Get ready for another thoughtful National Conversation On Race, which will go something like this: Person A: "A cop shot 18-year-old Michael Brown to death, although Brown wasn't armed. I don't buy the story that Brown just attacked as the cop was trying to get out of his car." Person B: "Yeah, but the police don't just shoot people for no reason, and Brown was dressed like a thug. Also,
Man we got to have a few killings, if not the cops get paid for nothing and by gawd I'm tired of wasting my tax dollars for them lazy fucks to eat donuts all day
Anybody remember the protests awhile back in Seattle during the G-8? Those, too &quot;ended in violence&quot;. Two words for you-- <i>Agents Provocateur</i>.
It depends - there have been a few <em>legitimate</em> self-defense or defense of others cases where the aggressor got it in the back (either because they turned just before being shot, or the defender was behind them as they advanced on a third party). It&#039;s a lot harder to prove because the presumption is that being shot in the back indicates fleeing from the shooter, but it&#039;s not impossible.
Man we got to have a few killings, if not the cops get paid for nothing and by gawd I&#039;m tired of wasting my tax dollars for them lazy fucks to eat donuts all day
Anybody remember the protests awhile back in Seattle during the G-8? Those, too &quot;ended in violence&quot;. Two words for you-- <i>Agents Provocateur</i>.
<i>White</i> Americans. FYTT
&quot;It&#039;s disgusting how people take something good and just take advantage of the situation.
&quot;There was no time to do anything...&quot;
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Anyone sneeringly suggest the President have a &quot;beer summit&quot; with the officer and the dead man&#039;s family yet?
Mayor McCheese in a meltdown? This is worse than that Frosty the Snowman thing ...
A Di&oacute;s, right to assemble and petition the gummint. Say hi to the 4th Amendment as you go through airport security on your way out of town.
If there was a armed teabagger rally in support of the cops, how many would the mayor arrest?
<i>despite earlier threats by police and the mayor to arrest anyone who showed up for the rally</i>
Maybe they should just hold their rally at the Bundy Ranch.
It depends - there have been a few <em>legitimate</em> self-defense or defense of others cases where the aggressor got it in the back (either because they turned just before being shot, or the defender was behind them as they advanced on a third party). It&#039;s a lot harder to prove because the presumption is that being shot in the back indicates fleeing from the shooter, but it&#039;s not impossible.
It was the one where the cop was claimed to be 35 feet away.