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aint_no_life_nowhere

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31. I wonder if the cop put a notch in his shotgun

Tue Jun 24, 2014, 02:11 PM

Jun 2014

I'm not trying to pile on, but with SOME of these cops, it's almost like they welcome the opportunity for someone to even remotely appear that they are coming at them so they can get in some target practice. I remember in the 1980s in California, a Korean guy named Kim went nuts and began driving like a maniac, creating a massive car chase seen on local TV. The police finally cornered him in his car in a parking lot with only one way out. A cop on foot with gun drawn intentionally put himself in the path of the vehicle seemingly to justify emptying his gun into the guy. The police could have tried to shoot out his tires or block his only exit but to me it looked like they wanted to get in some target practice and feel that self-righteous feeling of eliminating a pre-judged criminal.

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"with a knife or cane"? surrealAmerican Jun 2014 #1

Trained to LIE after the Fact when they kill an unarmed citizen FreakinDJ Jun 2014 #5

Some of these fucken cops should be arrested and tried for first degree murder! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #2

I had to take this paragraph from DailyKos and put some emphasis to it. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #3

And yet it never happens to rich people, does it... FreakinDJ Jun 2014 #6

A lot of good points made in the quoted DK material. truedelphi Jun 2014 #8

True. There are the rich, and then there are those who can afford their own private armies. nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #14

I don't know that having bodyguards would help a person. truedelphi Jun 2014 #29

Very true. n/t nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #34

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Yeah... dhill926 Jun 2014 #7

So..turns out there really are death panels dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #9

But it happens... Heather MC Jun 2014 #20

Whew, I'm glad I'm not the only one to make a mistake like that! Aerows Jun 2014 #33

We are Doomed Heather MC Jun 2014 #36

I tripped over my knife Aerows Jun 2014 #40

This is madness pleinair Jun 2014 #10

I read in another story that he had a knife Jenoch Jun 2014 #12

The police have been trained that "they don't have time" truedelphi Jun 2014 #30

Didn't he have the RIGHT to refuse medical treatment? Since when do we call the police to 1monster Jun 2014 #17

agree pleinair Jun 2014 #43

Survives World War II only to have it end like this. geomon666 Jun 2014 #11

What, you don't want to go to the hospital? Well you are now, sucka! AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #13

The oligarchs are loving the new police state. nm rhett o rick Jun 2014 #15

That cop should get a medal! Think of the money he saved our over-burdened medical system! RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #16

I'm speechless. Wow! WTF??? C Moon Jun 2014 #18

Hang around... ReRe Jun 2014 #23

Did they think the 95 year old was some sort of Ninja? Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2014 #19

When will cops be held accountable??? blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #21

Soon. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #38

Honestly, I'm a little surprised there wasn't a spokesmen somewhere suggesting hughee99 Jun 2014 #22

Cops are for the win. dilby Jun 2014 #24

I guess onethatcares Jun 2014 #25

Police stated the man came at them "with a knife or cane" damnedifIknow Jun 2014 #26

He doesn't want to go to the hospital so they shoot him 5 times with a shotgun Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #27

Fought off the Nazis, only to die at the hands of other fascists. Rex Jun 2014 #28

I wonder if the cop put a notch in his shotgun aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2014 #31

These a-holes really need to be held to account. I sure as hell hope she arthritisR_US Jun 2014 #32

I hope she sues that police department out of existence. truedelphi Jun 2014 #35

I'm glad she is doing it those pigs need to be held to account.. arthritisR_US Jun 2014 #42

Stop worshipping the uniform. Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #37

If they need to go rogue and engage in human target practice from time to time aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2014 #39

Out of control gun laws + out of control police = war on Americans. Initech Jun 2014 #41