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Originally Posted by Tom Joad
What I see is an 18 year old kid summarily executed for the crime of obstructing traffic and showing a cop some attitude.
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Then you're blind.
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Originally Posted by Tom Joad
And I see a cop that starts a fight rather than show a little discretion.
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He got out of the car without a weapon drawn. That
is discretion.
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Originally Posted by Tom Joad
We don't need cops out on the street that are looking to start shit over nothing.
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We don't need kids walking in the road and refusing to move for traffic.
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Originally Posted by Tom Joad
I know, you don't do shit when my bike gets stolen. I get that. I'm OK with that. You need to be out hunting murderers and rapists and other really bad people. But not out harassing kids that are loitering in the street.
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The reason some folks turn into thugs is because they are allowed to do things like loiter in the street without correction.
Recall, this only became an incident when the request to move was met with derision.