Did anyone else hear about this?
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I think his mother's statement says it all. I can't imagine her pain, compounded by the fact that the system is more about protecting cops than ensuring justice.
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Yes and I think it's insane. I don't know how anyone who has seen the video could think the officers should not be indicted. And given one of the officers' previous issues...It's just baffling to me. The prosecutor called it "human error." I'm sorry, but racing your car up to someone you believe is carrying a weapon and shooting him without the chance to drop the alleged weapon (which turned out to not be a weapon at all) is not an "error."
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It's maddening. I have watched that video hundreds of times and cannot wrap my head around it. A few months ago a white kid in my state was seen carrying around his air soft gun, another in a holster and a real knife. He was apprehended without incident. No doubt in my mind had he been black it would have been a much different outcome.
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It's a gd travesty.
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For anyone interested, I just finished between the world and me by Ta-Nehisi Coates and highly recommend it.
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Heart breaking. If that wasn't wrong by the rules we need to change the rules now. This is terrible. He was a child.
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The entire story is tragic. I hate that some articles are calling him a teenager. He was 12 ... He was a child. It's like they're trying to make him seem like more of a threat.
So sad. Our system, world feels broken.
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Tragic
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This is just so wrong. If the police can get away with that, what's the point of laws at all? They can just shoot anyone, call it a misunderstanding, and walk away.
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I think it's a tragedy, but looks like the right call.
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