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Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
I'm not dangerous, but a pregnant woman in a car is apparently, I wonder what the difference could be... Are you suggesting that people don't exercise their right to free movement and association in case they got shot by the police? Isn't that the very definition of a police state? Reality Internet Personality |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30664 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Isn't that the very definition of a police state? Haven't they declared martial law in that area? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
I'm not dangerous, but a pregnant woman in a car is apparently, I wonder what the difference could be... Not really! If you knew that while driving home with your husband & children & it came over the radio that one of the ways home is rioting, would you continue to drive that route or take an alternative? It's not as if the riots in Ferguson just happened. Want to show respect? Do so after the area is calmed down & with no police presence - avoids all unexpected situations involving armed police. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30664 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
What is forgotten is that all public officials, including the Grand Jury, owe the tax payers a duty to not waste money. It is also the job of the DA to find out everything he can about the defense case before it gets presented to see if he can counter it. So if it is obvious that a conviction can not be obtained, no matter if there is probable cause, your duty is to not interdict. Just like the hundreds of times a day a DA decides not to press charges with weak evidence. A liberal on his high horse can not process this kind of thought, because a liberal always spends the taxpayers money. Something tells me the riots would have been far worse after an acquittal. What follows is 100% pure bile. If you find yourself agreeing with it, then your thought process are also bile infused. http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/11/ferguson-liberalismraceobamahillaryclinton.html |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30664 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
I'm not dangerous, but a pregnant woman in a car is apparently, I wonder what the difference could be... A liberal who calls for more laws which means more cops being shocked to find out the police tactics are ugly? |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
What is forgotten is that all public officials, including the Grand Jury, owe the tax payers a duty to not waste money. It is also the job of the DA to find out everything he can about the defense case before it gets presented to see if he can counter it. So if it is obvious that a conviction can not be obtained, no matter if there is probable cause, your duty is to not interdict. Just like the hundreds of times a day a DA decides not to press charges with weak evidence. A liberal on his high horse can not process this kind of thought, because a liberal always spends the taxpayers money. Something tells me the riots would have been far worse after an acquittal. Great article. Totally agree with it. I find your visceral reaction against it says more about you than the actual contents of the article. Reality Internet Personality |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
I'm not dangerous, but a pregnant woman in a car is apparently, I wonder what the difference could be... She claims they were trying to leave the area at the time but were blocked in by the police. Having been at protests before and seeing how the police behave I find this credible. Reality Internet Personality |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30664 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
What is forgotten is that all public officials, including the Grand Jury, owe the tax payers a duty to not waste money. It is also the job of the DA to find out everything he can about the defense case before it gets presented to see if he can counter it. So if it is obvious that a conviction can not be obtained, no matter if there is probable cause, your duty is to not interdict. Just like the hundreds of times a day a DA decides not to press charges with weak evidence. A liberal on his high horse can not process this kind of thought, because a liberal always spends the taxpayers money. Something tells me the riots would have been far worse after an acquittal. I suspected you would. I find your visceral reaction against it says more about you than the actual contents of the article. The reaction is about the inability of certain people to realize the differences between the laboratory of their thought process and the reality of implementation. |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
I have always been border line for a hearing aid and far too vain to get one. However, I think my hearing has got worse and you are probably right. Being supportive isn't about coming in and telling people off with threats. I know you meant well, but I don't need a knight in shining armour. It actually undermines my credibility rather than supports it. Byron was being supportive. He probably over did it and I worry if he can afford such generosity, but I know I am grateful and I am sure seti is grateful too. I am well aware that I am one of the few voices of reason in this thread and apparently the only one who has done any studies in gender and race inequality and its implications. I am also aware because of those studies how hard it is to shift these racist and sexist attitudes when those that have them aren't even aware that their views are being influenced by those attitudes. A clear example is the willingness of those people to give the benefit of the doubt to a white policeman who fired 10 or so shots into a black man, but not give it to a black pregnant woman who was blinded in the eye by a police man. Why does one deserve the benefit of the doubt rather than the other? Reality Internet Personality |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
She claims they were trying to leave the area at the time but were blocked in by the police. Well, never actually been on a protest, but did drive through one & avoided another. Driving through Brixton in April 81, the rioters showed some prudence in leaving our vehicles pass unhindered - Armed troops... ...as for the one I avoided, I was travelling back from the district hospital via the A1 in October 85 in a mini-bus carrying my mother & sisters home to Stamford Hill - dad had suffered a heart attack. Just passing WGC & it was announced on the radio that riots had broken out at broadwater farm & a PC had been killed. So rather than return that way to the Hill, I went via Wood Green/Bounds Green onto Green Lanes then used back roads to get them home. No problems experienced. However, on my return home, I got stopped by the police in St Anne's Road & their attitude left a lot to be desired, so cede that point. On a personal note, I still say an innocent person should use their common sense rather than use the get out of jail card "Civil Rights" Knowing what the police are like & driving around to show "respect" in a highly contentious area is like shaking a red flag at a bull. |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
A White Man, Black Man, and White Woman All Try To Steal a Bike – And Only One of Them Is Stopped
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janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
A White Man, Black Man, and White Woman All Try To Steal a Bike – And Only One of Them Is Stopped This is very true... We dont have so much racims to black peoples. But muslims from middle east and the balcan states! |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
Study: Both Public, Police View Black Kids As Older, Less Innocent Than Whites Reality Internet Personality |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
If it had gone wrong and I'd been shot or hurt, I think the justice system would have done its job. I think a full investigation would have happened and the police officers would have faced charges for shooting an unarmed white woman. So far we have had 3 of those prank calls in my area. No one has been hurt yet. But its only a matter of time. I dont like the fact that the police seem to be getting militarised. Some times its hard to tell if they are cops or soldiers going into battle. I do not believe in police being abusevive at all. We had a case in the city where they tazerd a handicapped man for not sitting down on the bus. He had hip problems that made it to hard for him to sit and then get back up. He was arrested and charged with resisting arrest. A week later the DA dropped all charges and now the city is being sued. I hope he wins. The thing is cops are human. Some,Are really great cops.Most are avgerage,Some lets face it are rotten apples. Nobody should be shot while being arressted. But the person being arrested has to show some common sense also. [/quote] Old James |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30664 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/30/us/cleveland-police-lawsuit/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Officers involved in a 2012 shooting in Cleveland are suing the city and police officials, alleging racial discrimination. So white (non-African American) cops are treated harsher if they are involved in a shooting of an African American than a African American officer. |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/30/us/cleveland-police-lawsuit/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 It will be interesting to see if that claim is actually backed up by the facts or just something Clyde would say when confronted about his racism. Reality Internet Personality |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
... I'm going to give you this one Clyde. This is actually true. There is a type of racism of low expectations. There you go. You actually wrote something I agree with. It must be Christmas. Reality Internet Personality |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30664 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
To continue racist implications separate for the legal issues as we seem to be arguing two different things and talking past each other. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76199 |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
To continue racist implications separate for the legal issues as we seem to be arguing two different things and talking past each other. They are not separate when the legal system has been set up in such a way that it disadvantages you if you are a certain race. Reality Internet Personality |
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