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African American

heaven05

(18,124 posts) Sat Jul 16, 2016, 08:54 PM Jul 2016

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I wish I could understand why black police officers are not speaking out against these extrajudicial murders of innocent, unarmed and non threatening PoC. Is it fear of losing their job, not getting backup in dicey situations? What?

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And fear of reprisals from fellow officers bravenak Jul 2016 #1

I have met the enemy heaven05 Jul 2016 #3

Check this out, I posted it earlier. MrScorpio Jul 2016 #2

thank you, I did heaven05 Jul 2016 #4

Kick JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #5