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Founder @TheNorthStar & @RealJusticePAC & @FlipTheSenate & @TheActionPAC. Host of @TheBreakdown Podcast. Voice of Social Justice @TJMShow. Husband. Father of 5.

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    Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 12 Oct 2017
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    .@SeattlePD breaking their own laws by shooting multiple rounds at a moving vehicle. With assault rifles. In a narrow residential alley.pic.twitter.com/XKwNeTfZkj

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      1. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 12 Oct 2017
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        Here is the rule. Seattle Police Department Manual - 8.300 - USE OF FORCE TOOLS Officers Shall Not Fire at or From a Moving Vehiclepic.twitter.com/AKXUEgvbOY

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      2. Veterans for Bernie Sanders #vets4bernie‏ @vets4bernie 12 Oct 2017
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        Replying to @shaunking @SeattlePD

        Highly doubt these .@SeattlePD officers were paying attention to anything around that vehicle when they made decision to open fire...

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      3. Veterans for Bernie Sanders #vets4bernie‏ @vets4bernie 12 Oct 2017
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        Replying to @vets4bernie @shaunking @SeattlePD

        How many of those rounds went into surrounding buildings? I bet if an analysis was done in similar scenarios we would see a pattern...

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      4. Veterans for Bernie Sanders #vets4bernie‏ @vets4bernie 12 Oct 2017
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        Replying to @vets4bernie @shaunking @SeattlePD

        This is what happens when you militarize a police force, and they spend more time training with weapons than anything else...

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      5. Veterans for Bernie Sanders #vets4bernie‏ @vets4bernie 12 Oct 2017
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        Their muscle memory is built to do 1 thing... squeeze the trigger... not think about anything else...

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      6. Veterans for Bernie Sanders #vets4bernie‏ @vets4bernie 12 Oct 2017
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        Mil. Police training uses escalation of force ladder bc kinetic force isnt always the best choice...

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      7. Veterans for Bernie Sanders #vets4bernie‏ @vets4bernie 12 Oct 2017
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        Replying to @vets4bernie @shaunking @SeattlePD

        So you train to think b4 responding. These cops are taught that we are all a threat by blowhard tough guys...http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/dave-grossman-training-police-militarization/ …

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      8. Veterans for Bernie Sanders #vets4bernie‏ @vets4bernie 12 Oct 2017
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        Replying to @vets4bernie @shaunking @SeattlePD

        If you are able to open fire after a car "moved in a threatening manner" towards you apparently it wasn't much of a threat.

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      9. Veterans for Bernie Sanders #vets4bernie‏ @vets4bernie 12 Oct 2017
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        Replying to @vets4bernie @shaunking @SeattlePD

        Its why in these videos the cops make sure to scream over and over again bc in the after action lawyers can pick it apart and say...

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      2. BeatsByEduardo 🇵🇦 🇺🇸‏ @wado1 12 Oct 2017
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        Replying to @shaunking @SeattlePD

        Ehhhh, he tried to run the cop over initially. I can see how he feared for his life initially.

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      3. 2pac Chopra‏ @GUMPNxATLIEN 12 Oct 2017
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        they shot into the BACK of the vehicle bro...

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      4. BeatsByEduardo 🇵🇦 🇺🇸‏ @wado1 12 Oct 2017
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        That's why I specified "initially".

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      5. 2pac Chopra‏ @GUMPNxATLIEN 12 Oct 2017
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        i know you did. I wouldn't even give those devils that much benefit of the doubt though. They always "fear for their lives"

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      6. BeatsByEduardo 🇵🇦 🇺🇸‏ @wado1 12 Oct 2017
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        They do always through out that "reason" even when it isn't justified.

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      7. UrbanCowboy‏ @RalphyGCo 13 Oct 2017
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        Replying to @wado1 @shaunking @SeattlePD

        Why does it seem y'all arguing I feel like y'all are on the same side just wording things a bit different. Lol

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      2. FREEMAN PAUL‏ @FREEMANPAUL16 12 Oct 2017
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        Replying to @shaunking @SeattlePD

        Balch Springs,Tx Police killed a Teenager shooting into a moving vehicle responding only to a call at a party he Lied 📷 camera told TRUTH

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      3. FREEMAN PAUL‏ @FREEMANPAUL16 12 Oct 2017
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        He was charged with Murder and Fired

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      1. FREEMAN PAUL‏ @FREEMANPAUL16 12 Oct 2017
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        Replying to @shaunking @SeattlePD

        THEY DON'T NEED ANY ASSAULT RIFLES ON PATROL THATS WHAT SWAT IS FOR

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      1. R.K. Hayes‏ @RK_Hayes 12 Oct 2017
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        pic.twitter.com/woOPokOIaU

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      1. Laura‏ @LauraAWiggins 12 Oct 2017
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        As an active duty military member, who served 4 yrs as an augmentee cop, we were taught to only fire when fired upon. This is senseless

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