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TiredOfNo

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16. You missed my point...

Reply to Lee-Lee (Reply #15)

Thu Aug 28, 2014, 03:00 PM

Aug 2014

If the thief had been white, or the cop had been black, she would not have been shot so readily.....

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Mother of 2 Shot Dead by Walmart Security Guard in Alleged Shoplifting Incident [View all] Rose Siding Aug 2014 OP

This was an Off Duty Police Thug using his own weapon 951-Riverside Aug 2014 #1

A new hero for Fox News to champion Capt. Obvious Aug 2014 #2

Shopkeeper's privilege Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #3

Exactly. Shoplifting isn't a crime worthy of execution. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #29

how the heck can somebody get away with shooting a shoplifter who is fleeing WI_DEM Aug 2014 #4

He wasn't charged as far as I can tell Rose Siding Aug 2014 #5

what could anyone Dyedinthewoolliberal Aug 2014 #6

And now for the rest of the story Lee-Lee Aug 2014 #7

"the officer opened the car door and ordered them to stop" 951-Riverside Aug 2014 #11

Driving away is not using a car as a weapon, no matter what LEOs are taught these days. Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #13

Driving away itself isn't. If that act knocks a person down Lee-Lee Aug 2014 #14

Walmart has theft insurance. If the women are ecstatic Aug 2014 #19

That's turning into "The body can be used as a weapon" 951-Riverside Aug 2014 #20

That's just BS. Cops always use the lie that the car was a weapon. BillZBubb Aug 2014 #33

Don't you mean the cop's version of events? BklnDem75 Aug 2014 #24

I opened this thread fully expecting to find someone practicing the old cop apologia. morningfog Aug 2014 #26

True. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #31

No surprises here... BklnDem75 Aug 2014 #32

...You Told A Story, Now For Some Facts! grassrox Apr 2017 #42

nothing happened riverwalker Aug 2014 #8

i no longer believe cops. period. and are they such wimps that a purse bowls them over? samsingh Aug 2014 #28

Charges may depend on the location. In Texas you can fire a weapon after nightfall if Thinkingabout Aug 2014 #9

Let me guess! TiredOfNo Aug 2014 #10

Thread Win. GeorgeGist Aug 2014 #12

Pretty racist to assume a shoplifter is black Lee-Lee Aug 2014 #15

You missed my point... TiredOfNo Aug 2014 #16

The cop was black Rose Siding Aug 2014 #22

Was that the sound of somebodies preconceived notions getting disturbed? Lee-Lee Aug 2014 #25

Safe bet to assume a cop will shoot a black person justiceischeap Aug 2014 #17

What is racist is the predictability of the race that cops kill. morningfog Aug 2014 #27

Baloney. It is an understanding of the racism of cops and the legal system. BillZBubb Aug 2014 #35

This story is almost 2 years old... BuelahWitch Aug 2014 #18

Yes, I noted that in the op Rose Siding Aug 2014 #21

Two stupid people collide, one has a gun. NCTraveler Aug 2014 #23

He was an off-duty police officer BuelahWitch Aug 2014 #30

Employed by WM Rose Siding Aug 2014 #34

This is on WM. There is no way they should allow employees to use deadly force. BillZBubb Aug 2014 #36

He didn't use deadly force for theft Lee-Lee Aug 2014 #38

Your cop apologist nonsense is sickening. BillZBubb Aug 2014 #39

The cop didn't escalate it Lee-Lee Aug 2014 #40

This is war. The oligarchs are firing the first shots. Initech Aug 2014 #37

I was so surprised edhopper Aug 2014 #41