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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:08 PM Original message |
I'm not trying to defend that tear gassing cop, but |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Recc'd to 0. Thanks for an alternative view. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. You are not goofy. You see the cops as people in a tough situation. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. True. And then the second round when rescue was attempted |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Don't let them make an example of the cop |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Abu Ghraib |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Rodney King for me (and the circle of cops who stood around |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. So cops should follow illegal orders and skate when they do? Wow! (NT) |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Of course not |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. AND go after the ones who shot the protesters and those who stood by and watched. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Some tear gas -was- shot in arcs over and into the crowd as is correct procedure, |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That's another angle |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. So poorly trained that they shoot into and at people rather than past them? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Exactly. Anyone can get "shoot over their heads, not AT them". Much culpability if not. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. They shoot guns. They know how sights work. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. Was throwing another one into the group that went to aid Scott also due to un-coordination? |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Cops are the mercenaries |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. I blame the commanding officer. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I am a Vietnam veteran and anything resulting from my discharging my weapon was my fault! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. You gotta punish a lot of goons before you get to the bosses. |
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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. So gassing people who have not done anything wrong - except exercise their right to protest - |
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libertypirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. People need a symbol of a bad apple more than they need to know |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here's a thought...the cops shouldn't have been there..period. No cops..No violence happens. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. Also rec'ed to 0. Your argument deserves to be made and heard, whether |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. The cops should not have been there in the first place. They did not need |
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SharksBreath (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's called seeing the big picutre. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. The VietNam Conflict was as unjust as it gets, but Lt. Calley was still guilty as h***. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
25. The video doesnt show him having any trouble shooting the protester at all. nt |
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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. "As my friend began to fire, the front leg of the tripod base began to sink into the sand. It caused |
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