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EddieOnTheMesa

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17. Murder Plain to See

Reply to Wonder Why (Original post)

Sun Apr 13, 2025, 08:10 AM

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Many so called trained professionals with guns takes on a sick young man with a knife. So pathetic it reminds me of the cowardly Uvalde cops.

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