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Judi Lynn

(160,634 posts) Mon Jul 25, 2016, 11:48 PM Jul 2016

Activists protest no charges for Arizona officer in shooting

Source: Associated Press

Activists protest no charges for Arizona officer in shooting

Beatriz Costa-lima, Associated Press

Updated 7:14 pm, Monday, July 25, 2016

PHOENIX (AP) — A small group in Arizona on Monday protested a decision not to charge a police officer in the shooting death of a woman accused of shoplifting and threatening the lawman with scissors.

The shooting of 27-year-old Navajo woman Loreal Tsingine in March led tribal officials to urge the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the treatment of American Indians who live in towns that border the reservation.

Maricopa County prosecutor Bill Montgomery announced Friday that his office found no evidence of criminal conduct on the part of Winslow, Arizona, Officer Austin Shipley in Tsingine's death.

About 20 people chanted "Justice for Loreal" and "Shame on Bill Montgomery" outside the prosecutor's office in Phoenix as employees arrived for work Monday morning.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Some-protest-no-charges-for-Arizona-officer-in-8411847.php

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Activists protest no charges for Arizona officer in shooting (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2016 OP

Scissors! She had fucking scissors. Feeling the Bern Jul 2016 #1

If these guys are so afraid PatSeg Jul 2016 #3

I hear unemployed is a good career choice for someone with no skills like most cops. Feeling the Bern Jul 2016 #4

Or republican politician PatSeg Jul 2016 #6

When will cops ever be charged for anything? Disgusting! nt glennward Jul 2016 #2

Two weeks ago. Igel Jul 2016 #5

Shoplifting = immediate death sentence Person 2713 Jul 2016 #7

Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)

1. Scissors! She had fucking scissors.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 12:37 AM

Jul 2016

These badge wearing cowards would claim a ham sandwich made them fear for their lives in this day and again.

Scared, sociopathic cowards with badges, power and guns. No wonder we've seen a massive uptick of police murdering people this year.

PatSeg

(47,625 posts)

3. If these guys are so afraid

Reply to Feeling the Bern (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 07:35 AM

Jul 2016

every time they confront a suspect, maybe they should consider a different occupation, preferably one that does not involve guns.

Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)

4. I hear unemployed is a good career choice for someone with no skills like most cops.

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 08:14 AM

Jul 2016

PatSeg

(47,625 posts)

6. Or republican politician

Reply to Feeling the Bern (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 09:08 AM

Jul 2016

Requires absolutely no skills or intelligence whatsoever.

glennward

(989 posts)

2. When will cops ever be charged for anything? Disgusting! nt

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 12:41 AM

Jul 2016

Igel

(35,362 posts)

5. Two weeks ago.

Reply to glennward (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 08:57 AM

Jul 2016

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/16/us/former-atlanta-officer-charged-with-murder/

Two days ago:
http://atlantadailyworld.com/2016/07/24/2nd-miami-cop-charged-in-shooting-of-unarmed-charles-kinsey/

It happens. But since it's not reported here, we don't see the information and we assume it's not happening. It's a fairly easy and widely known cognitive bias, one of the harder biases for critical thinking to deal with since for many it involves those "unknown unknowns" we mocked Rumsfeldt for mentioning.

The difficult search terms for finding this (and others) were simply "cop charged shooting".

Convictions are less common, but that's not where you put the goalposts.

Person 2713

(3,263 posts)

7. Shoplifting = immediate death sentence

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 01:40 PM

Jul 2016

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