so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.
my response: it shows a clash of expectations.
i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
We just happen to know part of the sequence in this case (the part videoed) and we know the outcome was that no one was seriously injured of killed.
Indeed Marvin.
However with respect to how the officer escalated the event we can surely conclude that the outcome was in spite of the officers actions, and not because of them.
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.
my response: it shows a clash of expectations.
i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
That is commonly known as Monday morning quarterbacking.
So is assuming that becauseof that rabid officers actions, there was a safe outcome where everyone went home alive.
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.
my response: it shows a clash of expectations.
i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
What I saw was a bunch of mouthy teenagers dispersing, albeit a little slower than might be required for some of the people here grasping at straws trying to justify the Napoleanic police's actions. The eleven other officers seemed to have had no problem with the pace of the dispersement.....only the cop running around acting like a maniac throwing people to the ground when he showed up completely out of control. It is just as likely that the situation would have resolved itself peacefully and without further incident without the heavy handed tactics of that rabid animal given time.
Now that the cowardly cop has turned in his two word (I resign) notice in the face of the negative backlash from his actions even from his law enforcement brethren, it's time to find another boogieman as a way of justifying heavy handed police behavior. Criminals and knucklehead are going to do what criminals and knuckleheads do. That seems a weak reason to try and justify or even tolerate police acting criminally under the guise of protecting the neighborhood.
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.
my response: it shows a clash of expectations.
i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
Now that the anti-hero police officer's character has been laid bare for all to see and the subsequent character assassination of the bikini clad girl has fizzled out, we're now directed to go to a right wing blog full of innuendo, suppositions, apparently(s), and assumptions to read what really happened.
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.
my response: it shows a clash of expectations.
i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
Nah....
Ole lil' d*k Casebolt didn't have to resign. If he truly felt that what he did was professional and in keeping with the standards of policing, he had the option of staying and lining up support from the officers union to plead his case and keep his job the city officials, police chief, and other officers onsite be damned.
No...he just took the easy way out as what should have been expected of his cowardly ass so that he could keep his pension, avoid being fired which was surely forthcoming, and to avoid being called to the carpet for his cough**cough***heroic***cough acts.
We'll see him again working for another law enforcement organization soon and getting into the same trouble. Little men with the constant need to prove that "theirs" is bigger than everyone else's gravitate to badge and gun jobs where they can run around playing Billy Badass without getting their lights punched out.
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.
my response: it shows a clash of expectations.
i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.
my response: it shows a clash of expectations.
i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
What I find disturbing is how some people are lining up to excuse this cop for what is clearly inexcusable behavior.
There is an expectation for kids across the color spectrum to not show the best judgement and push boundaries, however, it at least should be expected that adults and in particular law enforcement officers, be held to a higher standard regardless of the circumstances they find themselves in and control the inclination to misdirected anger. With already 15 cops there, a few mouthy teens I wouldn't call imminently life threatening. All it would've taken was a call on the radio to get more manpower to get the situation under control. Or, as one poster already stated, one calm law enforcement professional with more than a few firing neurons with a police dog.
Instead, we have one particular cop amongst the many acting professionally running around doing barrel rolls, slamming kids to the ground, screaming like a raving lunatic, dragging a bikini clad girl across concrete and grass slamming her face in the dirt, and being surprised when the situation escalates to the point where he feels he has to pull his weapon.
If anyone else had or came across a kid who we felt was being mouthy, the same people singing this cops praises would be lining up to hang us by the balls if we were caught dragging them across concrete, slamming them on the ground, and standing atop them with both knees in their back regardless of the reasons precipitating the incident. CPS would be at your door ready to take all your kids away and the same policeman with knees in the back of the bikini clad girl would be taking our ass off to jail. Even dogs are given more consideration.
But, in this case, some want to give this cop an "atta-boy", a pat on the back for being so diligent in "safeguarding" the community, and a gold metal.
...cause he has a badge and a gun.....
Sigh......
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.
my response: it shows a clash of expectations.
i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
Yeah....what a real tough guy that policeman was. A true piece of work and shining example of today's law enforcement protection and service with respect to interaction with the minority in the community.
He couldn't be bothered go after either of the two male teens, black or white, he perceived as a more immediate and dangerous enough threat to draw his weapon on.
But he sure went back to and spent a whole lot of time slamming a half naked 14 year old black girl to the ground and putting both of his knees in her back just for giving him a little lip and not "respecting" his authority. Looked to me like he was really getting off on that. His johnson was probably hard enough to cut diamonds with.
I can only imagine the complete outrage and lack of patience for a comprehensive fully perceptive report had the race of those participants been reversed.
we've all read, heard and have seen in the videos where jw's and their leaders talk about the "huge" growth that is taking place.
they've talked about how many kh they needed, branches etc... .
our co last visit he mentioned how quickly the organization is speeding up and the huge growth they are seeing.
I will support my wife in her chosen religion but I won't support her chosen religion.
That is the way I see it as well.
The few dollars my wife is probably donating doesn't amount to much. And that is a good thing as she know she's got it good by not having to work for the past 20 years.
so i went to get a burger just now, and a couple of elders from my former congregation caught me off guard.
they started giving me the we feel so sorry for you, you must be so lonely bit.
i kept telling them im doing great and im not lonely but its like they couldnt hear me talking.
your not a "spiritual man" you can't date or marry one of the congregation princesses. Even if you are a hard working man with values and character.
As far as they are concerned, a hard working man with values, character, and fidelity is of no use practically to one of their superfine sisters if he doesn't posses the WT component of a position in the organization.
They'd much rather that sister marry that 30 hour a month auxiliary pioneer brother who's reaching out in appearance, but will not be afraid to lay that pimp hand down in private.
