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Ex- footballer dies

 
Priapus 2016-08-15 14:30:28 

after being tasered by police. Damian Atkinson who played for Aston Villa

 
NineMiles 2016-08-15 14:54:12 

In reply to Priapus

Dalian Atkinson... well known for this goal that won goal of the season in 1992.

Some eye witnesses say it was police brutality...he was punched and kicked after being tasered, then they waited 15 minutes before calling the ambulance.

The Guardian report

 
granite 2016-08-15 15:44:21 

In reply to Priapus
Oh fcuk,and I have supported Villa long time too,I think it was Atkinson who bought him to Villa,sad,very sad to lose your life at the hands of the police.I would like to say a nice word about the police,but how can I.

sad

 
imusic 2016-08-15 16:16:28 

I remember Dalian Atkinson. Very sad way to go

CBC in Canada did a feature on the weekend on the large numbers of black youths in Brazil being killed by police there.

The people in the Favelas have no voice and nothing is done against the police. They even showed one video of cops planting a gun in an already dead yute's hand and firing off a couple of rounds to suggest that the police were shot at.

VIDEO HERE

The families of the boys reached out to Black Lives Matter organizers who are coming to their aid with moral support.

Black males...particularly youth...are in danger from police not just in America.