Another Occupied City: Oakland (San Jose, Merced: good credit, club, floor)

[Boompa]

Originally Posted by rimmerama

At the end of the day - this is just your opinion, you have no evidence of what the driver's state of mind was. The only explanation? Maybe the explanation was *crap, I wanna get out of here, I'll just slowly inch through the intersection* Rather presumptuous of you to declare that there's only one possible thing he could be thinking.



Great - however, someone who claims to have been a cop that doesn't know there are regulations and limitations on constitutional rights? Sorry, but I find it hard to believe a cop doesn't know that (extremely hard to believe, y'know, since they enforce those laws and all), in addition to his ignorance of how Sheriff's Offices function. So yeah, given the generally questionable value of your posts (I, the great NullGeo will use my clairvoyance to tell you exactly what that Mercedes driver was thinking, for I know all!), I'll go with the statements Boompa has made in this thread, not your opinion.

Just because I was a Police Officer and a Supervisor doesn't mean I support local authority to limit Constitutional Rights. If I believe "The Congress Shall Make NO LAW" applies to the 2nd Amendment I have to believe the same is true with the 1st Amendment. Now that I am retired I am free to express those opinions I could not while on the payroll.

As for the driver of the Mercedes apparfently being one of the 1% entitles him to use his vehicle to bump people out of his way. Should they not move fast enough or bump his hood he then gets to drive over them. The police did nothing to him.

[nullgeo]

Originally Posted by rimmerama

If what you have is life experience, it's seriously over rated.

you wouldn't know ... that's the point, kid

[rimmerama]

Originally Posted by Boompa

Just because I was a Police Officer and a Supervisor doesn't mean I support local authority to limit Constitutional Rights. If I believe "The Congress Shall Make NO LAW" applies to the 2nd Amendment I have to believe the same is true with the 1st Amendment. Now that I am retired I am free to express those opinions I could not while on the payroll.

As for the driver of the Mercedes apparfently being one of the 1% entitles him to use his vehicle to bump people out of his way. Should they not move fast enough or bump his hood he then gets to drive over them. The police did nothing to him.

We're talking about what is, not what you want. Besides, prior to the 14th amendment, the bill of rights applied only to the federal government, so the bill of rights was not intended by the founders to limit local and state governments, but hey, what the heck... So you believe a cop killer who gets out of prison should be allowed to own .50 cal machine gun? Sweet, kind of nutty, but okay...

...You also believe that a person should be allowed to say, make criminal threats? Should be allowed to incite? Should be allowed to defame? You believe child pornography should be legal as well... You believe that someone should be able to walk into a public meeting and start yelling at people and being disruptive... That's all speech. Buddy, I suspect you're in the minority.

And once again, you say the Mercedes driver was in the 1% even though you have no evidence to suggest they are in the 1%.

[rimmerama]

Originally Posted by nullgeo

you wouldn't know ... that's the point, kid

I know someone has lost an argument when they pull the old "I'm old, I can't substantiate what I say, but... I'm old, so I win by default."

[Boompa]

Originally Posted by rimmerama

I'd ask your wife, but I'm pretty sure an inflatable doll wouldn't be able to scrub my back.

It's okay, it's clear you're completely full of it, so I can see why you'd deflect. So, where were you a cop, Boompa? And as a cop, you never discovered that there are laws against who can own guns (and what kind of guns), or that not all speech is protected by the 1st amendment? Or that it is subject to time, place, and manner restrictions? Or, despite being a cop, you never knew that Sheriffs provide law enforcement services to unincorporated and contract cities?

Not where I live, Arizona's Gun Laws establish a minimum number you are required to carry. Just how many areas are served by Alameda County Sheriff's compared to what portion of the ACSD is involved with the Jails and Prisons. The Sheriffs Department doesn't a lot of Tear Gas and Bean Bag Guns to Police rural Alameda County, they buy them for the Jails.

[rimmerama]

Originally Posted by Boompa

Not where I live, Arizona's Gun Laws establish a minimum number you are required to carry. Just how many areas are served by Alameda County Sheriff's compared to what portion of the ACSD is involved with the Jails and Prisons. The Sheriffs Department doesn't a lot of Tear Gas and Bean Bag Guns to Police rural Alameda County, they buy them for the Jails.

They serve over 120,000 people, I'm sure their correctional department is larger, since it serves 1,500,000 people. Once you factor in DoJ grants, most departments have a crapload of stuff.

[nullgeo]

Originally Posted by rimmerama

I know someone has lost an argument when they pull the old "I'm old, I can't substantiate what I say, but... I'm old, so I win by default."

Actually, kid, it isn't a question of me "winning" ... it's a matter of you losing by your own lack of character and poorly thought arguments. I don't even have to try ... you're doing all the dirty work.

As for old, you have no idea what old is ... what old knows ... what kind of health and condition some of us "old" people are in and what we can do ... how sharp our minds ... how resourceful. But we know what youth can do -- its foolishness and its limitations.

Keep pitching.

[rimmerama]

Originally Posted by nullgeo

Actually, kid, it isn't a question of me "winning" ... it's a matter of you losing by your own lack of character and poorly thought arguments. I don't even have to try ... you're doing all the dirty work.

As for old, you have no idea what old is ... what old knows ... what kind of health and condition some of us "old" people are in and what we can do ... how sharp our minds ... how resourceful. But we know what youth can do -- its foolishness and its limitations.

Keep pitching.

Sure, old knows how to start wars, cause housing bubbles, embezzle billions of dollars, commit genocide... But hey, it's the youth that's foolish.

Man, you old people are so full of yourselves. You screw everything up and then have the gall to tell us young folk to just believe what you said by virtue of it being said by an old fart.

[nullgeo]

Originally Posted by rimmerama

Sure, old knows how to start wars, cause housing bubbles, embezzle billions of dollars, commit genocide... But hey, it's the youth that's foolish.

Man, you old people are so full of yourselves. You screw everything up and then have the gaul to tell us young folk to just believe what you said by virtue of it being said by an old fart.

Hey, that got a good laugh outta me ... actually a great retort! Heh ...
But, the truth of your list is that all those crimes are about psycho-sociopathy -- not age ... although, psychopaths and sociopaths do become more and more efficient at their evils with experience over time. And the same is true inversely with how the wisdom gained through age is applied to good works, as well.

So, good, clean, snappy comeback there, kid ... despite being only correlative and not causative. Keep pitching -- and keep an eye on your boundaries of limitations.

[Ultrarunner]

Originally Posted by Boompa

So a homeless person bangs on your hood you get to gun your car into a crowd? Why isn't it being mentioned in the News? Because it doesn't fit the portrait they are painting?

The footage is all over the news on every Bay Area station.

I have no idea what the guy was doing there... As someone that has been in a mob scene... my first instinct is to get the H*LL out...

The video also showed that he did not flee the scene... the driver remained until the officers allowed him to leave.