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To: TangledUpInBlue

Why would a cop shoot a dead man? Armed or not?


3 posted on 12/04/2014 1:36:46 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are not inclined to commit crimes.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

“Why would a cop shoot a dead man? “

Probably to make sure.


14 posted on 12/04/2014 1:42:16 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Why would a cop shoot a dead man? Armed or not?

It's gotten so bad that cops are shooting dead men now, sheesh.

28 posted on 12/04/2014 1:48:46 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

That was my first thought, until I got into the article.


33 posted on 12/04/2014 1:50:28 PM PST by Kackikat
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Good catch. The quality of journalism is so low these days that most of us just roll our eyes at idiotic headlines.

One of my favorites:

67 posted on 12/04/2014 2:04:39 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Why would a cop shoot a dead man? Armed or not?

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4398

84 posted on 12/04/2014 2:19:30 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

“Shoot dead” is a phrase that can’t go away soon enough.


96 posted on 12/04/2014 2:34:21 PM PST by pfflier
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
"Why would a cop shoot a dead man? Armed or not?"

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that headline made no sense.

Frankly it reads like the cop shot a dead torso.

121 posted on 12/04/2014 3:14:25 PM PST by boop (I never use the words democrats and republicans. I use liberals and Americans.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

HAHAHA!!!


122 posted on 12/04/2014 3:15:08 PM PST by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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