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To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
However, I don't believe I'm aware of (or it's possible I simply don't remember) any case where police have shot "unarmed innocent people" (innocent being the key word); if it happens, it is rare. Maybe I'm just missing something, but that's not something in the news every day or even every year. Perhaps you would care to enlighten me what you're referring to. I'd appreciate it.

Well, the most widely publicized would be the one where the FBI agent shot the kid in the face.

1,191 posted on 08/29/2002 7:25:57 PM PDT by Jolly Rodgers
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To: Jolly Rodgers
Well, the most widely publicized would be the one where the FBI agent shot the kid in the face.

Okay; I have no memory of that, but I thought of another case (Diallo). In that instance, I believe the police were justified, even though the man was totally innocent.

Think about it. How many times per day do you suppose someone is approached by a cop? Easily thousands. How many times per day do completely innocent, unarmed people get shot and killed by officers?

This hysterical idea that it's some sort of epidemic and that rogue cops are everywhere is really weird, in my opinion.

1,194 posted on 08/29/2002 8:24:16 PM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
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