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brush

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10. I wondered also if someone had recorded the Michael Brown killing . . .
Thu Apr 9, 2015, 09:05 AM
Apr 2015

in Ferguson would we have seen something very similar?

Sure seems like it — the shooting at the retreating black man and all.

This cop seems to have been a better shot than that killer cop Wilson though as he hit his victim in the back.

Wilson missed the shots to the back and didn't kill Brown until he'd turned around to surrender.

I'm pretty sure both killer cops had like mindsets of being the one "in charge" and no mere black guy was going to challenge that — had to put him back in his place and had the gun and the authority to do it, knew if the guy was dead his version would be the only version and would be backed by his department.

Wilson was lucky that no one got a video of his crime, this newest killer cop wasn't so fortunate as he was recorded and his made up story was shown to be nothing but pure cover-his-own-murderous-ass lies.

Thank God for the brave man in South Carolina who recorded it and turned it over to the dead man's family (I understand he first waited to see what the cop version would be before he turned it over — what good instincts this hero has).

"Bad decisions" [View all] sendero Apr 2015 OP
I agree... hlthe2b Apr 2015 #1
You are so right madokie Apr 2015 #2
Somewhere, some time before this incident, this cop had already decided he could shoot and kill -none Apr 2015 #3
Yes. They are already expecting the worse... Phentex Apr 2015 #4
I wondered also if someone had recorded the Michael Brown killing . . . brush Apr 2015 #10
You will notice the "To Serve and Protect" slogan in missing from most police cars now. -none Apr 2015 #16
Sad and scary, but true, -none. Welcome to DU! catbyte Apr 2015 #18
Thank you -none Apr 2015 #19
I agree. Whatever happened to anger that cop it did not just start at that point. I think that it jwirr Apr 2015 #23
Its bad cops and bad cop culture. It has to change. Scott's killer felt he was going to get away.... marble falls Apr 2015 #5
Very well put. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #6
You are so correct. 99Forever Apr 2015 #7
A big part of the problem is that so-called "good cops"... Nitram Apr 2015 #8
Called it. sarge43 Apr 2015 #9
I don't believe that the cop thought that far ahead vlyons Apr 2015 #11
Looked to me like the victim could hardly run CanonRay Apr 2015 #14
What I found particularly creepy was the way the cop looked so practiced... Nitram Apr 2015 #25
True, his actions are those of someone that has done this before. That is the scary part. Rex Apr 2015 #12
excellent observation, sendero NJCher Apr 2015 #13
True. I have heard of people who are "mean drunks" though otherwise nice. But I think that tblue37 Apr 2015 #15
it seems obvious to me this city's cop shop has been covering up for years. riverbendviewgal Apr 2015 #17
So Slager was a straight up asshole... The CPD knew this too, I have no doubts they knew this uponit7771 Apr 2015 #22
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2015 #20
K & R L0oniX Apr 2015 #21
Rachel caught my interest when she started her coverage talking about how they (cops who have jwirr Apr 2015 #24
Only if you're black Nitram Apr 2015 #26
In the video... 2naSalit Apr 2015 #27
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