How To Be Killed By Cops

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It is so sad when you watch Cops who should have the job of keeping the country safe and protect people instead, they kill them. Most people who were killed by Cops were victims, because Cops are just too fast in judging people. According to an article called “Victim In El Cajon Police Killing Pointed Vape Pen At Officer, Police Say” An un armed black man was shot and killed. Police officers said that he was putting his hand in his pocket and took and object out and took an aim at them as he was going to shoot them. But those two police officers didn’t wait to identify the object and then take an action instead, they shot him and killed him. When they searched him after his death, they found that the object was a vape pen. He is the not the

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