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hfojvt

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6. and what if you didn't intend to shoot at anything?

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:41 PM

Feb 2016

I know, I know, people are supposed to be perfect, especially cops.

God forbid somebody not make the perfect decisions that we the judgmental would have made in a similar circumstance (which most of us have never faced).

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In New York, Thousands Protest Officer Liang’s Conviction [View all] Blue_Tires Feb 2016 OP

So in a nutshell... He should not have been convicted because white cops get away with murder all Glassunion Feb 2016 #1

poorly written story hfojvt Feb 2016 #2

Yes, an "accident"... Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #3

Indeed reckless. NobodyHere Feb 2016 #4

and what if you didn't intend to shoot at anything? hfojvt Feb 2016 #6

Pretty sure that nobody on DU would draw a gun because it's dark. NutmegYankee Feb 2016 #8

As someone who was given his first gun for my birthday when I was 12 Downtown Hound Feb 2016 #10

I thought the first commandment of guns Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #11

The prosecution argued that the shooting was not an accident. That he fired when he heard a noise. CBGLuthier Feb 2016 #19

tribalist assholes nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #5

It was a proper conviction, the Officer was negligent and cost an innocent man his life. NutmegYankee Feb 2016 #7

ok, imagine you are asian and have watched all these white cops get away with murdering black kids La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2016 #9

Two wrongs don't make a right. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2016 #12

and unequal justice remains unequal. nt La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2016 #14

I don't see black folks protesting because the Freddie Gray officers were black nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #13

because that would be an insane protest, however, black friends have commented La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2016 #16

There was a difference in victims. NutmegYankee Feb 2016 #17

as i said, i don't agree with them, i just see where they are coming from La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2016 #18

It wasn't the shooting that convicted him... brooklynite Feb 2016 #15