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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 07:05 PM Dec 2014

I don't think people are generally out to get cops.

We just want them to be subject to the same justice system as the rest of us. Until this happens, yeah, there will be protests after every kangaroo court exoneration of a killer cop.

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I don't think people are generally out to get cops. (Original Post) MoonRiver Dec 2014 OP
I don't think, generally, cops are out to kill black people. maced666 Dec 2014 #1
Well, do you think that the police target blacks and other POCs disproportionally to race? MrScorpio Dec 2014 #2
You're right "maced" 666. 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #3
 

maced666

(771 posts)
1. I don't think, generally, cops are out to kill black people.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 08:53 PM
Dec 2014

But that lie has been repeated over and over. Some actually believe it.

 

951-Riverside

(7,234 posts)
3. You're right "maced" 666.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 09:00 PM
Dec 2014

They also like killing dogs



Elderly white people



Unarmed people running away



Beating Women









Killing the homeless



Some more unarmed people





And all these folks:



Michael Nida - Unarmed shot multiple times in the back by a downey cop after he tried to run away



Douglas Zerby - Cops snuck up on him and blew him away without warning just because he was holding a water nozzle.



John Winkler - Stabbed then gunned down by deputies as he was trying to flee his attacker



Frank Mendoza - Gunned down by deputies as he was trying to flee an armed parolee that had just broke into his home



Brian Beaird - Gunned down by LAPD cops as he was surrendering with his hands up.



Jose de la Trinidad - Unarmed and shot 7 times in the back by deputies



Jason Conoscenti - Unarmed, shot multiple times in the back as he was running away. His murder was captured on video.



Levar Edward Jones - Gunned down as he was getting his ID. Thankfully he survived unlike the other cases.



Kelly Thomas - Unarmed, beaten and strangled to death as he cried out for his Dad. The two cops who did it were found not guilty.



Hans Kevin Arellano - Unarmed, shot in the chest after calling a female officer a bitch. His killing was captured on video.

...wait, do you have a point "maced" 666?
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