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MaryMagdaline

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4. It's a shame that he has to be a perfect person to be considered sympathetic

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2018, 02:21 PM

Sep 2018

Can't just be an ordinary guy having a beer in his own house/ has to be a saint. (I know this is not the point of your post. Yes, the lawyers and family represented him well to get all of this out there).

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Dallas cop case--family, lawyers preempted usual attack on black male victim's character [View all] bobbieinok Sep 2018 OP

Aaah, but did he own any hoodies??!...... Right Geraldo? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2018 #1

None of this should matter in this context Moral Compass Sep 2018 #2

If he was white none of that would matter RhodeIslandOne Sep 2018 #3

It's a shame that he has to be a perfect person to be considered sympathetic MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #4

Only Thing Saving Botham Jean erpowers Sep 2018 #5

A young black man pretty much needs to be an actual choir boy Crunchy Frog Sep 2018 #6