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onethatcares

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24. that's a whole lot of people

Reply to EX500rider (Reply #20)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 06:54 PM

Aug 2015

that get into the system and never get out. fines, probation, revocation, fines, time, probation, revocation. but i guess 30,000 people a day deserve to be arrested, but never any banksters, they get to plead off easy with no admission of guilt and no personal responsibility. Please don't bore me with the cookies tossed to the media, OK?

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The St. Louis police shot him in the back [View all] philosslayer Aug 2015 OP

And another and another and another, but the outrage on DU today will be how randys1 Aug 2015 #1

It's quite possible to be shot in the back while pointing a gun Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #2

+1000 B2G Aug 2015 #3

Your vigorous, knee-jerk defense of the police... philosslayer Aug 2015 #5

So a knee jerk defense of drug dealers with stolen guns is a better policy? Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #8

All I defended was common sense Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #9

It's true, no definitive conclusions are possible yet tkmorris Aug 2015 #10

And your vigorous, knee jerk accusation is ridiculous. GGJohn Aug 2015 #32

Some of us wait for more facts. 840high Aug 2015 #33

This is just an isolated incident..... daleanime Aug 2015 #6

Actually it kinda is... EX500rider Aug 2015 #20

Go find out how many people have died this year.... daleanime Aug 2015 #21

yes it does to me.. EX500rider Aug 2015 #22

What's the specific # of murder victims you're ok with? Nevernose Aug 2015 #23

The specific number is any who violently resist with a deadly weapon. EX500rider Aug 2015 #29

xactly +1 840high Aug 2015 #34

We have a different definitions.... daleanime Aug 2015 #30

that's a whole lot of people onethatcares Aug 2015 #24

Oh-Oh. Iggo Aug 2015 #7

You fuel the anti-police crowd, but you know this. Rex Aug 2015 #11

It's telling that simple facts and common sense Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #13

It seems you're confusing your own hypotheses with facts. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #14

Or the officers that shot madville Aug 2015 #17

I absolutely think there should be an investigation with this and every police shooting Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #4

There was a vigil of about 200 people logosoco Aug 2015 #18

Well this will bring out the most fervent of cop apologists. Rex Aug 2015 #12

Lmao. Seriously? cwydro Aug 2015 #15

I believe Lee-Lee is a cop mythology Aug 2015 #16

I was a deputy for close to 10 years Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #19

And yet you don't seem able to understand Nevernose Aug 2015 #26

Ohh, I get it. Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #27

The majority of cops in America don't get it, they don't understand a human with impunity and a gun uponit7771 Aug 2015 #31

Yes and there's a hung jury in the trial of the cop who killed malaise Aug 2015 #25

Kick. Agschmid Aug 2015 #28