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In reply to the discussion: Police shoot man in the back with both hands held High [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)46. Right. And the first two beanbags are before he turns back to the car door.
If you got hit with two beanbags from a shotgun you would probably involuntarily flee as well.
If anything they should have just tazed him, by itself.
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Just another day at work for our friendly neighborhood state-sponsored paramilitary enforcers.
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2014
#3
He fucking dead and they chicken wing him back and cuff him cause you know... he's a threat with his
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2014
#5
NP. 4 or 5 police state apologist will be along to remind you it is a few bad apples.
Rex
Feb 2014
#6
Wow, watching all those pigs walk around like nobody just got murdered in cold blood.
Rex
Feb 2014
#13
Yeah, the casual nature of it in the aftermath. It was sickening. Literally.
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2014
#18
Around the 0:46 mark, the suspect begins moving; around the 0:48 mark
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#22
Police say they fired 5 beanbags and a taser before the deputy's two rifle shots killed the man
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#44
Right. And the first two beanbags are before he turns back to the car door.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2014
#46
That's plausible. I can't actually tell whether he reached into the car or not.
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#54
It surprises me not that the 5 post-count poster would the poster to argue for murder.
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2014
#42
although there's video at the link I provided, there's also a long text report
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#55