Justitia Themis

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  A Seattle Police Officer Is Caught On Tape Hitting a 17-year An African American Teenager Girl

  by Scott77 in

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  based on this video shot from seattle, i think this 17-year african american teenage girl acted beyond normal expectation.

  she is seen threatening or attempting to hit a law enforcement officer who was doing his duty.

  the officer had to hit her face.

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  They seemed entirely unconcerned. The deputy even commented on how I had some "really nice guns".

  LOL! Oh good Lord man! Do you really think they would react to you personally? I'm suprised he or she didn't say, "I really like guns too! Hey, mind if I come by and see some of them sometime?" LOL! Cops are always laughing about pulling that crap with people and how people will just spill their guts.

  Bottom line: You don't know me. You don't know anything about me, other than what you read on a discussion board.

  I'm not sure to what this is the "bottom line," but I give you an "A" for drama. I never claimed to know you beyond what you post.
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  A Seattle Police Officer Is Caught On Tape Hitting a 17-year An African American Teenager Girl

  by Scott77 in

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  based on this video shot from seattle, i think this 17-year african american teenage girl acted beyond normal expectation.

  she is seen threatening or attempting to hit a law enforcement officer who was doing his duty.

  the officer had to hit her face.

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  Then you are well aware that those ~ten miles separate two cities with very divergent cultures. ; )

  Uh, nope. Not at all. I'm sure folks that live in Ballard would take offense at being told that they're not "Seattleites".

  See, the above is another example of how you struggle to accurately process information. My post clearly stated that Seattle was comprised of smaller, distinct communities. Therefore, those communities are all Seattle, but still distinct. Seattle is like N.Y. in that manner.

  Allow me to put it plainly. Dude, you're not from Seattle.

  How the f*ck do you know how I think?

  ??? By what you post.

  Now I know that you're simply an idiot.

  O.K.
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  A Seattle Police Officer Is Caught On Tape Hitting a 17-year An African American Teenager Girl

  by Scott77 in

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  based on this video shot from seattle, i think this 17-year african american teenage girl acted beyond normal expectation.

  she is seen threatening or attempting to hit a law enforcement officer who was doing his duty.

  the officer had to hit her face.

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  What a completely judgemental, ignorant and idotic load of horse shit. Okay, you got me. I live in Mountlake Terrace, a suburb about 10 miles north of Downtown Seattle

  Then you are well aware that those ~ten miles separate two cities with very divergent cultures. ; )

  Why Eastern Washington?

  Because you write and and think like an Eastern Washingtonian.

  I DID watch the video, by the way. None of what actually happened was in view of the camera.

  No, but the combination of two eyewitnesses and the dashcam painted a very clear picture. And your incorrect comments that Williams was coming at the officer showed that you didn't know even a key fact from the case that was greatly discussed during the inquest. Read, watch, then comment.

  The Sheriff likely wouldn't give two shits about my guns

  Law enforcement is always concerned about people who stockpile weapons, regardless of whether they own them legally.

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  but I would really appreciate a response to explain your hostility and ignorant remarks.

  Apparently, we posted our responses at about the same time. My hostility? People who respond authoritatively regarding a subject when they have no idea of what is going on is a trigger for me. That's what you did in this thread. It's not hostility towards you really; but, from your posts, I can see that I don't like or agree with the way you think. But, ou may be quite personable for all I know.

  My "ignorant remarks"? I don't think they are ignorant. I think they are quite accurate. You are not from Seattle, and you and I both know that anyone from the area would agree that the two cities and their respective cultures are quite distinct. Someone who feels the need to stockpile weapons would be very out of place in Seattle.

  Even Seattle itself is comprised of very distinct communities. Ballard is different from Wallingford even though only ~3 miles separates them. The U District is quite different from the International District. SoDo is nothing like Downtown.
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  A Seattle Police Officer Is Caught On Tape Hitting a 17-year An African American Teenager Girl

  by Scott77 in

  1. social
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  based on this video shot from seattle, i think this 17-year african american teenage girl acted beyond normal expectation.

  she is seen threatening or attempting to hit a law enforcement officer who was doing his duty.

  the officer had to hit her face.

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  Williams CAME AT the officer WITH A WEAPON and refused to drop it after three clear warnings.

  By your responses Low-key, you demonstrate you know nothing of this case.

  He was shot in the right "side" because he was walking away from the officer, and the officer approached him from behind on the right side. What the placement of the bullets documented was that Williams was not facing the officer when he was shot four times. This was confirmed by two eyewitnesses.

  An officer can use deadly force only if he reasonably fears for his life. Per the testimony of the eyewitnesses to the whole shooting, the officer never should have feared for his life. Williams never turned towards him; Williams never "CAME AT the officer WITH A WEAPON." Therefore, a reasonable officer would have not have feared for his life.

  That why you can hear the female pedestrian screaming at the officer that he had just murdered Williams.

  I suggest you actually watch the video before you comment further. ; )

  **Note: I do want to correct a statement in a prior post. The officer resigned after the police ruled the shooting "unjustified"; that was before SPD could fire him.

  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013926779_inquest14m.html

  Witness accounts differ from cop's version of fatal shooting

  Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Witness-accounts-differ-from-cop-s-version-of-956086.php#ixzz21xiUnT9N

  The second witness, Barbara Newman, who was driving north on Boren Avenue, told the jury she watched Birk get out of his car and pull out his gun.

  Birk stepped to the sidewalk and raised his gun, Newman testified, adding that she couldn't hear anything.

  Newman said she looked to where the gun was pointed and saw a disheveled Williams walking away from Birk on the sidewalk.

  "He looked like he was holding his hands in front of him," Newman testified under questioning by Melinda Young, the King County senior deputy prosecutor running the hearing.

  Williams stopped and looked over his right shoulder just about the time the shots were fired, Newman said.

  Asked by Young if she perceived any aggressive action on Williams' part, Newman replied, "No."

  At the time he was shot, Williams wasn't acknowledging, engaging, threatening or attacking Birk, Sebring [a different witness] said under questioning from Seattle attorney Tim Ford, who is representing Williams' family in the hearing.

  Asked if Williams did anything that justified the shooting, Sebring replied, "Not that I can recall."

  Seattle is a violent city. I live here. I know

  Actually, I doubt you do, and if you do, you most certainly do not fit in. Based on the aggregate of your posts, I suspect you are in Eastern Washington. If you are in Western Washington, please let me know where. I'm sure the local police/sheriff would be interested in knowing that you keep a weapons arsenal at your home.
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  A Seattle Police Officer Is Caught On Tape Hitting a 17-year An African American Teenager Girl

  by Scott77 in

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  based on this video shot from seattle, i think this 17-year african american teenage girl acted beyond normal expectation.

  she is seen threatening or attempting to hit a law enforcement officer who was doing his duty.

  the officer had to hit her face.

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  Use of deadly force was justified, if you ask me.

  Your conclusion is at odds with even the SPD, who found the use of force "unjustified" and fired his ass.

  For the benefit of the rest of the board, the Native American woodcarver was well-know to SPD. His family has carved most of the huge totem poles in the Greater Puget Sound, and he often walked down the street with a small woodcarving knife, whittling a piece of wood. Such was the case the day he was killed. He was walking away from the officer, and he was almost deaf. The officer did ask him to put down the knife, but likely he never heard him. In fact, eyewitnesses, such as the woman crossing the street who saw the whole thing, said the woodcarver never seem to notice that someone was talking to him because he never even turned around.

  The officer shot him in the back.

  The only reason the officer escaped a murder conviction is a unique Washington law. In order to convict a police officer of murder, one must prove "malice." Prosecutors had to prove that the police officer acted from personal feelings of hatred/anger against the person, and they were unable to do that.

  If I just shot someone in the back, I would be convicted of murder because I intentionally took another persons life. I doesn't matter if I hated him/her. Even if I didn't know them and had no feelings towards them, it would be illegal.
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  A Seattle Police Officer Is Caught On Tape Hitting a 17-year An African American Teenager Girl

  by Scott77 in

  1. social
  2. current

  based on this video shot from seattle, i think this 17-year african american teenage girl acted beyond normal expectation.

  she is seen threatening or attempting to hit a law enforcement officer who was doing his duty.

  the officer had to hit her face.

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  The post is a little misleading, and I still do not think the officer in the girl's case was not wrong.

  The SPD is out of control, but at the article discusses, it was the shooting of the unarmed woodcarver that led to this.

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/feds-seattle-to-announce-police-reform-agreement-following-critical-report-about-force/2012/07/27/gJQAG1LCEX_story.html

  The dashcam video is quite disturbing:

  http://www.nwcn.com/news/washington/Video-of-fatal-Seattle-police-shooting-of-woodcarver-released-112106374.html
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  Help with Mathematical Concepts, Not Arithmetic

  by Band on the Run in

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  my math background is embarassing.

  my public education was very sad.

  although i received good grades in college track math courses, i never understood the underlying ideas or motivations.

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  ...not sure why it double-posted.

  Maybe you pushed the button twice.

  LOL! Allow me to phrase it so that you can understand James. I am not sure why it double-posed because it seemed like I clicked submit only once.

  Funny thing though...I have seen others post similar sentiments numerous times, yet you never felt the need to respond to them...hhmmm....

  Back on topic...BOTR, everyone has provided great book recommendations, but you might consider buying one of the SAT prep manuals just to dust off the math brain cells.
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  Help with Mathematical Concepts, Not Arithmetic

  by Band on the Run in

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  my math background is embarassing.

  my public education was very sad.

  although i received good grades in college track math courses, i never understood the underlying ideas or motivations.

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  BOTR, you might be in for a pleasant surprise. Like you, I had a public school education during a time when girls were not encouraged even to do math.

  However, in undergrad, I took math classes up to and through Intermediate Alegbra, and I started shining when everyone else started struggling. Alegbra and law are similar in that both manipulate complex theories. Once I'm out of school, I want to take more math classes.

  When concrete numbers were removed and replaced with symbols that stood for a complex theories, I totally "got it." I suspect you will too!
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  Help with Mathematical Concepts, Not Arithmetic

  by Band on the Run in

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  my math background is embarassing.

  my public education was very sad.

  although i received good grades in college track math courses, i never understood the underlying ideas or motivations.

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  ...not sure why it double-posted.
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  Describe your life now in one sentence...

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  can you?

  please make it interesting!

  !.

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  Justitia Themis

  At this time in my life, I am the happiest, most spirtually content, most emotionally healthy, and most physically and mentally accomplished I have ever been.