Sig1Hunter

So, in EII's perfect world where someone steals his gun... does he call the cops to report it stolen? Does he embark on his own mission to investigate and then locate the perpetrator(s) that stole his gun using his own personal resources? In the real world, a report was taken. In the real world, a street cop just doing his job and needlessly harassing the American public by pulling them over for petty traffic offenses comes across EII's stolen gun after it is pointed at him. The thief tries to kill the jackboot. Thanks to the jackboot's robot training and ability to recognize signs of imminent danger, he saves his own life and kills the thief. Not so much as a thank you from EII for recovering his stolen gun either, probably. Names in the above story have been changed to protect the innocent.

Canada must be so proud.

Boyst was right about you.

You're right. They made up seeing the gun, hatched a plan to say they saw a gun, danced around the cover of the corner of the house as if they felt a gun was being pointed at them...all in the heat of the moment, full well knowing that the entire incident was being recorded by their bodycams and from above by a FLIR helicopter camera. All because they fully intended on killing an unarmed, innocent black man. Imagine, all of that ability stored up inside a measly paid civil servant. BTW - I'm not "sticking up" for them. If the investigation reveals that the events transpired as the giant conspiracy that you believe happened, by all means hang em high. I'm merely trying to point out another perspective. You are the one choosing not to give any credibility to it.

Promoted from Sergeant to Overlord? I hope that comes with a payraise commensurate with the presumed increase in responsibilities. Regarding "one crack at it": exactly, how many cracks at it would you need if you were confronted by a police officer pointing a gun at you and speaking assertively in simple and direct phrases such as "POLICE! STOP!"? Would you have instead chosen to run around the corner of a house into a pitch black backyard and positioned yourself tightly against the wall of the house? If this is your answer, you have just chosen an option that is a textbook ambush from a foot pursuit tactic, and have just put yourself in danger of dramatically, and needlessly escalating the confrontation. If you chose to stop, as initially commanded, you would very, very, very likely still be alive. Regarding "shoot first, ask questions later": have you watched the bodycam and helicopter videos? If not, I suggest you do. The two cops that shot saw a gun (mistakenly, it seems). They communicated it to each other by saying "Gun!", followed by commands to "show your hands". Then "gun gun gun", then shots. The questions asked "later" were by another cop - a female - and the question wasn't whether he had a gun in as much as whether he STILL had a gun.

I don't pretend to stand in judgement of how you, or a doctor, or a pilot, or any other professional does their job. I have no idea how to open a loch, or whatever it is that you do. I haven't been trained. Why do you feel encouraged to stand upon your soapbox of ignorance and judge how cops do/should do their jobs? ESPECIALLY when all you have is a snippet of the information and evidence available? By all means, form an opinion.. but educate yourself and wait for more information before you broadcast your subjective belief that all cops are dimwits.

A) they believed he was armed B) they couldn't control his hands C) they don't approach until they can do so, or at least mitigate the potential threat tactically. I.E. waiting for backup. I'm only defensive because of your "we are policed by dimwits" statement. You rail on cops consistently. Your hatred of all things law enforcement related is ridiculous. Yet, I am the close minded one. You are completely ignorant on the topic. If you are so interested in making change, I suggest you educate yourself first. If all you actually wanna do is B word and moan on a message board, then carry on. I will continue to call you a moron, however. And, no, I'm not interested in being 'A less safe officer '. Cops are trained the way that they are trained because it is a profession. You want me to do something outside of my training, putting myself and my agency civilly liable? Then, I get fired cuz I didn't follow my rules and regs? What world do you live in? That is an absolutely ridiculous expectation.

It's not blindly following my "union brothers", ding dong. It's having an understanding of SOPs, generally accepted practices, and training within the profession. None of which you have. Hence, you are an ignorant fool and you keep proclaiming it from the mountaintops.

Ignorance is bliss, eh?

Isn't Chris Ivory one of those "lower the head to punish tacklers" type of runner? This should be fun. The college rule is perfect. Why the need to go above and beyond?

Mission BBQ is the shizzle! They have one in my local area... their brisket is perfection. Did I mention the Mac n cheese?? Dang....I need to sleep off some calories just thinking about it. Anyway.. For lunch I had a great job with you about the osmotic shock.

I've been looking for *the* excuse to sleep, and you my friend I believe just gave it to me! Got any empirical data to back it up? I'd like to have that to throw back in the faces of the ones that will inevitably shame my sleeping behaviors!

That's ok. Neither are the posters that think Allen is a guaranteed bust.

Hey, can someone pass the popcorn?

Ok dude. My point was that your initial assertion that "off the field things don't matter in the grand scheme of things" is pretty ignorant. My view is that the time, energy, money someone pours into someone / something bigger than themselves is what really matters in the grand scheme of things (life). Ones ability to throw a football is way down on the list. Maybe in the future, you can work on your articulation skills?

I do. We have differing views on what the grand scheme of things is, I suppose.

Some would argue that off the field stuff and being a good human being is what really matters "in the grand scheme of things". Count me in that camp. TT was a great dude, a good player, but not a good enough QB. I suspect he will be fondly remembered by most Bills fans as the QB that broke the streak.

Spam? Spam doesn't go bad for 50 years, much less the first time you open it. Spam is delicious.

Meh.

How much of the "time to throw" metric was influenced by Tyrods ability to avoid the sack? I'd argue that it influenced it a lot, and therefore that metric is a misnomer.

The person at fault is likely the moron crossing outside of a crosswalk. They are there for a reason, and it isn't because they are pretty to look at.

Now I know which cars to look out for! I feel bad for the poor sap that drives these cars on Orlando.

4 mil per? For your starting middle linebacker that happened to lead the league in tackles? I agree, he isn't that game changing MLB. But the guy can play and is a steady performer. 4m/year seems pretty skimpy for a guy with his resume, doesn't it?

Like bushes?

While I don't think it is necessarily likely, it wouldn't shock me and I'm not sure I would be upset with it. The draft is always full of surprises.