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    TrumpsTinyHandsMonique Judge
    3/30/17 11:30am

    I heard a fascinating podcast recently (Radiolab??, I think) about the training needed to effectively use a taser. Apparently, the sound of a taser firing is close enough to the sound of a pistol firing that you need to warn your partner so that they don’t shoot their pistol after you fire your taser.

    That sounds like what happened here. Maybe LA police leadership can learn to value life enough to train their officers on taser tactics and escalation of force.

    #BlackLivesMatter

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      Monique JudgeTrumpsTinyHands
      3/30/17 8:40pm

      I doubt that’s what happened, but that’s just me.

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      TrumpsTinyHandsMonique Judge
      3/30/17 9:46pm

      Your bet would be trigger-happy cop shooting a black man with minimal provocation?

      I wish I could say that seems a stretch, but, sadly, I cannot.

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    Cali4lifeMonique Judge
    3/30/17 12:02am

    I thought $6m was the going rate for a black persons killed by a cop. Must be a new recession or something.

    This is a disgusting story- again. FTP!

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      Rooo sez BISH PLZCali4life
      3/30/17 12:14pm

      Okay, so not just me then. (And you should know about the CA “rates”.)

      #NotEnoughNeverEnough

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    YeaSurrreMonique Judge
    3/29/17 11:42pm

    This is not a way to “hold the department and officers accountable.” Is it coming out of their paychecks? They’re jus gonna keep talking about these million dollar settlements so black ppl can be like “we won, at least something got done.” Dont believe it, a million dollars is not worth any black persons life and its not doing shit. The settlements are doing NOTHING.

    Maybe we should stop advertising them like it’s good news.

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      Absent HumanityYeaSurrre
      3/30/17 12:12am

      Since they can put dollar amounts on the lives they’ve robbed from black people, they should have no problems giving us reparations, right?

      Fuckin’ pay me!

      Then we could find or make a place that truly gives a damn about us.

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      Rooo sez BISH PLZAbsent Humanity
      3/30/17 12:15pm

      You’re interested in reparations?

      I might have some info ...

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    Petty BettyMonique Judge
    3/30/17 11:00am

    I remember this case. The guy took one step forward out of the door way and was immediately shot. He wasn’t charging the officers or anything and didn’t have the knife up in a threatening way. He just stepped forward out of the house and was shot dead.

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