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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOH NO!! not again.LA Police shot dead 24 year old UNARMED black male
http://uptownmagazine.com/2014/08/ezell-ford-unarmed-black-man-killed-by-police-in-south-l-a/
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OH NO!! not again.LA Police shot dead 24 year old UNARMED black male (Original Post)
bigdarryl
Aug 2014
OP
Lots more are than we care to think about, especially when one of them pulls us over.
IrishAyes
Aug 2014
#16
HipChick
(25,485 posts)1. Shoot? More like he was murdered...
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)2. And that's the truth.
Hoppy
(3,595 posts)3. First preventative... drug testing for cops.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)4. Or as someone said find out if any of these guys are affiliated with the KKK
LordGlenconner
(1,348 posts)7. Exactly
Most if not all medium to large depts. drug test anyway. If anything a bit of weed might mellow them out.
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)16. Lots more are than we care to think about, especially when one of them pulls us over.
It's not just blacks they hate either. Maybe blacks most of all, but basically anyone who stands against them.
Reter
(2,188 posts)8. NYC has done it for over 20 years
Other places don't?
Stuart G
(38,414 posts)5. k and r..nt
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)6. Shit! Noooooooo. (Small sob) nt
Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)9. Well this will settle the riots down.
Or something.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)10. Well he was within 200 blocks of the area ...so ...go figure.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)11. Ban all Guns!! n/t
Rex
(65,616 posts)12. NYPD, LAPD, seem to have this reoccurring theme.
I have no idea which private army LAPD belongs to. We all know which private army NYPD belongs to. He boasted about it over and over.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)13. Racist-tinged corruption continues in Tinseltown.
When are the crooks finally going to be cleared out? When?!?
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)17. When hell freezes over.
gordianot
(15,237 posts)18. Dick Cheney war criminal, no bid contract with his former employer, treasonous liar is still free.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)14. Oh Jesus Mary and Joseph!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)15. .
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Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)19. "officers opened fire after “a struggle ensued.”"
In reality, they would have emptied their clips.