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Hacker Collective Anonymous Calls for ‘Mass Street Action’ to Avenge Death of 16-Year-Old Shot and Killed by NYPD

Mar. 12, 2013 9:15am Liz Klimas

Riots broke out Monday night and more could be coming Tuesday, if calls by the hactivist collective Anonymous are answered, over the death of a 16-year-old who was killed by NYPD officers Saturday in Brooklyn.

16 year old Kimani Gray Killed by NYPD and Anonymous Calls for Mass Action Tuesday

Kimani Gray, 16, was killed by undercover NYPD officers. (Photo: Family handout via WSJ)

Kimani Gray was shot and killed by undercover police officers in the East Flatbush neighborhood, according to the New York Times. Police claim Gray, who was with a group but distanced himself from them, pointed a .38-caliber Rohm revolver at the plain clothes officers causing them to open fire. NYPD chief spokesperson Paul Browne said, according to the Times, that Gray did not fire the weapon, which was recovered loaded at the scene.

A vigil for mourning community members was held Monday but turned violent around 8:30 p.m., according to DNAInfo. DNAInfo reported a NYPD source saying some in the crowd were throwing bottles at police and as the scene escalated, a Rite Aid drug store was looted.

DNAInfo reported one of the vigil organizers, Sandra Mitchelin, saying the teenagers in the crowd became violent when no elected officials attended the mourning event.

“The kids, they retaliate because they want their voice to be heard,” Mitchelin told DNAInfo. “They’re frustrated. Not even the police commissioner or the mayor. Nobody came out… And he was a baby!”

City Councilman Jumaane Williams at this point came onto the scene. Williams issued some of the following tweets regarding the vigil turned violent:

I’m in the middle of the riot action at Church and Snyder in my district. Right now, things are tense. Young people have expressed anger.

— Jumaane D. Williams (@JumaaneWilliams) March 12, 2013

Tonight was a peaceful vigil that devolved into a riot. The youth in this community have no outlets for their anger, no community center. — Jumaane D. Williams (@JumaaneWilliams) March 12, 2013

The crowd is getting smaller. I only wish I had gotten here a few moments sooner, before the riot began. — Jumaane D. Williams (@JumaaneWilliams) March 12, 2013

@xylonex @occupythemob “Riots are the language of the unheard” –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (I too prefer peaceful protest) — Jumaane D. Williams (@JumaaneWilliams) March 12, 2013

Although the riots Monday night were dispersed, the loosely tied hactivist collective Anonymous has called for “mass street action” Tuesday:

CALLS FOR MASS STREET ACTION: Tuesday night, for #NYPD killing of 16 year old #KimaniGray #BrooklynProtest #FTP #YAN twitter.com/57UN/status/31…

— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) March 12, 2013

Anonymous has also already taken some retaliatory action against the NYPD, claiming to leak a list of police phone numbers. Only, as @xylonex pointed out (via The Move Right) on Twitter, the phone numbers are publicly available precinct numbers not technically then constituting a leak.

Here is a screenshot of the “leak” posted on Pastebin by members of Anonymous. (Image: The Move Right)

@xylonex has also been engaging in a conversation with one of the Anonymous Twitter accounts over the protest they are calling for Tuesday. @xylonex is saying while she supports peaceful protests, she can’t get behind Anonymous on their call for “mass action” thinking it is inciting violence in the streets.

As for the shooting of Gray, there are some conflicting reports as to what really happened that night to cause police to fire 11 total shots. NYPD spokesperson Browne told the New York Times that the officers on duty identified themselves and asked Gray to show his hands, at which point he allegedly pointed the revolver.

Gray’s sister, 19-year-old Mahnefah Gray, on the other hand claims that her brother was fixing his belt and noted, according to the Times, that no one ever knew 16-year-old to own a gun.

Watch this WPIX report with witness accounts:

The Wall Street Journal reported law enforcement saying Gray had three arrests with adult charges for stolen property, which was not known by the officers involved in the fatal shooting. NBC New York, on the other hand, reported that Gray had four arrests, one for grand larceny.

Here’s NBC New York’s report:

To the Wall Street Journal, Browne said, ”[the] overarching question on whether a shooting is justified or not is whether an officer or some other person is in imminent danger.”

NBC New York reported that an investigation into the fatal shooting of the teen is underway. It also stated the officers involved were taken to the hospital for trauma and tinnitus.

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barber2
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:50am
Just surprised this didn’t happen in Chicago …maybe the radicals have a Chicago police gun issue planned for their next media circus. Am sure they will milk this one just like that other ” baby,” Trayvon ! Months of front pages in the old Lefty NYT, their political propaganda mouthpiece ! Hey, is Jesse home from Hugo’s funeral ?? Jesse better get to New York in a hurry . Time for another one of his media marches . Where’s Al ?! This after 60 years of Affirmative Action and the War on Poverty. The 60s radicals NEVER give up : destroy American capitalism with the Race Card. Disgusting .

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- AUsername
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:46am
  can you even form a consistent thought? all your doing is copying and pasting media host words together and attempting to make a sentence out of it. its like you have no brain.
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:58am
  Hehe!!! Try again, Ausername! Barber is spot on!
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:07am
  WOODY! I don’t think Abuser even came close to comprehending Barbers post!
  
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- barber2
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:25am
  WOODY and ZIP: Think AUSER was offended by my poop on cop cars comment !?
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:46am
  Hey! “If the foo shitz, wear it”!
  
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- 702TruthSeeker
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:52pm
  the police acted stupidly… if i had a son he would look like… why anyone would want to be a cop is beyond me at this point
  
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- 702TruthSeeker
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:55pm
  quick, we must raise the age limit of legal gun ownership to 18!! and we have to make sure that gun owners are all registered and pass backround checks!! and don’t forget the assault rifles and high capacity magazines!
  
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- barber2
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:52pm
  702: YES ! And we must make sure that guns do not fall into the hands of innocent ” babies.” Where’s Al Sharpton ? Where’s Jesse Jackson ? Let’s have another march ” For Hoods Wearing Hoodies !”
  
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RaydocX
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:50am
Anonymous represents the worst of a ‘pure democracy’ where majority vote directly hurts a minority… does so without consideration or awareness of all of the facts, and argues for actions that cannot be taken back once made, that do not actually impact whatever sleight is imagined, and which create new problems that have to be dealt with.

while their treatment of the Westboro cult has been humorous, one can never forget that it would be too easy to become such a victim if your actions/ beliefs/ statements run contrary to their own.

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Xanderson
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:50am
I bet this “baby” didn’t look so sweet and innocent to those staring at the business end of his .38! This Travonization of lethal criminals is so disgusting!! How the he!! can anyone blame LEO’s (plain clothes or otherwise) for self defense?

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- athanasius1812
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:28am
  16 years old, already had 3 or 4 felonies. Yeah, poor baby, he was definitely an innocent child not a repeat felon. The harsh truth is this saved some real human being from being hurt by this POS somewhere down the line.
  
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- NOV15
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:28am
  No one would have said a word if this was a white kid or a Jewish kid.
  
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- THX-1138
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:52pm
  @NOV15
  
  Of if he’d been shot by another black thug.
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:24pm
  “He” was 16yrs-old and had an illegal .38GUN . He also had a record…and it wasn’t a 33-1/3 either!! Oh, Yeah! Ann his ma and pa are DEMOCRATS!!
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:38pm
  Why doesn’t MSM show the REAL PIX OF THE 16YR-OLD??
  
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Cavallo
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:49am
Whatever happened to OWS? Are they still camping out?

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- barber2
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:24am
  Am sure the Democrats are holding them off in the wings. Just like the rest of their International Left buddies : the anarchists and Black Bloc armies. The Left has attracted all of the angry misfits of society , but the Democrats hide these core nasty dudes until they can create their desired ” American Autumn/ Spring/ Summer whatever . ” Am sure that is the plan which they threatened in the NYT way back in 2008 ! Our little anarchists – many posing as the Ron Paul Crowd….divide and conquer..then destroy and burn ! ( they are NOT Libertarians . They are the young, angry, poop on cop car anarchists )
  
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hicksvilleshick
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:47am
I tend to side with Anonymous, but on this issue I just can’t. If it comes out the kid with a .38 pointed it at police, well, it’s kinda common sense not to do that regardless them (depending on the situation) violating your rights. Had the kid been unarmed I would expect the officers to be charged, and outrage if the city didn’t file charges, but at this point it sounds like there are still 3 sides to the story. And even ‘if’ I couldn’t justify ‘taking to the streets’ as it were with the kid being armed. 16 is a bit young nowadays to be carrying a gun. (Again common sense) Couple that with society has turned the majority irresponsible for their own actions, and even worse holding people accountable appropriately.

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- Melika
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:05am
  That’s easy to say when you are living in a nice, comfortable, & safe environment. These neighborhoods are rife with criminal activity and children younger than this “inner city yout” carry, fire, and murder people with guns. This isn’t some innocent kid standing around or walking back from school. There was an issue where police were called. Anytime one of these hoodlums get killed by police, there is a call to riot because it’s “white people’s law” and even if the officers were black, they are considered traitors. You, and people like you, have no idea the kind of tribal mentality that is going on in the inner cities. I know, because you think there is a possibility that the cops were in the wrong and there is a grand conspiracy afoot. When you get closer to a black neighborhood than the Cosby Show and your two black friends, you can comment on city life. Otherwise, keep you white bread opinions to yourself because you only succeed in making the situation worse.
  
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- starman70
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:18am
  BUT NEW YORK IS A GUN FREE ZONE! New york has the strictest gun control laws in the nation yet gangsters, crooks, robbers and the like still obtain and use firearms. The old adage, “WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED, ONLY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE OUTLAWS WILL HAVE GUNS” is applicable in New York and everywhere else in the country. The naitonal media rarely tells of the law abiding shop owner who is gunned down in a robbery committed by some 16 year old gang member and hisfriends. They rarely tell of the homeowner or lone woman who saved their life and the life of their children by having a handgun.
  
  Yes, it is truly tragic that a 16 year old boy had to die, just because he was stupid. Anyone who points a gun at a law officer, whether it is loaded or not, can only expect the worst possible outcome. The officer doesn’t know the intent of the person holding the gun. The officer MUST act before the person can fire at him. That is called SELF DEFENSE!!! If the officer had waited and if that kid had pulled the trigger, then what? A dead officer or severely wounded, maybe crippled for life?
  
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- ozchambers
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:06pm
  Lying on a sidewalk bleeding out. Dont get more gangsta than that.
  
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- hicksvilleshick
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:35pm
  Melika, you assume far too much, you have no clue what I have or have not seen. And I thought all the gun laws there in that inner city would’ve made it safe, but apparently according to you, inner cities where gun laws are strongest suffer the most crime. Article says undercover cops, doesn’t say they were called… People like me unaware of the tribal mentality? You don’t know me to be able to make that statement. I scrutinize cops as much as perps. I’ve spent far more time in a innercity than you would imagine, and people do tend to act considerably less civilized there, I also know it’s a result of the inhabitants of that area and the policies of the people they elect in charge. So in the end their own doing. Meanwhile me and the other folks with this “white bread” opinion don’t have the same issues as most places outside of innercities are civil enough sans the criminals, which apparently according to you is what the majority of the innercity population consists of.
  
  I can comment on it all I want, if you hear it or not is up to you.
  
  Btw why is it I only get to have 2 black friends??? Can’t it be at least 6? That would be more accurate… lol
  
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VaderActs
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:46am
Little leopards grow up to be big leopards, and big leopards kill!

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VaderActs
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:44am
Lawless, lawless, lawless; just like the Dems they pattern after. Give us more because we b abused. Little leopards grow up to be big leap odds

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siguy62
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:42am
Glad I left NYC.

If he was running for his life, as the witnesses state, then at least some of the bullets would be in his back.
If, as the police state, he had the gun out and pointed at the police, then this is a case of ‘too stupid to live’ accidental suicide by cop.
I’ll wait and see what the evidence tells, because the real evidence will tell.

Mass street action? Really?

Annonymous doesn’t care for this kid. They want anarchy and could care less how many inner city blacks they sacrifice in order to get it.

MLK knew that riots harmed the cause. He routinely left any of his followers in jail if they resisted in ANY physical way to the police, while protesting. Just ask his Niece. He let her stay a few nights in jail for a lot less than what happened here.

Peaceful protest is ultimately the only thing that has lasting POSITIVE impact.

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bdandsl
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:41am
Any fool, even an ignorant thug, knows if you point a gun at police you will be shot.
The kid was stupid and paid with his life.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:40am
  Let’s wait and see what is determined. Did he have a gun or not? Obviously what you said is correct, but I no longer believe everything the NYC police say either. There are thugs on both sides of that badge these days.
  
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barber2
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:40am
The old Van Jones anti-cop organizations , the George Zimmerman and OWS media circuses were just the pre-views. The police ” acting stupidly ?” This is all what I expect during Obama II when the radicals ratchet up their revolution with their anarchist core and their anti-capitalist rhetoric. More of that ” change” Obama and his Chicago radical political core promised us. They want a ” crisis” to allow them to declare Martial Law. Duh. Like we don’t see this coming ?! Disgusting .

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- cosette
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:48am
  “He was a baby” ?? Dictionary.com definition of “baby”……. An infant or a very young child. I know of no one who fits that definition capable of participating in a riot much less being able to pick up a 357. If ObaMao had a “baby” he would look like this criminal.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:14am
  COS: Remember how the Democrats’ media buddies showed those old photos of young Trayvon ? For weeks . Just like the Democrats claimed that Benghazi was caused by that video . For weeks. Anyone you can’t see though what the radical Democrats are doing with all of this and their media allies is an idiot. Another ” baby ?” My backside.
  
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- AUsername
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:53am
  right anyone with a gun and a badge can do no wrong? really? that is simple minded ignorance on your part.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:28am
  AUSER: And any black male teen wearing a hoodie , with a criminal past, is always the innocent ? Sounds like you are right up there in that ” simple minded ignorance ” category !
  
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- cosette
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:36am
  @ Ausername….. Shouldn’t you be out defecating on a police cruiser somewhere?
  
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- SamIamTwo
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:37pm
  AUsername
  
  Have you ever had a loaded weapon pointed at you? Let’s play pretend it is not. You my friend would not last a week in the inner city.
  
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- TH777
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:29pm
  @Username: If I had to deal with the low lives that cops deal with day in and day out I sure as hell wouldn’t wait till I saw the “suspect” wave a white flag. You wave a gun, bang….bye bye baby! It’s a cop’s life verses the suspects life. If your an innocent baby then you wouldn’t be in that position to begin with.
  
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tuppergun
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:39am
Please burn down that city!

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eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:39am
Yawn. Just another excuse to riot – what’s new?

Let it burn!

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moreteaplease
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:39am
“The kids, they retaliate because they want their voice to be heard,” Mitchelin told DNAInfo. “They’re frustrated. Not even the police commissioner or the mayor. Nobody came out… And he was a baby!”
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Babies don’t point a 38 at police. Looking at the photos, I’d say this kid already mapped out the road he wanted to go down.

I guess if Obama had a son….here we go again.

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SamIamTwo
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:38am
You point a gun at someone, you better use it or die. You anom children know the rules before pointing a gun at someone. Pffft I would have done the same to save my own skin.

Yeah, get out in the streets, protest…maybe we get some faces and names of anom…better yet round them up and process them.

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term limits for congress
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:37am
A riot for what? To loot a drug store? They riot because they don’t have a community center to express themselves in? Ridiculous.

But,… why is Anonymous interested in this?

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MDECKER
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:37am
Was a background check done on the twerp that made a stupid move? This a good example of the whole State of New York and it’s leadership.

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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:37am
Justice was served.

Don’t want shot? Don’t point a gun at people.

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4-The-Truth
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:36am
That can’t be, guns are illegal in New York. Only the police can have guns there, so that revolver has to be a police plant. Certainly no one in Flatbush would ever think of violating the law, especially now that they can drink a Big Gulp. I just can’t wait for Colorado to be come more like NY instead of LA.

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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:44am
  NY and LA are birds of a feather. either way Colorado is screwed.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:16am
  WAR: Colorado has been OCCUPIED by wealthy liberals…probably fleeing from the Hell Hole they created in California ! Pot smoking..gun restrictions..OWS…
  
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FiscalBill
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:32am
If they only had a Community Center! And perhaps a gifted community organizer to go with it. I’m thinking of one right now….

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- redfish52
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:40am
  I’m thinking another “Hood Rat” statistic down and thousands more to go….
  
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MisterSarcastic
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:31am
It seems to all boils down to whether he had a gun.

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OhSuzieQ
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:28am
Everybody is wrong, except Holder’s people.

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AUsername
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:26am
i don’t know who is right or wrong but cops tend to lie allot so less likely to believe them than the normal people.

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- barber2
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:42am
  Is that why you guys poop on their cars ?
  
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tozzo
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:25am
A “Baby” with a .38. I’m sure Mama is still having more litters. It’s natures way.

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- 00100111
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:34am
  While I generally have a disdain for LEOs, in this case the kid aimed a gun at one. He got what he had coming to him. Point a gun at me, get shot.
  
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IndyGuy
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:24am
“The kids, they retaliate because they want their voice to be heard,”.

Want to be heard??? Then stop the gangbangin’ crap and work to be productive instead of destructive and see how that works for ya…

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fiveft15
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:23am
Any thing ,including death,to justify rioting and looting!

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