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cjsdowg
05/19/20 7:50:19 PM
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A 68-year-old Missouri woman has filed a lawsuit against four police officers and their suburban St Louis department after they were captured in a since-viral video beating and arresting her and her adult son over a claim that the pair had stolen a television.
The allegation turned out to be false. All four officers are white; the mother and son are black.
The lawsuit alleges that while Marvia Gray and her 43-year-old son Derek were attempting to get a refund for a television they had purchased at a Sams Club when the police officers grabbed them, throwing them to the floor, beating them, handcuffing them, then arresting them.
Grays son, Derek Gray, bought the television on 23 March, but could not fit the 65in device into his SUV. The lawsuit alleges when he came back to retrieve it, employees falsely accused him of stealing it. He eventually managed to verify his purchase and take the TV home.....
The beating and arrest were also captured by the surveillance cameras in the store.

Mrs Gray thought her son was about to be another black man unjustifiably shot and killed by the police, the familys attorney, Andrew M Stroth of the Chicago-based Action Injury Law Group, told the Associated Press. You can see in the video that she is terrified with respect to what theyre doing to her son.

The elder Gray suffered severe injuries to her tailbone, back, rotator cuff, knees and arms. The son shattered three front teeth, had a concussion and face injuries that required nearly 20 stitches and seven staples, according to the suit.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/19/grandmother-son-police-beating-missouri-marcia-gray

This is the hell that black people put up with every day in this nation.

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Romes187
05/19/20 7:51:31 PM
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No good

those cops should be fired, fined, and jailed for taking advantage of their positions like that
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JuanCarlos1
05/19/20 7:52:31 PM
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Hope those employees get their fair share as well

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BatmanWTtP
05/19/20 7:52:43 PM
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Romes187 posted...
No good

those cops should be fired, fined, and jailed for taking advantage of their positions like that
This

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Smashingpmkns
05/19/20 7:53:59 PM
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The crime of walking into a store while black
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Taharqa_
05/19/20 7:54:27 PM
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Somebody's gonna come and defend this.

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Bluebomber182
05/19/20 7:55:15 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
The crime of walking into a store while black


the crime of buying a tv and returning it while black
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Bluebomber182
05/19/20 7:55:43 PM
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Taharqa_ posted...
Somebody's gonna come and defend this.


addy would if he wasnt banned
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Light_Dragon
05/19/20 7:56:45 PM
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Taharqa_ posted...
Somebody's gonna come and defend this.
Most definitely unfortunately.

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Zikten
05/19/20 7:57:29 PM
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This is pretty disgusting. Hopefully that mom and son get a massive pay day.
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The_Bitcoin
05/19/20 7:57:45 PM
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@darkprince45

i thought this never happens?
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Mistere Man
05/19/20 7:57:54 PM
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Sickening. Truly sickening.

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inloveanddeath0
05/19/20 7:59:29 PM
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Light_Dragon posted...
Most definitely unfortunately.
English teachers are in an uproar

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Akagami_Shanks
05/19/20 8:00:12 PM
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And suddenly they fired 3 warning shots into his back

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Light_Dragon
05/19/20 8:02:05 PM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
English teachers are in an uproar
What?

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Bishop9800
05/19/20 8:03:38 PM
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someone will defend this...

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cavalierking
05/19/20 8:03:57 PM
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don't worry, guys, all of that paid leave and their eventual rehirings at different precincts once this all dies down will surely learn 'em

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Medussa
05/19/20 8:06:46 PM
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fired out of a cannon into the sun

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GATTJT
05/19/20 8:08:56 PM
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Hold on, I need to find some dirt on these two so I can prove why they deserved this.

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Ving_Rhames
05/19/20 8:09:31 PM
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GATTJT posted...
Hold on, I need to find some dirt on these two so I can prove why they deserved this.

Fuck, beat me to it lol

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DeroIin
05/19/20 8:13:22 PM
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Where are the usual suspects?

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inloveanddeath0
05/19/20 8:14:42 PM
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Light_Dragon posted...
What?
That phrase was an assault on my ears

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ScazarMeltex
05/19/20 8:19:02 PM
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Not surprised by this. As a life long Saint Louisan I can tell the you Police departments here are a joke. There is a ton of tiny suburbs with their own departments each with different qualifications and rules. Some only exist to run radar and actually contract out their 911 to the larger surrounding departments. During the Michael Brown protests one of them teargassed a camera crew. They've also been caught teargassing a restaurant with patrons in it and kettling protesters multiple times.

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SpaceBear_
05/19/20 8:19:35 PM
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Hope they get a massive pay off

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I4NRulez
05/19/20 8:21:14 PM
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What kind of piece of shit beats up a 68 year old woman?

i hope she gets rich

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E32005
05/19/20 8:22:25 PM
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life in prison for the cops

gen pop

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Light_Dragon
05/19/20 8:22:54 PM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
That phrase was an assault on my ears
Well, sorry then. I do realise that I should've phrased it better.

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Tired-Insomniac
05/19/20 8:24:14 PM
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GATTJT posted...
Hold on, I need to find some dirt on these two so I can prove why they deserved this.

I bet the son wore a tan suit to a formal event one time

Death penalty!

And the mom? She probably got an A- on a math test in middle school. Sickening.

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E32005
05/19/20 8:24:46 PM
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Tired-Insomniac posted...
I bet the son wore a tan suit to a formal event one time

Death penalty!
nah, but he smoked some weed a few times in high school and one of the counselors had to talk to him about it.

so....you know...

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Rika_Furude
05/19/20 8:25:12 PM
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So who keeps saying racism is dead?

Unfair represent will come in here and argue that the pigs were self defending and that the victims were stalking someone

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E32005
05/19/20 8:26:19 PM
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Rika_Furude posted...
So who keeps saying racism is dead?
racists

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cavalierking
05/19/20 8:29:51 PM
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Rika_Furude posted...
So who keeps saying racism is dead?

Unfair represent will come in here and argue that the pigs were self defending and that the victims were stalking someone


man, stfu with this virtue signaling, dude

you on india just months ago:



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that, in addition to all of the islamophobe/anti-brown people/xenophobe rhetoric you regularly spew too

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Rika_Furude
05/19/20 8:31:12 PM
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Ive already smashed you regarding that multiple times. You posting a screencap out of context, in a topic that has literally nothing to do with it just makes you look like a troll. Fuck off

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cavalierking
05/19/20 8:40:20 PM
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how can you have "smashed" me "multiple times" on a screencap i've only ever posted once before

and the "context" is right at the bottom of the pic

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not gonna stand for your fake ass trying to claim solidarity in being against racism when you explicitly indulge in it yourself

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Rika_Furude
05/19/20 8:41:32 PM
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cavalierking posted...
how can you have "smashed" me "multiple times" on a screencap i've only ever posted once before
Living up to your "serial liar" tag. I told you to fuck off so fuck off will ya?

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St0rmFury
05/19/20 8:42:27 PM
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The_Bitcoin posted...
@darkprince45

i thought this never happens?
He's warned.

Rika_Furude posted...
Ive already smashed you regarding that multiple times. You posting a screencap out of context, in a topic that has literally nothing to do with it just makes you look like a troll. Fuck off
What was the context, Rika?

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DrizztLink
05/19/20 8:44:44 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
kettling protesters multiple times.
Doing what?

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TreyFlowers
05/19/20 8:44:55 PM
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but guys the son probably has a parking ticket from 20 years ago, he's clearly a thug

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ScazarMeltex
05/19/20 8:44:55 PM
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St0rmFury posted...
He's warned.

What was the context, Rika?
Can we not derail the topic. This is about cops beating an old woman senseless. Make your own topic to harass Rika.

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St0rmFury
05/19/20 8:46:50 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Can we not derail the topic. This is about cops beating an old woman senseless. Make your own topic to harass Rika.
B-b-but... :(

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ScazarMeltex
05/19/20 8:46:52 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
Doing what?
Kettling It's the practice of ordering protesters to disperse or vacate an area but blocking off all the available exits so you can arrest them for failure to disperse.

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DrizztLink
05/19/20 8:47:33 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Kettling It's the practice of ordering protesters to disperse or vacate an area but blocking off all the available exits so you can arrest them for failure to disperse.
...wow that's fucked

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cymbaline
05/19/20 8:49:18 PM
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ScazarMeltex
05/19/20 8:52:33 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
...wow that's fucked
They've also been caught teargassing crowds that they've kettled before wading in kicking the shit out of people, then charging them with resisting arrest because they couldn't comply after being gassed.

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Rika_Furude
05/19/20 9:12:09 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Can we not derail the topic. This is about cops beating an old woman senseless. Make your own topic to harass Rika.
Dont make any topics to harass me :/

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FursonaNonGrata
05/19/20 9:16:17 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
...wow that's fucked

Pretty standard practice for large crowds. Unless its right wing protestors, then the police provide escorts and protection!

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UltraDeku
05/19/20 11:32:37 PM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
That phrase was an assault on my ears
You read gamefaqs posts out loud?

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toyota
05/19/20 11:42:23 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
Derek Gray, bought the television on 23 March, but could not fit the 65in device into his SUV.

cjsdowg posted...
The lawsuit alleges when he came back to retrieve it, employees falsely accused him of stealing it. He eventually managed to verify his purchase and take the TV home


Im guessing this was all happening in the same day. Why didnt he just show his receipt straight away instead of trying to fish some drama out of it first? And how did he manage to take it home if it didnt fit in his SUV which was the reason it was being returned?

Why are people so fixated on such absurdly big tv screens anyways. its such a meme to begin with.

cjsdowg posted...
All four officers are white; the mother and son are black.

Why is this racial profiling relevant?

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cjsdowg
05/20/20 1:42:07 AM
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toyota posted...
Im guessing this was all happening in the same day. Why didnt he just show his receipt straight away instead of trying to fish some drama out of it first? And how did he manage to take it home if it didnt fit in his SUV which was the reason it was being returned?

Why are people so fixated on such absurdly big tv screens anyways. its such a meme to begin with.

On you clearly didn't read the whole story and you bring up stuff that don't matter

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