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In reply to the discussion: Were officials too quick to tie Texas deputy shooting to Black Lives Matter? [View all]marble falls
(57,077 posts)45. Thats why they are armoured and armed. Thankfully the vast majority of cops don't ever pull a piece
But the fact is that there are climbing numbers of unarmed black youth being shot by cops even as crime numbers are dropping.
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Were officials too quick to tie Texas deputy shooting to Black Lives Matter? [View all]
marble falls
Aug 2015
OP
In this summer of a Birther using hatred and violent rhetoric as his only weapon being feted by an
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#1
Thats why we don't let families prosecute, jury or execute. I understand their lack of balance....
marble falls
Aug 2015
#6
It made and makes perfect sense to me, and it's well within the context of your and marble's
BlueCaliDem
Aug 2015
#22
Are you advocating some sort of "Sharia" law????????? Due process is what I am interested in....
marble falls
Aug 2015
#27
First of all this hasn't been classified as anything but an open homicide. Its that due process/....
marble falls
Aug 2015
#29
You're the guy telling me to ask the slain deputy's two small children about what his death was....
marble falls
Aug 2015
#42
So now its personal. What an ungraceful way to concede you have no argument. Crude, but I accept it.
marble falls
Aug 2015
#47
+1, the same folk aren't going to attribute these actions to Bundy though even if they're from Bundy
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#61
Fuck th police is a verbal reaction to police brutality... are you saying this is in reaction to
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#30
So when a cop murders a 12 year Tamir was it "Fuck teenage black boys" by the police?! Wonder
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#38
You're jumping to the conclusion it had something to do with cops vs Dads or people who wear
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#54
It was question, I even put it in capital letters to outline it as a question. No need to burn out .
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#62
There's a history of blacks unloading 15 bullets into cops backs like there's a history of police
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#34
21 times more likely isn't a stereo type it is fact, and there's no "perceived" anything it's been..
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#51
Cops are NOT 21 times more likely to be shot by black men... no, the cop didn't have a point...
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#37
No, anything does NOT go including this poor equivocation of the cop... cops are NOT 21 more times
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#43
Did, nothing in the article says shoot cops in the back 15 times at close range or anything close
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#50
You're kidding right?! That's more to do with locking them up not murdering them !! come on people
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#56
I support them, I'm not defending them at all. I agree, lock dirty ass'd cops up! Why wouldn't
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#60
Thats why they are armoured and armed. Thankfully the vast majority of cops don't ever pull a piece
marble falls
Aug 2015
#45