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yeoman6987

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29. Maybe the poster is showing us what we are up against

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #17)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 08:21 AM

Apr 2015

With the police department. The department is pulling everything they have to save their murderer. I guess this was probably a new article and the poster wanted us to see how low this is going since Many DUers get their news on here. Just a thought.

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Walter Scott shooting: Victim was jailed in 1987 on assault charge [View all] shebolleth Apr 2015 OP

Are we then to believe Officer Slager waited 28 years to administer righteous retribution? . . . Journeyman Apr 2015 #1

Ooooh, and he didn't pay his child support, so he deserved to be murdered in cold blood ...? MADem Apr 2015 #2

almost 3 decades ago JI7 Apr 2015 #3

This post should be ignored for irrelevancy...n/t monmouth4 Apr 2015 #4

Your concern is duly noted. Nt pkdu Apr 2015 #5

I was six when that happened. bravenak Apr 2015 #6

Thanks, you said it for me. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #7

People are being ridiculous. bravenak Apr 2015 #9

Back when he was a strong 'young buck' 27 years ago...? Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #8

Doesn't look like a 'criminal' to me. And we see a lot on the net. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #11

Just look at that curled lip and snarling pose. You're supposed to be 'skeeered'. Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #12

I didn't see that. I saw tired and overworked. Not making a face, IMO. Just sayin' freshwest Apr 2015 #13

Caught in a bad moment, as can happen to anybody. Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #15

I call it that nervous smile make when surrounded by armed racists. freshwest Apr 2015 #21

^^^This!^^^ Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #23

Here we go with making the victim look like a monster.. glowing Apr 2015 #10

Really!!! newfie11 Apr 2015 #14

you got anything you did 28 years ago? hobbit709 Apr 2015 #16

What are you trying to achieve with this OP? demmiblue Apr 2015 #17

Looking at some of this poster's other OP, I can guess. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #19

Maybe the poster is showing us what we are up against yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #29

Your point being...? bvf Apr 2015 #18

I second your "Fuck you" Tom Ripley Apr 2015 #43

"It has emerged." BeyondGeography Apr 2015 #20

Hot off the presses! Three decades old arrest! alcibiades_mystery Apr 2015 #42

I'm ashamed to breathe the same air bvf Apr 2015 #22

WTF does that have to do with any of this? onecaliberal Apr 2015 #24

Thanks, Rush/Sean/Glenn/Shebolleth TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #25

Please don't hit and run . . . JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #26

And so the victim blaming begins. A standard step in whitewashing the police brutalities and murder Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #27

So Scott deserved to be gunned down?... paleotn Apr 2015 #28

How old was he at the time? surrealAmerican Apr 2015 #30

Pathetic...no relevance to him being killed. Deuce Apr 2015 #31

And this is relevant . . . . how? Chemisse Apr 2015 #32

Thank god they finally got him. CincyDem Apr 2015 #33

Oh FFS -- Ineeda Apr 2015 #34

Oh, a real biggie. And means absolutely nothing 28 years later. jwirr Apr 2015 #35

Totally irrelevant CanonRay Apr 2015 #36

This from the same poster thucythucy Apr 2015 #37

It won't be soon enough Tom Ripley Apr 2015 #44

Your bullshit is getting tiresome. giftedgirl77 Apr 2015 #38

There may also be some dirt on him at an earlier age IDemo Apr 2015 #39

That settles it, he had it coming. Darb Apr 2015 #40

This happened 30 fucking years ago. Calista241 Apr 2015 #41

Locking cbayer Apr 2015 #45