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johnson_z

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11. The Brits may be right...

Reply to Jefferson23 (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 07:00 PM

Feb 2015

Posted this in a similar thread.

Do we really need every police officer armed? Sometimes, it seems to me, that this is sort of "putting out the fire with gasoline", or maybe just storing the matches too close to the gasoline?

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Source: NYPD officer indicted in stairwell death of unarmed man [View all] Jefferson23 Feb 2015 OP

GOOD... Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #1

Good. braddy Feb 2015 #2

very good samsingh Feb 2015 #3

Probably going to be charged with some variant of manslaughter Lurks Often Feb 2015 #4

It will be interesting to see how this develops and ends. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #6

My guess is a plea bargain Lurks Often Feb 2015 #9

It won't likely be a politically free zone...I hear ya. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #13

I like how they keep saying "his gun discharged". uppityperson Feb 2015 #5

Yea, as if no one was involved...it just happened. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #12

Manslaughter is the indictment. iandhr Feb 2015 #7

I almost feel sorry for this cop. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2015 #8

This is great news malaise Feb 2015 #10

The Brits may be right... johnson_z Feb 2015 #11

A cop? Indicted? What on Earth could the grand jury have possibly been thinking? KamaAina Feb 2015 #14