Bill from NYC

You raised some good points AD but you are killing me with the bolded LOL!!!!! Great candidates? I beg to differ.

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Steve Winwood was making great music all the way back to his teens. He played with the likes of Clapton, Capaldi, Mason, Garcia, Trucks, and countless others. I saw him at Foxwood's a few years ago and when he talked to the crowd, I sense that there were some crazy parties that I would love to hear about. I never spoke to Raquel but many years ago, I saw her walking by me at an event in Manhattan while I was working. She was between 2 bodyguards who looked to be close to 6'10"'. She was beautiful from a distance and as she came closer she was out and out captivating. My forehead started sweating and I couldn't really move my knees. My eyes were probably popping out of my head and I couldn't say anything. When she was just a few steps past me she stopped, turned around, and gave me a seductive wink. Now, when she turned back around she I could see that she was laughing. in fact her bodyguards were laughing at me. I had to abandon my post and get a Snapple iced tea. Nobody has ever has had that effect on me, and btw she was in her late 40's at the time, considerably older than me. I added her name just so I could be around her and ask her questions. From the things I read about her she was very interesting in addition to her beauty. She wouldn't sleep with directors so the called her a B word. Others told her that she was a talented actress but if they gave her a part, people would not be able to concentrate on the film. Listen, I'm sorry to bore you but you asked lol.

Yes, the FBI is always trustworthy. Do you think Antifa is legit or are they terrorists?

Yeah sure, ok. Cities around the country are getting legitimate brick deliveries in the middle of riots. Got it.

You make a decent point about the KKK. Imo they SHOULD be a terrorist group and it should have happened from the moment they existed. I do however respectfully point out that Obama had 8 years to do this. That said, I hope that President Trump does declare them as such. Antifa has been delivering pallets of bricks to rioters and paying them to burn and destroy things and people. They ARE terrorists and need to pay the price.

Brian, I was referring specifically to this quote: "The police officers cheering them outside the courtroom is one of the more disgusting things I've witnessed in some time." My point was that I am thinking that there were plenty of more disgusting things very recently, to include the senseless, horrible murder in Minnesota. Sorry if I was not clear enough.

1) President Trump 2) Nick Saban 3) Derrick Henry 4) Raquel Welsh 5) Steve Winwood I would have tons of questions to ask all of them.

Really? Do you live in a cave, come out for this video, and go running back in? Two nights ago there were 18 human beings murdered in Chicago, and I think another 12 were shot. Police Officers have been murdered around the nation during these riots and I think there was also a murder in Minesota by a scumbag ex-cop, no? OK, the police officers supporting the 2 fellow officers for pushing and unintentionally injuring this ill advised man constitutes "one the more disgusting things you have seen in some time?" Wow! C'mon Brian.....try to let old personal wounds die.

Maybe because they were imposing a government mandated curfew and the man approached and even accosted riot police officers. I'm not sure, not good timing maybe?

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I heard about the case but never believed it. To be honest I didn't believe the Volpe "plunger" case either. That wasn't police brutality, it was a sex crime. I didn't think that any cop, however vicious, would ever do this and it turned out that he was guilty. I don't present myself as an all knowing entity. Could the Baltimore case be true? Maybe, but as I said; I am unable to visualize something that candy ass and flimsy. As for Minnesota, I am utterly sickened, and I mean every bit as much as you if not more. That ex-cop had his knee on the throat of every American citizen, especially police officers, and I really don't care about the record of the deceased. I watched that video with a knot in my stomach and my heart racing. I knew that things would be very bad, but not THIS bad. Just horrible beyond words.

Seriously, no. I am not a starry eyed kid. I have been in battles and had to use necessary force, and I am not ashamed of this. They key word is necessary. But to put someone in a van and drive around like some douchebag? Bro, that is weak s%$t and no, I never heard of it and never would have ever considered it for any reason, even if the prisoner attacked me, or molested a kid. I am unable to even visualize driving down the streets of NYC in that manner, (especially Manhattan) and placing my own health and the heath of others in peril, let alone in a police vehicle. If you don't believe me, of course that's perfectly OK too.

No, I never heard of it and yes, I thought it ridiculous then and still do. Some indictments are for political gain, wouldn't you agree? And yes, they "coulda" stole the money as it what generally happens in Baltimore. http://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-pugh-20191120-kzmc2v7cafetjladglhgnyusdy-story.html I do hope and pray that the prosecutors in the Minnesota case are competent.

I don't know about every single case HBF. Unlike some others, I don't think that my opinions necessarily reign supreme over opinions that differ but, since you brought it up; the Freddie Gray Case was utterly ridiculous imo. The premise of the wild ambulance ride was something I never saw or even heard about. Also, weren't there police officers in the ambulance? And iirc, 3 of the officers were black. They all got off, and this was in Baltimore mind you. I mean really.

My life has taught me that police brutality has nothing to do with race. It has to do with individuals. I have been posting here for approx. 2 1/2 decades. I have friends that I have met at RWS, close friends, but; few know much about my background. I was a NYC Police Officer/Detective. I worked for 2 black squad sgts., 2 black borough commanders, and 2 black police commissioners. I started in Crown Heights/East Flatbush Brooklyn. My precinct had 71 homicides that year. I was just a rookie, and we took up a collection to help purchase baseball equipment for poor (and I do mean poor kids). From there, I was transferred to Midtown South Precinct and assigned to a foot post on what the FBI called the worst block in America, W. 42nd Street between Broadway and 8th Ave. The Port Authority was across the street and there were 5 welfare hotels within 2 blocks, Two of them were in the top 10 in the city. I will not talk about the things I saw in these places but I will say that we saved the lives of and rescued children. It was just horrible. None were white. I was lucky enough to get a transfer to my home borough of Queens after 5 years at the same time as a friend. We weren't used to working in a normal place. We were assigned to a sector in which a large black population lived. We checked open doors and waved to the nice people. My partner got promoted and I broke in this young black cop who had no partner. I got him his first arrest, a nice assault/robbery. I took care of him and pushed him out of the way so I could go up first to a 5 minute old homicide. We had to step over a dead Colombian and there were people in the closet. They turned out to be victims, and nobody got shot. This man is my dear friend today, and he went on to be a 1st Grade Detective (higher than me) and set a record for undercover buys in NYC. Ask him if I was a brutal racist. When the Community Policing program started, black community members from a civic association turned out for a meeting and demanded that I be assigned to their neighborhood. I was placed there without being given a choice. My reward? Sundays off so I could watch the Bills games (but I worked Saturdays and had to miss the Crimson Tide). From there, a black Borough Commander promoted me to detective. I primarily did domestics and had a black female partner. We came up with an initiative that became a citywide model. In NYC, police officers have to write up themselves for medals, or be written up by a co-worker or a supervisor. I never wrote myself up for 1 medal. I refused because they meant nothing to me. I was named "Cop of the Month" in the borough of Queens and didn't show up for the ceremony. They sent it to me in Department Mail and my boss wasn't happy. I was cop of the year in a precinct and had 56 commendations and believe me, there were MUCH better cops than me. MUCH better. When my captain (who was promoted to Deputy Inspector) retired, he took a job as a school teacher in a very tough neighborhood in CT (he lived close by and NYS wouldn't let him "double dip"). He was named "Educator of the Year" by the Obama Administration. He inspired his almost entirely black class and their marks skyrocketed. If you think I am full of s%$t, his name is Anthony Mullen. Many of his students went onto college and are success stories. This was my experience in the NYPD. I only found out about my commendations when I applied for another job after I retired. To this day I am haunted by nightmares from the atrocities that I have seen, but it has become normal by now. I'm fine, but what happened in Minnesota really hurts. That scumbag cop hurt our country. He gave anarchists and other losers an audience, and I am NOT talking about peaceful protesters. In the long run, all of us will suffer. My experience doesn't involve racism, and I worked with GREAT cops. Btw there were good times too. Working in Midtown Manhattan wasn't so bad in some ways :). As for the cops, we loved each other. Race meant nothing. I pray that our country comes around and the violence will cease.

Of course. I hope that you did note my restraint.

You should read my initial post. It would be easy enough to do. I pointed out that people are not mandated to agree with every position that you take. You took it from there and got offensive and even vulgar. I really don't remember having any specific discussions with you on this board, and I would probably remember hostile exchanges. You seem to have built up anger at me, all the way up to not liking first round defensive backs lol! One would think a poster with your screen name might agree but so be it. You see how easy that was? I am not trying to force you to see eye to eye on everything I say. I'm not even going to get vulgar because you do not. Here's to a fresh start!

No, but he sure can hate you if you disagree with him.

The difference is that I don't care if you disagree with things that I believe. It is a comforting state of mind, you might try it.

No matter how dismissive, gross, or derisive your comments are, people are not forced to agree with you. People shouldn't be forced to agree with anyone, even robotic simps who are incapable of an original thought.

That was not an intelligent comment. You are not an all knowing being. You are just some guy on a message board with a screen name of Jauronimo. People are not automatically incorrect because they disagree with your comments. What makes it worse is that you probably toe the line on each and every issue. An original thought would suit you well. Have a wonderful day! Thanks for the suggestion. Could you even begin to imagine what I suggest that you could do?

According to you. You do know that not everyone is mandated to agree with you, no?

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