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Nowhere
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From the "You'll have to read this to believe it, but you still won't believe it" department, is the following April 8, 2021 article in The Virginian-Pilot about a December 2020 traffic stop for DWB:
2 Windsor police officers threatened and assaulted a man during an illegal stop, lawsuit claims. And it's all on video. The video is the cops' own body-cam video... Last fiddled with by Dr Sardonicus on 2021-04-11 at 18:07 Reason: Add info |
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2021-04-15, 12:31
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2021-04-15, 15:34
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In fairness to the police, the Skittles reference seems to be to Trayvon Martin, whose killer, George Zimmerman, was not a police officer. Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder but acquitted of all charges at trial.
OTOH a quick Google search using police gun cell phone turned up multiple cases of unarmed people being shot by police who mistook their cell phones for guns. |
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2021-04-15, 16:09
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That excuse doesn't work in places where guns are not freely available. Rogue cop: "I thought his cell phone was a gun, your honour, so I shot him." Judge: "Nonsense. Off to jail you go." |
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2021-04-15, 18:27
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2021-04-16, 01:21
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Here's one that reminds me of a scene in the 1987 movie Robocop where a prototype robocop didn't quite perform up to specs, to the detriment of a volunteer. In the current AP story Video: Chicago boy wasn't holding gun when shot by officer, the shooting officer's bodycam video shows the 13-year-old victim, who had been armed, had dropped the gun and was raising his empty hands before being shot. |
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2021-04-16, 22:47
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2021-04-17, 13:10
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I have wondered, from time to time, whether police training manuals have an analogous chapter on "Contact with Black Motorists" or "Contact with Non-White Subjects."
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2021-04-20, 20:03
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The jury has reached a verdict in the Derek Chauvin case. The verdict is scheduled to be read in half an hour to an hour from now.
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2021-04-20, 20:47
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Apr 2010
Over the rainbow
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I'm not too familiar with jury verdict-reaching time. Would it be considered short? long?
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2021-04-20, 20:59
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Short for something serious like this. Most likely there was strong agreement in one direction. Not the need to run through things again and multiple votes.
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