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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMartese Johnson’s post just before the cops decided to show him they also considered his life...
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Martese Johnson’s post just before the cops decided to show him they also considered his life... (Original Post)
Playinghardball
Mar 2015
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bravenak
(34,648 posts)1. .
progressoid
(49,991 posts)2. America IS messed up.
Bonx
(2,053 posts)3. Who is he ? How did the cops kill him ?
salin
(48,955 posts)4. UVA student - beaten up/bloodied (not killed)
by ABC (alcohol) police. I read that the cops saw that he was turned away from entrance to a bar (he was 20) by the bouncers.
Quickly escalated to a beating by cops. Another example of the response being way disproportional to the offense.
geomon666
(7,512 posts)5. They actually let him live.
A surprising show of mercy from our boys in blue.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)6. Even the university
is calling for an investigation.
Should be interesting.