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Atman

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4. So now two white cops have gotten off (pun unintentionally intended) for killing black suspects.

Reply to Atman (Original post)

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 06:18 PM

Dec 2014

Kind of seems to embolden the cops, doesn't it? Do whatever you want, the Grand Jury system is rigged in your favor. The local prosecutor is your friend.

Meanwhile, the police are saying body cams would be an affront to their privacy rights.

I'm living in a chapter of Alice in Wonderland.

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Don't worry, it was not an illegal "choke hold." [View all] Atman Dec 2014 OP

What is even more upsetting is the victim told him he couldn't breathe. This was murder still_one Dec 2014 #1

I cannot listen to that, I have an extreme fear of claustrophobia and inability to breathe NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #3

Ah, like the ever-popular "enhanced interrogations". n/t hughee99 Dec 2014 #2

So now two white cops have gotten off (pun unintentionally intended) for killing black suspects. Atman Dec 2014 #4

Those pricks said that about cameras? NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #5

No. The President is not a dictator. yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #8

They can STOP buying tanks and buy cameras. Obama could tie losing funding to it NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #13

Every surf/ski/snowboard punk has a GoPro. Atman Dec 2014 #11

Alice winetourdriver Dec 2014 #6

You'd think they're doing on purpose to incite a race riot. GeorgeGist Dec 2014 #7

This is why I can't participate in protest demonstrations. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #9

I agree 'shit's gonna get real' elias49 Dec 2014 #10

Well - now that I know it was EVC vs. choking... CincyDem Dec 2014 #12

Another defender said on cable news it wasn't a chokehold, it was a 'seatbelt maneuver' pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #14