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Bonobo

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Thu Sep 25, 2014, 08:39 PM Sep 2014

Violence against men news feed [View all]

It is time that violence against men be highlighted as just that. I want to start a place for news stories that show the violence directed against men so that it is no longer invisible or disguised. The fact is that men growing up face violence a hell of a lot. It is a man's issue because, as a boy or man, we need to learn how to deal with the constant threat of physical intimidation or violence.

Please post news here that brings this constant threat to people's conscious minds.

This is not a pissing contest with women. It is a FACT of men's lives.

http://www.newser.com/story/196398/sc-trooper-charged-for-shooting-unarmed-man.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=united&utm_campaign=rss_topnews

SC Trooper Charged for Shooting Unarmed Man

NEWSER) – Officials say a former South Carolina state trooper is charged with a felony in the shooting of an unarmed man during a traffic stop earlier this month. The SC Law Enforcement Division says in a news release that 31-year-old Sean Groubert was charged yesterday with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Authorities say Groubert stopped a driver in Columbia for a seat belt violation on Sept. 4. The man got out of his car, and investigators say the trooper shot him as he reached back into his vehicle. Groubert was fired last week.

Prosecutors released video of the traffic stop that shows the trooper asking the driver for his license, then firing several shots as the man reaches back into his vehicle. The man then screams, "What did I do?" and tells the trooper he was just trying to get his license. Groubert says he shot the man because he was reaching back into his car.

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