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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing 9 Jun 2015

    #McKinney chief: “I had 12 officers on the scene. 11 of them performed according to training.” http://boingboing.net/2015/06/09/mckinney-pool-party-poli.html …pic.twitter.com/aPv41E1561

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      1. Ming of Mongo‏ @ming_mongo 9 Jun 2015
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing Obviously, their training didn't include reigning in a crazy cop.

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      2. no_detective‏ @no_detective 9 Jun 2015
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        @BoingBoing @amygalford their training should have included "how to arrest an officer who is putting unarmed children in danger"

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      1. Benzai10 👩🏿 📷 ⚖ ⛩ 🤓‏ @ThunkinOutloud 9 Jun 2015
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        @BoingBoing @POPSspotSports 12 officers on a call claiming people were improperly using a pool....Um, OK.

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      1. 𝐸𝓍𝒸𝑒𝓁𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓇‏ @Queensleyy 9 Jun 2015
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        Watching a girl get harassed by a grown man? “@BoingBoing: #McKinney chief: “I had 12 officers, 11 of them performed according to training.”

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      1. William LJ Galaini‏ @WGalaini 9 Jun 2015
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        @BoingBoing So basically, they are saying "11 out of 12 ain't bad!" #McKinney

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      1. 24thpixel‏ @24thpixel 9 Jun 2015
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        @BoingBoing Land of the free, home of the brave!

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      1. R Tib‏ @FyreHaar 9 Jun 2015
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        .@BoingBoing @Nettaaaaaaaa which means their training didn't include shutting this guy down when he went off training.

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      2. .‏ @justrealuuy 9 Jun 2015
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        @BoingBoing @sgw94 we may kit bajkkkk

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      1. Ryan Johnston‏ @Johnston_Ryan 9 Jun 2015
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        @BoingBoing @rosknopov And ZERO intervened to prevent the one who didn't "perform according to training" from assaulting a teenage girl.

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      1. aaron marie‏ @poetrybyair 9 Jun 2015
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        @BoingBoing @Nettaaaaaaaa and yet those other 11 officers did not Step up when their fellow pig started brutalizing ppl

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      1. Justin Bowler‏ @jb_ertw 9 Jun 2015
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        @BoingBoing - Really? Are they "Trained" to not interfere when one of them goes too far?

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      2. RHoops Recruiting‏ @RHoopsRecruits 9 Jun 2015
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        @BoingBoing @HoneyBadger10 how about the adult in the shorts who towered over the young girl when she was on ground?

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      3. N.‏ @HoneyBadger10 9 Jun 2015
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        @RHoopsRecruits that man was disturbing.

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