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Yeah there's long been regulations against engaging in conduct "detrimental to the good order of the service" or whatever the phrase is. Basically it means engaging in something that brings embarrassment, even if it was otherwise justified. Government and military personnel are generally held...

I know quite well how it works, I've worked around cops (active and retired) for pretty much my entire adult life. Regardless of his history, *at that moment* he was not a lethal threat. Potter knew it, which is why she yelled out she was going to taser him and then said "Oh my God, I just shot...

No, they wouldn’t, because they check for outstanding warrants. Given your line of argument the only thing I can conclude is that you seem to be trying to argue this shooting was justified. News flash: It wasn’t. And I say this as someone who is pretty much pro-law enforcement. This was a...

In other words, they didn't actually know that. The warrant (which is what they said in the recording, "Hey, you have a warrant") was NOT for the robbery charges. The bottom line is, Potter fucked up and she knew it instantly. Trying to justify it by saying he was a violent offender doesn't...

Yeah, the fact that the issues we’ve seen lately have been Minneapolis or Minneapolis area makes me think they have serious problems. Looking at the process, Brooklyn Center cops get only six weeks of academy training followed by in the field supervision (which is probably what they mean when...

Potter already resigned so she isn't going back. And unlike ones where it was intentional but considered justified, this clearly isn't. She panicked, somehow confused what she had drawn, and fired instantly. *Any* cop is going to be in deep shit because not only was this clearly unjustified but...

Except, no, we really aren’t, so I stand by my assertion that you seek help. I’m not saying this to insult or belittle you: I’m saying it because I myself have been there and it’s really not a healthy place to be.

If you honestly feel that way, then I strongly recommend you seek out a mental health provider, because that is a very unhealthy way of thinking. Especially if that’s your reaction to life on a daily basis. We are discussing a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. In the grand scheme of things, it’s...

Which just makes me laugh harder, honestly, because Stacey Abrams’ shtick is being a failed candidate for Georgia governor who’s a black woman. I mean, if they do award it to BLM, whatever. My point is that the Nobel Peace Prize is, as with pretty much everything else related to Europe and...

Yeah but the thing is it's a very loose organization, or it's an "ideology" rather than something with a defined membership. Picking one person as a "representative" would cause an uproar within other segments, and, while that would be hilarious, would also embarrass the hell out of the...

Why not both? In all seriousness, however, this is the same committee that once nominated Rigoberta Menchu for a Peace Prize after she wrote an autobiography about her life as being of Native American descent in Latin America, and it turned out to be largely falsified. Yes, that's right: They...

Hong Kong is the prototypical rags to riches story and one every free marketer points to as the idealized version of laissez faire capitalism. Yes, it has its labor issues, but those are, as I understand it, pretty uncommon for the most part. The government enforces basic regulations to prevent...

Sorry I’m late to the party...anyway, I was talking with a lawyer friend of mine and basically there’s a point in the footage where one of the other cops says they can’t find a pulse and the cop just stays there applying pressure for another two minutes rather than just getting up or calling EMT...

Well, to be fair that wouldn’t happen in ADX Florence since every cell there is solitary, but OTOH, ADX Florence also isn’t someplace you dump just anyone. It’s reserved for the worst of the worst, basically. Now, if they are found to be that bad, then sure. But we’re talking El Chapo or Ramzi...

Not just Minneapolis. Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore, Washington...it's a common pattern because Democrats positioned themselves as the only thing standing between minorities and a return to Jim Crow, and even when the policies enacted fail (if they even get passed)...

Well, Antifa being declared a terrorist organization (something that should have been done a while ago) means the JTTFs around the country are probably busy as hell but preparing to go lock up the biggest troublemakers, and getting local assistance for it. People are fed up between the...

Doubt they’d target it, not when you have a massive local and federal law enforcement presence nearby. Graffiti it, maybe, but I doubt burn it.