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wcast

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2. Everyone should read this.

Reply to rogue emissary (Original post)

Wed Mar 15, 2017, 01:50 PM

Mar 2017

This type of incident continues unabated because the White majority cannot fathom that it might be true. As long as the official story says it didn't happen, then all they care about is blue lives matter. To this cop, and many others I would surmise, the young man was weaponized by the sheer fact of being a black male. By being alive, this cop felt Brown was dangerous and deserved the treatment he got.

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Article: Everything You Think You Know About the Death of Mike Brown Is Wrong, [View all] rogue emissary Mar 2017 OP

Thanks. K&R JHan Mar 2017 #1

Everyone should read this. wcast Mar 2017 #2

Well put, wcast. brer cat Mar 2017 #3