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19 September 2007

It's quite shocking

JanetLee on the tasered college student:

That is why he was taken out of the room.  Not because of what he was saying.

Just keep that clear in your mind.

And now, in the cold light of dawn, the facts are starting to surface like bodies tossed in the lake


Posted by on 19 September 2007 at 14:10 |

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