Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 09-16-2016, 08:54 AM
 
Location: LEAVING CD
22,974 posts, read 27,023,656 times
Reputation: 15645

Advertisements

Quote:
Originally Posted by pknopp View Post
The vast majority are addressing people making statements not in evidence even after it already has been pointed out to them.

That is a part of the problem and why the good cops have it so hard now.
You also have to toss in the good cops that are thrown under the bus for political expediency. That happens as well.
As for your statement about bad cops being covered for, I've seen it on several occasions so I can't argue, it most certainly DOES happen.
I know of one many years ago where a Vietnamese cop "accidentally" shot a (white) guy in the head, while sitting on top of him.

Cop should have gone to jail for manslaughter but, well, you know the drill...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 09-16-2016, 08:59 AM
 
Location: LEAVING CD
22,974 posts, read 27,023,656 times
Reputation: 15645
Quote:
Originally Posted by Toyman at Jewel Lake View Post
Oh please. The gun, toy or other, isn't the issue. I don't understand why we allow "parents" to manufacture offspring that are identical in every way to thugs and murderers. We should be prosecuting these so-called parents when their minor-aged children commit violent criminal acts.
Personally, I've always thought that toy guns should not be the same color as a real gun. International or Hunter orange or bright yellow is what the whole gun should be for at least some chance of easy identification. If one alters the color of the gun to make it look more "real" then one get's the stupid prize which (sadly) could be 10 cents worth of led.

With that being said, a BB or Pellet gun is a REAL gun that can cause REAL damage and in some cases death.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-16-2016, 09:01 AM
 
Location: East Lansing, MI
28,353 posts, read 16,392,274 times
Reputation: 10467
Quote:
Originally Posted by golimar View Post
Do not pull a gun on a cop, even if you know it's fake and expect that the cop will figure it out in the 0.3 second decision window.


Fixed that for you.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-16-2016, 09:05 AM
 
29,507 posts, read 14,668,503 times
Reputation: 14459
Quote:
Originally Posted by pknopp View Post
There is no proof the kid broke any law.

Evading arrest on foot....pretty sure that is a law.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-16-2016, 09:11 AM
 
1,850 posts, read 1,139,609 times
Reputation: 2436
Please give me one reason beyond sales marketing as to why a BB gun should look like a Colt 1911?[/quote]

I had toy guns as a child. They look EXACTLY like real firearms. If they didn't we would not want to play with them.

And I'm talking about TOYS. BB guns are not toys. And why in the hell is a 13 year old walking around with a BB gun even if he isn't planning on robbing a store? Big payday for their deadbeat parents?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-16-2016, 09:27 AM
 
79,907 posts, read 44,231,797 times
Reputation: 17209
Quote:
Originally Posted by jimj View Post
You also have to toss in the good cops that are thrown under the bus for political expediency. That happens as well.
As for your statement about bad cops being covered for, I've seen it on several occasions so I can't argue, it most certainly DOES happen.
I know of one many years ago where a Vietnamese cop "accidentally" shot a (white) guy in the head, while sitting on top of him.

Cop should have gone to jail for manslaughter but, well, you know the drill...
It's a drill that certain communities have seen over and over.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-16-2016, 09:29 AM
 
79,907 posts, read 44,231,797 times
Reputation: 17209
Quote:
Originally Posted by scarabchuck View Post
Evading arrest on foot....pretty sure that is a law.
Arrested for what? There is no proof he did anything wrong. Why was the person with him simply allowed to leave? Something does not make sense there. Maybe the entire story?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-16-2016, 09:30 AM
 
79,907 posts, read 44,231,797 times
Reputation: 17209
Quote:
Originally Posted by mtnbkr5 View Post
Please give me one reason beyond sales marketing as to why a BB gun should look like a Colt 1911?

I had toy guns as a child. They look EXACTLY like real firearms. If they didn't we would not want to play with them.

And I'm talking about TOYS. BB guns are not toys. And why in the hell is a 13 year old walking around with a BB gun even if he isn't planning on robbing a store? Big payday for their deadbeat parents?
You have no clue what kind of parents he had. Obviously, a black kid in a big city so his parents obviously have to be deadbeats, right?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-16-2016, 09:31 AM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
39,230 posts, read 27,623,465 times
Reputation: 16073
Quote:
Originally Posted by pknopp View Post
Arrested for what? There is no proof he did anything wrong. Why was the person with him simply allowed to leave? Something does not make sense there. Maybe the entire story?
So it is okay for you to speculate, it is not okay for others to?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-16-2016, 09:38 AM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
52,697 posts, read 34,579,481 times
Reputation: 29290
Quote:
Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed View Post
Ahh there's that "race realism"; seems like Hillary was onto something here
i didn't see any mention of race there.

where do you see it?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 09:42 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top