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59. This is false on its face, the police can and will do anything they're allowed to include shoot...

Reply to Lee-Lee (Reply #17)

Thu Sep 29, 2016, 08:31 PM

Sep 2016

... someone laying on the ground with their hands in the air.

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And some people wonder why black people are wary of the police... [View all] MrScorpio Sep 2016 OP

There are no words TexasProgresive Sep 2016 #1

Twitter: Seems legit metroins Sep 2016 #2

Why so dismissive? babylonsister Sep 2016 #6

I like to focus on the realities metroins Sep 2016 #8

It's a perfectly plausible scenario. ronnie624 Sep 2016 #11

Not at all metroins Sep 2016 #14

"You don't get arrested and fingerprinted for no reason. There needs to be a charge. " ronnie624 Sep 2016 #18

Not at all metroins Sep 2016 #23

Did you read it? gollygee Sep 2016 #33

Actually, people do get arrested and fingerprinted all the time for being "confrontational". haele Sep 2016 #20

All of your anecdotes have a reason metroins Sep 2016 #24

Put yourself in the shoes of the kid..... BronxBoy Sep 2016 #34

There is no kid metroins Sep 2016 #37

Says Who??? BronxBoy Sep 2016 #38

This story never happened metroins Sep 2016 #39

Prove it.... BronxBoy Sep 2016 #41

This story is made up metroins Sep 2016 #42

Prove it..... BronxBoy Sep 2016 #43

Read it for yourself, made up story metroins Sep 2016 #45

Post removed Post removed Sep 2016 #47

There is no such thing as a LoJack app and LoJack doesn't work that way. Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #49

Hmm Uponthegears Sep 2016 #52

That is Fleet software companies use for tracking employees Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #53

Read whole post Uponthegears Sep 2016 #56

Yeah the guy could not know what app he is talking about Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #57

I don't think a black guy is lying metroins Sep 2016 #55

That is my take, and he is blogger who makes money and gains prestige the more traffic his blogs see Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #65

Enough already. In post after post your white privilege is showing through brush Sep 2016 #51

Not logical? You think cops are logical? You think people are logical. CBGLuthier Sep 2016 #22

LOL... BronxBoy Sep 2016 #28

Boy, are you naive. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #68

n/t ariesgem Sep 2016 #71

Because some people describe justified shootings as "summary executions"? Marr Sep 2016 #12

Exactly! Egnever Sep 2016 #19

Yeah...I know what you mean... BronxBoy Sep 2016 #36

Your post as well... seems legit. Not really. LanternWaste Sep 2016 #7

Some people are just unable... BronxBoy Sep 2016 #44

So, in your head Bettie Sep 2016 #9

No, I do not think this can happen metroins Sep 2016 #13

You can ask him yourself, you know. yodermon Sep 2016 #25

Lol, not giving him anymore free press metroins Sep 2016 #26

Yup. 99.9% of Twitter is a cool story, bro. Oneironaut Sep 2016 #58

k+r Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #3

Let's say this is 100% false..... if you're honest you KNOW it could be 100% true looking at uponit7771 Sep 2016 #4

What can the average person do to rid the country of this problem? sinkingfeeling Sep 2016 #5

I'd like to know this too. Bettie Sep 2016 #10

Sheesh - what the heck did the process him and fingerprint him for?? What did they charge him with?? jmg257 Sep 2016 #15

A lot of it is envy malaise Sep 2016 #16

You don't get taken in and fingerprinted unless your actually charged with something Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #17

correct Skittles Sep 2016 #29

Bullshit... BronxBoy Sep 2016 #30

I am a person of color and was a deputy sheriff. Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #46

Want to get more pissed? Watch this. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #54

This is false on its face, the police can and will do anything they're allowed to include shoot... uponit7771 Sep 2016 #59

K&R to infinity ismnotwasm Sep 2016 #21

K&R etherealtruth Sep 2016 #27

Thanks for posting this... BronxBoy Sep 2016 #31

Maybe this... deathrind Sep 2016 #32

Whatever that means. MrScorpio Sep 2016 #35

Their small minds... BronxBoy Sep 2016 #40

Bingo nt MrScorpio Sep 2016 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Sep 2016 #74

Maybe the police shot someone laying on the ground with their hands in the air maybe they uponit7771 Sep 2016 #60

A giveaway that this is bullshit is that isn't how Lojack works at all Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #48

Good source GummyBearz Sep 2016 #50

Trsitan Riddell is in Evanston Illiois and teaches there Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #61

He has a Twitter account, I suggest that you confront him about it nt MrScorpio Sep 2016 #63

He is being evasive and refusing to answer all who ask for details Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #64

well isn't that special Skittles Sep 2016 #73

For the record I don't think a black guy lied about this or made it up Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #66

This is a very depressing thread philosslayer Sep 2016 #67

Maybe it was his TILE app the kid checked. raging moderate Sep 2016 #69

No. That's not how tile works Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #72

The most important thing is how FAST people denied even the possibility of this happening. bravenak Sep 2016 #70