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gollygee

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6. Unfortunately

Reply to MoonRiver (Reply #5)

Fri May 1, 2015, 07:50 AM

May 2015

because it's a systemic issue, we probably can't. It isn't individuals, it's the whole criminal justice system. The whole system needs to be reworked. Cops get off all the time for stuff like this, and that's by design. That's how the sytem is intended to work.

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Someone isn't telling the truth about Freddie Gray's death [View all] gollygee May 2015 OP

I suspect they did the same thing to him as they did to Eric Garner notadmblnd May 2015 #1

I suspect the same gollygee May 2015 #2

Well, I, for one, simply cannot believe that police would kill Gray and then try to cover it up MoonRiver May 2015 #3

I read earlier that they arrested they guy that filmed it. notadmblnd May 2015 #4

Very interesting MoonRiver May 2015 #5

Unfortunately gollygee May 2015 #6

And that's why racist cops keep killing unarmed black men. MoonRiver May 2015 #8

Do We Know If Any Of The Arresting Or Transporting Officers Have Lawyered Up Yet?..... global1 May 2015 #7

Because they all want to be able to kill with impunity? MoonRiver May 2015 #9

It's not individual cops or bad... Whiskeytide May 2015 #10