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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo lemme get this straight. He was unarmed. He never made a threat. He disobeyed an order to stop.
And now, 24 year old Manuel Diaz is dead. Shot by an Anaheim, CA, cop.
Are those the essential facts?
If those are the essential facts, and if there is no mitigation, then the cop(s) ought to be charged with murder.
http://www.examiner.com/article/photos-anaheim-police-protesters-clash-over-death-of-unarmed-manuel-angel-diaz
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So lemme get this straight. He was unarmed. He never made a threat. He disobeyed an order to stop. (Original Post)
Stinky The Clown
Jul 2012
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hifiguy
(33,688 posts)1. Shit, he was existing while brown.
That's enough for most kkkops, and a capital offense.
Is this really necessary?
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)2. if if if ....
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. So, the video shows he was handcuffed when he was shot????
Jesus Christ...throw that cop in prison now!
1monster
(11,012 posts)4. No, the video shows eye witnesses saying that the young man was cuffed before being killed.
msongs
(67,498 posts)5. maybe he is just another gun owner exercising his 2A rights ? nt