Discussion: Cops Kill 'COPS' Crew Member In Omaha Shootout

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Ouch.

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Cops get away with killing innocent people. They’re not so great with women, white or otherwise.

I notice the story about the Fox reporter is on the back pages. That was hardly the treatment that many get.

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Would have shattered the window unless the person firing was rapidly, very rapidly moving the weapon from side to side.

Those holes look more like the cop was firing in semi-auto while trying to get the lead on a runner.

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At a minimum Wendy’s pays 'American corporate taxes. And, I prefer their animal fat over the competition. But if this had been a Burger King all bets would be off.

Does Burger King pay enough in taxes now to warrant police protection? Call the damn Mounties!

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Bad boys, bad boys…whutcha gonna do? Whutcha gonna do when they come for y—BLAM!

What am I gonna do? i’m gonna Fergusonize your ass.

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Guess they never bothered to tell him to drop the “weapon.”

Out. of. control.

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Was the sound technician black by any chance?

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[quote=“dbushik, post:12, topic:9229”]
I’m more than happy to pay them well, attract more professional brighter people to the job, [/quote]
There’s just no evidence that a higher salary would get “better:” people. That’s the same thing they told us about politicians three decades ago - just increase the salary and we’ll get better people taking the jobs. Total failure.

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No cops were injured in the making of this film while killing non-bad people.

That’s how we define “Success”.

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WP grenades.

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He added that in his view, the “COPS” footage justified the officers’ conduct on the scene.

Has any American police chief ever said lethal force wasn’t justified?

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“Based on our viewing of the footage, the officers had no choice but to respond in the way they did,” said every internal police investigator ever.

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Its not a tight group, the bullets hit in a progressive line. There aren’t bullets hitting at face level and then knee or ankle.

Its amazing that more people weren’t shot

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Gun control starts with government stooges…

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Can anybody point to a story where the police reviewed the evidence before anybody else saw it and came out and admitted they fucked up?

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Have the riots started yet?

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Police depts seem to be nothing but trigger happy assholes. Is it time for all citizens, for their own protection, to shoot police first and explain later?

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Hmm, trigger happy cop expressing an opinion.

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To be fair the soundman was wearing a hoodie.

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And he was in the proximity of a black male.