A white cop shot by what appears to be a black robber, we have another death row inmate in the making who will attract Hollywood's finest and world leaders to defend him as an innocent man. Assuming the cops don't kill the person while trying to capture him, then they can just be a martyr.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080504/...s/officer_shot

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