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ncjustice80

(948 posts)

3. A little bit of overkill.

Reply to 4lbs (Original post)

Sun Aug 23, 2015, 12:28 AM

Aug 2015

How much money do we dump in their training and they don't have some kind of judo chop to knock a metal pipe or knife out of some homeless guys hands?

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Black man armed with metal pipe..... subdued by San Diego Police, NOT KILLED! [View all] 4lbs Aug 2015 OP

How sad that it's news when an AA doesn't get killed. nt Mnemosyne Aug 2015 #1

Well... malokvale77 Aug 2015 #2

IMHO the pepper spray was the way to go. Glassunion Aug 2015 #6

A little bit of overkill. ncjustice80 Aug 2015 #3

That only really works in the movies. Glassunion Aug 2015 #5

I remember that video, in this country that guy would have been killed nt steve2470 Aug 2015 #8

Holy shit, it IS possible! NuclearDem Aug 2015 #4

K&R. Glassunion Aug 2015 #7

Should, is right. And BLM is working to make that happen, check my sig for link to randys1 Aug 2015 #9