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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 15 Aug 2016

    Man who died after being shot with Taser by police in Shropshire believed to be ex-football star Dalian Atkinsonhttp://bbc.in/2bhndwG 

    4:01 AM - 15 Aug 2016
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    92 replies 719 retweets 481 likes
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      2. Ross Crawford‏ @rossindallas 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews What difference does who he was make???

        2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      3. Jordan deasy‏ @JORDDEASY 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @rossindallas @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        if he was a tomato farmer called Derek they would name him and state his job so what's your point?

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      4. Ross Crawford‏ @rossindallas 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @JORDDEASY @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        They sounded titillated, and we wouldn't have heard about the tomato farmer.... #subtext

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      5. Jordan deasy‏ @JORDDEASY 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @rossindallas @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        they wouldn't have reported a death by police taser if he was a tomato farmer?

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      6. Ross Crawford‏ @rossindallas 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @JORDDEASY @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        I know I'm drunk.... What's your excuse

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Jordan deasy‏ @JORDDEASY 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @rossindallas @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        I'm a tomato farmer

        1 reply 0 retweets 22 likes
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      2. William H. Bonney‏ @wolverine0373 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews I'm assuming their are no other contributing factors ie drugs, alcohol etc. Taser is not a lethal weapon

        6 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Jordan deasy‏ @JORDDEASY 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @wolverine0373 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        Taser has killed another person "tasers are not a lethal weapon"......

        0 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
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      1. Nathan Nimiz‏ @Nathan_Nimiz 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews .RIP Dalian Atkinson.This Case Must Be Invesigated Thoroughly.There Should Be No Engineering. That No Lies Between Us

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      1. Mark Herridge‏ @markaherridge 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        With a gun you shoot to kill, taser's are so dangerous, who knows the health situation of the receiver, RIP terrible news

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      1. Davidoff Productions‏ @DavidoffFilms 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews Atkinson? The Referee?

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      1. basiclee08‏ @basiclee08 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews These things should be Removed Not Safe and for some like this gentleman Fatal.

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      2. Steve Williams‏ @Jack049 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews Awful image selection....remove it as a matter of respect to the bereaved family.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Sir Isaac Newton FRS‏ @zxspectrum128 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @Jack049 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        correct there Steve. Bad taste BBC

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. iamthisbored‏ @iamthisbored 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews Straight up, tasers arent "non-lethal". If it can kill its lethal.

        3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Alex Hall‏ @boro_alex2 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @iamthisbored @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        anything can kill, but just not directly

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. iamthisbored‏ @iamthisbored 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @boro_alex2 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        Yeah, a pencil can kill too but its not intended for that and also not called "non-lethal".

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Alex Hall‏ @boro_alex2 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @iamthisbored @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        a taser isn't intended to kill either

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. iamthisbored‏ @iamthisbored 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @boro_alex2 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        If it kills its lethal, straight forward. I know the brainwashed struggles to see inherent violence so shh

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Alex Hall‏ @boro_alex2 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @iamthisbored @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        but as I said, anything can kill, not everything is lethal

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. iamthisbored‏ @iamthisbored 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @boro_alex2 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        Lethal: sufficient to cause death. 50k volts at 25 watts is sufficient to cause death.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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