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Kerwin Harris died after a St. Louis cop held him in a chokehold. It was ruled an accident (www.newsfromthestates.com)

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The 39-year-old Black man died in 2012 after one St. Louis officer placed him in a chokehold while another shocked him multiple times with a Taser. The medical examiner ruled the death an accident, but experts who recently reviewed the records say it should have been classified as a homicide

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[–] voracitude 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Since everything must be taken in a vacuum, there's simply no way to know!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

What??? I can't hear you over my vacuum! I think the filter is clogged!

[–] voracitude 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Man, just... just unplug it, extract what you can of yourself from the filter, and get to the emergency room. Stitches in time, and you'll be fine.