sorry.. trumad Sep 2013 #72

I agree with those who suspect her response might have been different kcr Sep 2013 #60

Why? JanMichael Sep 2013 #62

Pretending to have been in an accident is not an uncommon ruse. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #64

She does't have to open the door. kcr Sep 2013 #66

How would she know that is not what was happening? LisaL Sep 2013 #73

Um. Because that wasn't what was happening? n/t kcr Sep 2013 #76

It's not uncommon to pretend to be in an accident in order to invade someone's home. Dash87 Sep 2013 #83

That may be kcr Sep 2013 #86

How many times did you have someone knocking on your door in the middle of the night? LisaL Sep 2013 #87

I actually had someone stumble drunk right through the door kcr Sep 2013 #90

because people usually do not knock when they are breaking in? bettyellen Sep 2013 #104

Yes, sometimes they do. LisaL Sep 2013 #105

Actually it is not an uncommon practice. Glassunion Sep 2013 #110

I can't believe I'm being asked why. kcr Sep 2013 #65

Hey, enjoy your outrage JanMichael Sep 2013 #67

Why thank you, I will. kcr Sep 2013 #68

Yep. And please note that JanMichael Sep 2013 #74

Oh, the poor woman who called the cops kcr Sep 2013 #75

Did she tell the police he was breaking in? gollygee Sep 2013 #77

The articles I read stated she reported an attempted break in kcr Sep 2013 #78

I see gollygee Sep 2013 #79

The article I read stated she told 911 this man was knocking on her door. LisaL Sep 2013 #85

How does any of that contradict what I've been saying? kcr Sep 2013 #89

You can maintain whatever it is you want. LisaL Sep 2013 #91

That's what I read too. However, the poster JanMichael Sep 2013 #92

No. kcr Sep 2013 #93

Oh. TN JanMichael Sep 2013 #95

Keep on puffing up kcr Sep 2013 #96

I think his odds would have been better but cali Sep 2013 #111

No, but they don't have to hit a panic button either kcr Sep 2013 #113

Right, because racial profiling should be rewarded when citizens do it. Rex Sep 2013 #109

Cops are out of control aolwien Sep 2013 #56

and the CPD JanMichael Sep 2013 #58

Note the articles in the Charlotte Observer today JanMichael Sep 2013 #61

The homeowner bears no guilt at all. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #70

So is helping them, well at least to people that have souls. Rex Sep 2013 #112

Zimmerman supporters like to say why didn't Trayvon run to neighbors or call police. Hoyt Sep 2013 #80

I remember that, too Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #117

It was bad enough on DU, but on sites where anyone could post, the Z supporters posted awful things. Hoyt Sep 2013 #119

. hedgehog Sep 2013 #101

This thread is depressing. We are apparently a nation too scared to have any humanity. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #106

I guess "aggressively" in this case Shankapotomus Sep 2013 #107

How sad and so senseless, they're suppose to be trained for crying out loud. Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #115

I'll admit I'm surprised to see the officer get charged Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #118

I find this hard to believe Boudica the Lyoness Sep 2013 #127

police are out of con-fucking- trol! cash__whatiwant Sep 2013 #128

our postracial utopia feels a lot like our racial past. nt La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2013 #139