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#32 | Posted by eberly
Sorta like Charles Kinsley? Just saying.
To refresh your memory - Wiki
In other words you can still do everything right and end up shot. There are other cases but this one is well known and just popped to mind.
Oh and there is this one... Shooting of Justine Damond I mean that isn't as absurd as Charles Kinsey but close...
#10 | Posted by et_al
I hear you - but it's TEXAS...