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riqster

(13,986 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2014, 10:03 AM Oct 2014

Protesters carry firearms into Walmart where cop gunned down black man over toy gun [View all]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/protesters-carry-firearms-into-walmart-where-cop-gunned-down-black-man-over-toy-gun/

Interesting. Multiple rights in play here: 2nd and 4 Amendments, for starters, along with civil rights questions :

Gun enthusiasts openly carried firearms Sunday in to an Ohio Walmart store where police fatally shot a black man holding a toy rifle.

About 40 open-carry activists protested the Aug. 5 police shooting of 22-year-old John Crawford III at the Beavercreek retailer after a grand jury declined last month to charge the officer who killed him.

In addition to weapons, the demonstrators carried signs that said “I am John Crawford” and “Serve and Protect. Not Serve to Kill.”

More at the link.

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Protesters carry firearms into Walmart where cop gunned down black man over toy gun [View all] riqster Oct 2014 OP

I have lost all faith in Grand Juries since they rely on evidence provided by the Prosecutor - BlueCaliDem Oct 2014 #1

+1 2naSalit Oct 2014 #2

+1 riqster Oct 2014 #4

Grand juries have the right to question witnesses and the prosecutor. msanthrope Oct 2014 #11

How many jurors know and understand that? I'd surmise, not that many. They rely on the unbiased BlueCaliDem Oct 2014 #13

That would be a great sign outside the courthouse where the Mike Brown msanthrope Oct 2014 #14

I recently sat in on one reflection Oct 2014 #17

i find this sort of heartening. mopinko Oct 2014 #3

They realize they could be shot, too. riqster Oct 2014 #5

It's funny how rarely police shoot down men with loaded guns, isn't it. Damansarajaya Oct 2014 #6

Indeed. Compare Occupy with Bundy. riqster Oct 2014 #7

^^^^^^^^^^^ mopinko Oct 2014 #8

Winner Winner! Sparhawk60 Oct 2014 #9

Here's a video of the event. Kindly point out the "bone headed teabaggers" for us friendly_iconoclast Oct 2014 #15

My request got the response I expected... friendly_iconoclast Oct 2014 #16

Strange. The "call 911 and tell them theres a man with a gun" folks are conspicuously... beevul Oct 2014 #10

I recall forecasting sarisataka Oct 2014 #12

What? Right here in DU? "What could go wrong?" Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #18