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New body-cam video shows a police officer killing an unarmed man
businessinsider.com ^ | Dec. 8, 2017 | Michal Kranz

Posted on 12/11/2017 4:06:18 PM PST by Main Street

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Where was the poor kids ‘White Privilege’??? I did see it.

Anybody see this in the national MSM?? Or is it being ignored because it doesn’t mesh with their ‘Police Only Shoot Innocent Black People’ narrative?


21 posted on 12/11/2017 4:32:24 PM PST by Main Street (Stuck in traffic.)
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To: Main Street

Cop murdered him. Got off.


22 posted on 12/11/2017 4:33:35 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: Main Street
Correction: I DIDN'T see it.
23 posted on 12/11/2017 4:33:54 PM PST by Main Street (Stuck in traffic.)
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To: Main Street

I love cops. This looks horrible. It feels like the officer was on a power trip. Something is terribly wrong.

Just tell the perp to lay flat down on the ground with his hands out in front. One officer covers him while the other handcuffs him.

Noting the officer is going to do the exact same thing again is alarming.


24 posted on 12/11/2017 4:34:25 PM PST by daviscupper (So sad...)
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To: Fhios

I would be feeling angry, and betrayed by the utter scumbag communist in the black robe, who withheld relevant evidence from the jury.


25 posted on 12/11/2017 4:36:27 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Main Street

I believe CBS aired this story...and part of the video...last week on an evening newscast.


26 posted on 12/11/2017 4:39:56 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (SCHLONGED: How Donald Trump Beat My Lying, Marxist Ass and Went On to Win the November Election. HRC)
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To: Main Street

The kid forgot his “white card” at home so CNN can’t cover it. They’re too busy discussing Trump’s tv habits or how many diet cokes he drinks.


27 posted on 12/11/2017 4:41:12 PM PST by FreeFromWhat
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To: Main Street

Hang this POS!


28 posted on 12/11/2017 4:44:02 PM PST by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: vooch

>>A common theme is; why don‘t good cops hold bad cops accountable ?

Thin Blue Line. In their world, the cop’s life is more important than EVERYONE else’s.

And we, as Conservatives, have a lot of blame in this. We’re the ones who supported them no matter what, calling them “heroes” for just getting home alive. As they militarized over the last 30 years, we kept making excuses for the bad ones (as long as they didn’t get found guilty in court) and assuming that anyone who got shot probably deserved it.

Now the beast that we helped to create is turning on us too and if you don’t still call these armed civil service workers “heroes”, their supporters will attack you too.


29 posted on 12/11/2017 4:47:09 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: bike800

I’m glad you are a good cop.


30 posted on 12/11/2017 4:47:51 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Main Street

This young man and his widow were in high school with my kids here in Nashville. I heard exactly what happened way back when it happened. This warrants a federal criminal investigation for civil rights violations and I have called both of my Senators and the White House and spoken to actual human beings about it as well as having e-mailed our Congressman. Mesa PD would not let the widow see the video and intimidated her about “going to the media”. They kept it all tightly wrapped until they got their punk cop acquitted. They had already fired him for other disregard of procedures and I think they just didn’t want to have to pay a huge financial settlement.


31 posted on 12/11/2017 4:49:12 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: CASchack

Thank you as well for being on the job.


32 posted on 12/11/2017 4:53:22 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: MrEdd

Actually the judge did allow the jury to see the video. The jurors blew this one.

Both the prosecution and defense attorneys petitioned the court to seal the video from the public. The judge did the right thing and released it. The public has a right to know how the police carry out their duties.


33 posted on 12/11/2017 4:53:49 PM PST by daviscupper (So sad...)
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The entire Mesa police dept needs to b reviewed.


34 posted on 12/11/2017 4:53:50 PM PST by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Ronald_Magnus

It’s my understanding they only saw a portion of the video, and it’s been reported that they did not get to see the shoot.


35 posted on 12/11/2017 4:54:10 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Main Street

That kid had to have been terrified. That can be as bad or worse than being drunk as far as understanding and heeding commands. That officer sure did escalate this, the kid was obviously not a threat to someone with an AR-15. So sad.


36 posted on 12/11/2017 4:58:59 PM PST by Beach333
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To: Main Street

Unbelievable! Is “get on your hands and knees and crawl” proper procedure? I thought the procedure was more like hands up, turn around, get on knees, slowly lie down with arms and legs wide open and plain sight, then one officer covers while the other cuffs.

Ordering him to crawl around is totally inappropriate and imo the proximate cause for the death. In other words, the cop’s stupid commands were the reason the man kept moving around, which gives the cop a (convenient) excuse to shoot.


37 posted on 12/11/2017 4:59:14 PM PST by monkeyshine
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My Grandfather was Chief of police and somehow never killed anyone even though he got shot, in a bank robbery.
Raised 5 kids too


38 posted on 12/11/2017 4:59:52 PM PST by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: CASchack

Thank you. Exactly as I thought.


39 posted on 12/11/2017 5:00:46 PM PST by monkeyshine
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To: monkeyshine

The guy is a power/control freak.
Remove his power.


40 posted on 12/11/2017 5:04:10 PM PST by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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