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jollyreaper2112

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37. How nice
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 06:38 AM
Aug 2013

I love how people assume I'm a badge sniffer here. Not the case. My default view towards cops hovers between contempt and disgust. I do think we are too militarized as a society, blindly respect authority and accept a ridiculous level of judicial violence.

A) I know cops lie. So there's always the chance this isn't as it's portrayed.
B) don't be a criminal. Looks like he was.
C) don't associate with criminals. She could have just as easily been killed by a criminal associate rather than the cops.
D) if you try to kill a cop, they're going to kill you right back.

I don't know the whole story here yet. Certainly new information can change my perspective. But it looks like she fell in love with a bad boy and got killed for it. Usually it's not so dramatic. Usually it just amounts to physical and emotional abuse as she tries to explain to friends and family how he beats her because he loves her. She'll either wise up eventually or remain a punching bag. Or she might end up costarring in another American murder-suicide tragedy, people wringing their hands over how she would still be alive if only the crazy man respected the restraining order.

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Not one to defend cops here jollyreaper2112 Aug 2013 #1
Sounds like they had no weapon damnedifIknow Aug 2013 #2
Nobody should receive a death sentence for anything Major Nikon Aug 2013 #4
So Pepper Spray , Tashers .Bean Bags. or Patience are not tools to be used, only bullets. WOW bahrbearian Aug 2013 #7
Nope. They use bean bags to kill uncooperative 95 year old WW2 vets in nursing homes. Faryn Balyncd Aug 2013 #28
i doubt she expected anything good. Garion_55 Aug 2013 #13
it isn't. hell I thought just looking at one the wrong way was a death sentence. okieinpain Aug 2013 #29
Yeah, she has poor taste in men, so her homicide is totally justified. Good post. TransitJohn Aug 2013 #3
Cops SamKnause Aug 2013 #5
Was she a criminal? Does the law only protect "little angels"? Was she armed? Did she threaten AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #17
That's a disgusting rationalization. I am surprised to read such trash on a Democratic sight. Shame rhett o rick Aug 2013 #23
When a post begins with the clause "Not one to defend cops here but . . .," you just HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #25
Your cruelty is breath-taking ("won't be making that mistake again"). Unbelievable - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #24
Nobody fucking rammed anything. bunnies Aug 2013 #54
Where did you read that he tried to ram the cops? RebelOne Aug 2013 #59
searched for it again jollyreaper2112 Aug 2013 #63
Just want answers Sms92 Aug 2013 #79
The Oligarchs Hired Hands Running Out Of Control - Business As Usual In America - Tragic As Well cantbeserious Aug 2013 #6
I hate it when people blame the victim in cases like this. Quantess Aug 2013 #8
I agree and not to stray from the subject damnedifIknow Aug 2013 #10
Your profile says you joined june 2012. Time flies. Quantess Aug 2013 #71
I cannot find too many details Jenoch Aug 2013 #9
More victim blaming? Fucking hell! Killed without a weapon in a hail of gunfire for being in a car Ed Suspicious Aug 2013 #15
I didn't say Jenoch Aug 2013 #18
With all due respect, what the fuck!?!? TransitJohn Aug 2013 #20
She has a baby. Jenoch Aug 2013 #21
All women who aren't at home with their babies should be killed. reusrename Aug 2013 #31
Huh? Jenoch Aug 2013 #35
So you too believe Jenoch Aug 2013 #57
Yeah. That dumb broad shoulda known her role! bunnies Aug 2013 #55
+Infinity! - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #27
Where are you getting that he "rammed" a vehicle? bunnies Aug 2013 #52
Read my post again. Jenoch Aug 2013 #56
The cop cut him off on purpose. bunnies Aug 2013 #58
I did not find that story. Thank you for the additional information. Jenoch Aug 2013 #61
But there is nothing stated that he tried to ram the police car. RebelOne Aug 2013 #60
See my reply #61. Jenoch Aug 2013 #62
The fugitive in question was apparently wanted for a string of burglaries of guns and jewlery. msanthrope Aug 2013 #78
Great, more collateral damage by the cops. blackspade Aug 2013 #11
They are boy friend and girl friend with the same last name Heather MC Aug 2013 #12
For a Democratic/Liberal/non-conservative web site there sure are a lot of people here that think RC Aug 2013 #14
Good post. I'm so sick and tired of reading about cops decimating all in their wake. So sick of it! Ed Suspicious Aug 2013 #16
Disable their vehicle. Block them in. Jacks/spikes. There used to be all kinds of things the police RC Aug 2013 #19
The details we know so far Jenoch Aug 2013 #22
+1! ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #33
+1,000 malaise Aug 2013 #80
More and more Peaceplace80 Aug 2013 #26
where do you folks live at that you can run away from the police and okieinpain Aug 2013 #30
Police are not supposed to kill you davidn3600 Aug 2013 #32
sir I don't know what to say, but since I was a little kid okieinpain Aug 2013 #73
where do you folks live at that you can run away from the police and not get shot at ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #34
U nailed it ceonupe Aug 2013 #36
This is the 3rd poster here to talk about 'ramming' the policr; I can see nothing like that muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #45
Many ceonupe Aug 2013 #46
Why did you talk about 'ramming'? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #51
no kidding. I'm really shocked since I've been a kid I've always been okieinpain Aug 2013 #72
How nice jollyreaper2112 Aug 2013 #37
I assume your ideology falls way over towards the right side of the spectrum. rhett o rick Aug 2013 #39
oh really jollyreaper2112 Aug 2013 #40
Let's get back to reality; there's no violence in this story, expect from the cops muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #50
judge not jollyreaper2112 Aug 2013 #64
So, to you, having a burglar as a boyfriend = likely to get killed by the police muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #66
yawn jollyreaper2112 Aug 2013 #67
Why are you yawning? GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #68
yawning at poster, not issue jollyreaper2112 Aug 2013 #69
I'm not trolling in the least - you started making up stories about violence muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #74
Oh, OK GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #75
Living while black malaise Aug 2013 #38
She was white nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #41
Got me malaise Aug 2013 #70
Overkill. The level of aggression was way over the top. Rex Aug 2013 #42
Note: they were running FROM the police, not trying to run them down with a vehicle. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #43
Nobody seems to want to step in and stop this type of thing damnedifIknow Aug 2013 #44
When they ceonupe Aug 2013 #47
Where's that detail described? nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #48
If they had been stopped without a shot fired... Orrex Aug 2013 #49
I don't trust the police anymore Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #53
75 bullets. 6 police cars chasing them. No guns in car. Male wanted for theft, not violent felonies GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #65
Shoot the hostage. It's the only way to be sure. Kennah Aug 2013 #76
This wasn't Bonnie and Clyde the cops were chasing. snappyturtle Aug 2013 #77
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