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Ocelot II

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1. No, not at all. It looked like stupid, poorly-trained people who didn't like it

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 09:54 AM

Jan 8

that someone didn't immediately obey them. And we do know which one of them pulled the trigger (see the excellent NYT video analysis posted elsewhere), just not his name. Yet.

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Did the shooting look "rehearsed" to anyone else? [View all] orangecrush Jan 8 OP

No, not at all. It looked like stupid, poorly-trained people who didn't like it Ocelot II Jan 8 #1

Rapist mentality. SheltieLover Jan 8 #3

I was asked to take a roadside sobriety test once, cuz I forgot to turn my lights on coming out of the liquor store, CrispyQ Jan 8 #11

No gab13by13 Jan 8 #2

No obamanut2012 Jan 8 #4

Cops routinely give contradicting commands so they can escalate. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 8 #5

Yes in this case orangecrush Jan 8 #10

I still remember the killing of Daniel Shaver SunImp Jan 8 #15

I felt they purposely pushed her and he certainly didn't hesitate to kill questionseverything Jan 8 #6

No- agent untrained on use of gun under high pressure situations jmbar2 Jan 8 #7

There was no pressure to the " officers ", she politely waved them through questionseverything Jan 8 #12

Good points jmbar2 Jan 8 #13

I agree that he did exactly what ice wanted him to do questionseverything Jan 8 #14

It is their MO. kacekwl Jan 8 #8

It did not look like a cell phone video. milestogo Jan 8 #9

Good lord, sometimes terrible people do terrible things, everything bad in world isn't part of a giant conspiracy theory tritsofme Jan 8 #16

Uh huh orangecrush Jan 8 #19

The more I see of different videos from different angles the more I think the murder cop set it up questionseverything Jan 9 #20

Attention Walmart shoppers jimmy the one Jan 8 #17

Their god Kirk was an advocate of public executions. That is what this was. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 8 #18

No darkstar Jan 9 #21