Derec
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Stephon was 22. Not a teenager. And he has some sort of record - that much was admitted by the brother. Of course, the media is not doing their fucking job and releasing details of his criminal record preferring to tell us how great of a father he supposedly was. So we don't know if it was felonies or misdemeanors, violent or non-violent.
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Wonderful. The Bill of Rights is hereby applied on a prorated basis based upon the average of your last three years' taxable income.
Who said anything approaching that?
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The cops here may have had a reasonable fear for their life which turned out wrong. However, it is immensely important never to excuse incidents like this on the notion that the victim otherwise deserved it or was valueless to society. He may have been a worthless piece of shit. But for our justice system to work everyone must be treated equally. The lowest of the low enjoys the same rights and protections as the rest of us.
I don't disagree. But my comment was more about the coverage. "Was turning his life around" is a very common cliche in these police shootings.
Also, if he really was turning his life around, did he have gainful employment? And breaking into cars does not sound like somebody turning their life around.
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Well it is certainly orders of magnitude more relevant than your usual MO of attacking the poster and not the issue.Thanks for adding absolutely nothing relevant to the discussion.