Posts by breakfast of champions

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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

by Simon in

after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

breakfast of champions

Try again its there....

After I'm dead, my soul chases after the cop seeking revenge like Patrick Swayze in "Ghost"

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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

by Simon in

after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

breakfast of champions

Oh yeah - if you're white you wouldn't be on the news or have a riot in your honour

Okay, so right now, if I was shot by the cop, you know what people would do where I live?

They'd say " What in the hell is wrong with that guy? He must be insane! Rob a store, attack a police officer?! That guy was cracked."

They would then order a Mocha Latte.

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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

by Simon in

after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

breakfast of champions

What do you think you've missed in that scenario.

You're right. I missed this:

I also tried to wrestle the gun away from the officer.

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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

by Simon in

after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

breakfast of champions

Perhaps I'm oversimplifying, but here's what I thought when this whole thing started:

I'm a white guy. I live in a middle/upper-middle class area with mostly white people.

Most of the cops in our town are white.

So I decide to go down to the convenience store, and I steal a pack of cigarillos (actually, I dont smoke, so it might be some booze).

I leave the store, the storekeeper calls the cops.

Town cops pull up to me walking down the street. Words are exchanged. Then I physically assault the cop and tell him he's a fucking pussy and he wouldn't dare shoot me.

Then I start waking away.

The cop starts chasing me.

So I charge him.

He takes three shots at me.

I stop. Then I decide to keep charging him.

He then shoots me dead.

Now honestly tell me: why did I get shot?

Because this is pretty much what I expect would happen to me if I did all the things this guy supposedly did.

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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

by Simon in

after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

breakfast of champions

Having been on a federal grand jury myself, I know the threshold for indicmtent is pretty low - all that is needed is probable cause. We indicted 100% of the cases we saw - you really couldnt do otherwise.

I have to think there was really just nothing at all there for them not to indict.

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Pay your subway fare in NY city - or ELSE!

by fulltimestudent in

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/11/22/12/10/nypd-cop-filmed-splitting-man-s-head-open-with-baton.

footage has emerged of an new york city police officer striking an alleged fare-evader's head with a baton, sending the man stumbling and spraying bystanders with his blood.. the video shows the officer approach 20-year-old donovan lawson at bushwick train station in brooklyn yesterday shortly before 8pm.. graphic warning: viewers may find the contents of this video shocking.

lawson was sitting on a wooden bench and holding his hands up when the unnamed officer started throwing punches.. witness michelle anas was on her way home from work when she stumbled across the scene.. she said she went to call 911 just as the officer pulled out his truncheon and cracked lawson over the head, sending him reeling across the platform as blood poured from his skull.. "it was one of the most awful things i've ever seen," witness michelle anas told new york daily news.

breakfast of champions

Broken Windows Theory, I get.

Breaking heads open . . . not so much.

Then again, here's a great idea:

Pay for a goddamned metro card like the rest of us - if in fact the perp did jump the turnstile.

I dunno. . . would like to see more evidence.

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PLEASE don't read this . . . if you have O.C.D. tendencies or are superstitious

by Terry in

what if there were no such things as arabic numerals (0123456789)?.

what if you only had your alphabet?.

you could use letters as numerical values.

breakfast of champions

Poop on pi!

e is everything!

Oh gosh, I was warned not to read this thread!

(and I'm not superstitious)

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Elders: Born-Ins vs Recruits

by breakfast of champions in

this is an unofficial survey.. was curious as to the number of currently serving elders who were born-in and/or raised as jw versus those who were "recruited"( i.e, not born in or raised as jw.).

for instance, right now in the hall i am assigned to:.

2 elders were born-in and/or raised as jws.. 5 were not (recruited as adults).

breakfast of champions

This is an unofficial survey.

Was curious as to the number of currently serving elders who were born-in and/or raised as JW versus those who were "recruited"( i.e, not born in or raised as JW.)

For instance, right now in the hall I am assigned to:

2 elders were born-in and/or raised as JWs.

5 were not (recruited as adults)

What is the makeup of the elder body in the cong. you are assigned to right now? How many born-in/raised? How many "recruited"?

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