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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 3 Oct 2013
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    Unarmed woman with a baby in her car is shot by police, and journalists' first instinct is to shower praise on police.

    12:56 PM - 3 Oct 2013
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      2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 3 Oct 2013
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        @bmotes What's the evidence that she did this? Maybe she had a seizure, heart attack, etc.

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      3. Megan Marjan Ramsey‏ @MarjanRamsey 3 Oct 2013
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        @mtracey @bmotes *woman, and the evidence is I was at the scene and you could hear her blazing down the street (which included making turns)

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      1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 3 Oct 2013
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        @DanielReasor I never said she was an innocent victim.

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      2. takethepith‏ @takethepith 3 Oct 2013
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        @mtracey @JonathanCohn Not just journalists. Politicians, too. Boehner for example.

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 3 Oct 2013
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        @takethepith @JonathanCohn Of course. Journalists are paid to be skeptical of official claims, though.

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      2. CJ Ciaramella‏Verified account @cjciaramella 3 Oct 2013
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        @mtracey Has it been confirmed that she was armed or unarmed?

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 3 Oct 2013
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        @cjciaramella I've not seen any confirmed reports that she was armed, only that no weapon was recovered and no officers were shot.

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      2. Megan Marjan Ramsey‏ @MarjanRamsey 3 Oct 2013
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        @mtracey Yes, but the women was blazing through intersections and ramming cop cars. So...

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 3 Oct 2013
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        @MarjanRamsey She could have had a seizure, heart attack, psychiatric episode, etc.

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      2. Megan Marjan Ramsey‏ @MarjanRamsey 3 Oct 2013
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        @bmotes @mtracey A bummer when anyone is hurt/killed, but even if mentally ill, she was endangering at least the child in the back seat.

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 3 Oct 2013
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        @MarjanRamsey @bmotes So...she deserved to be shot? "Bummer."

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      1. Princess Lea  🇺🇸‏ @LeaSavoy 3 Oct 2013
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        @mtracey @d3adTwist Driving a car irratically is considered a deadly weapon when the operator is hitting cars & injuring other humans.

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      1. Guillermo Jimenez‏ @guillermojimnz 3 Oct 2013
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        .@mtracey As far as we know, she could have been staring at her phone on Google maps, took a wrong turn, smash, panic, then... terrorist.

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      1. Thomas Neuburger's errant politics‏ @Gaius_Publius 3 Oct 2013
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        @mtracey Because ... freedom from gun violence ... #DC

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      1. notaboomer‏ @shrubfree 3 Oct 2013
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        @mtracey @MaxBlumenthal one of my area congresspeeps also praised teh cops on teh twitter.

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      1. notaboomer‏ @shrubfree 3 Oct 2013
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        @mtracey @MaxBlumenthal those aren't journalists and the cops aren't getting paid for the record.

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      2. Atkina Starling‏ @atkinastarling 3 Oct 2013
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        @mtracey @AnonymousE01 that's where I sense BS: w/out facts, police are praised & not questioned. Sounds wrong from get-go

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      3. Anonymous‏ @AnonymousE01 3 Oct 2013
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        @atkinastarling CRAP NEWZ @ABCNews24 7 injured in Washington Shooting Women Fired Shots at Police ALL LIES When Will these Lies END/ ?

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      2. Nicky 2 Things‏ @Nicky2Things 3 Oct 2013
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        @bmotes @MarjanRamsey @mtracey so the police weren't endangering that child by shooting up the car she was riding in? Do explain that please

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      3. Megan Marjan Ramsey‏ @MarjanRamsey 3 Oct 2013
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        @Nicky2Things @bmotes @mtracey It didn't look like there was any "baby on board" accoutrements on the woman's car.

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