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Originally Posted by panerd
I hear reasonable talking points on these issues from "both sides" but very little agreement that everyone is wrong. You don't get to shoot unarmed men just because you are a dumb cop, you don't get to say "burn this bitch down" without repercussions, you don't get to be filmed looting and starting fires with no repercussions.
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I am pretty sure there will be repercussions for the latter two incidents. The first one... well I would not call any of the cops dumb but I am still waiting for one of them to feel those repercussions.
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