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okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 12:03 AM Dec 2014

Officers sue Cleveland over 2012 police shooting

(CNN) -- Officers involved in a 2012 shooting in Cleveland are suing the city and police officials, alleging racial discrimination.
The plaintiffs in the federal suit are not African American. They claim the defendants have a pattern of treating non-African American officers harsher than African American officers, when it comes to officer-involved shootings of African Americans.

The incident cited in the suit began when officers saw a car speeding and heard what they thought was a gunshot directed towards them.

It involved a nearly 25-minute chase and ended in a hail of 137 bullets, killing two people. Both were African American.
No weapon was ever found in the car.

Continued at Link:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/30/us/cleveland-police-lawsuit/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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Officers sue Cleveland over 2012 police shooting (Original Post) okaawhatever Dec 2014 OP
It's official marym625 Dec 2014 #1
You mean the "Police Officer's Union" has filed suit FreakinDJ Dec 2014 #2
I just read this and was coming here to post the link... Takket Dec 2014 #3

Takket

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3. I just read this and was coming here to post the link...
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 07:34 AM
Dec 2014

Are these people fucking serious? The answer to all the police shootings in America is that the white cops who shoot unarmed blacks are suing because they feel they are being treated unfairly????

What next? Are the wolves going to sue the hens they eat for not being delicious enough???

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