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The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot.
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RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot.
March 25, 2015 at 9:12 pm
(March 25, 2015 at 9:06 pm)KUSA Wrote:
(March 25, 2015 at 7:34 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Does that justify killing him?

He reached into the cop's car and started a scuffle. Did the policeman have no nonlethal alternatives?

What was wrong with pressing the accelerator and pulling away slowly? Or tasing him? Or using pepper spray? Or rolling up the window?

If Mr. Brown wasn't a piece of shit he would still be alive.

What was wrong with him not being a thieving, threatening, menace to society piece of shit?
I don't think criminal behaviour by itself justifies unnecessary shooting when it's best dealt by a court of law and a judge - I don't know enough about Ferguson to say that it was racism, but my point is that it's necessary to know if killing was necessary, and, even if it was allowed by the State's law, we need to question how moral those laws may be.
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The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot.

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The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by A Theist - March 25, 2015 at 5:34 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Thumpalumpacus - March 25, 2015 at 7:34 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Brakeman - March 25, 2015 at 7:46 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Dystopia - March 25, 2015 at 8:48 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Thumpalumpacus - March 30, 2015 at 12:38 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by A Theist - March 26, 2015 at 2:42 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by abaris - March 25, 2015 at 8:15 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by One Above All - March 25, 2015 at 8:16 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Brakeman - March 25, 2015 at 8:23 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by One Above All - March 25, 2015 at 8:26 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by abaris - March 25, 2015 at 8:27 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by dyresand - March 30, 2015 at 10:43 am
The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by KUSA - March 25, 2015 at 9:06 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Dystopia - March 25, 2015 at 9:12 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Thumpalumpacus - March 30, 2015 at 12:24 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by downbeatplumb - March 26, 2015 at 4:35 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by A Theist - March 28, 2015 at 8:59 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by AFTT47 - March 26, 2015 at 10:53 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Neo-Scholastic - March 28, 2015 at 11:10 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by downbeatplumb - March 28, 2015 at 2:00 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by A Theist - March 28, 2015 at 4:51 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Faith No More - March 30, 2015 at 1:13 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by DeistPaladin - March 30, 2015 at 12:50 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Faith No More - March 30, 2015 at 1:14 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by DeistPaladin - March 30, 2015 at 5:31 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Faith No More - March 30, 2015 at 1:10 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by DeistPaladin - March 30, 2015 at 11:31 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by A Theist - March 31, 2015 at 3:43 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by DeistPaladin - March 31, 2015 at 9:35 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by A Theist - April 1, 2015 at 3:28 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by YahwehIsTheWay - April 1, 2015 at 11:11 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Faith No More - April 1, 2015 at 11:22 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by DeistPaladin - April 4, 2015 at 9:46 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Brakeman - April 4, 2015 at 10:09 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by DeistPaladin - April 4, 2015 at 11:28 pm
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Mister Agenda - March 30, 2015 at 11:36 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Dystopia - March 30, 2015 at 11:48 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Creed of Heresy - March 31, 2015 at 10:47 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by popeyespappy - March 31, 2015 at 10:55 am
RE: The Lie: Hands up. Don't shoot. - by Brakeman - April 5, 2015 at 1:07 am

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