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NobodyHere

(2,810 posts) Thu Jul 7, 2016, 03:25 AM Jul 2016

How did Alton Sterling get his gun?

How did this felon get his gun?

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How did Alton Sterling get his gun? (Original Post) NobodyHere Jul 2016 OP

Who knows, also .. the cops didn't know he had a gun and he wasn't the person the police was called uponit7771 Jul 2016 #1

uponit7771

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1. Who knows, also .. the cops didn't know he had a gun and he wasn't the person the police was called

Reply to NobodyHere (Original post)

Thu Jul 7, 2016, 03:58 AM

Jul 2016

... on either.

The cops knew none of this before even apprehending him... for whatever reason they apprehended him.

The cops shot this elementary school cafeteria cook 4 times after he told them he had a permit to carry

http://www.startribune.com/aftermath-of-officer-involved-shooting-captured-on-phone-video/385789251/#1

The cook had no priors

There's no way to act if you're black in this country .. gun... no gun... crime ... no crime... wrestle don't wrestle... inhale... exhale...

there's no innocense for us...

Mother Jones had a science article on it... we're trained in this country to believe dark skinned people are dangerous

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