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Cali_Democrat

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10. Shoot a black kid, get a paid vacation. nt

Reply to bravenak (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 02:19 AM

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Security firm involved in St Louis shooting has history of lawsuits [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2014 OP

I am very interested in the officer's history as well. bravenak Oct 2014 #1

Shoot a black kid, get a paid vacation. nt Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #10

There must be a clubhouse somewhere for them to hang out. edgineered Oct 2014 #2

Sadly that does not surprise me in the least. sheshe2 Oct 2014 #3

This is REALLY stretching, just looking for something amiss, and doubtful that anyone will find any. George II Oct 2014 #4

I'm interested to the extent any of these suits involved the officer in the Myers shooting. branford Oct 2014 #5

ok, so this answers some of the questions i had, but then brings up others. logosoco Oct 2014 #6

Besides uniforms, are these off-duty cops Lars39 Oct 2014 #7

Special duty officers usually have the same equipment and access as they do on-duty. branford Oct 2014 #9

Special duty officers almost always retain all police powers, branford Oct 2014 #8

I know why they were hired RazzleCat Oct 2014 #11

Yeah I pretty much was thinking along this line. I guess I was waiting to hear logosoco Oct 2014 #12

Another unarmed black child murdered by the police. ncjustice80 Oct 2014 #13

Unarmed? GGJohn Oct 2014 #14

There's more. branford Oct 2014 #15

Witnesses said there was no gun only a sandwhich. ncjustice80 Oct 2014 #16

It will be relatively easy to ascertain whether Myers possessed and fired the gun, branford Oct 2014 #17

You put too much faith in "experts" that work for the police. ncjustice80 Oct 2014 #19

The type of forensic evidence collected will be available to experts for the decedent, branford Oct 2014 #21

And of course you believe that. GGJohn Oct 2014 #18

Why wouldnt I? Police can categorically not be trusted. ncjustice80 Oct 2014 #20

Then you haven't met sufficient numbers of law enforcement officers, branford Oct 2014 #22

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