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NFT: Iraq war veteran dies in police custody

charlito : 5/17/2015 12:58 pm
26 Year old war vet from Texas yelled 20 times he couldn't breathe....."I'm coughing on my blood" The video is out. Idk how to post it. I'm a rookie on this site.
I assume this is the story  
sphinx : 5/17/2015 1:07 pm : link
you're referring to ...
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Why is it a big deal?  
est1986 : 5/17/2015 1:08 pm : link
Because he's a Iraq war vet? They been doing this to black kids that are a lot younger for 100 years now.
Strange story  
cokeduplt : 5/17/2015 1:15 pm : link
looks like he was in a corrections facility not police custody though
what's missing from the story  
fkap : 5/17/2015 1:40 pm : link
is what lead to the massive entry tactic. Was he showing signs of erratic behavior? seems a little excessive to enter like that without something triggering it.
RE: Why is it a big deal?  
data_stata : 5/17/2015 1:47 pm : link
In comment 12289944 est1986 said:
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Because he's a Iraq war vet? They been doing this to black kids that are a lot younger for 100 years now.


I see your point. But its hard to not have a special place for vets.

This is just sad.
RE: Why is it a big deal?  
Svengali : 5/17/2015 4:39 pm : link
In comment 12289944 est1986 said:
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Because he's a Iraq war vet? They been doing this to black kids that are a lot younger for 100 years now.


They? you mean the Police I guess. So "they" have been randomly targeting black kids for a 100 years. Nice way to group a whole bunch of people together and cast dispersions on all of them. Isn't that by its definition racist?
FYI, the police played no part in this incident,  
MOOPS : 5/17/2015 6:04 pm : link
which in fact occurred in 2012.
RE: RE: Why is it a big deal?  
River Mike : 5/17/2015 6:40 pm : link
In comment 12290097 Svengali said:
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In comment 12289944 est1986 said:


Quote:


Because he's a Iraq war vet? They been doing this to black kids that are a lot younger for 100 years now.



They? you mean the Police I guess. So "they" have been randomly targeting black kids for a 100 years. Nice way to group a whole bunch of people together and cast dispersions on all of them. Isn't that by its definition racist?


Cast dispersions?
the police bashing in this country is really pathetic  
Jints in Carolina : 5/17/2015 7:18 pm : link
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Take a look around fellas  
mattlawson : 5/17/2015 7:55 pm : link
Maybe think on this one a bit.
It's a troubling video...  
Dunedin81 : 5/17/2015 8:15 pm : link
but it was viral a couple years ago. The response was excessive but he didn't die because he was assaulted, he died because he was having a medical incident. They classified it as something involving sickle cell, but the symptoms that caused his death don't implicate the sort of trauma caused by being beaten. This phenomenon by which an incident that has already triggered outrage triggers outrage anew when, for whatever reason, it is re-shared awhile later really just supports the notion that it's a mob mentality at work.
Dunedin  
sphinx : 5/17/2015 9:42 pm : link
Unless I'm misreading the article, the video just became available.

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