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In reply to the discussion: Tulare Police shoot and kill suspect during violent confrontation [View all]Response to Demsrule86 (Reply #22)
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Re-read the preceeding posts. The suggestion is Wild Bill and Jingles should have waited for backup.
3Hotdogs
Mar 2018
#16
You shouldn't shoot people without guns...and if you can't handle an unarmed guy...find another
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#22
See...no answer...cops should not shoot unarmed people...and if they do after provoking the
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#40
so the cop chases this large individual without any backup for some unknown reason
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#109
STFU! Two cops were there with clubs and tazers against one unarmed man. Two cops...
brush
Mar 2018
#23
what do you think is the best way to ask the gentleman assaulting the police to wait for backup?
Renew Deal
Mar 2018
#34
Never fails. When a cop panics and murders a black man the police apologists come to the rescue.
brush
Mar 2018
#39
So you want him to have the opportunity to go back and shoot someone himself?
Renew Deal
Mar 2018
#42
Sorry, two cops should be able to contain one man without resorting to killing him.
brush
Mar 2018
#105
Another cop apologist defending a panicking cop emptying his gun into the unarmed man instead...
brush
Mar 2018
#111
Two full-grown cops should be able to take down one UNARMED guy without having to kill him.
brush
Mar 2018
#113
Which feeds into exactly why we don't need "good guys with weapons" in schools...
moriah
Mar 2018
#73
It's a risk anytime a cop draws that he will be disarmed, and open carry gun holsters...
moriah
Mar 2018
#93
Shooting an unarmed suspect 8 times, including after he's already down, is murder.
Rainbow Droid
Mar 2018
#3
Since the police in this country have carte blanche to shoot and kill unarmed black people...
MrScorpio
Mar 2018
#6
Black people have never had the luxury of disregarding the color of our own skin...
MrScorpio
Mar 2018
#15
Oh please...the guy was running for his life clearly...the cop probably told him that.
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#24
White guy with an AR 15...talk him down...Black guy jay walking or for any minor
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#25
There is no evidence...this is a video...and I am saying. The guy was unarmed...
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#35
The video doesn't vindicate them. Two cops should be able to physically overpower one man...
brush
Mar 2018
#26
How about waiting for back up then? The shooter panicked and emptied his gun. It was murder.
brush
Mar 2018
#31
Let him go and pick him up later. Where was he going to hide in broad daylight with all those...
brush
Mar 2018
#45
So they are supposed to let the violent criminal to complete his original crime?
Renew Deal
Mar 2018
#47
The two cops couldn't handle one man so wait for back up and pick him up later. As I said...
brush
Mar 2018
#51
I'm glad you're not either. There'd be even more dead black men. It was murder. The video shows it.
brush
Mar 2018
#56
You must realize by now you're not making any sense. Disappointing, but defending murder always is.
brush
Mar 2018
#62
Stop defending killing unarmed black men. Don't you realize what you're revealing about yourself?
brush
Mar 2018
#66
Killing black people for being black is a privilege many want to protect.
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#64
You are aware that murder is a specific legal term with specific legal definitions.
ehrnst
Mar 2018
#70
What the hell is wrong with you? this isn't a video game. you sound like trump.
rockfordfile
Mar 2018
#88
It goes back to the Mike Tyson saying: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth
Renew Deal
Mar 2018
#55