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Nothing to see here -- just a town declaring a state of emergency before releasing body cam of police shooting!

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5 hours ago, hayden_horn said:

i could easily see someone feeling that their only way to make a living post their first felony conviction is on the other side of the law. mostly because, as a society, we don't let them back on this side of the law.

 

What a perfectly put and equally accurate description.

Bravo!

That is exactly what happens.  I've seen legions of dudes in the recovery deal making a go of honest living only to smash themselves on the rock of truth you just put down for all to have to look at.  Should it be hard?  Yeah.  Should it be a struggle?  Sure.  Should it be near impossible?  Well, how's that workin' for ya?

One of my duties is verifying back ground checks, and there's a little wiggle room as long is it wasnt a violent crime. Even felony assault fucks you for life.

Keep that in mind if you're ever feeling like a tough guy.

46 minutes ago, Cajun said:

What a perfectly put and equally accurate description.

Bravo!

That is exactly what happens.  I've seen legions of dudes in the recovery deal making a go of honest living only to smash themselves on the rock of truth you just put down for all to have to look at.  Should it be hard?  Yeah.  Should it be a struggle?  Sure.  Should it be near impossible?  Well, how's that workin' for ya?

When you realize that this is our system working according to its original DESIGN..... much of which was purposefully done in order to circumvent the 13th amendment well over a century ago ("Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States"), it's that much uglier.

We make it easy to convict people of relatively petty things that are nonetheless felonies.  We then condemn them to a life where their only viable path is....further criminal activity....creating a permanent criminal class, who could provide permanent "not a slave, but just like a slave" labor.  The "labor" part of our penal system has largely gone away, but the framework behind it, designed to perpetuate a large class of free laborers, remains.

It is counter-productive to a free and well-functioning society.  But, what's new?

Those cops don't acquit themselves well, dressed like goons and being assholes in general.  But if you drive your car menacingly towards them, you stand the risk of getting shot.  That goes for felons and non-felons alike.

13 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Those cops don't acquit themselves well, dressed like goons and being assholes in general.  But if you drive your car menacingly towards them, you stand the risk of getting shot.  That goes for felons and non-felons alike.

I am not sure that happened here.  The video quality sucks.

14 hours ago, Parliament said:

Those cops don't acquit themselves well, dressed like goons and being assholes in general.  But if you drive your car menacingly towards them, you stand the risk of getting shot.  That goes for felons and non-felons alike.

If you shoot and kill someone trying to get away because you put your hand out to purposefully be "hit" by the car so your pals could have the green light to go cyclic you stand the risk of being put on blast (no pun intended), being exposed, followed, deservedly demonized, fired, imprisoned, etc.  That goes for Sheriffs and non-Sheriffs alike.

23 hours ago, 52-80 said:

after 36 charges or so, 12 of which are felony, at some point you kinda need to stop blaming the system...

That’s kinda the evidence of systemic failure chief 

24 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

That’s kinda the evidence of systemic failure chief 

Or evidence of someone who does not want to obey the law.

18 hours ago, Parliament said:

Those cops don't acquit themselves well, dressed like goons and being assholes in general.  But if you drive your car menacingly towards them, you stand the risk of getting shot.  That goes for felons and non-felons alike.

 

If a police officer drives his vehicle towards a person, is it OK for that person to defend himself and shoot at the vehicle?

29 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

If a police officer drives his vehicle towards a person, is it OK for that person to defend himself and shoot at the vehicle?

As long as he claims afterward that he feared for his life.

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