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5. If there was not a riot, one would have been created

Tue Aug 12, 2014, 08:13 PM

Aug 2014

No better way to divert attention from how this started and sway public opinion.

Sounds like that cop was instigating.

Divide and conquer . . .

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THIS is the police attitude that shows up over and over again: [View all] tblue37 Aug 2014 OP

Calling the protestors "animals" was racist. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #1

I think almost every interaction some police officers (and some tblue37 Aug 2014 #2

no...not in post-racial america! noiretextatique Aug 2014 #4

A sign of a society in decline tabasco Aug 2014 #3

If there was not a riot, one would have been created Strelnikov_ Aug 2014 #5

That is an excellent description of out and out racism. freshwest Aug 2014 #10

Good observations Strelnikov_ Aug 2014 #13

Only Human? rock Aug 2014 #8

A college bound guy walking with a friend down the street is dead. L0oniX Aug 2014 #9

That moving bug in your sig line makes me nuts. nt tblue37 Aug 2014 #11

us against them mentality Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 #12