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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th August 2015, 07:51 AM
Replies: 787
Views: 117,572
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Twenty pages for someone who talks and kicks...

Twenty pages for someone who talks and kicks herself into an arrest, then kills herself. Four pages for a cop who gets shot pulling someone over.
This forum certainly has its priorities straight.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th August 2015, 05:56 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 23,241
Posted By Monketi Ghost
"All they do is write tickets. Why are we paying...

"All they do is write tickets. Why are we paying for two cops in one car?!"
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th August 2015, 05:50 AM
Replies: 556
Views: 66,594
Posted By Monketi Ghost
A lot of white people have been suffering from...

A lot of white people have been suffering from the same conditions for generations.
Forum: USA Politics 7th August 2015, 06:10 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 15,908
Posted By Monketi Ghost
That's bold and I can't say it's impossible. I...

That's bold and I can't say it's impossible.
I could wish it were...
Forum: USA Politics 7th August 2015, 06:09 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 15,908
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Conspiracy. I'm calling it

Conspiracy. I'm calling it
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 05:01 PM
Replies: 556
Views: 66,594
Posted By Monketi Ghost
If it looks like an attack and I'm not yelling...

If it looks like an attack and I'm not yelling for help.
I expect officers to stop anyone cold who rushes at them.
They're the last people anyone should recklessly rush.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 04:32 PM
Replies: 556
Views: 66,594
Posted By Monketi Ghost
The other officers also considered it to be the...

The other officers also considered it to be the case.
So much 20/20 hindsight in this thread. People think they can analyze a potential risk, when they weren't present, long after the fact, from the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 04:02 PM
Replies: 556
Views: 66,594
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Certainly I do, I see such behavior in the ER. ...

Certainly I do, I see such behavior in the ER.
That doesn't mean I know why they're behaving the way they do unless I was privy to that information.
They might be drunk.
They might have been...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 03:22 PM
Replies: 556
Views: 66,594
Posted By Monketi Ghost
We'll find out the next time I rush a police...

We'll find out the next time I rush a police officer never.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 03:08 PM
Replies: 556
Views: 66,594
Posted By Monketi Ghost
I can't answer that because I wasn't there. ...

I can't answer that because I wasn't there.
Same reason you can't, but only one of us feels comfortable looking back with all the facts available.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 02:43 PM
Replies: 556
Views: 66,594
Posted By Monketi Ghost
That's pretty solid hindsight quarterbacking...

That's pretty solid hindsight quarterbacking there.
Why did he hand it off when he had a downfield receiver wide open?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 02:00 PM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0QB0OZ201...

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0QB0OZ20150806?irpc=932

People can stop discussing me the dead cop now.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 01:53 PM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
See what I mean? How many of these posts are...

See what I mean? How many of these posts are about me?
And people posted to complain I don't take the subject seriously? Who else would have started the thread, excepting Gawdzilla Sama? Nobody.
If...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 01:23 PM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
I understand that many here would prefer to spend...

I understand that many here would prefer to spend pages hand-winging about poor, downtrodden criminals and only toss a token post into threads about dead cops, using anything they can to justify...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 12:12 PM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Didn't even have time to loot a pharmacy! ...

Didn't even have time to loot a pharmacy!
"Let's burn this-- Where's everybody going?"
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 11:30 AM
Replies: 787
Views: 117,572
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Long arm of the law, I guess!

Long arm of the law, I guess!
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 11:18 AM
Replies: 787
Views: 117,572
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Still seems much more likely that she'd shown...

Still seems much more likely that she'd shown enough nervousness that it was time to check things out more thoroughly.
She kept it real and it went wrong.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 11:15 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Last month there was a break in at the apartment...

Last month there was a break in at the apartment complex across the street.
I asked a cop what was happening. He asked why I wanted to know, I told him I live across the street and was curious. He...
Forum: USA Politics 6th August 2015, 10:06 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 24,710
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Masterful.

Masterful.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 09:32 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-mayor-de...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-mayor-decries-killing-shreveport-officer-32923266

Cop still dead, killer still on the run
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 08:22 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
No indeed! Crazy. Good intentioned, but.

No indeed!
Crazy. Good intentioned, but.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 07:28 AM
Replies: 155
Views: 26,918
Posted By Monketi Ghost
"We came home and found our son lying dead on his...

"We came home and found our son lying dead on his bed from a gunshot wound. He had his headphones on, and there was an Ozzy record on the turntable.
So we called our lawyer."
~Triumph of the Swill,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 07:24 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
One big problem for me is the way these things...

One big problem for me is the way these things are reported: if it's a white cop and a black person shot, that's in the headline.
Black person shoots cop, race is generally unmentioned.
I know...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 07:02 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Don't trust cop directions to the freeway? ...

Don't trust cop directions to the freeway?
Don't trust when they tell you they arrested the troublemaker across the street from you?
Don't trust it when they instruct you to stay clear of a scene...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 06:49 AM
Replies: 556
Views: 66,594
Posted By Monketi Ghost
I confess to not being able to see much if any...

I confess to not being able to see much if any difference. Blood on the gun and you're done, son.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 06:42 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
https://i.imgur.com/9n2nJCT.gif

https://i.imgur.com/9n2nJCT.gif
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 06:25 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Jack Johnson, baby. I heartily approve of proud...

Jack Johnson, baby.
I heartily approve of proud interracial love.
Be what you are up front, especially if people cluck about it.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 06:23 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Gotta agree with that. Unchecked power, there's...

Gotta agree with that.
Unchecked power, there's a saying about it...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 06:16 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Damning law enforcement while citing a few...

Damning law enforcement while citing a few specific incidents out of the thousands of encounters police have every day is pretty much an ISF sport.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 06:15 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
I was always grateful that they seemed to care so...

I was always grateful that they seemed to care so much but resentful that some of them tried to be a surrogate father, with lectures and such.
I recall one in particular strongly advising my ma to...
Forum: USA Politics 6th August 2015, 05:49 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 24,710
Posted By Monketi Ghost
This is gonna be a train wreck. Trump will...

This is gonna be a train wreck. Trump will probably be as reserved as he can get, and the rest will be trying their best to appeal to their base.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 05:44 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Counter evidence to prove a negative? That one...

Counter evidence to prove a negative? That one guy's take isn't universal truth??
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 05:43 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Yep. I learned that they're not lawyers, so don't...

Yep. I learned that they're not lawyers, so don't follow their advice, nor are they counselors.
They did show a lot of kindness to me though. I was probably a cute kid.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 05:30 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Nothing to do with the officer's death. How...

Nothing to do with the officer's death. How police forces work in other countries is *barely* relevant. Why are you bringing race into this?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 05:19 AM
Replies: 556
Views: 66,594
Posted By Monketi Ghost
She'd never, ever make it to a cop jury. Any...

She'd never, ever make it to a cop jury. Any defense attorney worth a nickel would see to that.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 05:17 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
I'd never pretend I don't have a bias. Neither...

I'd never pretend I don't have a bias.
Neither do the people who complain that I don't add enough commentary to an OP of this type. They know what my bias is, but it's somehow too difficult to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 05:07 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Adios

Adios
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 05:04 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
How amusing then that the accompanying complaint...

How amusing then that the accompanying complaint is that I don't say enough.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 05:01 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Headlines.

Headlines.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 05:00 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
I honestly don't get why this has suddenly become...

I honestly don't get why this has suddenly become an issue, that given a link to a news story, members of this forum can't quite figure out how to get a conversation going without being lead by the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 04:51 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
The people who stood between my mother and my...

The people who stood between my mother and my violent father deserve to be put on a pedestal. It wasn't the mailman that put him away. It wasn't the hippies we were living with (and both of us still...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 04:42 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Curious. It has been mentioned as important that...

Curious. It has been mentioned as important that cops are public servants; which of those jobs up there involve being called specifically to deal with armed intruders?

ETA ninja'd by the Captain
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 04:40 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
That has nothing to do with this. This is about a...

That has nothing to do with this. This is about a cop who was called to a scene and shot when he arrived.



Training's great, more funding too. Being supportive of police officers instead of...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 04:30 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
I've never understood how that works. So behind...

I've never understood how that works. So behind the times.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 04:28 AM
Replies: 155
Views: 26,918
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Bam. This was my take as well. A crime is...

Bam.
This was my take as well.
A crime is linked to the occult? Chances are vast that it had nothing to do with the occult.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 04:25 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
There will always be far more criminals than...

There will always be far more criminals than cops.
I look forward to the riots and marches because cop lives matter.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 04:18 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Way to be among the few who could participate on...

Way to be among the few who could participate on topic in both threads. Locally impressive performance.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 04:06 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Can you elaborate a bit on that? Or people will...

Can you elaborate a bit on that? Or people will fill up pages criticising your post for being non informative and not stating an opinion.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th August 2015, 04:01 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 25,760
Posted By Monketi Ghost
Another cop dead

Safe job continues to be safe.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/manhunt-underway-louisiana-cop-killer-n404971

What a shame, right?
Forum: USA Politics 5th August 2015, 02:40 PM
Replies: 954
Views: 169,659
Posted By Monketi Ghost
It's nothing more than posturing. It's an attempt...

It's nothing more than posturing. It's an attempt to castigate others based on a deliberate misinterpretation of what they say and I'm calling that bullcrap for what it is.
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