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doc03

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30. It appears to me the guy is pointing a gun at the cop so if there is
Wed Dec 24, 2014, 08:19 PM
Dec 2014

a gun it looks like a justified shooting to me. We are seeing all these incidents involving blacks, there has to be some white shootings that are questionable too. Someone needs to find some evidence of those shootings or lack of them, are no whites ever shot in such incidents? I think there just has to be.

Too bad both the body cam and dash cam weren't on NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #1
I'm Sorry - But I Can't Tell What Is Even Going On In This Video.......nt global1 Dec 2014 #2
I can't either.. even with my magnifying glass. Cha Dec 2014 #39
Perhaps they don't want to show the person actually being shot? Lurks Often Dec 2014 #3
Police release raw videos of shootings all the time 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #4
Those didn't happen in St. Louis Lurks Often Dec 2014 #5
The "Tamir Rice tape" you referenced to earlier as an example to support your theory... 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #6
Damned if they do, damned if they don't Lurks Often Dec 2014 #11
More like: Support if they do. Unrest if they don't. 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #12
I'm going to disagree that the unedited video would reduce the unrest Lurks Often Dec 2014 #13
or they turned off the dash cam and the cop didn't wear his assigned body cam? ... uponit7771 Dec 2014 #8
Which is a different issue and not what I was responding to. Lurks Often Dec 2014 #10
Not only that the cop wasn't wearing his ASSIGNED body cam and they "don't know" if the dash cam uponit7771 Dec 2014 #7
All I see is a nearly two minute video of a parking lot. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2014 #9
They are infiltrated by the KKK and WANT a race war. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #14
Dixiecrat holdouts. Rex Dec 2014 #31
So they released video of what they claim happened seconds before the shooting & afterwards BUT 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #15
Considering we all have now heard from police leaders that we ALL MUST follow their Rex Dec 2014 #32
The video pretty clearly shows that he's pointing a gun. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2014 #16
No it doesn't and don't try to fill in the blanks for the Police Department. 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #17
"Talking head"? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2014 #18
I want to see what happened between 11:14:50 PM and 11:15:00 PM in its entirety 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #19
Seeing Martin pull a gun is quite enough Spider Jerusalem Dec 2014 #20
The sections where they allege that he pulled a gun is edited out and I don't see a gun. 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #21
No, it's not "edited out". Spider Jerusalem Dec 2014 #22
Yes, it is. Even Saint Louis County Police disclosed that in the video's description 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #23
The part that's edited is the part where he gets shot. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2014 #24
Re: "Apparently you are blind." 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #27
You want to see this kid getting shot, you mean. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2014 #28
I see him holding out his arm. Do you have a clear image of a gun as I'd like to see it, if you'd uppityperson Dec 2014 #25
With his arm held out like that and his wrist turned like that? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2014 #26
it is too fuzzy to see a wrist turned or a gun shape. he could have been handing over his uppityperson Dec 2014 #29
Whatever he has is all of a few pixels and at 360p no one here can claim they can Rex Dec 2014 #34
I am trying to be objective rather than trying to make an unclear shape into something uppityperson Dec 2014 #35
Me too I have no idea what it could be. Rex Dec 2014 #37
I'm not sure why you feel entitled... cherokeeprogressive Dec 2014 #41
As a citizen of the United States of America I *am* entitled to see what my government is doing 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #42
Your government? Do you live in Riverside? cherokeeprogressive Dec 2014 #44
It appears to me the guy is pointing a gun at the cop so if there is doc03 Dec 2014 #30
The last numbers I saw madville Dec 2014 #43
So I take it the figure to the far left at top is the guy that pulls the gun out? Rex Dec 2014 #33
I think the cops story is legit. dilby Dec 2014 #36
OK, then tell me at what second the cop shoots his weapon. rgbecker Dec 2014 #38
(If) Martin pulled out a gun and pointed it at a police officer... 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #40
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