# "Cops" show comes to Omaha; 1 dead **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 27, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680 "2014-08-27T20:05:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/121 "2014-08-28T17:55:27Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > It makes me worry more what kind of person would actually take note of something like that and form a judgement on it. > > The kind of person, I hope, who does not own a gun. Agreed. To be fair, though, he’s not the first from whom I’ve heard that particular “insult.” No less than the inestimable Jimmy Pop of the Bloodhound Gang, in his magnificent opus “Why’s Everybody Always Pickin’ On Me,” wrote: > [@](#): > > But why’s everbody always pickin’ on me? > Cause you run like a girl and sit down to pee ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/122 "2014-08-28T17:56:08Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > The robber deserved what he got. The sound tech didn’t. A scathing dissent from the contrary opinion, held by exactly nobody. This took courage. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/123 "2014-08-28T17:57:19Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Maybe because standing is _optional_, not _required_? > > I’m going to assume you can’t answer my question. > . It’s not optional for females. But men can and do sometimes sit. Why the hell AM I answering ? I assumed everyone on Earth knew this. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/124 "2014-08-28T17:57:21Z")
Did we ever find out who called the cops? I think this is the kind of incident where business management would learn you don’t call the cops until the robber is far away from the scene. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/125 "2014-08-28T18:02:09Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > A scathing dissent from the contrary opinion, held by exactly nobody. This took courage. I’m not dissenting, and lots of people think as I do about police and their too-common use of excessive force. I know the courage thing is insincere. What it takes is humility. I have some; you don’t seem to have any. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/126 "2014-08-28T18:02:44Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > But men can and do sometimes sit. Why the hell AM I answering ? I assumed everyone on Earth knew this. _Then why is it an insult to suggest someone sits down to pee?_ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/127 "2014-08-28T18:03:03Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > What it takes is humility. I have some; you don’t seem to have any. You’re not humble. _I’m_ humble. I’m the humblest bastard you’ll ever meet! I’m twice as humble as you- and if you think I’m not, I dare you to ban me! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/128 "2014-08-28T18:04:41Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > Yep. You’re not Jewish. You are definitely German. I bet your father wishes he could have afforded a condom. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/129 "2014-08-28T18:08:55Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I bet your father wishes he could have afforded a condom. I bet his father wishes he’d stayed sober that night. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/130 "2014-08-28T18:13:21Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > I have, sir. This: Cops and the powers of the police are run-amuck in the land free and the brave. I don’t know how to be more succinct. Perhaps the problem is on your end. That’s the **home** of the brave, bub. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/131 "2014-08-28T18:22:48Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > That’s the **home** of the brave, bub. Not to be confused with Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/132 "2014-08-28T18:23:51Z")
Let me relate another un-cited tale about Omaha police: About 4 yrs. ago, a car parked in an outlying area of town near a lake at about 8:00 p.m., in winter (so, it was dark outside), was observed, by police, to contain a person or persons unknown who were flicking a cigarette lighter. The police cruiser with it’s two officers rolled-up behind this vehicle with it’s headlights off, then turned-on the spotlight and began approaching the car. The driver, not knowing who in hell was behind the car, sped-off. Those two officers, and two others in a nearby cruiser, then opened fire at the “suspects”, discharging 27 shots in the direction of that car and hitting it with 9 rounds. The car soon stopped and was found to contain three 17 yr.old girls experimenting (perhaps for the first time) with marijuana. I ask that you imagine that one of these girls is your daughter. Luckily, nobody was injured. Was this a justifiable act by the cops ? I say fuck no. What do you say ? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/133 "2014-08-28T18:25:28Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > Let me relate another un-cited tale about Omaha police: About 4 yrs. ago, a car parked in an outlying area of town near a lake at about 8:00 p.m., in winter (so, it was dark outside), was observed, by police, to contain a person or persons unknown who were flicking a cigarette lighter. > The police cruiser with it’s two officers rolled-up behind this vehicle with it’s headlights off, then turned-on the spotlight and began approaching the car. The driver, not knowing who in hell was behind the car, sped-off. Those two officers, and two others in a nearby cruiser, then opened fire at the “suspects”, discharging 27 shots in the direction of that car and hitting it with 9 rounds. > The car soon stopped and was found to contain three 17 yr.old girls experimenting (perhaps for the first time) with marijuana. I ask that you imagine that one of these girls is your daughter. Luckily, nobody was injured. Was this a justifiable act by the cops ? I say fuck no. What do you say ? wow - an uncited tale! now i’m convinced! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/134 "2014-08-28T18:27:33Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > Militarized. Overwhelming show of force, as our military does things. Shoot first, ask questions later, that sort of thing. Capice ? No, you jackass. That’s not “as our military does things”. Your ignorance knows no bounds. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/135 "2014-08-28T18:29:30Z")
> [@andros](#): > > _Then why is it an insult to suggest someone sits down to pee?_ Christ, Andros. It’s not. If one has to explain a joke, it probably wasn’t funny. Are we ok now ? No offense; pee any way you want. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/136 "2014-08-28T18:34:00Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > No, you jackass. That’s not “as our military does things”. Your ignorance knows no bounds. Ad hominem attacks clearly show your superior intellect. Your ego seems as boundless as you claim my ignorance is. I’m making a special effort to be civil today. And in that, I appear to be alone. That’s fine; I don’t mind solitude. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/137 "2014-08-28T18:37:31Z")
> [@simster](#): > > wow - an uncited tale! > > now i’m convinced! I said imagine. Answer the fucking question. The tale is true. The morality question remains valid. Jeez, wtf ? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/138 "2014-08-28T18:40:06Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > Let me relate another un-cited tale about Omaha police: About 4 yrs. ago, a car parked in an outlying area of town near a lake at about 8:00 p.m., in winter (so, it was dark outside), was observed, by police, to contain a person or persons unknown who were flicking a cigarette lighter. > The police cruiser with it’s two officers rolled-up behind this vehicle with it’s headlights off, then turned-on the spotlight and began approaching the car. The driver, not knowing who in hell was behind the car, sped-off. Those two officers, and two others in a nearby cruiser, then opened fire at the “suspects”, discharging 27 shots in the direction of that car and hitting it with 9 rounds. > The car soon stopped and was found to contain three 17 yr.old girls experimenting (perhaps for the first time) with marijuana. I ask that you imagine that one of these girls is your daughter. Luckily, nobody was injured. Was this a justifiable act by the cops ? I say fuck no. What do you say ? Tell us another story, Grampa Commy! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/139 "2014-08-28T18:40:07Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > Yep. You’re not Jewish. You are definitely German. WTF is wrong with you? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/140 "2014-08-28T18:41:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I bet his father wishes he’d stayed sober that night. I’ll be his mother wishes she’d stayed sober during her pregnancy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680.md?page=8)