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DOOM-64 posted...

lets take a second and thing:

would increased police presence and increase funding have prevented these car jacking?

What car jackings?

Is that what you were referring to when you mentioned armed robberies?

Increased police presence coupled with prosecution of criminals whove been caught does, in fact, lower crime.

NYCs drop in crime from the 80s/90s largely corresponded with an increase in police. Deterrence is a real thing, and people are less likely to commit crimes in areas where theyre more likely to be caught (I.e. where there are more police).

or would the cops have done stuff such as sitting on their ass with a radar gun seeing who passed by 2 miles over the limits, pulling over a bunch of black people, harassing random minorities because they fit the description of someone else and stuff like that @patchwork ?

What an incredible straw man argument youve created here, to solidify your baseless hate of the police.

Do you want to have a real conversation about policing in your community, and what could be done to make it safer, or do you just want to parrot horseshit baseless takes that you cant back up with any semblance of data?

they would basically be all about putting these (wealthy) minorities in their place and solve little crimes

What a strange mindset.

WBC_Injury posted...

Yes. Armed robberies are happening because police are sending fathers to jail / killing them for no reason, so kids have no support and resort to extreme measures to support their families. When an armed robbery occurs, it's over by the time police get there. If the police get there and they are still there, it is now a hostage situation and the police aren't trained to deal with those situations. At best the police are useless. At worst the police create the problem.

Increasing police presence will only resort to the factors that increase the probability of violent crimes occurring in the future.

this is the most asinine shit Ive ever read.

No, we shouldnt.

I watched the body cam footage, and A-plus effort on the part of these officers. Fuckin studs, running right toward gunfire to eliminate the threat.

Excellent response to a horrendous tragedy that couldve been so much worse otherwise.

Humble_Novice posted...

It looks like the shooter was a high-function autistic individual as well: https://www.yahoo.com/news/nashville-school-shooting-suspect-identified-212121099.html

I fear those on the spectrum might end up being unfairly targeted by the far right because of this.

I think the autism part will get lost in the uproar over the shooter being Trans, by almost all media outlets.

Trucks are smooth to drive, can haul/tow whatever you need, and look cool.

Idk what more you want from me.

I like Boyd Holbrook and Olyphant.

Im all in.

I was on the fence about this, but now Ill check it out,

A_Good_Boy posted...

So he fled once officers arrived and then the cops conducted a traffic stop, like he was stopped for speeding and not because he was fleeing the scene where he was committing several felonies?

They stopped his vehicle leaving the scene, it sounds like. Its still going to be called a traffic stop, by most people, even though its a PC stop of a motor vehicle for felony offenses.

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Its absolutely realistic to compartmentalize and to separate personal beliefs from professional duty. The vast majority of police, firefighters, paramedics, etc, all do it on a daily basis without issue.

I also am of the personal opinion that dealing fentanyl should carry a mandatory minimum 20 year sentence, and I work primarily narcotics and gang cases, yet Ive had countless interactions with drug dealers wherein were just two people talking after the arrest is made.

Ive literally sat with people that I chased for four blocks and had hour long conversations while we waited for charges to be finalized, transports to be lined up, etc.

Its called being professional, and its truly not that difficult.

Public servants arent going to subscribe to all of your beliefs, and they shouldnt. All that matters is that they leave personal issues at the door on the way in.

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People who are actively committing violent crimes against other human beings and are killed in the process did, in fact, deserve it.

Theres nothing to downplay. If you try to kill the police or another person and are subsequently killed as a result of that confrontation, then it was your choices that led you there.

Not all police killings are justified, and those that arent should be prosecuted, but Im not going to pretend that someone killed while actively trying to kill the police didnt deserve it.

Aaron Swan killed a police chief, wounded another cop, and then tried to kill two Pittsburgh Detectives.

He was killed in the shootout, and he absolutely deserved it.

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The 1,000 people who die per year, mostly in the midst of committing violent crime? Those killings are self-explanatory.

SomeLikeItHoth posted...

Patchwork is dp45?

No.

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I can separate my personal opinion that pedophiles are all subhuman from my work. Im an adult.

Anyone who rapes a six year old child should never have been released back into society in the first place. The way sex crimes are treated in this country is an absolute travesty, and its heart-breaking for the children who have to somehow try to grow and live a normal life after suffering the most horrific violation of their innocence.

I will see a million of these.

This doesnt seem like a huge issue to me, in all honesty.

s0nicfan posted...

Replace attack with "intercepted and hit by" then.

Are you saying the Russian jet intentionally collided with a drone?

That seems extremely far fetched.

DipDipDiver posted...

Hey someone had to clean that up

Try to be more sensitive

Fair point. To them I say, my condolences.

s0nicfan posted...

If I'm reading it right, they collided, forcing the drone to make a controlled crash or emergency landing. So they probably both took damage, but the jet was able to keep flying whereas the drone needed to be brought down.

So they did collide, and they nearly crashed.

EDIT: but honestly the bigger part of the story is Russian jets openly attacking a US drone over international waters. That's a pretty stark escalation on their part, even IF the drone was doing recon or something to give intel to Ukraine.

I didnt see anything in the article about the Russian jet attacking the drone. Did I miss it?

Sounds like a victimless crime.

I was talking about this with a buddy of mine a few days ago.

Ive found myself almost unable to even want to play open-ended, sidequest-heavy games anymore because it just feels like a chore rather than a momentary reprieve.

I actually had a lot of fun with the multiplayer.

Very enjoyable show. Excited for the movie.

I agree with you. Loved the game, but the pointless fetch quests, etc., just.. kill the replay value.

Witcher 3 had a good mixture of meaningful side quests and pointless shit you could avoid. I thought that was a good model going forward. But then again, its been a while since Ive played through that so maybe its just nostalgia.

I own a truck, use it as a truck, and would never go back to a smaller car.

The ride is smoother, the interior is spacious, and I can haul whatever I need.

The anti-SUV/truck stuff is weird.

Full_Pokedex posted...

They've gone after priceless treasures for a few years now.

Yeah, I know. Its such a weird performance.

Was William Wallace a shill for Big Oil? That piece of shit

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An entire white family was killed in Mexico just last year.

The race of the victims has nothing to do with why the US government wont drone strike another sovereign nation.

I have this when I drink IPAs and hoppy craft beer.

It doesnt happen if I drink darker beers like porters or even just lagers.

JlM posted...

All of these extra features are really great! Paired with GameFaqs Gold, it's like a whole new website.

How long does it usually take to get your ? Block Rewards Card in the mail?

Welcome to the mystery club.

Card will be there in ? days.

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

If someone is robbing your house you get to a safe location and call the police. Never engage the intruder. It is not your job to play executioner.

If someone is breaking into your house, you have no clue what their intentions are and you should most definitely shoot them. They made their bed, and they can lie in it for eternity.

I actually liked Harbour in the role.

averagejoel posted...

you do realize that the people on this board are not going to be administering legal consequences right

In no way, shape, or form is that remotely close to the argument made.

Funkydog posted...

"No evidence to suggest a hate crime"

But yet she was targeted specifically. I wonder why children in her own school year might attack her. I just can't put my finger on it.

FortuneCookie posted...

Horrific. It's sad to see this downplayed as a random act of violence.

Medussa posted...

this is a fine ideal, but it requires the public actually trusting the investigators to do their jobs well. and, to be blunt, we aren't there right now (in a general sense. here's hoping these ones live up to the ideal)

Im not expecting GameFAQs user FortuneCookie to dispense justice.

I responded to the sentiment that people seem upset this wasnt immediately classified a hate crime.

I think thats pretty obvious.

Kim_Seong-a posted...

Imagine stealing from Girl Scouts and swiping their cash instead of all the Tagalogs you can carry.

Fucking amateur heist. Goddamn embarassment to the very idea of crime.

A+ post.

Waiting for the investigators to have actual evidence it was a hate-motivated crime is such a hard concept here.

You cant immediately add hate crime enhancements just because the crime was committed against a protected class; you have to prove that motivation, which is difficult because it relies on the motive.

Motive isnt integral to a conviction in most cases, and it is often hard to decipher without confessions because it has to do with the defendants thought process.

It isnt impossible, but it is going to take digging through the phones of the accused, through social media, through internet history, etc.

You cant come out and say it was a hate crime, as law enforcement, without your ducks in a row first.

I have a job where I have what amounts to (hours-wise) 2 weeks vacation, 10 floating holidays (essentially another 2 weeks vacation), 4 PDOs per year, and accumulated 10 sick days a year (capped at 150).

I work 12 hour rotating shifts, so every other week I only work 2 days.

Using my vacation creatively, I can be off work for a pretty sizeable chunk of time.

Its not always easy to know whats really happening when the state controls the media. Im sure that has a major impact in the support for the war.

I had to drop 6k for an emergency just back in August, and Im probably in this category now. Still trying to rebuild.

I dont know a lot of people who were confused about how alcohol is poison.

We drink it anyway.

Most tap water, at this point, is loaded with things that are terrible for you.

It is what it is. Somethings going to kill you. Might as well enjoy yourself.

The Gibbonchrist is born

shnangyboos posted...

They wouldn't be society's moral champions otherwise.

This made me chuckle.

To the topic, I agree with the posters in here bringing up that hes 16, getting made fun of at school, and hes just angsty. Thats how it comes off to me.

Hobbit isnt as entertaining and LOTR has more iconic characters.

Im okay with just issuing commands to party members.

Just make the combat fun.

Get fucked, China.

Done.