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Related: About this forumCops Successfully Disarm A White Person Without Killing Them - Supplemental 18/8/16
Jesse Williams: We know that police somehow manage to de-escalate, disarm and not kill white people everyday.http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2016/08/man-shoots-at-cops-they-shoot-him-with-bean-bags-arrest-him-alive/
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An armed man barricades himself in a motel, takes out his gun and shoots at the cops. It wasnt a maybe or we thought he had a gun, this was 100% him shooting at them, but AMAZINGLY with this guy they were able to handle the situation without killing him.
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Cops Successfully Disarm A White Person Without Killing Them - Supplemental 18/8/16 (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Aug 2016
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anoNY42
(670 posts)1. White man in motel shooting at people outside =
Just defending his home!
Seriously, the only good thing about this story is that attempted murder of a cop brings a long prison sentence.
rickford66
(5,606 posts)2. Well he wasn't selling cigarettes.
MrScorpio
(73,693 posts)3. Or holding a toy gun nt
BumRushDaShow
(137,852 posts)4. Or even running away.
klook
(12,688 posts)5. Or driving with a broken tail light (nt)
tom_kelly
(1,027 posts)6. And, he wasn't being black.
rickford66
(5,606 posts)9. Or have his hands in his pockets.
Lunabell
(6,516 posts)7. They don't kill the white face eating guy.
But the black guy who was doing the same thing a few years ago was shot and killed by cops.
lillypaddle
(9,605 posts)8. I'm SHOCKED!
Gothmog
(152,001 posts)10. K&R
Quayblue
(1,045 posts)11. Beanbags. Heh..
Ain't that a b-word.