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atreides1

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2. Because they get away with it!

Reply to LuckyCharms (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 5, 2017, 03:21 PM

Sep 2017

They shoot 12 year old boys with toy guns the same way, come to a screeching stop, at the same time they pull the trigger, they yell drop it!!!

And they got away with it...

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Officer shoots Ohio newspaper photographer after confusing his tripod and camera for a gun (WP) [View all] dalton99a Sep 2017 OP

Terrible news. When did these cops get so twitchy?? n/t LuckyCharms Sep 2017 #1

Because they get away with it! atreides1 Sep 2017 #2

And who really believes the officer thought it was a gun???? bitterross Sep 2017 #3

Wait a minute!! Doreen Sep 2017 #4

The photographer is white. progressoid Sep 2017 #7

So basically he just did not look first. Doreen Sep 2017 #9

Jumpy as Fuck after Dallas. maxsolomon Sep 2017 #5

A cop who is that twitchy needs to be off the street permanently Warpy Sep 2017 #6

+1, that kind of twitchy happens after ingesting some drugs uponit7771 Sep 2017 #8

When was the last time Twitchy had a vision test? NCjack Sep 2017 #10

Or a drug test? Iggo Sep 2017 #11

That's what happens when you let more and more people carry guns in public. Hoyt Sep 2017 #12