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When the cops killed that out of control thug...


I was happy. That guy was a menace to his neighbourhood. A total piece of $hit who thought the world owed him a living. He's just the sort that would scream police brutality/harassment at the drop of a hat. Atleast he got a true taste of real brutality. Fuqqing animal.

KR

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I disagree with you, Kings_Rule. Just because Radio Raheem was an arrogant jerk who thought the world owed him a living doesn't mean that the cops were justified in using excessive force on him and killing him. Whacking Radio Raheem around with the batons a little bit would've been one thing, but killing him was really over the top. Cops have no business killing people,

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Yes, radio raheem was out of order and awful to most of the people in the neighbourhood but police should be above reproach.. They are there to protect and if they could have got him away without leading to his death, that was obviously the aim.

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police should be above reproach


It's agreed....police should be held to a higher standard, because they're obligated to not violate the laws that they'd sworn to uphold when they took their jobs in the police department(s).

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Police aren't perfect. Everybody makes mistakes on the job. If you don't want no problems with the police, don't make no problems with the police.



I graduated from the college of the streets, I gotta Phd in how to make ends meet.

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Police aren't perfect. Everybody makes mistakes on the job.


Killing someone is not a "mistake on the job."

You are sin.

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Yes, it can be, or it can be justified.

I graduated from the college of the streets, I gotta Phd in how to make ends meet.

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If it's justified then it wasn't a mistake. And again, killing someone is much more than a "mistake."

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No it's not more than a mistake! That's why a police officer's job is tough. Doctors make mistakes on operating tables and patients die. That's the nature of being a surgeon. Same with the police. It goes with the job. Those things CAN happen.

I graduated from the college of the streets, I gotta Phd in how to make ends meet.

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Yes, the can happen. No one is arguing that.

Taking a person's life is not "just a mistake."

You are sin.

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Then what is it?

I graduated from the college of the streets, I gotta Phd in how to make ends meet.

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I call it what it is: killing a person.

You are sin.

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That was no mistake. His partner kept telling him to "let go", "that's enough". He wanted to kill him!

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I know there's good cops out there. But I think ALL of them have egos to a certain extent.

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I'm Sure you jerked off to it a few times. Are you by chance a Fox News Viewer?

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If you have seen the babes on FOXNEWS you can understand him jerking off.

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...And, you might want to step up your reading comprehension.

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