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EffieBlack

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35. I'm not mad at you at all

Reply to hueymahl (Reply #33)

Mon Feb 26, 2018, 02:43 PM

Feb 2018

Actually, I feel sorry for you.

And you completely missed the point of my OP.

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Next time ANYONE tries to defend a cop killing an unarmed black man with "he feared for his life [View all] EffieBlack Feb 2018 OP

Every time a student reaches for his waistband ,teacher Wilson has the perfect excuse mainstreetonce Feb 2018 #1

Black boys are scary just walking around in their black skin EffieBlack Feb 2018 #2

Absolutely-fucking-true. It's such a sad environment. erronis Feb 2018 #12

Thank you..this needs to be pointed out... HipChick Feb 2018 #3

To be honest atreides1 Feb 2018 #4

There were also wounded victims mainstreetonce Feb 2018 #5

It is HIGHLY unlikely that he would have been able to stop one death or aided even one student EffieBlack Feb 2018 #6

Thanks, Effie, for bringing a bit of logic and rational thinking to the table... Raster Feb 2018 #8

Again, so obvious we sometimes don't see, and it it takes some like you to have to remind us. pangaia Feb 2018 #13

Well said. nt SunSeeker Feb 2018 #19

Totally agree. Very doubtful the office would have been at all effective to stop the shooter. Fla Dem Feb 2018 #21

This This This EffieBlack Feb 2018 #24

"and was probably never trained in how to respond to an automatic Weapon attack" EX500rider Feb 2018 #42

Wow - you and Donald Trump sure have a simplistic view of what cops and SWAT teams do EffieBlack Feb 2018 #45

Cops aren't "anybody" and have some firearms training. EX500rider Feb 2018 #51

One teenager spraying AR-15 fire at anything moving in the middle of chaos while hundreds of people EffieBlack Feb 2018 #54

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2018 #47

Totally agree. Definitely a diversion and probably unfair. Chemisse Feb 2018 #48

And when a cop kills unarmed black males, criticism is shut down with "You have no idea what it's EffieBlack Feb 2018 #49

Yes n/t GaryCnf Feb 2018 #55

Excellent points. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #56

"and was probably never trained in how to respond to an automatic Weapon attack" whopis01 Feb 2018 #58

Are you saying that, pangaia Feb 2018 #10

Don't want to speak for the poster hueymahl Feb 2018 #16

Wow EffieBlack Feb 2018 #18

Indeed. nt SunSeeker Feb 2018 #20

I appreciate your point of view hueymahl Feb 2018 #22

You know for a fact exactly what he was trained to do in this exact situation? EffieBlack Feb 2018 #25

I infer based on the immediate response of his supervisor in firing him hueymahl Feb 2018 #26

That's a lot of "inferring" with no evidence at all - and you've got your facts wrong EffieBlack Feb 2018 #27

What is with the personal attacks? hueymahl Feb 2018 #28

No doubt, your lack of a pass will be given all the credibility it in fact, warrants. LanternWaste Feb 2018 #31

I call it like I see it. hueymahl Feb 2018 #33

I'm not mad at you at all EffieBlack Feb 2018 #35

You may find them repugnant but you are repeating their talking points verbatim EffieBlack Feb 2018 #34

News to me hueymahl Feb 2018 #36

Then you haven't been paying attention EffieBlack Feb 2018 #37

I don't follow Trump's twitter feed hueymahl Feb 2018 #38

I agree with your ultimate point EffieBlack Feb 2018 #39

That is a fair comment hueymahl Feb 2018 #44

The supervisor (Sheriff Israel) doesn't want the spotlight on himself, so he hung Peterson out tblue37 Feb 2018 #40

That is certainly a possibillty hueymahl Feb 2018 #43

I don't think that's the case EffieBlack Feb 2018 #46

The only person directly responsible is the shooter treestar Feb 2018 #29

Yes! spicysista Feb 2018 #7

RE: arming teachers, as conservatives and the NRA are pushing. In the chaos of a school shooting ffr Feb 2018 #9

Which is ironic given the racial makeup of most school shooters. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #14

The whole idea is ridiculous treestar Feb 2018 #30

Sometimes the obvious is so obvious, we don't see it. pangaia Feb 2018 #11

I don't think he's a coward at all. LittleGirl Feb 2018 #15

I don't either EffieBlack Feb 2018 #17

yep, cadat bone spurs is a prime example LittleGirl Feb 2018 #41

"I don't think he's a coward at all." EX500rider Feb 2018 #50

Big Bad John ret5hd Feb 2018 #52

Getting a job as police officer pretty much has the possibility of gun play.. EX500rider Feb 2018 #53

Or signing up for Meal Team 6 and refusing to eat Cheetos. ret5hd Feb 2018 #59

They gave him a gun and 76 grand a year. Dave Starsky Feb 2018 #60

Very good point, and I hope you don't mind if I "steal" it. deurbano Feb 2018 #23

excellent point! Absolutely easy to convey and immediately highlights the hoops of reasoning JCanete Feb 2018 #32

+1000 raven mad Feb 2018 #57