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25. Well said. n/t

Sun Dec 21, 2014, 11:06 PM

Dec 2014

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Another Police Killing: Disabled Black Man Holding a Spoon. Racists Online Cheer. [View all] eridani Dec 2014 OP

I agree, given SamKnause Dec 2014 #4

Well said. n/t nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #25

Thank you. SamKnause Dec 2014 #28

Of course you can,he was black after all. morningfog Dec 2014 #7

I'm not the only one noticing a trend, thank god n/t Scootaloo Dec 2014 #27

But a white guy pointing a rifle at a cop isn't at all dangerous eridani Dec 2014 #18

It wasn't a knife! jen1980 Dec 2014 #31

The disdain for disabled people in the comments is alarming. Ilsa Dec 2014 #2

If more police departments were smarter Lurks Often Dec 2014 #16

agree - it is pretty easy to second-guess how someone should react DrDan Dec 2014 #17

warning shots aren't legal and they're crazy TorchTheWitch Dec 2014 #6

Odd that this doesn't happen too often in other developed countries eridani Dec 2014 #8

You analyzing with knowledge that the officer did not possess. branford Dec 2014 #10

I don't really care, and that is certainly not the legal standard. branford Dec 2014 #20

I don't take it as a "fact" that the guy charged him. eridani Dec 2014 #23

happens quite a bit here shaayecanaan Dec 2014 #11

it says right in the article why the officer shot him TorchTheWitch Dec 2014 #21

They always say the victim "charges at him" eridani Dec 2014 #22

Can anyone actually visualize this scene? eridani Dec 2014 #24

Here's the thing Tsiyu Dec 2014 #30