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Another story to talk about: Walter Scott, Police brutality?

<div>Click click&comma; boom&comma; another black man is down&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Who shot him&quest;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>A white cop&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>We&&num;8217&semi;ve been hearing the same story in all major headlines since the first case regarding Trayvon Martin&comma; yet the problem with recapping the story remains&period; Different circumstances for each case still result in the same story being told&colon; Killer cops on the loose&period; Still if each story is warped into a homogenized cluster of generic accusations&comma; how can we learn to differentiate between an actual tragedy or an act of police duty&quest;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The news reports focusing on police encounters with unarmed suspects have actually divided society and have caused a major divide between societal definition of justice and equality&period; The liberal side tends to use all examples of interactions between police and citizens in which someone ends up dead as a way to spread controversy about race&period; Yet&comma; if liberals really want to see justice done &&num;8211&semi; each case should be examined uniquely&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>In the case of Walter Scott&comma; even those who previously disagree with Ferguson being a racial issue&comma; have stated the shooting of Walter Scott to be a blatantly obvious injustice&period; Cellular phone footage released showed Officer Slager shooting Scott 8 times in the back as Scott ran away after being pulled over for a tail light issue&period; Slager has been charged with first degree murder and was fired from his position as officer&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;

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