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Hoyt

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6. Well, I suppose this is a lot better than shooting the kid on sight. But I'd like to see

Reply to Lee-Lee (Original post)

Sun Jul 9, 2017, 10:49 AM

Jul 2017

the bystander video for a different perspective.

My late father-in-law was a policeman, and seemingly a pretty good one. He'd see stuff like this on TV and say, "Hard to tell what actually happened, but that just doesn't look good."

This sure beats that incident in Cleveland where they just executed the kid without a seconds thought.

I agree with waiting for facts, but too often we have waited too long.

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Video released after police accused of pointing guns at 11 year old with BB gun [View all] Lee-Lee Jul 2017 OP

He handcuffs an 11 year old kid woolldog Jul 2017 #1

Right, they still went to far for no damn good reason guns drawn or not. YCHDT Jul 2017 #2

Agreed. I will be their agency policy is anyone in the car must be cuffed Lee-Lee Jul 2017 #3

I remember as a little kid having a shootout with a police officer. LiberalArkie Jul 2017 #4

I'll play Devil's Advocate again. aikoaiko Jul 2017 #5

Well, I suppose this is a lot better than shooting the kid on sight. But I'd like to see Hoyt Jul 2017 #6