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brettdale

(12,377 posts)
Tue May 2, 2017, 08:28 PM May 2017

Alton Sterling question

Been on Twitter, Im not sure if this is true, but it seems the Trump supporters are
out in force.

My following question is not about if the police should be prosecuted or not.

On Twitter literally thousands of people are saying that Alton Sterling was a child rapist and a murderer who was reaching
for a gun.

Had he ever been convicted for child rape or murder or is that just the RIGHT trying to justify in their sick way,
the shooting?


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Alton Sterling question (Original Post) brettdale May 2017 OP
I doubt it. But there's no doubt that cop straddled him and shot him in the chest point blank. brush May 2017 #1
THIS WellDarn May 2017 #4
Keep making excuses WellDarn May 2017 #2
It's to the point WellDarn May 2017 #3
again it shouldnt matter what eh had done in the past brettdale May 2017 #5

brush

(53,771 posts)
1. I doubt it. But there's no doubt that cop straddled him and shot him in the chest point blank.
Tue May 2, 2017, 08:33 PM
May 2017

The video was widely shown, that and the one in Milwaukee where the cop shot the guy in his car and his girlfriend facebooked it live.

This is the new Sessions/trump era. Even with video showing the killings cops don't get charged when they kill black men.

Not that all of them were being charged before.

 

WellDarn

(255 posts)
2. Keep making excuses
Tue May 2, 2017, 08:47 PM
May 2017

If white folks are going to keep covering for cops who kill us, we will defend ourselves.

It's you all's choice.

 

WellDarn

(255 posts)
3. It's to the point
Tue May 2, 2017, 08:55 PM
May 2017

that a lot of folks I talk to are starting to see this excusing blue on black murder as not just a failure to stop, but outright facilitation.

brettdale

(12,377 posts)
5. again it shouldnt matter what eh had done in the past
Tue May 2, 2017, 09:27 PM
May 2017

My question still remains though, had he ever been convicted of raping a child and of murder.

Because the right is saying this all over twitter.

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