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    Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 20 Aug 2018

    Oh my God. Police taser an unarmed, non-violent Black man who was not even wanted for a crime WHILE HE IS HOLDING HIS INFANT BABY. This is right outside of Detroit in Westland City. A caller called 911 saying people were loud. The caller was nowhere to be found when police came.pic.twitter.com/PkCgivd089

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      2. kelly‏ @kaosgremlin 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @shaunking

        The officer that fired the taser should be charged with endangering the life of that child. WTF is wrong with these officers? How do they even justify that behavior?

        38 replies 143 retweets 1,366 likes
      3. J.C.‏ @Sentios 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @kaosgremlin @shaunking

        Right! While the charge would only travel through the guy, what if he fell on the baby? I don't see in effort to protect the child.

        9 replies 26 retweets 320 likes
      4. Julian Harris‏ @ridahz003 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @Sentios @kaosgremlin @shaunking

        Looks like he she took baby out his hand just before he used taser. Then they are saying it was touch stun

        6 replies 1 retweet 29 likes
      5. J.C.‏ @Sentios 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @ridahz003 @kaosgremlin

        pic.twitter.com/qCgLisuZh4

        11 replies 72 retweets 170 likes
      6. J.C.‏ @Sentios 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @Sentios @ridahz003 and

        The original tweet cut off a few words.pic.twitter.com/XdnNQ0mOjE

        14 replies 31 retweets 92 likes
      7. AmorGaia‏ @AmorGaia 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @Sentios @ridahz003 and

        Noticing no justification offered for the decision to use a taser in the first place. Law enforcement has no business seeking to "discipline" anyone but themselves. Ever.

        9 replies 27 retweets 285 likes
      8.  💋ShemaleAllison 💋‏ @ShemaleAllison 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @AmorGaia @Sentios and

        Or the cop screaming "so what"

        3 replies 5 retweets 215 likes
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      2. TexasMom‏ @akkcrystal36 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @shaunking

        Here is the link to the police department in Westland City. Please call and make sure they know we saw this. https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&ei=O816W9jGCIvSjwTa96Zo&q=westland+city+illinoise+police&oq=westland+city+illinoise+police&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.3..33i22i10i29i30l5.8503.10519..11016...0.0..0.100.608.6j1......0....1.........0i71j30i10j33i22i29i30.lT4ZqnHtDks#lkt=LocalPoiReviews&trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:nav,rc_ludocids:11065913608541927135,rc_q:Westland%2520Police%2520Department,ru_q:Westland%2520Police%2520Department …

        8 replies 171 retweets 370 likes
      3. TexasMom‏ @akkcrystal36 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @akkcrystal36 @shaunking

        Press 7 and it will send you to a recording and you can leave a message. I also gave them a review. They arrested the man for being drunk without any field sobriety test and never tried to de-escalate the situation. COP-Citizen On Patrol to Serve and Protect.

        6 replies 79 retweets 269 likes
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      5. TexasMom‏ @akkcrystal36 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @dpennmd @shaunking

        Have you ever read this? I’ve heard both way but this was new to me.https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cop-talk/ …

        6 replies 9 retweets 34 likes
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      7. GenocideComics®‏ @ComicsConform 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @dpennmd @akkcrystal36 @shaunking

        copper the color the badge, firemen had silver

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      8. Ronnie Zwierz  🇨🇦‏ @PunnedIt55 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @ComicsConform @akkcrystal36 @shaunking

        Originally the British slang term Copper was from "one who captures". Cop, meaning "to capture" (Shorter Oxford Dictionary 1704) derives from Latin capere.

        5 replies 3 retweets 40 likes
      9. Shaheed Malik‏ @mrshaheedmalik 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @PunnedIt55 @ComicsConform and

        This ^

        0 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
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      2. Super Pedant‏ @MegRJohn 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @shaunking

        Hang on...when the police surrounded him, I'd have stepped in and grabbed that baby from him. For the baby's sake. He/ she could have been seriously harmed. Why is he even holding the baby - he should have handed him/her off. Possible he was using the baby as a shield?

        54 replies 1 retweet 27 likes
      3. Republicans are fucking traitors 🌊 ♥️ 🇺🇸‏ @Naziscansukit 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @MegRJohn @shaunking

        Are you stupid? So any Black man who's holding his infant child should automatically relinquish said child when police approach because the likelihood of him being tased or shot is high? He didn't do anything to justify the tasing. FOCUS you idiot. FOCUS.

        22 replies 28 retweets 521 likes
      4. Jahnelliebellie‏ @jahnelliebellie 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @Naziscansukit @MegRJohn @shaunking

        Exactly, the best part is SHE knows that the likelihood of a person of color being harmed is extremely high and still that’s not here issue. In translation it goes a little something like this “put the baby down, u know their gonna get physical”

        4 replies 6 retweets 142 likes
      5. Super Pedant‏ @MegRJohn 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @jahnelliebellie @Naziscansukit @shaunking

        That's exactly what I'm saying and it's because I'm concerned about the baby. Watching the video is terrifying, and I'm scared for the man AND the baby, but I am not at all afraid to say I am more scared for the baby. He/She is the 100% innocent party, of that we can all be sure.

        10 replies 3 retweets 20 likes
      6. Jahnelliebellie‏ @jahnelliebellie 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @MegRJohn @Naziscansukit @shaunking

        Duh, that goes without saying but now ur spinning the original statement. If your husband was on the front lawn holding your baby you would have something different to say and the outcome would not have brought me to tears! Real quick: they tased a man holding a baby!

        5 replies 1 retweet 92 likes
      7. Super Pedant‏ @MegRJohn 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @jahnelliebellie @Naziscansukit @shaunking

        My husband wouldn't be standing on the lawn with my child in his arms w/5 police around him late at night. My child would be in my arms in the furthest room from the front of the house while he handled it. Before you say it, YES. Sadly I know the reason I can safely say that.

        5 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      8. Jahnelliebellie‏ @jahnelliebellie 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @MegRJohn @Naziscansukit @shaunking

        More disturbingly, u would leave your husband out front with 5 police officers unattended? Only to be found in the furthest room away from the front of the house? Your bad for the team.

        4 replies 1 retweet 28 likes
      9. Super Pedant‏ @MegRJohn 20 Aug 2018
        Replying to @jahnelliebellie @Naziscansukit @shaunking

        Good lord. If 5 police officers came to my house in the middle of the night, and I had an infant? Yes. Because I'd know it was a mistake, and my husband would handle it. And the police officers would be polite and they'd have civil conversation. And he'd come back to bed. See?

        7 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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