I hate victim blaming, really I do, but dude, seriously? This happened in New York! WTF?
It’s kind of fucked up that I wish I could slap this mom silly my damn self. If she were in a horror movie, wanna bet she’d be rushing to the basement to investigate what was growling in the dark. I just can’t…
You think the appropriate punishment for not understanding what 911 is for is to physically assault her and press bogus charges on her so that she might lose her children? Seriously?
I think Smapti has spent a fair bit of this and many related threads with his head firmly lodged up his rectum. That said, I think you’re way off base here. “In the wrong” is not, as you seem to be implying, a linguistic maneuver that automatically implies an attempt to diminish severity. It’s entirely possible to say things like “Joe is clearly in the wrong here, and thus should be fired and sentenced to prison for the remainder of his natural life”.
Not to mention that when someone admits that “their side” was wrong, yelling at them for not admitting it MORE isn’t likely to get them to make similar admissions in the future.
[
](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1e2b7ac8fd8c49b1a4c4779cb72f039c/vegas-police-officer-wearing-body-camera-facing-battery)I suppose a conviction in this case will mean that fewer people who might brutalize the defenseless under cover of authority will seek a career as police officers. I can live with that (and want to).
As loach mentioned you would probably be sorely disappointed in the average firefighter.
Your gear and training allow you to operate in environments that would kill unprotected people. Historically firefighting was alot more dangerous nowadays, it is physically demanding, and prone to minor injuries, but as previously covered, someone screwed up bad if a firefighter ends up dead.
Assuming that it actually unfolded as described by the woman in question. If it did, fire his ass tout suite.
That said, Calling 911 to “scare” her kids was weapons grade stupid. I am shocked they even bothered rolling unless she failed to clarify the situation.
As much as many of you will hate hearing this, having worked in EMS, cops are more likely to encounter situations that deserve the title of heroes than firefighters or paramedics.
Cops who panic and start shooting wildly at the hint of danger aren’t heroes. They’re dangerous buffoons.
And recent stories have shown that cops are far more inclined to go Full Fife when they’re confronted with a black person. White people who are known to be armed and dangerous are taken into custody alive at astonishing rates compared to black people who might or might not be armed.
Isn’t 911 also the non-emergency number in a lot of places?
Anyway, my understanding is that she called , explained the situation, and asked them to put a little scare in her kids. They showed up voluntarily. Pity one of them had some emotional and mental problems.
IIRC, you’re a fucking right-wing idiot. So, fuck you!
Right-wingers would climb on their pedestal and bleat about raising taxes for police services but never do it … because the money would be diverted to Obama’s death camps, another Cadillac for Welfare Mama and, you guessed it, Benghazi.
Even when you morons have a glimmer of sapience, your inchoate hatred and disgust will override. No, you’re not racist … but you’re glad there are Americans of inferior color you can vemt your rage at. Fuck you.
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By December of 2014, “over 16,000 people had outstanding arrest warrants that had been issued by the court.” The report makes clear that this refers to individual people, rather than cases (i.e. people with many cases are not being counted multiple times). However, if we do look at the number of cases, the portrait is even starker. In 2013, 32,975 offenses had associated warrants, so that there were 1.5 offenses for every city resident.
To give some context as to how truly extreme this is, a comparison may be useful. In 2014, the Boston Municipal Court System [issued tickets at a per capita rate less than 1% that of Ferguson]
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Ignorant apologists for the Ferguson PD may claim that only criminals (jaywalkers etc.) are harassed, or murdered when they don’t hold their hands properly; they can’t help it if the criminals all have ape-like skin color.
It sounds like many white Fergusonites also have outstanding warrants. Anyone think Ferguson cops were also eager to treat these “criminal” whites like animals?
Of course not. But after Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and a shit load of other stories about impulsively violent cops, I do have to wonder if she’s living in a cave somewhere.
If current events have taught me anything it’s that people should not call the cops unless someone getting seriously hurt is an acceptable risk. Especially if black people are involved.
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Both of you are in violation of the Pit’s language rules. Please reign in back in.
No warnings issued.
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Can you cite that last bit?
Naivete to the extreme on her part, that’s for sure. I guess she really did teach her kids a life long lesson though: cops are pieces of shit. Stay away.
You gotta get right back up on that horse.