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Blue_Tires

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15. Yep, just another one of us who "caused his own death"...

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Thu May 18, 2017, 03:25 PM

May 2017

Why must we as black folks be so slipshod?

Perhaps Mrs. Shelby should find another line of work, if completely normal situations in broad daylight scare her enough to use lethal force...

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Tulsa policewoman found not guilty [View all] bobbieinok May 2017 OP

smh, when will this end? JuJuYoshida May 2017 #1

To be followed by GitRDun May 2017 #2

I just don't understand how a jury could do that... WoonTars May 2017 #3

It's Oklahoma SoCalMusicLover May 2017 #5

Especially when you consider he was tased AND shot. HughBeaumont May 2017 #7

+1 uponit7771 May 2017 #11

Well, hey, at least she was inconvenienced with a trial, right? HughBeaumont May 2017 #4

Again, why I hang up the phone when the thug union Dawson Leery May 2017 #6

Same here. It's still open season on black men for killer cops. In Minnesota they're laying the... brush May 2017 #9

The God Damn PIG Union was furious at Castile's funeral. Dawson Leery May 2017 #14

But yeah, getting more women in the ranks is what will change policing. WhiskeyGrinder May 2017 #8

Crutcher's father bobbieinok May 2017 #10

This plays on classic white fears bobbieinok May 2017 #12

The dog and pony show are over Runningdawg May 2017 #13

Yep, just another one of us who "caused his own death"... Blue_Tires May 2017 #15

The bottom line is NOTHING will change as long as cops feel Blue_Tires May 2017 #16

Of course, she was found not guilty MrScorpio May 2017 #17