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sabrina 1

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19. Do you think the unlawful, unnecessary death of a little girl is a tragedy? That is what this OP is

Reply to badtoworse (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 03:10 PM

Dec 2014

about. Police killings of US citizens, men, women, children, dogs, the mentally ill. All are not just tragedies, they are crimes. Crimes that are rarely prosecuted for reasons we need to find out.

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Cop gets away with murder of sleeping 7 yr old black girl in Detroit [View all] Malraiders Dec 2014 OP

Would it have been more or less of a tragedy if she were of some other race? badtoworse Dec 2014 #1

It's a tragedy no matter what. But... CincyDem Dec 2014 #2

A-yup. Iggo Dec 2014 #4

Well said! Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 #13

.... and drug usage is about equal per capita white/black, why are black males the.... marble falls Dec 2014 #22

Oh, that is low frazzled Dec 2014 #3

Looks like you will: Recursion Dec 2014 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author MineralMan Dec 2014 #8

About time malaise Dec 2014 #10

Lower than low! How low? THIS LOW! Derek V Dec 2014 #11

One can't help sensing the similarity Orrex Dec 2014 #12

If she were White the cops would see it as more tragic, I'm sure. Malraiders Dec 2014 #6

Do you think the unlawful, unnecessary death of a little girl is a tragedy? That is what this OP is sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #19

It just seems to happen to a certain ethnic people a bit more often than others... Blue_Tires Dec 2014 #20

No. But what are the odds it would be a black girl compared to a white girl? pnwmom Dec 2014 #21

At least the prosecutor tried the case; it looks like this was a court error Recursion Dec 2014 #7

That's a bit confusing since this would be weekley's third trial. n/t Malraiders Dec 2014 #9

"murder" actually has a legal definition Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #14

Agreed. It is not automatically "murder" each time ... 11 Bravo Dec 2014 #18

Stupid cop fires his gun while blinded by a flash grenade and gets off with misdomeanor... uponit7771 Dec 2014 #15

Little Princess murdered for no reason, sad. . . B Calm Dec 2014 #16

This says it all: savalez Dec 2014 #17