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03-17-2024, 09:49 AM | #1 | |
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When TV Brings Misinformation...
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(...and why my TV has been stored in the attic for 20 years...). Penny is a former U.S. Marine who's in jail for doing what many of us wish we could have done to protect our citizenry. End of story... |
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03-17-2024, 10:42 AM | #2 |
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There is nothing "by the book" about Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes.
If you believe that those policing tactics are lawful, produce an official manual from any PD that says so. Note: I am not defending Floyd and his history of criminal behavior. |
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03-17-2024, 10:58 AM | #4 | |
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His lawyer could have performed better, but the system was stacked against him. The court did not want to hear the defense. So much of the defense's evidence was not introduced in trial. Plus, even if the jury thought he was innocent, they were being outed and would have had their own homes burned down if they came to a different conclusion. We've seen lots and lots of recent litigations that begged for changes in venue, this one demanded it. Have you seen the documentary?
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03-17-2024, 11:56 AM | #6 | |
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I seldom focus on NH as a whole... but realize that the power of what can be done locally is usually a factor of the Legislature and its decisions. But that isn't what is effecting the amount of labor that we have in the area. For Laconia, you'd be better off becoming a Public Works employee... go for a CDL, and then take a position in local private businesses that pay even more than you could make as a LEO. |
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And even if I agreed with your POV that he wasn't kneeling on his neck, the man could have been cuffed and immobilized moments after the officer was on top of him. Not 9 minutes. Chauvin screwed up big time and now he's paying the price. We don't need that kind of cop or policing in our society. |
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That proof is not some documentary that likely has a tremendous amount of bias. Who made it? Project Veritas? What happened outside of those 9 minutes does not matter. Floyd could have had his wrists and legs cuffed rendering him immobilized once Chauvin was on top of him and controlled. There were 3 other officers that could have applied that restraint while Chauvin had him pinned. Period. End of story. Chauvin absolutely screwed up and deserves what he got. I have a half dozen relatives in law enforcement and they all say the same. |
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03-17-2024, 03:14 PM | #11 |
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I've sympathy for people who are homeless due to bad breaks, e.g. loss of job, divorce: but I've zero sympathy for those who are homeless due to addiction to hard drugs, e.g. meth and / or fentanyl.
Can we all agree that there is no real benefit, either to them or to society, while they are getting wasted and homeless? If so...how to effectively address the problem? The so-called "War on Drugs" didn't do it, and decriminalizing it has been an epic failure here in Portland, Oregon. Ultimately the government will need to force these people into some form of involuntary treatment and rehab program, and I fear that our liberal interpretation of our "liberty interest" from the Constitution may prevent this. Perhaps the right test case to the USSC would bear fruit?
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They don't even need to be addicted to ''hard'' drugs. Someone that drinks obsessively... and that is a very low level of consumption... spends money toward something that puts their license and livelihood at risk. The number of people that I know that have lost their license astounds me. The number of people addicted to nicotine... again astounds me. And if you watch rental adds, no smokers and no pets are the number one restrictions. Even with pets, I have watched people try to choose the pet over their own well being. And how many homeowners with a large unexpected repair would be able to foot the bill and not start down the path to ruin? |
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Most (no all) of the people I know who actually saw the documentary think Chauvin got a raw deal, so I guess we’re even. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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2) A Medical Examiner said, "If you had brought Floyd's body for my examination without a backstory, I would have advised that Floyd died of advanced atherosclerosis and fentanyl overdose". (One might gasp at the method by which he took that last dose). 'Happy to Google that comment and any other comment one might bring to a forum. Ever notice that an increasing number of news-sources have "comments are disabled" after recent news stories? |
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