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branford

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22. Then you haven't met sufficient numbers of law enforcement officers,

Reply to ncjustice80 (Reply #20)

Sun Oct 12, 2014, 09:39 PM

Oct 2014

are dogmatic, refuse to believe in forensic science, or have a displaced faith in the nobility and veracity of all criminal defendants, and the families that will support them no matter the undisputed evidence.

Some individual officers, as with all humans, do lie. That much is certain. However, to attribute such a trait universally is ridiculous, and no better that generalizing on similarly offensive and unproven matters a few fools believe like "all African-American youth are dangerous."

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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