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exboyfil

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3. I love how the statement doesn't say the day
Mon Apr 12, 2021, 07:18 AM
Apr 2021

in which the officer was fired. Given other statements it must have been this weekend (after the lawsuit was filed). Convenient timing don't you think?

The officers have to answer why, once you saw the temporary license under the lights of the gas station, you didn't holster your weapons and tell the driver to continue on his way. Use of the pepper spray was bad, but even pointing your weapons at the driver was just as bad. There was absolutely no justification for it.

The statements seem to indicate a big part of the rage came with the decision of the driver to park in a well lighted area off of the road. I wonder why? This seems safer for the officers and the driver anyway.

Every time a new car is sold, it comes off the lot without a plate. How often do stolen cars have the plates removed. Unless you have a report of a new car being stolen, shouldn't the default be that this must be a new car? How many times do they pull over new cars at night? It seems the auto dealers in the area would be getting pretty upset.

Awful....here's the press release from the Windsor, Virginia police department just issued MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #1
Thanks so much for adding this. They've been discussing this on Morning Joe this morning Rhiannon12866 Apr 2021 #4
For those people who are not.... quickesst Apr 2021 #2
I love how the statement doesn't say the day exboyfil Apr 2021 #3
Cops see a person of color driving a new car: "Must be stolen" FailureToCommunicate Apr 2021 #7
How would the officer have known he was black exboyfil Apr 2021 #8
My understanding is he drove past the cop and the cop pulled out after him. The Jungle 1 Apr 2021 #12
Wow thanks exboyfil Apr 2021 #13
Yeah, that part got to me, too. The cop wnylib Apr 2021 #15
I used my white privilege card exboyfil Apr 2021 #18
Whenever I see a situation being wnylib Apr 2021 #20
We had African American friends in Tennessee exboyfil Apr 2021 #22
The incident that I described wnylib Apr 2021 #23
The cop was fired last night malaise Apr 2021 #5
Took them too damned long to do it wnylib Apr 2021 #16
They can't hide after the video goes public malaise Apr 2021 #19
And that's the only reason that they finally did. wnylib Apr 2021 #21
Full Video ItsjustMe Apr 2021 #6
Glad his dog stayed in the vehicle. Duppers Apr 2021 #9
Black WWII veterans were lynched in the south. The Jungle 1 Apr 2021 #10
for what reason was it a "felony stop"? magicguido Apr 2021 #11
He drove for two minutes at a low rate of speed exboyfil Apr 2021 #14
Exactly. Good summary. wnylib Apr 2021 #17
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