The Shooting Gallery: Police Violence MEGATHREAD

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sbr

#1650
April 13, 2015, 05:30:50 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 13, 2015, 05:00:10 PM
Do tasers really feel so similar to firearms that this mistake is plausible? :yeahright:

It may to a 73 year old insurance agent.

Habbaku

#1651
April 13, 2015, 07:34:56 PM
Quote from: sbr on April 13, 2015, 05:30:50 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 13, 2015, 05:00:10 PM
Do tasers really feel so similar to firearms that this mistake is plausible? :yeahright:

It may to a 73 year old insurance agent.

:contract:
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

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MadImmortalMan

#1652
April 13, 2015, 10:44:02 PM
Who makes a guy like that a deputy?
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Habbaku

#1653
April 13, 2015, 11:08:30 PM
Just as various states have "state defense forces" that allow people to play chocolate soldier every few weekends and wear a bullshit uniform, so do a large number of departments allow hangers-on and supporters to strut around as deputies for a bit.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

jimmy olsen

#1654
April 13, 2015, 11:16:42 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on April 13, 2015, 07:34:56 PM
Quote from: sbr on April 13, 2015, 05:30:50 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 13, 2015, 05:00:10 PM
Do tasers really feel so similar to firearms that this mistake is plausible? :yeahright:

It may to a 73 year old insurance agent.

:contract:
I didn't realize you were a 73 year old insurance agent. My condolences. -_-
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Habbaku

#1655
April 13, 2015, 11:17:27 PM
Zing.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

garbon

#1657
April 14, 2015, 10:56:09 AM
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

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Berkut

#1658
April 14, 2015, 11:06:49 AM
"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

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Valmy

#1659
April 14, 2015, 11:11:41 AM
Tulsa does not have alot of quality people to pick from.
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Valmy

#1661
April 14, 2015, 11:19:32 AM Last Edit: April 14, 2015, 11:22:11 AM by Valmy
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 14, 2015, 11:13:42 AM
Do the States not have the power to regulate such things?

Maybe.

I mean sure, the powers of each state is theoretically extensive. Each state has its own constitution that separates the powers between local and state agencies.  In frontier-ish states like Okieland they tend to reserve lots of power for local government.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

MadImmortalMan

#1662
April 14, 2015, 11:46:04 AM
I heard on the radio news this morning that the guy *bought* his position as a deputy. I don't know how that works, but if someone wants that bad enough to pay for it he should probably be refused.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Valmy

#1663
April 14, 2015, 11:49:11 AM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 14, 2015, 11:46:04 AM
I heard on the radio news this morning that the guy *bought* his position as a deputy. I don't know how that works, but if someone wants that bad enough to pay for it he should probably be refused.

I know local governments are hard up for cash but venal offices seems a bit extreme. But maybe that deputy position comes with ennoblement.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Grey Fox

#1664
April 14, 2015, 11:49:55 AM
73 year old is too old to hold any kind of position of power.
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