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101. my, you get my heart all aflutter. what a man! nt

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Young woman shot and killed by Denver police in "stolen car" incident. [View all] librechik Jan 2015 OP

Stealing a car was a right of passage for many of us as teens back in the day NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #1

Stealing did not get 840high Jan 2015 #2

First of all, at this point all we have is what the cops told us or the media, and cops lie NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #5

how did his leg get fractured? Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #6

Obviously after the young woman was dead, he took one for the team mythology Jan 2015 #10

He beat it with his throw-down pistol pintobean Jan 2015 #32

I'll take the story at face value 840high Jan 2015 #13

Why do you support summary execution of assaulting an officer Taitertots Jan 2015 #62

He responded to violence against him. 840high Jan 2015 #65

He shot her in revenge rather than because he was in danger? Thanks for clarifying. nt uppityperson Jan 2015 #73

If someone rammed me with 840high Jan 2015 #98

my, you get my heart all aflutter. what a man! nt uppityperson Jan 2015 #101

I am a woman - sure hope 840high Jan 2015 #112

shooting someone after they run you over is "surviving in the face of violence", even if it was acci uppityperson Jan 2015 #122

This was deliberate. Of course if 840high Jan 2015 #123

Killing people who ram you is a crime. Don't want to be dead - don't do Oh wait... Taitertots Jan 2015 #140

You may be right. cpwm17 Jan 2015 #99

Two teens here in Mesa in 2000 JonLP24 Jan 2015 #129

Stealing? Or borrowing your parents' without telling them? Brickbat Jan 2015 #11

Both, my brother borrowed from our parents and paid hell for it and he stole NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #23

I had some wild times as a kid. cwydro Jan 2015 #57

So you never stole anything in your life? NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #58

I said I never stole a car. cwydro Jan 2015 #60

When I was 12 I stole a pair 840high Jan 2015 #115

Are you implying that stealing a candy bar is the same as running over a police officer? Travis_0004 Jan 2015 #131

Or any other human, for that matter......? WillowTree Jan 2015 #143

Not in my neck of 840high Jan 2015 #14

I think this says more about you than you imagine it does. X_Digger Jan 2015 #19

Oh we can keep it RIGHT HERE for everybody to see, I know OUTSPOKEN liberals are NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #22

don't be angry be happy! snooper2 Jan 2015 #86

I was extremely happy when I wrote that...i am not the one pretending to be a saint NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #93

PS Lets see, I have not stolen a car, have you? NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #24

Ooh, apparently I struck a nerve. Who'da thunk it. X_Digger Jan 2015 #130

This message was self-deleted by its author NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #146

ahh, the OLE "struck a nerve" ploy when you have nothing else to say, so as to make NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #147

You get on with your bad self. Argue with what you think folks say. lol. n/t X_Digger Jan 2015 #148

Most people don't steal. Boudica the Lyoness Jan 2015 #141

As does your focus on it. LanternWaste Jan 2015 #25

Well, aren't you special to do that? I've never met anyone that was ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2015 #39

i don't think it says that much about him/her at all. samsingh Jan 2015 #89

Grand theft is not a right of passage for many of us as teens. NCTraveler Jan 2015 #55

Stealing a car was a right of passage trumad Jan 2015 #77

I would never disclose that, there are many people on the internet, probably right here at DU NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #92

My spidey senses are telling me the KC area. pintobean Jan 2015 #102

Are you trying to out me? Why would you do that? NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #109

Cut the guy some slack. He's just gonna borrow your car for a bit. name not needed Jan 2015 #120

He reminds me of someone pintobean Jan 2015 #126

If you're right REP Jan 2015 #127

"Stealing a car was a right of passage for many of us as teens back in the day" Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #79

So it's not about justice so much as your ability to commit felonies without interference. name not needed Jan 2015 #118

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #124

Stealing a car H. Cromwell Jan 2015 #3

"Purposely" is the issue here. Did the 17 yr old do this on purpose or panicked accidentally? uppityperson Jan 2015 #75

either way... H. Cromwell Jan 2015 #103

that broken leg for not appear to have been broken. Today's articles say injured. uppityperson Jan 2015 #104

well my take Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #4

xcatly 840high Jan 2015 #119

Yep, some folk INSTANTLY believe anything and everything a cop says, and some dont NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #7

Yep. The cop broke his own leg in order to be able COLGATE4 Jan 2015 #8

do you really buy the notion that the girl deliberately tried to hurt the officer? librechik Jan 2015 #9

I've been a lawyer for more than 25 years and COLGATE4 Jan 2015 #12

that is simply librechik Jan 2015 #17

The most practical way of defending oneself is to jump out of the way. hunter Jan 2015 #31

The only practical way to avoid getting run over is kill the driver? How about getting out of the uppityperson Jan 2015 #76

Certainly not every case of assault by auto COLGATE4 Jan 2015 #80

I'd much rather suffer a broken leg than shoot someone. hunter Jan 2015 #106

Because that's his/her job. pintobean Jan 2015 #108

Hostile encounters like this happen every day in U.S. high school parking lots... hunter Jan 2015 #137

High school students are running over other people with stolen cars on a daily basis? Ace Rothstein Jan 2015 #144

You're assuming that the only consequence to the COLGATE4 Jan 2015 #111

I'm an anarchist. In my not-so-humble opinion the police should be disbanded. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #83

I do not see anything about a broken leg in today's reports of this. Just "injured" uppityperson Jan 2015 #95

The severity of the injury is immaterial. The driver drove the car at someone. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #97

and today's reports do not indicate a fractured leg. 1st reports often are inaccurate uppityperson Jan 2015 #100

Again, the severity of the injury is immaterial. The driver drove at another person. That qualifies Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #107

maybe there isn't time to get out of the way? treestar Jan 2015 #116

if there is time, is the only practical way to kill the driver? uppityperson Jan 2015 #117

Deliberate. 840high Jan 2015 #16

You were THERE, REALLY! NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #27

Were you? nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #29

NO, neither have I claimed what happened, only unwilling to instantly believe every word NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #30

In the world where adults live, there is evidence and its preponderance. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #33

You dont even realize what you are saying, if you did maybe you would think twice NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #34

So, you got nothing. Fine. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #35

Stop it, you are embarrassing yourself... you are INSISTING that unless I was THERE i MUST accept NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #36

I actually think you have that wrong Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #37

LOL look who it is!!! I have to comment now before I am locked out for being too liberal NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #38

whatever Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #44

Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2015 #41

or break a leg Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #47

You're not merely questioning authority treestar Jan 2015 #113

Why is it better to claim the cop is always the one lying? treestar Jan 2015 #114

I was there and you have no clue whatyou are talking about TheSarcastinator Jan 2015 #45

Let's see how it plays out. The truth is usually in the middle of the extremes. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #48

Were you there AS it happened, WHILE it was happening, or AFTER it happened? cherokeeprogressive Jan 2015 #72

thanks for your posts. Would you know of a link to this from today? uppityperson Jan 2015 #78

Were you? 840high Jan 2015 #66

And the cop....... WillowTree Jan 2015 #59

the cop's leg is NOT broken TheSarcastinator Jan 2015 #42

The link clearly says cwydro Jan 2015 #68

facts get convoluted ............... NM_Birder Jan 2015 #84

So his leg is not fractured? cwydro Jan 2015 #87

I was pulling your leg a little bit, ........ bah duuum bump ! NM_Birder Jan 2015 #94

Doesn't matter. NM_Birder Jan 2015 #82

Some folks INSTANTLY make up stuff. 840high Jan 2015 #15

Now other comments I am getting are making more sense...got it NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #26

If you try to run cops over with your car, they're probably going to shoot you. chrisa Jan 2015 #18

Are you saying the car wasn't stolen? kiva Jan 2015 #20

Fun with quotation marks. Dr. Strange Jan 2015 #21

look--we don't "know" the car was stolen by those kids--that would have to be determined in court librechik Jan 2015 #70

True, we don't "know" the car was stolen by those kids. Dr. Strange Jan 2015 #71

How do I know I'm on "DU"? kiva Jan 2015 #134

Here's how I know if I'm on DU. Dr. Strange Jan 2015 #135

Is that fried chicken coated in cornflakes? kiva Jan 2015 #136

Let me ram a car into you and let's see if you try to defend yourself. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #28

what an amazingly reprehensible post TheSarcastinator Jan 2015 #40

Maybe you should be a cop. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #43

Another clueless arrogant post TheSarcastinator Jan 2015 #49

Seeing "the immediatie aftermath" and seeing what actually happened are two different things. WillowTree Jan 2015 #64

He mentions "Every one of us who lives in the neighborhood and saw what occurred" JonLP24 Jan 2015 #133

I've seen a lot of stories about cops killing drivers who hit or rolled toward them. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2015 #51

As it should, under certain circumstances. Oklahoma_Liberal Jan 2015 #149

Thank you. n/t Comrade Grumpy Jan 2015 #46

So were you an eyewitness or earwitness to the actual shooting? cherokeeprogressive Jan 2015 #50

earwitness to the shots and TheSarcastinator Jan 2015 #53

...and I want to be clear about something else, too TheSarcastinator Jan 2015 #54

Excellent post. Kingofalldems Jan 2015 #52

I have a question. herding cats Jan 2015 #61

wow. Thank you so much for this thoughtful (and fortuitous) post, Sarcastinator librechik Jan 2015 #69

" I saw the immediate aftermath" = NM_Birder Jan 2015 #74

She was 17 not 16 so automatically everything else you wrote is suspect snooper2 Jan 2015 #96

+10 840high Jan 2015 #121

I've had worse shit thrown at me. hunter Jan 2015 #138

My first thought is: Why didn't the cop move out of the way? Taitertots Jan 2015 #56

stealing cars and running into cops with said stolen car ? NM_Birder Jan 2015 #91

We send car thieves to jail. That's common sense. Taitertots Jan 2015 #105

you seemed to have missed the point, not surprised NM_Birder Jan 2015 #125

I believe that's called "victim blaming". n/t hughee99 Jan 2015 #110

Anti-cop hysteria underground LittleBlue Jan 2015 #63

.... 840high Jan 2015 #67

Cops in the U.S.A. need to clean up their act. hunter Jan 2015 #139

"The statistics are pretty damned clear." Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #145

The people who say we are anti-police when we decry cops murdering unarmed civilians Chemisse Jan 2015 #81

you say 14, the article says 17, and an earshot witness in "the immediate aftermath" says 16 NM_Birder Jan 2015 #85

it sounds like she tried to run the cops over and hit one of them. samsingh Jan 2015 #88

UPDATE: Prosecutors promise probe librechik Jan 2015 #90

Joyriding libodem Jan 2015 #128

no, assault with a deadly weapon is potentially deadly magical thyme Jan 2015 #142

"the teen driving the car drove into one of the police officers, fracturing his leg." Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #132