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silverweb

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47. Guilty as charged.

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 11:13 PM

Dec 2014

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Just read the article below about how we sometimes inadvertently hurt our own credibility by opining on an event before evidence is available.

Obviously, in post #1 and some subsequent above, I was guilty of jumping to conclusions, as many among the public did in both directions.

The author is absolutely right.

As emotional and horrifying as recent events have been, it's always wise to take a step back and breathe, and wait for actual evidence before drawing conclusions. Otherwise, we hurt our own credibility in our fight against police racial bias and brutality.

It's a sobering read: How Some Liberals Are Destroying #BlackLivesMatter And How We Can Save It

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Shall we mourn again on Christmas Eve? Another child violently taken from us. [View all] sheshe2 Dec 2014 OP

WTF?!? silverweb Dec 2014 #1

Without a doubt he will be smeared, silverweb. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #2

There are no words for the shame. silverweb Dec 2014 #3

I am with you on the tears. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #4

They want a race war. silverweb Dec 2014 #5

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The PD(if they were responsible cops)should have whisked Antonio Martin to the hospical. ASAP. Cha Dec 2014 #6

His poor mother. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #7

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"A Black person is killed every 28 hours.".. A epidemic that should have been cauterized a long time Cha Dec 2014 #11

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Yes, I know your anger would sustain you, Cha. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #14

Oh I missed it! Darn.. I'm sure it was trying to enlighten us with "forget about the police killing Cha Dec 2014 #24

Thankfully I did not see it either.... sheshe2 Dec 2014 #25

They Want Him Dead billhicks76 Dec 2014 #26

Although billhicks76 Dec 2014 #28

between Sandy Hook (Christmas 2012) and now ... holidays have been just depresssing napkinz Dec 2014 #9

Don't know napkinz. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #17

How tragic. (nfm) SunDrop23 Dec 2014 #15

So the message of the cops is they have a license to kill. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #16

Looks like it doesn't it, Spitfire. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #18

Start calling em' "tin plated 007s". Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #29

Police say he pointed a gun at the cop pintobean Dec 2014 #19

So this is the word of the police and it is sancrosanct? sheshe2 Dec 2014 #21

It's part of the story pintobean Dec 2014 #23

All the stories are damn ugly. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #27

I agree. If all things were equal, and I heard that someone was coming at a cop with a gun, I ellenrr Dec 2014 #42

Already disproven- its a drop gun planted hours after the fact. ncjustice80 Dec 2014 #36

Bullshit. GGJohn Dec 2014 #38

Man, you re like my own personal cyberstalker. ncjustice80 Dec 2014 #40

No, it wasn't. GGJohn Dec 2014 #41

Are you still making this claim? (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #49

Yup. ncjustice80 Dec 2014 #51

Even though even Martin's friend that ran admitted that Martin GGJohn Dec 2014 #54

For his mother, and all mothers who have lost their children: freshwest Dec 2014 #20

That was so beutiful freshwest. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #22

Look at this America. lovemydog Dec 2014 #30

I don't know enough information vdogg Dec 2014 #31

just as there was no excuse to leave the first kids DonCoquixote Dec 2014 #32

Except that's not what happened. GGJohn Dec 2014 #55

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Devastating. ucrdem Dec 2014 #34

Gfdamnit, I know there have got to be a few arthritisR_US Dec 2014 #35

A good cop would have let the kid shoot him... Boudica the Lyoness Dec 2014 #39

That's the daftest thing I've hearrd. nt arthritisR_US Dec 2014 #44

I think it was supposed to be.... Boudica the Lyoness Dec 2014 #45

I was reading another post on this about the circumstances of this shooting. What went through my jwirr Dec 2014 #37

Sorry, responding to wrong post. silverweb Dec 2014 #46

. helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #43

Is there anyone who doesn't fear for their life when a gun is pointed at them? (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #50

Guilty as charged. silverweb Dec 2014 #47

What's with referring to an 18-year old man as a "child"? Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #48

"The idea that suddenly at 18 you're an adult just doesn't quite ring true," BklnDem75 Dec 2014 #52

The police have cried wolf so many times, we can't accept a justification even if there is one. MindPilot Dec 2014 #53