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handmade34

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6. yes, but

Reply to KPN (Reply #5)

Sun May 12, 2019, 07:16 AM

May 2019

but more important is gun use, gun (so-called) rights, and romanticism of guns is out of control and at fault... police in the Country are a result of what societal norms we have created

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Police Officer Shoots 14-Year-Old After Just a 0.6-Second Warning NowThis [View all] Quixote1818 May 2019 OP

Oklahoma County District Attorney and those cops are assholes. greyl May 2019 #1

The fucking piece of shit cop SAYS they have a cap gun as he is walking up to the yard Quixote1818 May 2019 #2

Cop had oppurtunity to communicate with victim from safe cover, greyl May 2019 #4

Cop shoots him then says "you're ok" as he's laying on the ground. oasis May 2019 #3

Sickening. Police are out of control in this KPN May 2019 #5

yes, but handmade34 May 2019 #6

That certainly doesn't help. Good point. KPN May 2019 #7

Typical racist thug RandiFan1290 May 2019 #8

This is all naturally to be expected in a gun infested U.S. Culture tomhagen May 2019 #9

Training courtjester May 2019 #10

ANY jury would side with the kid! Smackdown2019 May 2019 #11

I'm retired age but when I wa a kid, kids played with cap guns and bb guns all the time. demigoddess May 2019 #12

Maybe they did in black neighborhoods. Only now do we see what Quixote1818 May 2019 #14

Times have changed. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #15

I just thought the cops were smarter in those days. And there was more oversight. demigoddess May 2019 #16

Playing in a fenced in back yard, with a gun that even the cop thinks is a BB gun, Downtown Hound May 2019 #13