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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-10 11:33 PM
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Black cop shoots/kills white man who called him a racial slur- and it's all Obama's fault
>>>ORANGE - A man has died after he was shot by an off-duty officer with the Orange Police Department during a disturbance outside an auto parts store late Monday afternoon, according to Police Chief Sam Kittrell.

James Whitehead, 28, of West Orange, was taken to a hospital by ambulance from O'Reilly Auto Parts on 16th Street in Orange at about 5 p.m. Monday.
He died a short time later at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont.>>> snip

>>>The employee said an off-duty officer with the Orange Police Department, Capt. Robert Arnold, was in the store with his daughter and witnessed the disturbance. The employee said the customer called Arnold, who is a black, a 'coon.' The employee said Arnold told the customer he didn't like him using derogatory language around the girl.

According to the employee, Capt. Arnold went outside the store to retrieve his badge from his truck so he could detain the man until police were able to respond to the 911 call about the disturbance. The employee said the customer followed Arnold outside.
Police are investigating what happened at that point to precipitate the shooting.>>>

http://www.kfdm.com/news/store-38749-orange-investigating.html

There still isn't enough to this story for me to know whether the cop drastically overreacted, so I can't defend his behavior... but you gotta love how some of the idiot rednecks from my hometown manage to pin this incident on.... OBAMA! Check the comments section.
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brewens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-10 11:45 PM
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1. If it was a white cop they'd be saying the black dude was on
PCP and the cop was defending himself!
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Onceuponalife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-10 11:47 PM
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2. Absolutely
Because, apparently, in Oakland at least, it's legal for white cops to shoot unarmed, handcuffed black men in the back.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-10 12:03 AM
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3. A Witness Or Two Outside The Store Is Needed, Sir
This could be anything from self-defense to cold murder, on the information available in the account. Capt. Arnold was certainly behavng properly to remonstrate with the man, and to move to detain him. What happened outside is the question.
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