num1mc Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 http://abcnews.go.com/US/cops-crew-member-killed-omaha-police-shooting/story?id=25155611 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 sometimes i get a little bit too excited too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 is "journalist" really the best sobriquet for them that profit by putting the contents of a million trailer-parks up for public ridicule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
num1mc Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 Whatever his title, did he deserve to be assassinated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 i don't know, was he related to richard nixon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 every story has a silver lining - in this one it appears to be the good news that THE PRETZEL BUN IS BACK! Â jesus, who wouldn't want their dying vision to be of that sacred pronoucement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 whatchagonna do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Beckerich Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Bad luck. You could make an argument that police shouldn't be firing their weapons unless they know it's safe for everyone except the intended target, but the reality is that when it's shoot-or-die, you shoot. Regardless. Â RIP. At least he died rich. Â This is my 187th post, yaherd. Â PP - what difference does it make that the guy was unarmed? Would they have been justified in accidentally shooting an armed "journalist?" Fucking stupid ass article title. Edited August 29, 2014 by Ben Beckerich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
num1mc Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Fucking stupid ass article title. Â I'll take that from an expert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Police certainly are obligated to shoot only their intended target. Anything less means they are putting their own lives over the lives of the citizens they are supposedly sworn to protect. In other words, this particular cop cared more about emptying his gun to stop a perceived threat to his own safety than he did the safety of an innocent man. I suppose I understand the instinct, but aren't cops supposed to have the wherewithal and training to resist this scorched-earth type of response? Â So, I'm not sure I agree with you this time, Ben--but I'm glad we're an armed citizenry nowadays, for sure. And by the looks of things lately we might eventually be needing more than muskets and single-action revolvers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Beckerich Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I suppose I understand the instinct, but aren't cops supposed to have the wherewithal and training to resist this scorched-earth type of response? Â A nice thought, but impossible. Cops have self-preservation instinct and it'll override any level of training you give them. But it just so happens that their training is usually to preserve your own life at all costs first, everyone else's second. Cops aren't secret service- they aren't taking a bullet for anyone, nor are they checking their fire in the face of death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 But it just so happens that their training is usually to preserve your own life at all costs first, everyone else's second. Cops aren't secret service- they aren't taking a bullet for anyone, nor are they checking their fire in the face of death. Â If this is true--and apparently it is--then the already growing animosity toward police will just continue to harden. Not just in places like Furguson--and not just from the so-called underclass--but from ordinary law-and-order folks who are really getting tired of this shit. That picture I posted says it all; these soldier-wannabees need to have their toys taken away and submit to a new training mindset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Â So, I'm not sure I agree with you this time, Ben--but I'm glad we're an armed citizenry nowadays, for sure. And by the looks of things lately we might eventually be needing more than muskets and single-action revolvers. Â Since you're advocating violence against the police, I suggest you take your own advice, lead by example, and see how that works out for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Â So, I'm not sure I agree with you this time, Ben--but I'm glad we're an armed citizenry nowadays, for sure. And by the looks of things lately we might eventually be needing more than muskets and single-action revolvers. Â Since you're advocating violence against the police, I suggest you take your own advice, lead by example, and see how that works out for ya. Â Fuck off, spoiled little boy. I did no such thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Can't wait to watch Fairweather's final battle unfold in the movie theater. Â [img:center]http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ1MTAyMDg0OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzA1ODAzMQ@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Beckerich Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 pic didn't show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Police State: . . . "the suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, says law enforcement met a broad public outcry over the Aug. 9 killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown with "militaristic displays of force and weaponry," (and) engaged U.S. citizens "as if they were war combatants." Â Now, I understand that Pete and his LMA Seattle-area transplants would love to see this level of police protection for the Icicle Creek area--you know, to keep those "damned outsiders from telling us how to manage our local crags" n' all. But, unfortunately for Pete & Co., there are still constitutional limits in place that govern what can and cannot be done to good citizens who reside in this country of ours. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Oh no you found us out. And we would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids (or in this case, weird old man)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Â Hmm, not sure about old, but whatever floats it for ya. Weird? maybe. In any event, kind of disappointing to see privileged kids like you OK with this kind of police nonsense. Sad really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denalidave Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Get used to the police treating us like the enemy. I don't see the genie getting put back into the bottle any time soon. Sooner than later, we'll be under big bro's thumb where they want us... Good luck making the revolutionary stand against the most well armed/trained police/military the world has ever seen. Sure, you might hold them off for a few weeks/months (Davie Koresh style), but, you won't hold them off forever if they are out to get you and yours. Or, if you stand in their way like what is happening in MO. IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Â Hmm, not sure about old, but whatever floats it for ya. Weird? maybe. In any event, kind of disappointing to see privileged kids like you OK with this kind of police nonsense. Sad really. Â You should probably up your dose of Centrum Silver, I think your starting to get a touch of dementia, old man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 [img:center]http://i43.tinypic.com/w8s5di.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOR Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Cal state Northridge ran a simu with re gun play. You should participate. I would link it but I believe that you need the time. Â VOR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOR Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 csun.edu/~dma/FPST/study.php  A bit tedious, but enlightening.  VOR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Beckerich Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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