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Act Erratically and the Police Will Shoot You
Tuesday, 17 September 2013 10:15
By Kristina Chew, Care2 | Report
Display unusual behavior and, although unarmed, you could be shot by a police officer.
That is precisely what happened to two men, in two different states, over the past weekend.
Officer Shoots Unarmed Man Fatally in North Carolina
Early on Saturday morning, 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell, a former Florida A & M football player, was shot and killed by Officer Randall Kerrick of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in North Carolina, says the Charlotte Observer. After being a car crash severe enough that he apparently had to crawl out the back window, Ferrell walked about a half-mile to the nearest residence.
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Two Bystanders Shot By Police Pursuing Unarmed Man
On Saturday night in New York Citys Times Square, police also fired at an unarmed African-American man, says the Guardian. Two bystanders, including a woman using a walker, were wounded as people ran for cover. ..................(more)
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Act Erratically and the Police Will Shoot You (Original Post)
marmar
Sep 2013
OP
Acting erratic while black will get you shot. Acting erratic while white will get you sent
Pisces
Sep 2013
#4
We need a national commission on law enforcement standards and practices.
Comrade Grumpy
Sep 2013
#6
d_r
(6,907 posts)1. especially if you are black man
xchrom
(108,903 posts)2. Du rec
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)3. Add to that the two elderly women delivering
newspapers or the African American driving a "similar" pick up truck to a suspect. Those cops apparently have suffered no consequences from their shootings in California.
Pisces
(5,602 posts)4. Acting erratic while black will get you shot. Acting erratic while white will get you sent
to the hospital for medical treatment.
gopiscrap
(23,766 posts)5. Fucking God damn pigs are all out of control
they're a bunch rhoid rage, hateful ass wipes who get away with way too much.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)6. We need a national commission on law enforcement standards and practices.