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joshcryer

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15. I see a murder.

Reply to Man from Pickens (Reply #13)

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 01:58 AM

Apr 2015

But I know enough about law how they would say those cops struggling "proves" that he was resisting. People watch COPS, they don't recognize this sort of excessive force for what it is. I've been in juries. Juries are not very bright people. They're easily impressionable.

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How can you know that? Man from Pickens Apr 2015 #13

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