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Old 08-28-2020, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
Tony Timpa was the white George Floyd - he’s dead. They died the same way, but there were a few differences; Timpa wasn’t being arrested for committing a crime and the police in the Timpa case weren’t charged...
From what I have read about Tony Timpa, he was "strung out" because he had stopped taking his medication which treated a mental health condition. He was scared and called the police for help. That is a very sad story.
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