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In reply to the discussion: Another Unarmed Citizen Shot Dead. 2 More Killer-cops get a PAID VACATION [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)63. I will.
I hear you about the dreams, though.
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99th_Monkey
Jan 2015
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That's their standard claim. 'Reached for his waistband'. Does everyone carry their guns in their
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#9
I cannot understand how anyone falls for the 'reached for his waistband' when the man was unarmed.
bravenak
Jan 2015
#12
I don't get it either. I think a good part of it is the media, they do not report on the cops except
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#15
I wish people would either stop watching network news or the networks would report the news.
bravenak
Jan 2015
#20
Part of it is white reporters afraid to go into "black" neigborhoods....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#28
Actually I think it's a Corporate decision. Any kind of protest against the status quo is
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#29
They always say the story is different depending on which side you are on...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#31
bad cops know they HAVE to say they believed their life was in danger- so reaching for a gun, the
bettyellen
Jan 2015
#56
they all know, the only acceptable excuses for shooting a suspect- I think if
bettyellen
Jan 2015
#65
Yeap, Wilson said the same thing in GJ testimony even though the witness's said Brown had his hands
uponit7771
Jan 2015
#60
"Please move to the back of the police car where there is no dash cam. Thank you." BLAM!!!!! n/t
benz380
Jan 2015
#49
Are passengers required to exit vehicles? or rather, when are they required to
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#5
Good questions ... but I think vehicles are different from domiciles in this regard
99th_Monkey
Jan 2015
#6
No cars aren't like homes, the police can order the driver and passenger out of the vehicle..
PoliticAverse
Jan 2015
#7
Not the way it should be. People are taught to call the police for help.
Live and Learn
Jan 2015
#39
Betcha if he was white this wouldn't be an issue because he would still be alive.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#64
It's very easy to live under fascism if you are not one of the targeted groups.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#77
The older ones know you can serve on the NYPD for 30-40 years and never draw your gun.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#69
Last year, I suggested naming the head of the ACLU as the Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights.
Savannahmann
Jan 2015
#45