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TBF

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11. It's not just FL and TX -

Reply to FreakinDJ (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2014, 06:31 PM

Feb 2014

it is bad in many areas of this country.

Yesterday I put up a blurb remembering Oscar Grant III (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10244165). I initially wrote about him a couple of years ago - prior to the Trayvon Martin case. I don't think I want to know exactly how many of these cases there are every year. Occasionally someone writes an article and we hear about them, but other than that their families grieve and the police force is "back to business" as usual. It's sickening.

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Kill Unarmed Man First, Ask Questions Later: Anaheim Cop Lawyer [View all] FreakinDJ Feb 2014 OP

There can't even be any fighting back in the moment because a dead or injured cop only serves to Ed Suspicious Feb 2014 #1

Who said "Stand your Ground" - he was walking away FreakinDJ Feb 2014 #2

I was contemplating options to curb this excessive force crap up to and including standing your Ed Suspicious Feb 2014 #3

One more time: We need a national commission on law enforcement standards and practices. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #4

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2014 #8

When can the citizens SamKnause Feb 2014 #5

So fucked up. ZombieHorde Feb 2014 #6

What am I looking at in the top right panel? Probably don't want to know, but I'm a glutton for Ed Suspicious Feb 2014 #7

You're looking at Kelly Thomas' face. Police say he "resisted." They beat him mercilessly. He died. JJChambers Feb 2014 #9

You are looking at the photo of SamKnause Feb 2014 #10

It's not just FL and TX - TBF Feb 2014 #11

Is Assisted Suicide legal in CA? Downwinder Feb 2014 #12

Disgusting A Little Weird Feb 2014 #13