More Police Brutality

[Oliver Dale]

I wonder if re-creating this thread is going to be one of those things I come to regret later.

At any rate, more people are claiming brutality:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/22/woman. ... index.html

[Jebus]

Meh, depending on how they "knocked and announced", it doesn't seem like they did anything particularly wrong. It's just a Sad Story because of the woman's age.

[Hegemon]

Funny thing is that I just sent this article to someone else.

I am not sure if the warrant was mistaken or not, but it seems to me that the cops did what was right. They knocked on the door, got no answer and then entered the premises. What the hell are they supposed to do when you have a warrant to search for drugs?

Once they went in, she started shooting. Well... what do you want them to do? Get shot a few times and say, "please stop shooting at us, it is very rude and not lady-like"? Naturally they shoot back. That is the only reasonable response when a cop is being shot at.

[anonshadow]

As long as, to the cops' knowledge, the warrant was valid--what the hell else could they have done?

"Excuse, ma'am, can you please stop shooting at us? Ho, we're just gonna mill around here 'til you kill us. And, if you run out of bullets before seeing reason, well, you can borrow our guns!"

[Hegemon]

I also sorta disagree with Jebus about her age making it worse. I think it actually makes it better. Realistically, how much longer could she have lived? She has lived a long life already, more so than most can expect to. I think it is more tragic when it is a 20 year old whose life has barely begun.

[AnthonyByakko]

I don't think anyone would even be talking about this if the "victim" wasn't a geriatric. I don't think of this as "brutality." While we don't know all the facts, especially concerning the validity of the warrant, the location it was to be served, and the "victim"'s actual criminal actions that brought about the warrant, on the surface the issue seems plain.

What was a 92 year old woman doing with a loaded gun, ready and able to shoot at people? Don't they just usually have a heart attack when they get "startled"? While her bravado is certainly interesting, it doesn't support the family's claim that she was a law abiding citizen who meant no one any harm.

This is actually one the situations a taser might have proven its use. But I can't knock the cops in this one for the use of deadly force. You have to protect yourself, at the very least. And seeing as she was a pretty good shot, to hit 3 cops before they even got a shot off, it seems justified.

[Jebus]

Hmmm...

[Jayelle]

What was a 92 year old woman doing with a loaded gun, ready and able to shoot at people? Don't they just usually have a heart attack when they get "startled"?

Uhm. No. Just because you're old doesn't mean your heart's in trouble.

[Jebus]

::shares binoculars with Jayelle::

See that over there? That's humour.

[puppets]

One question I would like to ask the complaining neice in the video is... Did you buy your aunt a license for using that gun as well? If not then she doesn't have much of a case to begin with. And that 92 year old was such a law abiding citizen that she hid narcotics in her house. Poor innocent granny. Shot to death for ACCIDENTLY shooting 3 officers. There are mistakes, and then there are accidents, and mistakes are accidents and accidents are mistakes.

[Jebus]

There are mistakes, and then there are accidents, and mistakes are accidents and accidents are mistakes.

Bravo.

[Paul]

OMG, holy s***... just saw this over in another thread, thought it wouuld be good here too.

Police fire 50 rounds, kill groom on day of wedding
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/25/nyc.sh ... index.html

All i can say is damn, you sure picked the wrong car to slam your drunkass into... THATS a truly messy situation.

[Jebus]

::cough::

I guess I need to be more emotive.

[AnthonyByakko]

::cough::

I guess I need to be more emotive.

Don't change anything. They're just not quick enough to catch up with you.

[Paul]

::cough::

I guess I need to be more emotive.

*jabs jebus with a finger*
Come on, did i miss something? I hate when i dont get the joke...

[anonshadow]

Dwelling on not getting the joke makes it worse.

[AnthonyByakko]

Yet more police brutality

The police fire a total of 50 shots - and only 20 actually hit the car, let alone the suspect. My question is not just what the hell these cops were thinking, but who trained these guys to shoot? A chimp?

[hive_king]

20 outta 50 hit? I feel alot safer now, in case I'm actually being shot at.

[Paul]

Dwelling on not getting the joke makes it worse.

thanks, i feel so much better now...

[AnthonyByakko]

20 outta 50 hit? I feel alot safer now, in case I'm actually being shot at.

yep. you're safer if you're the person they're trying to shoot than if you're an innocent bystander.

[Jebus]

::cough::

I guess I need to be more emotive.

Don't change anything. They're just not quick enough to catch up with you.

You say the sweetest things.

[AnthonyByakko]

I only have eyes for you.

Man that saying is wierd.

[liquifiedrainbows]

I wonder if re-creating this thread is going to be one of those things I come to regret later.

At any rate, more people are claiming brutality:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/22/woman. ... index.html

That is why there should be no police. There is nothing that makes these people any more trust worthy then any other human being.

[Jebus]

Hmmm...

That's...

Before I go on, I'd like to ask, liquifiedrainbows, are you retarded? Feel free to answer honestly.

[liquifiedrainbows]

I am a fire starter. I believe none of what I say. I just say it to start trouble.

I got you to respond to me didn't I?

I would say I am doing what I came here to do. Make people who think they are smarter than me respond to my purposely stupid remarks.

Hope you are having fun.

[Jebus]

Well, I can certainly understand the motivation.

As a fellow "fire starter" I would add that it helps if your s***-stirring comments also have some veiled point you're trying to make, it adds some value beyond being a tool.

[liquifiedrainbows]

Personally I prefer just being a tool.

If there was some kind of genius in my remarks people might actually read them and not get annoyed that I am here to begin with.

[Jebus]

I guess you do care what people think about you then, as long as it's negative.

[liquifiedrainbows]

Not exactly it because you are forgetting I am just reading what you are writing. You do not matter to me and neither does anyone I haven't talked to before.

Other people matter to me. You paticularly don't.

I care what those people think, but since I only know of your exsistance because your fighting with me on a forum I don't see why I should care about what you think.

[Jebus]

I'm confused, why try to annoy people if you don't care what they think? If you're truely so apathetic about all these people you've never talked to, what the fook are you doing here?

[AnthonyByakko]

Personally I prefer just being a tool.

[Locke_]

Everyone screws up. Goes overboard. Loses it. Etc. Everyone.

[AnthonyByakko]

Is that the Locke_ I think it is?

[Locke_]

Word up it's me. Came back randomly yesterday to find a whole new site and decided to reregister with the name i had gotten rid of.

[Paul]

more taser action!

Police Use Taser on Python to Free Man
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/30/D8LNPSFO1.html

Crazy, the snake tried to eat his hand? snake is unhurt.

Sixth Grader Tasered At Middle School
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/10424467/detail.html[/url]

From the sound of it, the boy had it coming.