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He stabbed a cop in the neck - and guess what happened next? (Original Post) StarfishSaver Apr 2021 OP
Typical.... HipChick Apr 2021 #1
Didn't take long ... StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #5
Cops have the ability to shoot people committing deadly crimes... ExciteBike66 Apr 2021 #2
Cops are executing POC HipChick Apr 2021 #4
I agree, but the statement "unarmed and not committing crimes" ExciteBike66 Apr 2021 #6
That simple malaise Apr 2021 #9
We agree, and cops disproportionately shoot black people vs white people in similar circumstances uponit7771 Apr 2021 #8
FYI - she wasn't a "girl." She was a grown woman in her 20s. StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #11
I am now informed, however it doesn't really matter does it. ExciteBike66 Apr 2021 #12
It could StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #13
I can't see instagram stuff Watchfoxheadexplodes Apr 2021 #3
Copologist would say there's no one wearing pink so this scenario doesn't count or some uponit7771 Apr 2021 #7
Indeed StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #10

ExciteBike66

(2,410 posts)
2. Cops have the ability to shoot people committing deadly crimes...
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 01:14 PM
Apr 2021

This kid is very lucky he didn't get shot.

I know you are trying to make a point about Ma'Khia Bryant, but it doesn't change the fact that the cop saved that other girl's life.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
4. Cops are executing POC
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 01:19 PM
Apr 2021

who are not committing major crimes and are unarmed...only crime is being black..
Does change the fact, that police force has an issue that they have failed to address for decades

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
13. It could
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 01:44 PM
Apr 2021

Depends on all of the facts. But I do think the relative ages of the people involved in the altercation - and how the altercation began, who instigated it, etc. - could make a difference.

uponit7771

(90,371 posts)
7. Copologist would say there's no one wearing pink so this scenario doesn't count or some
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 06:07 AM
Apr 2021

.... other absurd shit like multi-shot tasers most likely wouldn't stop a 15 ye old girl.

We still got people on the left sleep on this issue of disproportionate killing of black people In similar circumstances, we got a lot of work to do.

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