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TorchTheWitch

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32. I can't tell what's going on either

Reply to happyslug (Reply #10)

Thu Feb 27, 2014, 09:53 PM

Feb 2014

Mostly because of the CNN junk covering up the most important bits to be viewed... you can't even see the man they were arresting in that video at all. I couldn't see any officer sitting on him. Two looked like they had one knee on him, but again, in this video it's impossible to tell. I'd like to see a better video of this without all the company hieroglyphics blocking the screen.

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It shows a homicide, but type of homicide it fails to show happyslug Feb 2014 #26

I can't tell what's going on either TorchTheWitch Feb 2014 #32

Remember this is a cell phone camerea,the picture is about the best you are going toi get happyslug Feb 2014 #33

do you mean surveillance videos? TorchTheWitch Feb 2014 #34

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