A US shop owner was shot dead after a dispute over a Pride flag displayed outside her business, police say.

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Fucking illogical bigotry combined with irresponsible gun culture and this is what your get.

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You get the actual American Dream!

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Do what I want or I will shoot you. Although I may just shoot you anyway.

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Conservatism is a plague of violence, oppression and death. It always has been.

History has shown that conservatism cannot be defeated by pacifism. Conservatives see pacifism as an invitation to attack. Always be prepared to respond to a conservative assault.

Teach your children why we don’t do business with or keep relationships with conservatives. Together we can marginalize hate by marginalizing haters.

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Yeah, we’ve reached that point where peaceful solutions are no longer viable, and that should terrify everyone.

You ever heard of the 10 stages of genocide?

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The suspect was also killed by police shortly after…

Can’t say I feel bad for him, but I’m guessing his death is cold comfort to the family & friends of the victim.

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I feel bad, bastards should have gone to jail forever.

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All he would have done is kept the cold civil war going. It’s best he’s gone.

I don’t like wishing death on anybody but in this case it’s just a fact, not a wish

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Killed by a cop saves taxpayers a lot of money.

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Cops save a lot of taxpayers money then.

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What a conservative thing to say.

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A suspect - who fled the scene on foot - was killed by police when found nearby, allegedly still armed.

Police did their job.

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Lol, this is even more American — getting shot and killed by police

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It’s literally not their job, but this time I don’t care. Something something broken clock something.

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If you shoot every single suspect you encounter, it’s only a matter of time until you shoot someone who deserves it.

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The crime was heinous, but the police are supposed to apprehend the suspect. With qualified immunity and unchecked police violence it’s getting a bit Judge Dredd in some places.

Hopefully there is some evidence the armed person who was killed was infact the person who committed this crime.

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Thank you for being the solitary voice of reason in this thread. I cannot believe all the people saying “good they got him!” without a second thought about how summary gun justice by the fucking cops is not something we want.

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Police did their job.

For once

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The Trump supporter responsible was also killed. Great!

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Why is that great?

That’s two lives lost. That’s horrible. And for what? Some stupid ideology? What a waste.

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Unfortunately the options aren’t 2 or zero, they are 2 or 1.

If the killer lived they would have used their trial and incarceration as a platform to spew further hate.

I assume since that won’t be happening now, that’s what op is celebrating

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All very true but should we really celebrate death by cop without a trial? I’m as disgusted as anyone by this crime but I also really fucking hate and distrust cops. Did they for sure get the right guy?

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Well, of course he didn’t mean it’s great that the lady got shot. Folks in this thread seem to like the instant karma aspect of him getting gunned down by the cops. I can understand the visceral appeal of that - I mean fuck that guy - but my head knows that death by cop, on the scene of the crime, is not the justice system we want.

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Exactly. Thank you.

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