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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY Aug 31

    "ER" actress Vanessa Marquez was shot and killed by police Thursday after she pulled a "BB-type" gun on officers, police say.https://usat.ly/2LPcqH6 

    4:20 PM - 31 Aug 2018
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      2. Ed T.‏ @CrewGuyEd Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Here's an ideal, USE SOME COMMON SENSE! If you pull out a realistic looking firearm & point it at law enforcement, you deserve what happens next!

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      3. .mov mami‏ @atmosvere Aug 31
        Replying to @CrewGuyEd @USATODAY

        Did you even read the article? She was suspected of having mental health issues and pulled the BB gun after people tried to convince her to get help, which she refused. She wasn’t in her right mind and wasn’t using common sense...

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      4. Ed T.‏ @CrewGuyEd Aug 31
        Replying to @atmosvere @USATODAY

        Ok, right mind or not.. If you're law enforcement, and someone pulls a realistic firearm on you, think for minute... WAIT.. YOU DON'T HAVE A MINUTE... It's you or them.. Tell me.. what do you do?

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      5. .mov mami‏ @atmosvere Aug 31
        Replying to @CrewGuyEd @USATODAY

        I hear you. I’m just saying she couldn’t use common sense, like you suggested. The officers said they could tell she wasn’t mentally fit while talking to her. They should’ve called someone that specializes with mental disabilities bc police are grossly undertrained in that dept

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      6. Ed T.‏ @CrewGuyEd Aug 31
        Replying to @atmosvere @USATODAY

        I get your point. But you make it sound like a mentally ill individual has never pulled a firearm on law enforcement before. Happens all the time. Most people who point a firearm at law enforcement aren't exactly all there.. And or guilty of a crime.. ✌🏻

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      7. .mov mami‏ @atmosvere Aug 31
        Replying to @CrewGuyEd @USATODAY

        She wasn’t guilty of a crime, they were there for a welfare check...

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      8. Ed T.‏ @CrewGuyEd Aug 31
        Replying to @atmosvere @USATODAY

        I know.. That wasn't my point. Simply, the "guilty of a crime" was another example of why some choose to draw on an officer...

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      1. LoLo‏ @Longyolo Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Just killing everybody now🤷🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️

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      1. Lark24‏ @Lisatweets444 Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Very very sad. Perhaps suicide by cop? I read elsewhere that the police and a caregiver had been there for quite some time when she suddenly grabbed the B.B. gun, which looked like a real gun.

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      1. Asia McHerrin‏ @p_mcherrin Aug 31
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        Sorry for her lost but don't pull guns( fake ) or other on cops! They can't from a distance know if it's real or not instead of the police a social worker and cops should of come to her home

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      1. GOP Gazette‏ @GOPGazette Aug 31
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        Thank you for using an honest headline unlike #fakenews @cnnbrk

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      2. L'Afrique‏ @Netsbridge Sep 1
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Terrible. May the soul of actress #VanessaMarquez RIP. Please #PEOPLE: IT IS NEVER a good thing to provoke #Police by waving or even pretending to have weapon because #LawEnforcement, like any person, may not know you are simply joking. Such unnecessary sadness. #ER, #California

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      3. L'Afrique‏ @Netsbridge Sep 2
        Replying to @Netsbridge @USATODAY

        While #KilledByPolice is terrible thing, provoking #Police into such by waving or pointing weapon (real or imaginary) is Death Warrant. Of course, showing police dashcam would shed some light as to what really happened on said date. #VanessaMarquez

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      1. cilae2000‏ @stockbur492 Sep 1
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Cops are police.

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      1. Samir singha‏ @SamirNithor Aug 31
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        https://goo.gl/KKaXyX 

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      1. ChisMckimie‏ @ristopherrocks Aug 31
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        Too Sad !

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      2. Bart Munson‏ @bamunson Aug 31
        Replying to @silkie_izzy @USATODAY

        If your brown (or black, or white, or purple) hand is pointing a gun at a cop... be prepared for a belly full of lead.

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