06deacon
The Pumpfaker
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as crazy as some Trump supporters are, they are totally unorganized beyond the local
They’re also mostly giant cosplay wimps
as crazy as some Trump supporters are, they are totally unorganized beyond the local
So realistically how concerned should we be about shit going batshit bonkers on Tuesday?
Can someone summarize why the cops shot Walter Wallace Jr.? I admittedly haven't been following the story...Obviously there aren't ever good reason for a cop to shoot anyone, but what are the "reasons" that cop defenders are spewing? I can get more info here from a 3 sentence post than I can reading 5 stories of it on google.
It sounds like neighbors/family called the police to report a mentally unstable person. Cops showed up and drew guns, family tried to explain he was bi-polar and having mental issues and not to shoot. He was walking towards the police while holding a knife. They told him to drop it a few times while backing up and he didn't. Eventually a cop told his partner to shoot him and they both did. The family isn't blaming the officers for their actions but the police in how they handle these situations from the start.
Video is meant to be released next Wednesday. As for shooting someone in the leg - pretty sure the whole idea behind shooting someone is that they're a threat to your life. Shooting someone in the leg doesn't necessarily end that threat. Also most people who shoot weapons in these circumstances have horrible accuracy when aiming for a torso, even less chance they'd hit an arm or leg. The cops didn't have tasers - though from what I've read they likely wouldn't use a taser on someone with a knife.
It sounds like neighbors/family called the police to report a mentally unstable person. Cops showed up and drew guns, family tried to explain he was bi-polar and having mental issues and not to shoot. He was walking towards the police while holding a knife. They told him to drop it a few times while backing up and he didn't. Eventually a cop told his partner to shoot him and they both did. The family isn't blaming the officers for their actions but the police in how they handle these situations from the start.
Video is meant to be released next Wednesday. As for shooting someone in the leg - pretty sure the whole idea behind shooting someone is that they're a threat to your life. Shooting someone in the leg doesn't necessarily end that threat. Also most people who shoot weapons in these circumstances have horrible accuracy when aiming for a torso, even less chance they'd hit an arm or leg. The cops didn't have tasers - though from what I've read they likely wouldn't use a taser on someone with a knife.
To varying degrees, my wife’s family are conservative Christian Fox News nut types. We try to avoid talking politics with them.
At 6 am our time...3 am California time (where he lives) her father texts her to say...”if you love me, please don’t vote”.
Good grief.
They haven’t moved out of that west coast liberal hellscape yet?
They tried.
They sold a beautiful place on a canal in Ventura to move to a lakefront home in Texas whut had cheaper waterfront property about an hour NE of Houston. Everyone told them they’d hate the climate but they moved there anyway having only assessed it in the winter. In almost no time they realized the heat and humidity, fire ants and alligators made the place...intolerable! So now they’re in Santa Barbara but renting a place in TX and claiming residency there for the lower taxes.
I'm struggling to think of a situation where my children and their children's future wouldn't be my primary voting concern.
They tried.
They sold a beautiful place on a canal in Ventura to move to a lakefront home in Texas whut had cheaper waterfront property about an hour NE of Houston. Everyone told them they’d hate the climate but they moved there anyway having only assessed it in the winter. In almost no time they realized the heat and humidity, fire ants and alligators made the place...intolerable! So now they’re in Santa Barbara but renting a place in TX and claiming residency there for the lower taxes.
🙄
Feels like God, karma, Mother Nature, every spiritual entity out there is screaming out against Trump.