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Reter

(2,188 posts) Thu Apr 9, 2015, 02:20 PM Apr 2015

Have you met anyone that has sided with Michael Slager (cop who shot Walter Scott in back) yet? [View all]

Thankfully I haven't. In fact I was pleasantly surprised when I went into work yesterday and spoke with this neo-con who ALWAYS defends cops. Even she said this was murder. So then I went to Free Republic, land of racist cop defenders. I clicked on a thread, and read the first 25 or so replied. Every single one of them was against this cop. I was shocked, because Freepers always take the cop's side.

So, have you met or heard on TV/radio/FaceBook anyone yet who can possibly defend this police officer? Even the hard-core neo-cons on my FB aren't defending him (they are silent, but still).

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Have you met anyone that has sided with Michael Slager (cop who shot Walter Scott in back) yet? [View all] Reter Apr 2015 OP

A couple here not defending... but trying to cloud issue by boston bean Apr 2015 #1

ex nypd cop. now criminal law professor on local radio show was ultra pro cop Liberal_in_LA Apr 2015 #2

give Faux Gnus Thyme. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2015 #3

Closest I have had is the "bad apple" defense DefenseLawyer Apr 2015 #4

"Bad apple" may be a defense of the "system," or cops generally, but it's not a defense of Slager. merrily Apr 2015 #6

Yes, as I said, it's the closest I've come DefenseLawyer Apr 2015 #7

As you typed that, I was typing an edit to my original reply to you. We're on the same page. merrily Apr 2015 #8

I've heard that one a few times... Adrahil Apr 2015 #12

Once the video was viewed, the justice system charged him. merrily Apr 2015 #5

No shenmue Apr 2015 #9

Why the sad face? Reter Apr 2015 #11

I'm happy no one has defended him shenmue Apr 2015 #14

Not a single #notallcops'er chimed in on my news feed. HughBeaumont Apr 2015 #10

not yet samsingh Apr 2015 #13

Nope. zappaman Apr 2015 #15