The Shooting Gallery: Police Violence MEGATHREAD

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grumbler

#2295
January 31, 2016, 12:36:04 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 29, 2016, 05:26:37 PM
He hurt my feelings. Hope it wasn't because I hate that steaming pile of poo,Babylon 5.  :lmfao:

Wait... this is from a guy who called The Big Bang Theory a "great show?"  Sorry, Timmay, but that statement disqualifies you from having credible opinions on TV shows.  :P
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

11B4V

#2296
January 31, 2016, 12:55:04 PM
Quote from: grumbler on January 31, 2016, 12:36:04 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 29, 2016, 05:26:37 PM
He hurt my feelings. Hope it wasn't because I hate that steaming pile of poo,Babylon 5.  :lmfao:

Wait... this is from a guy who called The Big Bang Theory a "great show?"  Sorry, Timmay, but that statement disqualifies you from having credible opinions on TV shows.  :P
It still rates in the mid 80's. So, you would have had more credibility in your statement to bring up Django Unchained, which I thought sucked. Therefore you should be disqualified from having a credible opinion about other folks opinions. But then, each to their own. :blurgh:
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

grumbler

#2297
January 31, 2016, 05:05:54 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 31, 2016, 12:55:04 PM
It still rates in the mid 80's. So, you would have had more credibility in your statement to bring up Django Unchained, which I thought sucked. Therefore you should be disqualified from having a credible opinion about other folks opinions. But then, each to their own. :blurgh:

Why would I care that a show rates in the mid-80s?  The IMDB ratings for B5 and BBT are very close, so that doesn't mean anything.  Why are you asserting that only people who bring up Django Unchained are qualified to have a credible opinion?  Especially if DU sucked, as you assert?  You make no sense, kemo sahbee.
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

Eddie Teach

#2298
January 31, 2016, 05:20:32 PM
Most people who rate shows are fans, hence a lot have inflated ratings.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

11B4V

#2299
January 31, 2016, 07:52:11 PM Last Edit: January 31, 2016, 08:08:40 PM by 11B4V
Quote from: grumbler on January 31, 2016, 05:05:54 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 31, 2016, 12:55:04 PM
It still rates in the mid 80's. So, you would have had more credibility in your statement to bring up Django Unchained, which I thought sucked. Therefore you should be disqualified from having a credible opinion about other folks opinions. But then, each to their own. :blurgh:

Why would I care that a show rates in the mid-80s?  The IMDB ratings for B5 and BBT are very close, so that doesn't mean anything.  Why are you asserting that only people who bring up Django Unchained are qualified to have a credible opinion?  Especially if DU sucked, as you assert?  You make no sense, kemo sahbee.

You like Babylon 5, it's rated in the 80's. My opinion it's not a great show.

I like BBT, it's rated in the 80's. Your opinion it's not a great show.

You stated
Quote

Wait... this is from a guy who called The Big Bang Theory a "great show?"  Sorry, Timmay, but that statement disqualifies you from having credible opinions on TV shows.


Ill play;
As you asserted above, my opinion has no credibility on TV shows because I think BBT is a great show.

Apparently your opinion, which does not jive with mine on B5, also has no credibility on TV shows.

So your original statement makes no sense.

:blurgh: :moon:



"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

katmai

#2300
January 31, 2016, 08:19:09 PM
Babylon 5 is great!!!






If you need a cure for insomnia.
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

Berkut

#2301
January 31, 2016, 08:23:41 PM
I liked B5 and BBT. What is wrong with me???
"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

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katmai

#2302
January 31, 2016, 08:35:27 PM
Quote from: Berkut on January 31, 2016, 08:23:41 PM
I liked B5 and BBT. What is wrong with me???
How much time you got?
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

Eddie Teach

#2303
January 31, 2016, 08:44:33 PM
Quote from: katmai on January 31, 2016, 08:19:09 PM
Babylon 5 is great!!!

If you need a cure for insomnia.

Yeah I never made it through season 1.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

11B4V

#2304
January 31, 2016, 08:53:27 PM
Quote from: Berkut on January 31, 2016, 08:23:41 PM
I liked B5 and BBT. What is wrong with me???

Nothing
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

grumbler

#2305
January 31, 2016, 09:02:16 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 31, 2016, 07:52:11 PM
You like Babylon 5, it's rated in the 80's. My opinion it's not a great show.

I like BBT, it's rated in the 80's. Your opinion it's not a great show.

You stated
Quote

Wait... this is from a guy who called The Big Bang Theory a "great show?"  Sorry, Timmay, but that statement disqualifies you from having credible opinions on TV shows.


Ill play;
As you asserted above, my opinion has no credibility on TV shows because I think BBT is a great show.

Apparently your opinion, which does not jive with mine on B5, also has no credibility on TV shows.

So your original statement makes no sense.

:blurgh: :moon:

I think you are taking a throwaway line way too seriously.  Let's return the thread to its regularly scheduled strawmen.
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

11B4V

#2306
January 31, 2016, 09:03:32 PM
Quote from: grumbler on January 31, 2016, 09:02:16 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 31, 2016, 07:52:11 PM
You like Babylon 5, it's rated in the 80's. My opinion it's not a great show.

I like BBT, it's rated in the 80's. Your opinion it's not a great show.

You stated
Quote

Wait... this is from a guy who called The Big Bang Theory a "great show?"  Sorry, Timmay, but that statement disqualifies you from having credible opinions on TV shows.


Ill play;
As you asserted above, my opinion has no credibility on TV shows because I think BBT is a great show.

Apparently your opinion, which does not jive with mine on B5, also has no credibility on TV shows.

So your original statement makes no sense.

:blurgh: :moon:

I think you are taking a throwaway line way too seriously.  Let's return the thread to its regularly scheduled strawmen.

Sounds good.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

DGuller

#2307
January 31, 2016, 10:20:19 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 31, 2016, 08:44:33 PM
Quote from: katmai on January 31, 2016, 08:19:09 PM
Babylon 5 is great!!!

If you need a cure for insomnia.

Yeah I never made it through season 1.
Season 1 is a set-up season  It builds up to something later.  Season 2 picks up its tempo, season 3 climaxes, season 4 prematurely comes to a resolution, and season 5 desperately tries to crank more out when it's obviously not up for it.

citizen k

#2308
February 01, 2016, 03:39:40 PM
Quote
http://news.yahoo.com/white-cop-sue-estate-black-teen-killed-063458935.html

Chicago (AFP) - A white police officer plans to sue the estate of a black teenager he shot dead because he was traumatized by the fact that he accidentally killed the teen's neighbor in the incident, his lawyer said.

"The damage is my client feels horrible that Bettie Jones is dead because of the actions he was forced to take," attorney Joe Brodsky told AFP.

"It's affected him greatly. It's a burden he's going to have to carry for the rest of his life."

The December 26 shooting came as the US city was reeling from a series of incidents in which police were accused of being too ready to pull the trigger.

The family of Quintonio LeGrier, 19, has repeatedly said there was no reason why police should have opened fire when responding to a domestic disturbance at their home. They have sued both the city and the officer who shot him: Robert Rialmo, 27.

A wrongful death suit filed by LeGrier's father, Antonio, argues that the teen "never had possession or control of a weapon" and was not a threat to Rialmo or anyone else at any point.

Rialmo was standing outside when he opened fire on LeGrier, who was inside the building, the lawsuit said. Antonio LeGrier is also suing for wrongful arrest after police made him leave his dying son in order to file a statement about the incident.

City officials have apologized for the death of Jones, a 55-year old mother of five, but have said LeGrier's shooting was justified.

The city has released few details about the incident except to say that LeGrier was brandishing a baseball bat when he was shot after his father called for help in the early hours.

LeGrier, an engineering student who was struggling with mental health problems, had called 911 for help several times earlier that evening but the dispatcher did not send an officer to the house until his father called.

Brodsky said that makes the incident a "double tragedy because if my client had advance knowledge he was dealing with a mentally ill person he may have handled this in a different way."

- 'Winning the lottery' -

The US Justice Department is investigating how Chicago police use force after the death of another black teenager, Laquan McDonald, who was shot 16 times as he was walking away from officers.

Brodsky insists this case is nothing like that of McDonald, an incident caught on camera which sparked mass protest and led embattled Mayor Rahm Emanuel to fire Chicago's police chief and reform the department.

"He didn't kill him like he murdered him -- he shot to save his own life," Brodsky said in a telephone interview.

"Somebody is swinging a baseball bat and they're two feet above you, you're a pumpkin."

Brodsky insists that the outrage which the incident provoked would be muted if people knew the facts of the case.

Rialmo, a former marine who has only been on the force for three years, backed away as LeGrier approached and repeatedly ordered him to drop the bat before opening fire, Brodsky said.

"The round that tragically killed Bettie Jones was a through-and-through," which passed through LeGrier's body before striking Jones, Brodsky said.

"It's not like he shot a spray of bullets. He couldn't see through LeGrier... he didn't know she was there."

Rialmo also showed restraint by only firing six rounds from a gun which has 16 bullets, Brodsky said.

Brodsky said it was also important to note that the lawsuit is in fact a countersuit.

"Something that bothers Officer Rialmo and myself about the way this is going is the family filed the lawsuit before the funeral," Brodsky said.

"It seems like people believe now that if you have a family member killed by a police officer it's the functional equivalent of winning the lottery... ever since the City of Chicago paid $5 million to the McDonald family that seems to be the attitude and it's just crazy."


Slimey lawyer.  :x


garbon

#2309
February 01, 2016, 04:29:58 PM
Quote from: DGuller on January 31, 2016, 10:20:19 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 31, 2016, 08:44:33 PM
Quote from: katmai on January 31, 2016, 08:19:09 PM
Babylon 5 is great!!!

If you need a cure for insomnia.

Yeah I never made it through season 1.
Season 1 is a set-up season  It builds up to something later.  Season 2 picks up its tempo, season 3 climaxes, season 4 prematurely comes to a resolution, and season 5 desperately tries to crank more out when it's obviously not up for it.

Do you prematurely come long after you've climaxed? :unsure:
"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."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.
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