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BronxBoy

(2,286 posts) Mon Sep 19, 2016, 07:01 PM Sep 2016

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"Looks like one bad dude" [View all]

It's gotten to the point that if you are Black and your car breaks down, it's grounds to blow you away. And people are upset about taking a knee at the star spangled banner????

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/video-released-fatal-police-shooting-unarmed-oklahoma-man-article-1.2798435

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"Looks like one bad dude" [View all] BronxBoy Sep 2016 OP

Kick BronxBoy Sep 2016 #1

Kick BronxBoy Sep 2016 #2

K&R for visibility etherealtruth Sep 2016 #3

Thank you BronxBoy Sep 2016 #4

So true Glassunion Sep 2016 #11

Kick undergroundpanther Sep 2016 #5

Sickening malaise Sep 2016 #6

K & R ......for visibility..nt Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #7

That is it right there, people need to realize he was murdered. Rex Sep 2016 #8

In the last few years Oklahoma has actually managed to put two LEOs in prison for their CBGLuthier Sep 2016 #9

The pilot needs a new job as well... freebrew Sep 2016 #39

Don't forget Daniel Holtzclaw and all of the rapes he committed mythology Sep 2016 #86

*crickets* ... Renaissance Man Sep 2016 #10

If he had been a terrorist... kentuck Sep 2016 #12

Amazing isn't it? n/t BronxBoy Sep 2016 #13

+1, especially at that distance !! the person who shot gets paid leave... what the fuck kind of uponit7771 Sep 2016 #28

At the game between Chicago Bears/Philadelphia Eagles tonight. . . DinahMoeHum Sep 2016 #14

Good for them. Good for Kaepernick - I approve of his movement. Lucky Luciano Sep 2016 #19

Saw this live last week (not my video, my seats were not so great) LeftyMom Sep 2016 #25

Translation: "Looks like a black dude." johnp3907 Sep 2016 #15

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2016 #29

OMG! and he's HUGE! SCAREE!!!!! pansypoo53219 Sep 2016 #59

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Sep 2016 #16

K&R Sunny05 Sep 2016 #17

More and more I think the police need to be disarmed Egnever Sep 2016 #18

Washington Post has been keeping tabs on those killed by police OnlinePoker Sep 2016 #20

The math there is strange Egnever Sep 2016 #21

They match - 19 + 15 + 5 + 2= 41 hatrack Sep 2016 #22

well Egnever Sep 2016 #23

There's an unstated cultural assumption that black bodies are inherently weaponized. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #24

I remember taking this test several years ago and being surprised how bad I did. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #30

Marking for later - says not to do it on smartphone. Lucky Luciano Sep 2016 #35

Is the test not doing awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #65

Odd test. haele Sep 2016 #66

not sure what this means but Egnever Sep 2016 #68

Same thing I got... Moostache Sep 2016 #79

Yes Liberal_in_LA Sep 2016 #32

^^This^^^ n/t Gormy Cuss Sep 2016 #50

It's worse than you think. reflection Sep 2016 #69

I can't watch ............ another................... one of these uponit7771 Sep 2016 #26

They don't even think to come out with a reason a shot was fired from that distance at all !!! uponit7771 Sep 2016 #27

Code for he's black... HipChick Sep 2016 #31

Aerial footage of the incident (graphic warning) True Dough Sep 2016 #33

How was he defying commands with his hands in the air? brush Sep 2016 #34

+1...nt freebrew Sep 2016 #40

I'm im wondering why we are not seeing he initial officer's dash cam video. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #43

She "Forgot" To Turn It On SoCalMusicLover Sep 2016 #78

"I've shot a subject who won't show me his hands." toddwv Sep 2016 #46

Why are you saying that? Watch the video. The guy's hands were in the air. brush Sep 2016 #84

That was what she said right after yelling "SHOTS FIRED!" toddwv Sep 2016 #88

I can't watch it. MynameisBlarney Sep 2016 #45

Just FYI...his car didn't break down. NaturalHigh Sep 2016 #36

You're the only one saying that? No reports of that. All are saying his car broke down brush Sep 2016 #85

... NaturalHigh Sep 2016 #89

Something doesn't sound right with the report that his car was left running in the road. brush Sep 2016 #91

K&R. nt DLevine Sep 2016 #37

k and r niyad Sep 2016 #38

That one comment says it all. cwydro Sep 2016 #41

Disgusting Bettie Sep 2016 #42

It's almost as if this was a summary execution MynameisBlarney Sep 2016 #44

It was a summary execution, no almost about it. n/t jtuck004 Sep 2016 #63

The pinnacle of disgust are DU members attempting to justify this shooting. HughBeaumont Sep 2016 #47

I don't think it's 'justifying the shooting' to say that if he'd stopped walking as the cops told Marr Sep 2016 #48

So . . . "Do exactly as you're told or you'll be SHOT DEAD"??? HughBeaumont Sep 2016 #51

That isn't justification, it's simple self-preservation. Marr Sep 2016 #53

Well said, and you're absolutely right. It sure as hell does sound like somebody trying to justify Number23 Sep 2016 #90

this is as helpful as when people tell women to wear more clothes or not drink to avoid getting La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #56

And just like that you run to the rape comparison Egnever Sep 2016 #80

To him? Yes. To people who may be pulled over today, or tomorrow, or the day after that? Marr Sep 2016 #83

My guess is that the cops were telling him to put Bettie Sep 2016 #87

And then they let him bleed out. SunSeeker Sep 2016 #49

Immediately thought of them killing Tamir Rice Divine Discontent Sep 2016 #58

+20,904 Angry Dragon Sep 2016 #61

I swear! Sometimes you wonder if iodine deficiency in the American diet is causing this idiocy among BlueCaliDem Sep 2016 #52

Fuck administrative leave matt819 Sep 2016 #54

That was so terrible to watch, lark Sep 2016 #55

This is not the wild west. saidsimplesimon Sep 2016 #57

good post Angry Dragon Sep 2016 #60

Tulsa and race... Cooley Hurd Sep 2016 #62

Here ya go SHRED Sep 2016 #64

+1 DLevine Sep 2016 #71

Holy Shit! News conference shows the window of the car he supposedly reached into was rolled up. CBGLuthier Sep 2016 #67

Yes, I saw it too. He was executed. nt DLevine Sep 2016 #72

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2016 #92

At some point the citizens of America, hopefully with the prompting of the press, randr Sep 2016 #70

Makes me sick Joey Liberal Sep 2016 #73

THis! yuiyoshida Sep 2016 #74

How do these killers live with themselves? Whom do they believe they're protecting? TonyPDX Sep 2016 #75

it's interesting how this stuff only started once cameras became ubiquitous. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #76

I have a theory these dash cams have made things worse. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #81

I think you are right in your last sentence, for sure. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #82

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2016 #93

Racism is mostly internal. Oneironaut Sep 2016 #77