William Boardman | Nine Vermont Cops Execute Non-Threatening Addict Holding BB Gun




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20 January 18
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A police officer. (photo: Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News)
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Boardman writes: "Green Mountain homeboy Nathan Giffin was 32, white, and holding a BB pistol at his side when multiple police shot him multiple times outside the Montpelier High School he had once attended. Reportedly, Giffin had admitted addictions to cocaine and heroin, and maybe he even had an intent to die from suicide by cop." 
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