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avebury

(10,952 posts) Sat Jun 20, 2015, 09:26 PM Jun 2015

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Injured man seeks help from police gets shot in head and handcuffed instead

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/20/los-angeles-police-shoot-unarmed-man-in-head

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-man-with-towel-on-arm-shot-in-head-by-lapd-20150620-story.html

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Injured man seeks help from police gets shot in head and handcuffed instead (Original Post) avebury Jun 2015 OP

Let me guess - is he Black ?? FreakinDJ Jun 2015 #1

Hispanic man in his 40"s looking for help lunasun Jun 2015 #3

How can you drop the gun if you don't have one? gwheezie Jun 2015 #2

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)

1. Let me guess - is he Black ??

Reply to avebury (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 09:31 PM

Jun 2015

Sorry - he was Hispanic

But obviously since he was flapping them down for help he had to be concealing a weapon

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

3. Hispanic man in his 40"s looking for help

Reply to FreakinDJ (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 21, 2015, 01:10 AM

Jun 2015

How many people have been shot seeking police for help this year?
I have lost count

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)

2. How can you drop the gun if you don't have one?

Reply to avebury (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 09:39 PM

Jun 2015

And seriously why would someone even yell drop the gun? I dunno but is it wise to fling a gun?

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