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In reply to the discussion: “It may out-Ferguson Ferguson”: Why Milwaukee’s police violence will horrify you [View all]ncjustice80
(948 posts)55. Since when can you shoot someone with a baton, anyway???
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“It may out-Ferguson Ferguson”: Why Milwaukee’s police violence will horrify you [View all]
Scuba
Dec 2014
OP
I'm waiting for the folks who usually come around telling us that all cops aren't bad...
MrScorpio
Dec 2014
#3
The problem is that the good ones are defending the bad. They should be screaming to rid the force o
PeaceNikki
Dec 2014
#32
the system is set up for the good ones to fail at being good or at minimum be unable to do
uppityperson
Dec 2014
#37
The older fatter cops are not bad. Most of the educated detectives are not bad.
LiberalArkie
Dec 2014
#59
It certainly raises questions of who gets the privilege of claiming self-defence
HereSince1628
Dec 2014
#10
Since Hamilton was the one being threatened, he had a right to try to defend himself.
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#51
I think they shoot until there is no movement, but an important thing to consider
HereSince1628
Dec 2014
#16
I'm not sure about that...tachy means fast, the perception of time slowing follows
HereSince1628
Dec 2014
#22
Generally this response is considered to 'speed' the brain under the influence of epinephrine
HereSince1628
Dec 2014
#47
'justified' self-defense resulted from the cop's fear of being beaten to death with it.
HereSince1628
Dec 2014
#56
A poor mentally ill man died because he spoiled the view from a Starbucks.
HereSince1628
Dec 2014
#58
14 shots??? Why not fire 1 or 2 and see how things are going at that point? These cops.....
Logical
Dec 2014
#6
Wow, used to be they told us "he was on PCP and it gave him superhuman strength"
SomethingFishy
Dec 2014
#38
I have a theory that there is an understanding among cops that the only things worse than a bad
GoneFishin
Dec 2014
#11
My uncle was a Milwaukee cop, the father of my childhood BF was a Milwaukee cop,
PeaceNikki
Dec 2014
#33
talk radio blowhard m. savage calls for plumbers w/pipes to deal w/protestors
certainot
Dec 2014
#18
Shocking article re the callous attitude toward mentally ill by Walker & his staff, and also
Divernan
Dec 2014
#48
You're welcome; hope it doesn't trigger the nightmares I had while investigating.
Divernan
Dec 2014
#49
Michael Vagnini must have had a hella lotta hassle about his last name in school.
Dont call me Shirley
Dec 2014
#52
Cops are absolutely corrupt and out of control. This has been in the making for awhile now. Why?
blkmusclmachine
Dec 2014
#62
In 1998 I had a friend tell me about his relative who was a Milwaukee cop.
indivisibleman
Dec 2014
#69