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NAACP calls for federal probe into police shooting of unarmed Black man in Pittsburgh
The Hill ^ | 03/20/2024 | CHEYANNE M. DANIELS

Posted on 03/20/2024 12:33:06 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The NAACP is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the death of Jim Rogers, a 54-year-old Black man who died in an October 2021 incident with a Pittsburgh police officer.

Rogers died the day after police officer Keith Edmonds repeatedly shocked him with a taser.

“Jim Rogers deserved better, and Black America deserves better,” Janette McCarthy Wallace, general counsel of the NAACP, said in a statement.

“But the sad reality is, our communities continue to endure pain and suffering at the hands of those tasked with serving and protecting us. We have seen the photographs, watched the videos, and heard the stories,” she added. “One thing remains clear – progress cannot exist without accountability.”

The encounter began when Edmonds responded to a report of a stolen bicycle. When he arrived on scene, he encountered Rogers.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: banglist; donutwatch; naacp; pittsburgh; police; shooting
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1 posted on 03/20/2024 12:33:06 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Unarmed? Sounds like he was violently resisting somehow.


2 posted on 03/20/2024 12:34:52 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They had to go to the archives for this election cycle!


3 posted on 03/20/2024 12:35:04 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
The NAACP is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the death of Jim Rogers, a 54-year-old Black man who died in an October 2021 incident with a Pittsburgh police officer.

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2021???

Why did they wait until now????!~!!11 /rhetorical question
4 posted on 03/20/2024 12:35:53 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I call for probes into black thugs killing unarmed white people.


5 posted on 03/20/2024 12:37:01 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

‘Rats shot the 2020 election in the back, with prejudice.


6 posted on 03/20/2024 12:37:10 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ChicagoConservative27

‘Rats shot the 2020 election in the back, with prejudice.


7 posted on 03/20/2024 12:37:10 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ChicagoConservative27

when is the NAAWP going to call for federal probe into white students brutally beaten by a black mob?


8 posted on 03/20/2024 12:37:43 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: Paladin2

Kool, a point bounce....


9 posted on 03/20/2024 12:37:47 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Another fentanyl OD blamed on the cops.


10 posted on 03/20/2024 12:38:16 PM PDT by nhbob1
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Always blaming their self-induced pathologies on Whitey, whose money they gladly take all the while giving him the finger.


11 posted on 03/20/2024 12:45:05 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Delusionary people should not be given power over normal people.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Uh, was that a 9mm taser? 🤔


12 posted on 03/20/2024 12:45:39 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sensationalist, rage mongering headline.
He wasn’t shot.


13 posted on 03/20/2024 12:49:41 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

George Floyd 2.0 except the cop is guilty in this one. Just in time for the election.


14 posted on 03/20/2024 12:53:36 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: ChicagoConservative27
When Roger’s attempts to run away less than 30 seconds later, Edmonds shocks him again

Running away from cops, not listening to cop's directives - it happens in ALL of these cases. Now, perhaps the cop is wrong - but we still have a problem with perps not obeying directives, in each and every one of these cases.

15 posted on 03/20/2024 12:57:58 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: aynrandfreak

Bingo and will keep doing so until November.


16 posted on 03/20/2024 12:58:28 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: DesertRhino

If you want to see reality go to Youtube and search for bad cop. Watch a bunch of videos and see if you still think it is always is the accused person’s fault for being killed by a cop. Cops don’t protect and serve, they lie and ignore the law to keep their jobs.


17 posted on 03/20/2024 1:08:20 PM PDT by POGO163
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Earlier today I recalled that Ashli Babbitt had no weapon and she was shot dead by Byrd.

“She was posing a threat to United States House of Representatives,” Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd told NBC’s Lester Holt.


18 posted on 03/20/2024 1:12:04 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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19 posted on 03/20/2024 1:18:50 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: 1Old Pro

Their sperm donor baby-daddies never gave them “the talk”.


20 posted on 03/20/2024 1:19:38 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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