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Old 08-13-2010, 10:44 PM
Darth Nader Darth Nader is offline
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Been a while since we had a good RO thread. (Choke the deaf guy!)

I've sort of been waiting for this story to break on the SDMB for a day or so, but no go.
So, y'all might want to check this shit out:
"I didn't like the way the security guards were choking my brother, that they almost killed him," said Pablo. "I was trying to get to the guards but they kept pushing me back. I was trying to get them to stop, to tell them, 'I am deaf, I am deaf.'"

Look, dude could be guilty as FUCK, but the flying tackle and chokehold-fu are not what working LP is about. I'm trying real hard to be open-minded about this, but I just can't make it through the video without wishing I was there to plant a well-aimed steel-toe in either of those power-tripping amateur's shriveled nutsacks.

Grrr, and shit.
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Old 08-16-2010, 12:25 AM
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Wow.

Lonely bump.
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Old 08-16-2010, 12:30 AM
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Maybe you should post in MPSIMS where somebody who cares might say something inane?

Edit: I meant "Somebody who is pretending to care"

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Old 08-16-2010, 03:37 AM
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The people who like to get angry hang out in the Pit. MPSIMSers like to talk about kitties.
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Old 08-16-2010, 07:11 AM
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I think everyone has better things to be annoyed about.

Reading the article, I have little sympathy for the thieves, and if they got a little roughed up while being taken down - I don't really care.

From the article it looks like a repeat thief was being caught again and took off.
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Old 08-16-2010, 07:21 AM
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Guy stole shit, guy got taken to the ground (and ineffectively from what I can see)... what's the issue?
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Old 08-16-2010, 08:31 AM
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Did I read the story wrong or was the "LP" device both audio and visual?
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Old 08-16-2010, 08:44 AM
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I'm shocked.

A rent a cop actually bothered to use physical force? I assumed their detention procedures included
step 1: politely ask them to stop
step 2: forcefully ask them to stop
step 3: give up and go back inside.
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Old 08-16-2010, 12:26 PM
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Next time the deaf crooks should call ahead and make sure there is a security guard who knows sign language on duty.
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