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"Bad decisions" [View all] sendero Apr 2015 OP
I agree... hlthe2b Apr 2015 #1
You are so right madokie Apr 2015 #2
Somewhere, some time before this incident, this cop had already decided he could shoot and kill -none Apr 2015 #3
Yes. They are already expecting the worse... Phentex Apr 2015 #4
I wondered also if someone had recorded the Michael Brown killing . . . brush Apr 2015 #10
You will notice the "To Serve and Protect" slogan in missing from most police cars now. -none Apr 2015 #16
Sad and scary, but true, -none. Welcome to DU! catbyte Apr 2015 #18
Thank you -none Apr 2015 #19
I agree. Whatever happened to anger that cop it did not just start at that point. I think that it jwirr Apr 2015 #23
Its bad cops and bad cop culture. It has to change. Scott's killer felt he was going to get away.... marble falls Apr 2015 #5
Very well put. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #6
You are so correct. 99Forever Apr 2015 #7
A big part of the problem is that so-called "good cops"... Nitram Apr 2015 #8
Called it. sarge43 Apr 2015 #9
I don't believe that the cop thought that far ahead vlyons Apr 2015 #11
Looked to me like the victim could hardly run CanonRay Apr 2015 #14
What I found particularly creepy was the way the cop looked so practiced... Nitram Apr 2015 #25
True, his actions are those of someone that has done this before. That is the scary part. Rex Apr 2015 #12
excellent observation, sendero NJCher Apr 2015 #13
True. I have heard of people who are "mean drunks" though otherwise nice. But I think that tblue37 Apr 2015 #15
it seems obvious to me this city's cop shop has been covering up for years. riverbendviewgal Apr 2015 #17
So Slager was a straight up asshole... The CPD knew this too, I have no doubts they knew this uponit7771 Apr 2015 #22
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2015 #20
K & R L0oniX Apr 2015 #21
Rachel caught my interest when she started her coverage talking about how they (cops who have jwirr Apr 2015 #24
Only if you're black Nitram Apr 2015 #26
In the video... 2naSalit Apr 2015 #27
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