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matt819

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54. Fuck administrative leave

Tue Sep 20, 2016, 01:52 PM

Sep 2016

This cop should be arrested.

I'd like to think this will end when cops are arrested, convicted, and jailed. Unfortunately, that's happening, and still the murders continue. Yeah, it was stupid for this guy to walk away, but his hands were up, regardless of the ass-covering lie that he won't show his hands.

Laws need to be changed. It's time for state and federal law enforcement to take over investigation of all police killings of unarmed people. And when cops kill unarmed black people, the initial assumption should be that it's a hate crime, and the feds should assume control over the investigation, both as a homicide and as a hate crime. Also, it's long past time for cops to stand up for what's right and not automatically back up their fellow cops who are killers.

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"Looks like one bad dude" [View all] BronxBoy Sep 2016 OP

Kick BronxBoy Sep 2016 #1

Kick BronxBoy Sep 2016 #2

K&R for visibility etherealtruth Sep 2016 #3

Thank you BronxBoy Sep 2016 #4

So true Glassunion Sep 2016 #11

Kick undergroundpanther Sep 2016 #5

Sickening malaise Sep 2016 #6

K & R ......for visibility..nt Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #7

That is it right there, people need to realize he was murdered. Rex Sep 2016 #8

In the last few years Oklahoma has actually managed to put two LEOs in prison for their CBGLuthier Sep 2016 #9

The pilot needs a new job as well... freebrew Sep 2016 #39

Don't forget Daniel Holtzclaw and all of the rapes he committed mythology Sep 2016 #86

*crickets* ... Renaissance Man Sep 2016 #10

If he had been a terrorist... kentuck Sep 2016 #12

Amazing isn't it? n/t BronxBoy Sep 2016 #13

+1, especially at that distance !! the person who shot gets paid leave... what the fuck kind of uponit7771 Sep 2016 #28

At the game between Chicago Bears/Philadelphia Eagles tonight. . . DinahMoeHum Sep 2016 #14

Good for them. Good for Kaepernick - I approve of his movement. Lucky Luciano Sep 2016 #19

Saw this live last week (not my video, my seats were not so great) LeftyMom Sep 2016 #25

Translation: "Looks like a black dude." johnp3907 Sep 2016 #15

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2016 #29

OMG! and he's HUGE! SCAREE!!!!! pansypoo53219 Sep 2016 #59

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Sep 2016 #16

K&R Sunny05 Sep 2016 #17

More and more I think the police need to be disarmed Egnever Sep 2016 #18

Washington Post has been keeping tabs on those killed by police OnlinePoker Sep 2016 #20

The math there is strange Egnever Sep 2016 #21

They match - 19 + 15 + 5 + 2= 41 hatrack Sep 2016 #22

well Egnever Sep 2016 #23

There's an unstated cultural assumption that black bodies are inherently weaponized. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #24

I remember taking this test several years ago and being surprised how bad I did. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #30

Marking for later - says not to do it on smartphone. Lucky Luciano Sep 2016 #35

Is the test not doing awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #65

Odd test. haele Sep 2016 #66

not sure what this means but Egnever Sep 2016 #68

Same thing I got... Moostache Sep 2016 #79

Yes Liberal_in_LA Sep 2016 #32

^^This^^^ n/t Gormy Cuss Sep 2016 #50

It's worse than you think. reflection Sep 2016 #69

I can't watch ............ another................... one of these uponit7771 Sep 2016 #26

They don't even think to come out with a reason a shot was fired from that distance at all !!! uponit7771 Sep 2016 #27

Code for he's black... HipChick Sep 2016 #31

Aerial footage of the incident (graphic warning) True Dough Sep 2016 #33

How was he defying commands with his hands in the air? brush Sep 2016 #34

+1...nt freebrew Sep 2016 #40

I'm im wondering why we are not seeing he initial officer's dash cam video. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #43

She "Forgot" To Turn It On SoCalMusicLover Sep 2016 #78

"I've shot a subject who won't show me his hands." toddwv Sep 2016 #46

Why are you saying that? Watch the video. The guy's hands were in the air. brush Sep 2016 #84

That was what she said right after yelling "SHOTS FIRED!" toddwv Sep 2016 #88

I can't watch it. MynameisBlarney Sep 2016 #45

Just FYI...his car didn't break down. NaturalHigh Sep 2016 #36

You're the only one saying that? No reports of that. All are saying his car broke down brush Sep 2016 #85

... NaturalHigh Sep 2016 #89

Something doesn't sound right with the report that his car was left running in the road. brush Sep 2016 #91

K&R. nt DLevine Sep 2016 #37

k and r niyad Sep 2016 #38

That one comment says it all. cwydro Sep 2016 #41

Disgusting Bettie Sep 2016 #42

It's almost as if this was a summary execution MynameisBlarney Sep 2016 #44

It was a summary execution, no almost about it. n/t jtuck004 Sep 2016 #63

The pinnacle of disgust are DU members attempting to justify this shooting. HughBeaumont Sep 2016 #47

I don't think it's 'justifying the shooting' to say that if he'd stopped walking as the cops told Marr Sep 2016 #48

So . . . "Do exactly as you're told or you'll be SHOT DEAD"??? HughBeaumont Sep 2016 #51

That isn't justification, it's simple self-preservation. Marr Sep 2016 #53

Well said, and you're absolutely right. It sure as hell does sound like somebody trying to justify Number23 Sep 2016 #90

this is as helpful as when people tell women to wear more clothes or not drink to avoid getting La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #56

And just like that you run to the rape comparison Egnever Sep 2016 #80

To him? Yes. To people who may be pulled over today, or tomorrow, or the day after that? Marr Sep 2016 #83

My guess is that the cops were telling him to put Bettie Sep 2016 #87

And then they let him bleed out. SunSeeker Sep 2016 #49

Immediately thought of them killing Tamir Rice Divine Discontent Sep 2016 #58

+20,904 Angry Dragon Sep 2016 #61

I swear! Sometimes you wonder if iodine deficiency in the American diet is causing this idiocy among BlueCaliDem Sep 2016 #52

Fuck administrative leave matt819 Sep 2016 #54

That was so terrible to watch, lark Sep 2016 #55

This is not the wild west. saidsimplesimon Sep 2016 #57

good post Angry Dragon Sep 2016 #60

Tulsa and race... Cooley Hurd Sep 2016 #62

Here ya go SHRED Sep 2016 #64

+1 DLevine Sep 2016 #71

Holy Shit! News conference shows the window of the car he supposedly reached into was rolled up. CBGLuthier Sep 2016 #67

Yes, I saw it too. He was executed. nt DLevine Sep 2016 #72

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2016 #92

At some point the citizens of America, hopefully with the prompting of the press, randr Sep 2016 #70

Makes me sick Joey Liberal Sep 2016 #73

THis! yuiyoshida Sep 2016 #74

How do these killers live with themselves? Whom do they believe they're protecting? TonyPDX Sep 2016 #75

it's interesting how this stuff only started once cameras became ubiquitous. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #76

I have a theory these dash cams have made things worse. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #81

I think you are right in your last sentence, for sure. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #82

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2016 #93

Racism is mostly internal. Oneironaut Sep 2016 #77