News Nov 24, 2015 at 5:24 pm

Chicago Police Release Video Showing Killing of Black Teenager

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Where are the indictments for conspiracy for those who help cover this up?
Agrippa on November 24, 2015 at 5:34 PM Report this
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They shot him for his uppity strut.
Sandiai on November 24, 2015 at 5:42 PM Report this
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@1 Not to mention accessory charges for the other cops on the scene.
Baby Blue on November 24, 2015 at 5:48 PM Report this
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Pigs is pigs.
Karlheinz Arschbomber on November 24, 2015 at 6:37 PM Report this
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And boom goes the dynamite.
tmplknght on November 24, 2015 at 7:03 PM Report this
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meh...
Zok on November 24, 2015 at 8:34 PM Report this
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Fuck the police.
long-time reader on November 24, 2015 at 9:12 PM Report this
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The internal investigation still has not been able to determine if the officer violated department policy. Imagine that.
Looking For a Better Read on November 24, 2015 at 9:12 PM Report this
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@7 because it is genuinely more newsworthy when someone in power (police, priest, politician) abuses that power. You haven't discovered some blatant hypocrisy. Hopefully you'll realize that after you pass your freshman course load.
Looking For a Better Read on November 24, 2015 at 9:16 PM Report this
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Before you slander a hero in blue remember that these videos do not tell a complete story. The perp was high on PCP and carrying a knife. That's worth noting. In the city of Hillary and Obama it's obviously politically expedient to hang a policeman out to dry to satisfy a street mob.
robot ghost on November 24, 2015 at 9:28 PM Report this
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@11 funny. The hospital record I saw showed a negative tox screen. So go fuck yourself
Trollytrolltroll on November 24, 2015 at 9:36 PM Report this
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whistle whistle
orgasm on November 24, 2015 at 9:57 PM Report this
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In fairness, according to the NYT he DID have PCP in his system. However, the dashcam footage from the ~10 seconds immediately before he was shot showed nothing remotely justifying the discharge of arms (he wasn't moving towards police officers or making sudden movements) and simply showed a single police officer shooting him even after he was slumped on the ground. Indefensible.
venomlash on November 24, 2015 at 9:59 PM Report this
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Zok, we get it, you think Existing While Black is a capital crime, and there is therefore nothing newsworthy about this, but the non-racists are talking, so go back to Stormfront and bitch about the antifa.
Hanoumatoi on November 25, 2015 at 7:00 AM Report this
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@15

Everyone knows you're utterly full of shit. Yet another example of the ability to create an alternate reality with no consequences.

When will there be any accountability for pathological liars?
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn on November 25, 2015 at 8:04 AM Report this
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People realize that somebody can simultaneously be doing bad things but also not deserve to be shot by the cops, right? Or is this too hard to understand?
Bax on November 25, 2015 at 10:16 AM Report this
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I keep wondering how many times this POS continued to pull the trigger after emptying his service weapon by unloading 16 fucking rounds into a human being armed with a knife possessing a smaller blade than the one I typically carry in my own pocket.
COMTE on November 25, 2015 at 11:08 AM Report this
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@21: I'm given to understand that it is probably his gun had a 17 bullet clip, so either he didn't fire one, or more likely, missed once.
Hanoumatoi on November 25, 2015 at 12:01 PM Report this
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I'm as into killing all police as the next guy,

but this shooting was not specifically "horrific". It's an average police shooting.

Oscar Grant being executed while on his knees, handcuffs on, and fully compliant was horrific.
fetish on November 25, 2015 at 12:12 PM Report this
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In the same city a nine year old boy was just executed by gang members as revenge against his father. I'm expecting the protests to be fawkin' huuuuge for that one!

crickets............
robot ghost on November 25, 2015 at 12:23 PM Report this
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@24 not that you don't know the difference, but no one thinks that other killing is acceptable, but you seem convinced that this one was. That's why there's protests.
Hanoumatoi on November 25, 2015 at 12:50 PM Report this
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@24 You're quite right, abuses & injustices perpetrated by folks with power or authority can only be addressed once all the other evils in the world have been taken care of. Heck, it hardly even count as abuse or injustice if there's any other nastiness or sorrow out there! Thanks for the sensible & humane & not at all cowardly or bat-shit-racist perspective!
the teeth on November 25, 2015 at 1:14 PM Report this
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@24: Nimrod, there WERE protests for Tyshawn Lee. Demonstrations calling for an end to inner-city gun violence just don't get as much press as demonstrations calling for an end to police brutality because they're not perceived as being a conflict between two groups.
venomlash on November 25, 2015 at 1:29 PM Report this
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@23 - isn't any shooting horrific? It can be justified under some circumstances, but it doesn't mean that it's not horrific.

And as far as Oscar Grant goes, the result there I think squares with the level of culpability. When I first saw the video in that case, I immediately thought that the officer meant to grab and use his taser and instead grabbed and fired his gun. That's basically what the jury found. Criminal, yes; horrible, yes; unjustified, yes; but not murder. That also seems different than the Chicago case, which was pretty clearly no accident based on the video and looks like a straight up murder.
Bax on November 25, 2015 at 1:29 PM Report this
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@27: Look, if a black pastor gives a speech condemning gun violence, but a white person isn't there to post about it on the internet, did it REALLY happen?
Hanoumatoi on November 25, 2015 at 2:41 PM Report this
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This one's been overhyped a bit. The perp isn't what you'd call an innocent victim but in these SJW "gotcha video" hootenannies they never are.
robot ghost on November 25, 2015 at 2:45 PM Report this
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@30: Police officer shoots a guy 16 times, and then the PD locks away the dashcam footage for over a year, all the while defending the officer. And then the footage is released, showing that the deceased was moving away from officers when he was shot, rather than towards them as had been claimed, and that the officer who did the shooting continued to shoot him after he was already slumped on the ground.
But when that officer is belatedly charged with murder, and protesters call for the ouster of officials who tried to sweep the case under the rug, the case is being overhyped? What do YOU think would be a reasonable response?
venomlash on November 25, 2015 at 9:03 PM Report this
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@31 let's not forget the deliberate and premeditated destruction of evidence by the CPD: somehow, the officers who deleted the security cam footage from the McDonalds across the street have yet to be charged.
Doctor Memory on November 26, 2015 at 8:25 AM Report this
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It was an execution, one of many in our name.
MarkA7 on November 27, 2015 at 7:49 AM Report this

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