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DonP

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26. It's not the drugs, it's the guns that doomed them

Sat Dec 21, 2013, 02:26 PM

Dec 2013

Note that the poster's comments are all about the guns in the house, not the drugs.

Some people on DU seem to think summary execution is justified if they have guns and it seems to be an approved level of commentary.

I must have missed that part of the party platform.

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Ohio woman accidentally shot in head, killed during Chillicothe drug raid [View all] FreakinDJ Dec 2013 OP

And one of the druggies will be charged even if ballistics shows it was a police bullet. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #1

War on drugs claims another victim .......executed by the police firsttimer Dec 2013 #2

'The county sheriff's office wouldn't answer questions about the shooting' spanone Dec 2013 #3

Live in a trailer with assault rifles, hand guns, heroin, cash and suspected stolen property,.. Kaleva Dec 2013 #4

Your comment is depraved. tabasco Dec 2013 #5

Do you think there ever was a possibility anything good was going to come out of this? Kaleva Dec 2013 #6

I don't think it's depraved. It's just true. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2013 #10

Yes, it's true. The actual danger turned out to be the police. tabasco Dec 2013 #17

That's always been the problem leftyladyfrommo Dec 2013 #37

Do you believe we "should not be surprised" tabasco Dec 2013 #11

She could have been killed by rival drug dealers, desperate drug users... Kaleva Dec 2013 #15

Please try to stay on topic. tabasco Dec 2013 #18

She'd be alive today if she made some better life choices Kaleva Dec 2013 #22

She'd be alive today if a reckless cop hadn't accidentally shot her in the head. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #23

Guilt by association isn't punishable by death. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #33

This is victim blaming... ScreamingMeemie Jan 2014 #41

Well, heck, let's just summarily execute all drug users. Because they are apparently doomed. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #24

It's not the drugs, it's the guns that doomed them DonP Dec 2013 #26

Wow. TransitJohn Dec 2013 #14

Those days are long gone. RC Dec 2013 #16

We can guess what actually happened. Some people probably know what happened Tom Rinaldo Dec 2013 #21

The "War on Drugs" didn't force some "Wanna Be Rambo" to pull the trigger FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #27

My reasonably informed guess is that you are right Tom Rinaldo Dec 2013 #29

Just another example of DU's far right fringe, Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #25

fringe? FatBuddy Jan 2014 #44

Wow, justifying the cops killing someone. How kind of you. Bad people deserve to be shot? n-t Logical Dec 2013 #19

I will support your statement PowerToThePeople Dec 2013 #32

She didn't deserve to die and the cop needs to be investigated. Kaleva Dec 2013 #34

You're right--she was asking for it. Orrex Jan 2014 #40

none of the things you mentioned are capital offenses FatBuddy Jan 2014 #43

Don't expect any kind of apology. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2013 #7

weapon malfunction or user error seveneyes Dec 2013 #8

was she in the home that was raided dlwickham Dec 2013 #9

Yes...I followed the link and then another link tosh Dec 2013 #28

how does one "accidentally" G_j Dec 2013 #12

Like this, I suppose... Spirochete Dec 2013 #31

poor trigger discipline ileus Dec 2013 #13

Imagine accidentally shooting a cop. Think that would be jail time? nt Logical Dec 2013 #20

The deputy who fired the gun was actually outside of the house. madinmaryland Dec 2013 #30

paid administrative leave = paid vacation FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #35

I can't disagree with you on that point... madinmaryland Dec 2013 #36

One of the men arrested in the raid hanged himself while in jail Kaleva Jan 2014 #38

Mm-hmm. Iggo Jan 2014 #48

"Woops, sorry 'bout that" lpbk2713 Jan 2014 #39

YAY! cops! FatBuddy Jan 2014 #42

+1 Yay cops. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #45

Wish I could rec the reply Savannahmann Jan 2014 #46

But.. but ... but... 99Forever Jan 2014 #47