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Autopsy: Football player shot by police had drugs in system
wset.com ^ | EMILY SCHMALL

Posted on 09/02/2015 6:19:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A black college football player killed by a white police officer likely used a synthetic psychedelic drug and marijuana prior to the deadly confrontation at a Texas car dealership, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday.

Christian Taylor was unarmed when Arlington police officer Brad Miller shot him on Aug. 7. Miller has been fired.

The report shows there was THC, one of the active components of marijuana, and a synthetic drug that causes hallucinations in his system.

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Miller's attorney John Snider said he hoped that in light of this evidence, the Arlington police chief would reconsider his decision to fire Miller.

Security footage from the lot shows Taylor breaking out the windshield of a car on the lot and then driving his vehicle into the glass showroom. There is no video footage of the shooting itself.

Inside the showroom, Miller ordered Taylor to get to the ground. Instead, Taylor cursed at the officer and advanced toward him. The officer fired when Taylor was about 10 feet away, Arlington police chief Will Johnson said in a news conference last month.

Friends of Taylor said he had recently developed a zeal for his Christian faith. According to the autopsy report, he had biblical verses, an angel and a cross tattooed on his body.

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1 posted on 09/02/2015 6:19:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

#ThugsOnDrugsDie


2 posted on 09/02/2015 6:20:44 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: BenLurkin

“Friends of Taylor said he had recently developed a zeal for his Christian faith.”

And was on his way to a Bible Study stoked to the gills?

*SNORT*

What’s his Grandma got to say? Was he starting college this fall?

Unflickin’ believable how THE NARRATIVE NEVER CHANGES!


3 posted on 09/02/2015 6:22:25 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: BenLurkin

#BlackLivesEqualDogsLivesForThePolice.


4 posted on 09/02/2015 6:22:35 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: BenLurkin
Friends of Taylor said he had recently developed a zeal for his Christian faith. According to the autopsy report, he had biblical verses, an angel and a cross tattooed on his body.

Best line in a news story - ever.
5 posted on 09/02/2015 6:23:33 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
PRE FECT ! ©

6 posted on 09/02/2015 6:24:08 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE DO YOUR PART TO HELP COMPLETE THIS FReepathon!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Well, at least he went and got the tattoos.


7 posted on 09/02/2015 6:24:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: onyx

:)


8 posted on 09/02/2015 6:26:17 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

you the know the saying: liberals love criminals


9 posted on 09/02/2015 6:27:05 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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“There is no video footage of the shooting itself.”

Which DEEPLY saddens The Enemy Media.


10 posted on 09/02/2015 6:28:48 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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11 posted on 09/02/2015 6:30:18 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: BenLurkin

Those were some seriously hard drugs, I suppose. I would need a degree in chemistry to understand what one of those drugs was.


12 posted on 09/02/2015 6:41:47 PM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: BenLurkin

The kid was out of control crazy. There’s no telling what he might do. He made some bad choices and paid the price.


13 posted on 09/02/2015 6:42:55 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: BenLurkin

The press repeatedly incorrectly reported the incident. It should have been reported as “Former ASU football player was confronted in the commission of multiple felonies, while hopped up on marijuana and designer drugs, and chose (foolishly) to attack an armed policeman. At this time, Texas Rangers are investigating the parents for child neglect and providing controlled substances to a minor”.


14 posted on 09/02/2015 6:51:48 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (It's not an "administration", it's a crime syndicate of liars, thieves, freaks, fools & perverts.)
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To: BenLurkin

#ThugsLivesDontMatter


15 posted on 09/02/2015 7:04:18 PM PDT by boycott (S)
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To: BenLurkin

A not-so-gentle giant.


16 posted on 09/02/2015 7:13:05 PM PDT by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: BenLurkin

he was a good kid; loved the Loprd and got a tatto; wanted to be a brain surgeon for Doctors Without Borders; and the po-lice done shot him down. I watched the video and saw him rip out a car windshiled with his bare hands. The cop did not follow procedure but only he knows why this future brain surgeon was shot. Some people you just can’t fight


17 posted on 09/02/2015 7:14:13 PM PDT by Reverend Saltine (Don't say, "the administration," or "the EPA"--say "OBAMA." Give him full credit)
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To: BenLurkin

Pretty much par to the course!


18 posted on 09/02/2015 8:08:39 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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