We can't make this stuff up.
"The tension between the residents and rogue police force of Jericho Arkansas came to a violent head last Friday when police shot the town's unarmed Fire Chief inside a courtroom as he complained about the constant and unrelenting harassment by the police to a judge. Don Payne was complaining to the judge after receiving speeding tickets and being harassed by local police. Apparently his complaint led to a heated argument with the town's seven police officers, all present in the court, and ended with Payne being shot in the back by one of the rogue officers after a brief scuffle. To reiterate: Payne was unarmed and heavily outnumbered at the time of the shooting." Read more>>
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Friday, September 4, 2009
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