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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Exactly How Often Do Police Shoot Unarmed Black Men? [View all]JustAnotherGen
(31,798 posts)77. There it is
Michael Brown is a criminal who strong armed a convenience store and attacked a police officer. He is to blame for his death and no one else.
You should have just wrote that from the get go. Why dance around?
The Thug Officer stopped Mr. Brown for walking while black and violated his civil rights. He acted as judge, jury, and executioner for that crime (jay walking) only. It is my deeply held belief that this makes him too wet to step on, and too low to kick.
I'm not hiding it.
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We had the rarest thing ever in Oklahoma. A cop shot an unarmed black man in the back
CBGLuthier
Aug 2014
#2
I see you have already tried the officer and found him guilty before the facts are in.
agbdf
Aug 2014
#8
I was replying to someone who appeared to be siding ONLY with the LEO, giving him the benefit of
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2014
#54
The echo chamber has been saying, "Wait until all the facts come in"...
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2014
#59
Wow. "If Brown attacked the officer and tried to take that officer's pistol away from him, as is
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#17
So let's see if I understand your position. The young man was walking away from the officer then
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#40
Let's see if I have that theory right. Michael Brown apparently got away from the officer.
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#55
Yes I might have been. But then help me out. Why would anyone stretch the story to
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#57
A police officer shot an unarmed teenager 5 or 6 times, making sure he was dead.
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#79
Probably not an overweight alleged smoker in flipflops who was apparently already shot once.
Gore1FL
Aug 2014
#74
this reminds me of the "slavery couldn't have been evil" because I refuse to believe so many people
bettyellen
Aug 2014
#91
One person armed and in a vehicle against another person unarmed and on foot.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#93
He turned around with his hands up and was shot according to the eye-witnesses.
Gore1FL
Aug 2014
#88
the coroner said one or two could have hit him from behind, and if not- his hands were up.
bettyellen
Aug 2014
#92