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Boreal

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38. That's right

Mon Jan 5, 2015, 04:48 AM

Jan 2015

NEVER CALL THE COPS. I can think of a few instances, right off the top of my head.

Man, wife and daughter were at the grocery store. Mom and daughter got into an argument and dad called the cops. Cops came and killed the dad in the parking lot. That murder is on Youtube.

Lady in Arizona called cops on her son who was being asshole. Cops showed up and killed him and the dog.

Granny called cops over mentally disabled grandson (who was outside) having issues. Cops arrived and killed him.

This isn't family but worth mentioning: Chicago area nursing home called police because a man in his late 80s using a walker, chose not to have surgery for some ailment. Cops came and killed him because he was so threatening with his walker and telling people to get off his back.

NEVER
CALL
THE
COPS

You do not know what they will do and you cannot control them.

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Another Unarmed Citizen Shot Dead. 2 More Killer-cops get a PAID VACATION [View all] 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 OP

He never even touched the cops and bang ! bravenak Jan 2015 #1

That's their standard claim. 'Reached for his waistband'. Does everyone carry their guns in their sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #9

I cannot understand how anyone falls for the 'reached for his waistband' when the man was unarmed. bravenak Jan 2015 #12

I don't get it either. I think a good part of it is the media, they do not report on the cops except sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #15

I wish people would either stop watching network news or the networks would report the news. bravenak Jan 2015 #20

Agreement, bravenak. Feral Child Jan 2015 #55

My uncle says the same thing you say. bravenak Jan 2015 #58

I try to forget about it, mostly. Feral Child Jan 2015 #62

I will. bravenak Jan 2015 #63

Part of it is white reporters afraid to go into "black" neigborhoods.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #28

Actually I think it's a Corporate decision. Any kind of protest against the status quo is sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #29

They always say the story is different depending on which side you are on... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #31

*ahem* Boreal Jan 2015 #44

Noooo!!! bravenak Jan 2015 #52

They aren't the only seniors! Boreal Jan 2015 #71

WTF. Why? Why? I don't see why they did that. bravenak Jan 2015 #72

Because Boreal Jan 2015 #75

They are conditioning us to be fearful of questioning anything they do. CrispyQ Jan 2015 #51

This is how revolutions start . bravenak Jan 2015 #53

bad cops know they HAVE to say they believed their life was in danger- so reaching for a gun, the bettyellen Jan 2015 #56

They sound like they are instructed to use those partucular lies. bravenak Jan 2015 #57

they all know, the only acceptable excuses for shooting a suspect- I think if bettyellen Jan 2015 #65

Damn! bravenak Jan 2015 #66

yep- the "believed my life was in danger" are magic words. bettyellen Jan 2015 #67

Yeap, Wilson said the same thing in GJ testimony even though the witness's said Brown had his hands uponit7771 Jan 2015 #60

Three minutes. brer cat Jan 2015 #14

I do not believe the waistband thing. bravenak Jan 2015 #21

"Please move to the back of the police car where there is no dash cam. Thank you." BLAM!!!!! n/t benz380 Jan 2015 #49

For real! That was suspect as hell. bravenak Jan 2015 #59

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #2

Did you forget the :sarcasm: smilie? nt 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #4

Time to take away guns from the police. Initech Jan 2015 #3

Are passengers required to exit vehicles? or rather, when are they required to uppityperson Jan 2015 #5

Good questions ... but I think vehicles are different from domiciles in this regard 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #6

No cars aren't like homes, the police can order the driver and passenger out of the vehicle.. PoliticAverse Jan 2015 #7

Well Boreal Jan 2015 #10

Googled this and Boreal Jan 2015 #8

Wow that's a lot of dead Americans 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #11

The victim's name is Boreal Jan 2015 #13

Again with the old "he reached for his waistband" excuse. stage left Jan 2015 #16

Statement from family Boreal Jan 2015 #17

Thank you so much for posting this 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #27

No problem and TY Boreal Jan 2015 #36

Just as I suspected, the father had already resolved the situation Live and Learn Jan 2015 #34

That's right Boreal Jan 2015 #38

Not the way it should be. People are taught to call the police for help. Live and Learn Jan 2015 #39

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2015 #61

More here -- it was his own family that called the cops starroute Jan 2015 #18

That happens a LOT Boreal Jan 2015 #22

Photo Boreal Jan 2015 #19

Argh, so young and with so much life yet to live. Tragic! nt Live and Learn Jan 2015 #35

If you don't completely capitulate you run the risk of being killed. nm rhett o rick Jan 2015 #23

I was accosted by 4 cops at a homeless rights demonstration 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #26

Horrific story. So sorry you had to experience that. nt Live and Learn Jan 2015 #37

Natural reaction to being hurt Boreal Jan 2015 #41

THIS Boreal Jan 2015 #40

Wow. Brigid Jan 2015 #48

Exactly. SomethingFishy Jan 2015 #54

I thought 2015 might be different damnedifIknow Jan 2015 #24

I think 2015 is going to be a bad year Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #32

I'm tellin' ya, cops are killing blacks for gettin' "uppity".... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #25

This young man Boreal Jan 2015 #42

Betcha if he was white this wouldn't be an issue because he would still be alive. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #64

Shitloads of unarmed whites are killed by cops, too Boreal Jan 2015 #73

It's very easy to live under fascism if you are not one of the targeted groups. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #77

She did more than take a wrong turn. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #70

The wrong turn is what started it Boreal Jan 2015 #74

I guess being terrified qualifies as "mentally disturbed". Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #76

This problem began long before Obama. It isn't just happening to black people. Yo_Mama Jan 2015 #68

The older ones know you can serve on the NYPD for 30-40 years and never draw your gun. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #69

Wichita= Koch Country DFW Jan 2015 #30

Many, many murders by cops Boreal Jan 2015 #43

Cop killing has gotten out of hand and the reason is simple Hutzpa Jan 2015 #33

Last year, I suggested naming the head of the ACLU as the Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights. Savannahmann Jan 2015 #45

It couldn't hurt Boreal Jan 2015 #46

Agreed on both points Hutzpa Jan 2015 #47

The bullshit waistband story! nt Logical Jan 2015 #50

Like I have said before: gopiscrap Jan 2015 #78