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L0oniX

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40. Murder! 5 shots? WTF

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Apr 1, 2014, 11:30 AM

Apr 2014

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Autopsy Confirms Texas Cop Literally Killed Student for Being Sarcastic [View all] MrScorpio Mar 2014 OP

:( Solly Mack Mar 2014 #1

Wow, just...wow. Rex Mar 2014 #2

Murderer here: GeorgeGist Mar 2014 #3

Zimmy's older brother? ryan_cats Mar 2014 #11

University of Incarnate Word ..... police officer??????? MADem Mar 2014 #13

carter's employment record: niyad Mar 2014 #25

Thanks for providing the image. It really helps to have a face to associate with the acts. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2014 #36

The police officer needs to be prosecuted Gothmog Mar 2014 #4

Let me guess... "Stand Your Ground"?!?! Oh, wait, the dead guy isn't AA... blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #5

I can't say what I want to say, I have no hides to spare. eom PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #6

I'll say that the headline is sensationalized & the source is crap -nt Bonx Mar 2014 #7

Really? Care to enlighten us as to what really happened? TBF Mar 2014 #8

Sure. Bonx Mar 2014 #12

I followed your suggestion and read about what this fucking pig did. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2014 #15

Sounds like you write your own news. Bonx Mar 2014 #18

You might consider not taking the side of a murderous pice of shit DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2014 #19

+1000000000000000000000000000000000 Tsiyu Mar 2014 #26

+1 a whole bunch! Enthusiast Mar 2014 #38

Only side I take is for accuracy. Bonx Apr 2014 #39

I do not need to be told to google other sources--and the other sources I read indicate that this niyad Mar 2014 #23

I wish I knew. But I agree that the article linked in the OP has problems onenote Mar 2014 #14

The headline is in error, fatally shot in back, not 5 times in back. Aside from that... uppityperson Mar 2014 #33

Shot for making a sarcastic remark? JJChambers Mar 2014 #9

None of that is a reason to kill him. Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #22

Depending on how severe the assault with the baton was, it may be. JJChambers Mar 2014 #24

the "assault" was so severe, apparently, that the "officer" did not even bother getting meedical niyad Mar 2014 #27

According to the link, the man was out of his car, walking towards his apartment. Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #31

Which link did you read that the first shot was to the back? JJChambers Mar 2014 #32

I'm not your Google monkey. Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #34

According to the family passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #28

It's not like the Catholic Church has no money. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2014 #10

The officer was working for the school .. sunnystarr Mar 2014 #16

5 shots? F**king swine! Dawson Leery Mar 2014 #17

Shot to the eye = execution shot chrisa Mar 2014 #20

Five shots? Terra Alta Mar 2014 #21

a very enlightening article here, with carter's job history, his interaction with neighbors, etc niyad Mar 2014 #29

so let's see--carter told redus 56 times to "quit resisting" and 6 other communications in the niyad Mar 2014 #30

Campus police are little more than rent-a-cops. alarimer Mar 2014 #35

op doesnt help Niceguy1 Mar 2014 #37

Murder! 5 shots? WTF L0oniX Apr 2014 #40