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Jitter65

(3,089 posts)
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 06:10 AM Jul 2016

Two more innocent black men murdered at the hands of police...and MSNBC wants to talk e-mails and

Trump.

This is a gun crazed nation and the NRA promotes open carry and being armed. Being armed means a certain death sentence for a black man who seeks to carry for protection. Both incidents captured on video and streamed. In AL no matter what happened prior it was murder when you shoot a man in the head while he is laying on the ground, unable to reach for anything.

In MN a black man can't even obey the police and reach for his license and registration. What trauma to the child in the car to see her dad shot and her mom placed in handcuffs.

It is even hard to type through the tears...I am so sick to heart about how police think it is just fine to shoot a black man or woman on any whim...whites in the same situation are NEVER treated this way.

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Two more innocent black men murdered at the hands of police...and MSNBC wants to talk e-mails and (Original Post) Jitter65 Jul 2016 OP
This is why Sherman A1 Jul 2016 #1
I'm in tears, too, and fighting back inarticulate rage...that's why I wrote this: Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #2
So sad. bigwillq Jul 2016 #3
HLN showed 2nd incident 1st about 5AM. Then cut handcuffing part of 1st incident. Festivito Jul 2016 #4
The MN incident seems like a clear lynching. Odin2005 Jul 2016 #5
The LA shooting was similar seeing the cops didn't know who the guy they shot was or any.. uponit7771 Jul 2016 #7
And so of course sangfroid Jul 2016 #6
I'm so sick of shedding tears for the innocent victims of police violence! MoonRiver Jul 2016 #8

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
1. This is why
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 06:37 AM
Jul 2016

one might consider turning MSNBC and the similar "news" networks off. There are plenty of sources for news and information, from what I find network and cable news programing is simply not one of those sources.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
2. I'm in tears, too, and fighting back inarticulate rage...that's why I wrote this:
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 07:05 AM
Jul 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=edit&forum=1002&thread=7984975

Two more black men cut down in 48 hours. Curse red America's lethal fascination with firearms, curse racist, roided-up cops, curse a cruel and inequitable system of justice. Curse them all to hell.

Festivito

(13,452 posts)
4. HLN showed 2nd incident 1st about 5AM. Then cut handcuffing part of 1st incident.
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 07:28 AM
Jul 2016

Haven't seen it repeated since.

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)
5. The MN incident seems like a clear lynching.
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 08:23 AM
Jul 2016

It seems like to me that the cop was offended by the very idea of a black guy having a CCW and had to "put them in their place".

uponit7771

(90,323 posts)
7. The LA shooting was similar seeing the cops didn't know who the guy they shot was or any..
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 09:39 AM
Jul 2016

... other background on him.

The store owner said they just came up and apprehended him and the guy wanted to know what was going on and they tased him.

No wonder BOTH of the body cams fell off cause it looks like they did very little to deescalate that situation

 

sangfroid

(212 posts)
6. And so of course
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 09:36 AM
Jul 2016

the NRA will be all over this clear violation of the Second Amendment. Because not to do so will leave them revealed as absolute racists.

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