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puffy socks

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Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:18 PM
Jul 2016

"and officers routinely getting killed for pulling people over for a traffic violation, it is see-able that the officer would be startled when someone does not follow their commands. "

Officers are not "routinely killed" for pulling over for traffic violations.

Right now the police are saying they believed the car contained an armed robber, yet they stop the car and saunter up to the window asking for id ? No way any officer with a brain would have been anywhere near that window. They would have pulled the car over and barked commands from their own vehicle.
Does that sound like they truly believed he was the robber with a gun? If they did believe that , why such a stupid move? The cop put himself in a risky situation.
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"But, what happens when the officer asks the person to keep his hands on the steering wheel numerous times, and instead of obeying, the driver reaches behind him? Now at that point, the officer fears for his life. Should the officer wait for the gun?"


This isnt even remotely close to what happened, so why pull out the straw man?

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That is the biggest load of BULLSHIT ever. bdwker Jul 2016 #1
Two more BS stories - he was wanted for armed robbery and he did NOT have a concealed weapon permit underpants Jul 2016 #2
The officer was not white. Evergreen Emerald Jul 2016 #3
+1. People here jump to conclusions for political reasons and dont wait for all the evidence. nm mr_liberal Jul 2016 #6
Red herring, doesn't matter even if he was black. The number of blacks shot by black caps are worse uponit7771 Jul 2016 #12
I agree...why is that? Evergreen Emerald Jul 2016 #13
I agree,. Mother Jones had an article on this (link) uponit7771 Jul 2016 #14
Good post. +1 840high Jul 2016 #15
... puffy socks Jul 2016 #18
Yep, 500 cops in the last 10 years have been murdered on the job. How many during traffic stops? I MillennialDem Jul 2016 #19
Lawyer for Yanez is trying to Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #4
There's not a lot of actual objective evidence presented so far. Igel Jul 2016 #8
Mr Choi is Korean American.... Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #11
Thank you for the correction. Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #17
The lawyer is setting up for a future jury to find reasonable doubt. MohRokTah Jul 2016 #5
There was a shooting in Colorado last year malaise Jul 2016 #7
And when shooting started, the situation changed. Igel Jul 2016 #9
The only shooting from that car where malaise Jul 2016 #10
Why? Was Castile in the process of pulling the gun out? No. Not at all. Rex Jul 2016 #16
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