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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Thu Apr 9, 2015, 01:00 PM Apr 2015

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The police officers statement vs the camera footage... 😕

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4:18 AM - 8 Apr 2015

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The police officers statement vs the camera footage (Original Post) Playinghardball Apr 2015 OP

Is he related to Zimmerman Politicalboi Apr 2015 #1

The column on the right contains an inaccuracy jberryhill Apr 2015 #2

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1. Is he related to Zimmerman

Thu Apr 9, 2015, 01:10 PM

Apr 2015

All these "bad" guys confront guys with guns. I guess he thought it work for Zimmerman, why not him, minus the concrete attack.

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2. The column on the right contains an inaccuracy

Thu Apr 9, 2015, 02:53 PM

Apr 2015

"A black colleague then arrives..."

No, the black colleague is present when he drops the taser near the body:

Here's the moment of the drop:

The other cop is standing right there.

The colleague arrives at the 1:10 mark in this video, AS Slager is retrieving the taser.

Whomever wrote "what the video shows" in the OP, must not have actually watched the video.