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oldhippie

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15. I totally agree with you there

Reply to Skip_In_Boulder (Reply #8)

Fri Mar 23, 2012, 06:53 PM

Mar 2012

As do the overwelming majority of my somewhat conservative, gun toting, second amendment loving friends in my pistol club here in Texas. Not one person I have talked with defends the asshole following and confronting the kid. If Zimmerman were here we would be looking for a rope.

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Here's what I don't get about the Treyvon Martin murder [View all] Skip_In_Boulder Mar 2012 OP

Police DEPARTMENTS are not single-minded things... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #1

It's obvious you do get it...you called it the Trayvon Martin murder. Murder is the key word. shraby Mar 2012 #2

It's only a recommendation. LisaL Mar 2012 #3

And what do you base that conclusion on? n/t Skip_In_Boulder Mar 2012 #5

911 operators have no legal authority ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #7

They say it wasn't an order. Life Long Dem Mar 2012 #20

It shows Zimmerman was the aggressor. Deep13 Mar 2012 #4

911 operators have never been sworn officers in my experience ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #6

Yeah I am just having problems getting past the reality Skip_In_Boulder Mar 2012 #8

I totally agree with you there oldhippie Mar 2012 #15

Well I did find this on the subject. Skip_In_Boulder Mar 2012 #10

Right, many dispatchers used to be.. but not 911 operators. X_Digger Mar 2012 #14

Oh I can beleive this has a very high burn out rate Skip_In_Boulder Mar 2012 #19

I can't imagine even keeping a calm voice, much less being rational. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #21

I dont get how you can perceive ... oldhippie Mar 2012 #9

So if you told your children that Skip_In_Boulder Mar 2012 #11

Different circumstances ...... oldhippie Mar 2012 #13

I'm curious.. what police departments are those? (where dispatchers have police power) X_Digger Mar 2012 #12

In the midwest where I grew up Skip_In_Boulder Mar 2012 #17

Oh, it's definitely relevant. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #18

Great point. Seems to me Trayvon would have been the one who had the right to invoke the stand your Cass Mar 2012 #16