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DustyJoe

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1. And yet

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Fri Jan 30, 2015, 02:23 PM

Jan 2015

Still some more work to do;

A Seattle history teacher who was pepper sprayed during a peaceful Martin Luther King Day Jr. rally is suing the cops who allegedly attacked him.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/watch-seattle-pepper-sprays-teacher-mlk-day-rally-article-1.2096479

and

William Wingate had been standing on a busy Seattle street corner in July, leaning on a golf club he uses as a cane, when a police cruiser pulled up and the officer inside yelled at Wingate to “put that down.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/29/video-shows-seattle-police-officer-arresting-an-elderly-black-man-carrying-a-golf-club/?tid=sm_fb

But on the bright side, they didn't shoot the 2 men.

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More Female Officers Defuse Violent Policing Style [View all] niyad Jan 2015 OP

And yet DustyJoe Jan 2015 #1

right on schedule. niyad Jan 2015 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2015 #3

no, I got precisely the reaction I expected from a certain mindset prevalent here on DU. niyad Jan 2015 #6

I expect a new puppy to poop on the rug... which doesn't imply I enjoy it when it happens. LanternWaste Jan 2015 #9

Yep... just like climate deniers consider a blizzard evidence that global warming doesn't exist. demmiblue Jan 2015 #5

and I guarantee that those who respond like that will never bother to actually read the article. niyad Jan 2015 #7

Authoritrians are attracted to the police profession Ichingcarpenter Jan 2015 #4

You then place more faith in anecdotal incidences than in data? LanternWaste Jan 2015 #8