# Partridge Family from hell at Cottonwood Arizona Walmart

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**Created:** [March 24, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partridge-family-from-hell-at-cottonwood-arizona-walmart/715907 "2015-03-24T23:55:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partridge-family-from-hell-at-cottonwood-arizona-walmart/715907/25 "2015-04-14T00:38:37Z")

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I posted tis in the omnibus thread:

> [@Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread/700942/1721):
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> I just watched the video of the Walmart brawl between the Gaver family and the police in Cottonwood.
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> I was stunned, stunned that this went on for nearly 10 minutes. The lesson here is that white folks get a shitload of leeway and get to punch and kick and wrestle eight cops for what seems like forever.
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> If this had been a black family, they would all have been dead within seconds.

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