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sharp_stick

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3. Quite often they rip

Reply to uponit7771 (Original post)

Fri Sep 23, 2016, 03:59 PM

Sep 2016

especially if your hands are sweaty putting them on. I used to double up if I didn't have to do anything that required a delicate touch just because if I lost the ones against my hands I had one hell of a time getting a new set on.

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QUESTION: Why would any of the LEOs take OFF their gloves to touch a bloody body? [View all] uponit7771 Sep 2016 OP

I did notice that Angry Dragon Sep 2016 #1

They're lying. misterhighwasted Sep 2016 #2

Quite often they rip sharp_stick Sep 2016 #3

What about destroying GSR? tia uponit7771 Sep 2016 #4

Probably not sharp_stick Sep 2016 #11

Right, and they also get in the way when you're trying to use any electronics Warpy Sep 2016 #10

Your last paragraph is bang on sharp_stick Sep 2016 #15

Amen uponit7771 Sep 2016 #16

Have you ever put gloves on under stress? Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #5

They weren't putting gloves on before the shooting, no one is digging up anything... we're not going uponit7771 Sep 2016 #7

There wasn't blood before the shooting Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #9

Case in point, ... there's going to be some blood AFTER the shooting so why take off the gloves? uponit7771 Sep 2016 #12

Many police wear gloves sarisataka Sep 2016 #6

thx... but these guys were taking their gloves OFF... then there was no attempt to put any back on.. uponit7771 Sep 2016 #8

Another question is why pick up discarded soiled gloves, risking contamination afterwards? icymist Sep 2016 #13

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2016 #14

I am only on my phone so far sarisataka Sep 2016 #21

It doesn't make sense. Vinca Sep 2016 #17

right, and they're taking them off after the fact too... I don't believe for a second they put the uponit7771 Sep 2016 #18

It seems the right to carry only applies to white people. Vinca Sep 2016 #19

+1 !!! seems 2a is a whites only right uponit7771 Sep 2016 #20

Which is why the Democratic party needs to start defending the 2A hack89 Sep 2016 #22