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sabrina 1

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12. The reason it is believable is because our police have been known to shoot
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 11:07 AM
Apr 2013

and kill children in their own homes, dogs, teenagers and adults, pepper-spray elderly people, the homeless, the infirm.

Whether or not this story is true, so long as we tolerate the brutality of the police, see OWS War Veterans eg and still no one held accountable, people will believe these stories, true or not, as many of them, far, far too many tragically, have been true.

I have no idea if this is true as reported here. And there was a time when I would have doubted it. But not any more. I've read too many cases of police brutality and the lack of accountability for it.


I watched the brutal attacks on peaceful, OWS protesters, including the elderly, disabled etc and am no longer shocked at all by what our civilian police do.

Mayor Bloomberg will do nothing about this. Eric Holder will do nothing about this. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #1
Invaders antiquie Apr 2013 #2
When I took my bike on the NYC subway, rocktivity Apr 2013 #3
truly... Bully Taw Apr 2013 #4
Okay. antiquie Apr 2013 #5
i agree... Bully Taw Apr 2013 #6
When we've seen video tapes of police needlessly pepper-spraying people, it is wrong to AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #7
do you know what Courthouse News Service is? Bully Taw Apr 2013 #8
Bullshit. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #9
Ha! Bully Taw Apr 2013 #10
The reason it is believable is because our police have been known to shoot sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #12
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