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Old 08-20-2011, 10:07 PM
 
Location: Dublin, CA
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Police: Footage reveals hooded rioters firing at officers - CNN.com

If it weren't for this video, many of you would be screaming, yelling, and pounding, saying the police were lying about being fired upon.

SOMETIMES, in the heat of things, people don't know and/or see all. Its easy to pass judgement, sitting on your recliner, having a few martini's. You aren't in the thick of things...
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Old 08-21-2011, 06:24 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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Police haters are always good for a laugh.
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Old 08-21-2011, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Dublin, CA
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Bloody Sunday. 1972. The Para's say they were fired upon first, before returning fire. Few people ever believed them and, in fact, in one of the most costliest investigations, in UK history, they were blamed. I wonder if this changes anyone's mind.

Remember. This just happened in San Francisco. About a month ago. A man shot at police and they returned fire. Bystanders picked up the suspects gun and shell casings, so it looked as if the police shot an unarmed man.

Not a single, solitary outcry from the general public.
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Old 08-21-2011, 03:54 PM
 
Location: OCEAN BREEZES AND VIEWS SAN CLEMENTE
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Hey there is good n bad in everything everybody. I know many a good cops, and no there jobs are not easy, and yes they put up with a awful lot of crap none of us ever here about. They do not have it easy, and are easy targets in so many different ways.

They have jobs to do that are not easy, when you have people like this doing what they are doing, this crap has got to stop. When there are stories of bad police out there plenty of them, why not a story such as this one why. There are plenty of people out there also ready to pin blame on innocent police just doing their job.
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Old 08-21-2011, 04:09 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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Hey there is good n bad in everything everybody. I know many a good cops, and no there jobs are not easy, and yes they put up with a awful lot of crap none of us ever here about. They do not have it easy, and are easy targets in so many different ways.

They have jobs to do that are not easy, when you have people like this doing what they are doing, this crap has got to stop. When there are stories of bad police out there plenty of them, why not a story such as this one why. There are plenty of people out there also ready to pin blame on innocent police just doing their job.
One of the aims of the CPUSA was to get control of the media in this country and it seems they may have made more headway than I thought. Someday we will have enough people awaken to what is going on to do something. I just hope it isn't too late.
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Old 08-21-2011, 04:11 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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Police: Footage reveals hooded rioters firing at officers - CNN.com

If it weren't for this video, many of you would be screaming, yelling, and pounding, saying the police were lying about being fired upon.

SOMETIMES, in the heat of things, people don't know and/or see all. Its easy to pass judgement, sitting on your recliner, having a few martini's. You aren't in the thick of things...
Why who would think that when someone holds his hands out in front of him with them shaped like that he had a gun in his hand? It is past time for the UK police to be armed at all times.
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Old 08-21-2011, 04:13 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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This isn't actually happening because the UK has successfully banned guns.
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Old 08-21-2011, 04:32 PM
 
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This isn't actually happening because the UK has successfully banned guns.
ya instead they hit people with cars.
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Old 08-21-2011, 04:37 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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Police haters are always good for a laugh.
Defenders of police brutality are always good for a laugh.
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Old 08-21-2011, 04:38 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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I say get the police and the flash (m)robbers together and settle this...!!
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