re: Grand Jury Doesn't Indict Cops who kill man with down syndrome

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Of course...then all you have to do is say "oops, my bad, but he was fat and not compliant"...it's a get out of jail free card.

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This is almost universally true. Even when the cops are quite clearly out of control. How a jury watched the Kelly Thomas beating and voted to acquit is beyond me. But there's a large percentage of society which respects the office of the police more than the respect is deserved.