# Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread

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**Created:** [October 10, 2014, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread/700942 "2014-10-10T07:35:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![KAndre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@KAndre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KAndre)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread/700942/11924 "2017-12-08T17:18:31Z")

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[Arizona cop is cleared of murder after fatally shooting unarmed man who begged him not to pull trigger](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/cleared-murder-fatally-shooting-unarmed-man-article-1.3685074)

[The video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjr0Ts6yORE)

Watching the victim crawl, helpless, crying, while being screamed at - why are cops apparently the only ones allowed to go home alive at the end of the day?

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