Sig1Hunter

Warriors? No. They don't chose to play the game for altruistic reasons. They chose to play because it is fun and they have the opportunity to get paid lots of money. They are not warriors - metaphor, or not.

I'm sure. You just have to know where to look.

Lots of talk about shepherds going on in this thread, so I give you this. An excerpt from LTC Dave Grossman's book "On Killing". Are you a sheep, wolf, or sheepdog? http://mwkworks.com/onsheepwolvesandsheepdogs.html

Are you aware of the action / reaction law of the universe?

Good thing the kid wasnt watching Mike McCarthy on the Packers sideline. I thought he might pop an aneurysm during the 4th quarter.

They changed announcers too. What kind of person spells Tom as Thom, anyway?

Bills - 3 Broncos - 3 Zebras - 11

Awesome, jboyst. A kind word of support goes a long way, sometimes. I'm sure your words of support meant more to that officer than you know or intended.

Historic? Lets not get ahead of ourselves here...

Quoted for truth!

What exactly is "harassment"? I mean, I'm sure that some of the people that I've stopped for seemingly minor violations announced to their friends that I harassed them because they didn't like getting a ticket. Just because someone says that they were harassed doesn't mean that they were. Just throwing that out there...

I think the point is that the issue that they are "protesting" may or may not have validity. But, hitching your protest wagon to this particular incident by using the "hands up, don't shoot" (which has been proven to be a complete lie) motion is moronic. Pick an incident where the facts at least partially match your narrative.

This kind of ignorance is better suited for PPP, methinks.

Not sure what the purpose of this post is. Are you saying that one is good and one is bad?

Has anyone actually watched the video? No "chokehold" occurred. The cops arm was around his neck area (and not tightly, might I add) for less than 10 seconds total. Who here has attempted to place a combative 400 pound man in handcuffs? Pretty please usually doesn't work. The man died because he was morbidly obese, resisted the police, and his body couldn't take it. I suspect his complaints of not being able to breathe had more to do with having police on top of him trying to cuff him than the few seconds of the officer's arm around his neck/shoulder area (he kept complaining after the officer's arm was no longer in the area). Secondly, it is my understanding that the police were going to issue a summons and move on - except that Garner refused to provide his identification. At that point, it goes from a non-arrest / notice to appear situation to an arrest / go to jail situation. Has the actual autopsy report been released yet?

I'm pretty sure it was Hernandez's decision to waive his right to speedy trial.

I had the same thought.

Paraphrasing - Johnson: We was just walking down the middle of the street. It's not like we were breaking the law, or anything. Grand Jury: Wait a minute, you just robbed a store of cigarillos... Johnson: Oh, yeah, well....

No doubt that witnesses can process things differently. I understand that - its part of my job. With Johnson, I believe it is a little more than that. Seeing his interviews after the incident, where the MSM jumped on his version of events (which largely fueled the impending national uproar and false narrative) and reading the transcript of his testimony, I dont believe that his mind subconsciously "filled in the empty spaces" as does typically and naturally happen. I believe his version is filled with more conscious and intentional deception. Thats all. The difference is this: "It was like a 5 year old against Hulk Hogan". It was a metaphor in order to describe his mindset. Different than stating things as fact "He said get the F off the street".

Is an "exaggeration" a lie? Is the exaggeration intended to create a false appearance of Officer Wilson's demeanor? To paint him as a hateful cop? Regarding not being on camera - so, what you are saying is he knew a crime was being committed and he was implicated in it and he didn't want to get caught? The Grand Jury got to the bottom of that little episode, when Johnson finally admitted that the purpose of walking down the middle of the road was to act tough in the neighborhood.

Wilson supposedly told them to "Get the F#$@ on the sidewalk", but then he (Johnson) says on page 65 lines 21 through 24 "At that time the officer didn't really look like, you know, he was mad or he was telling us that we was committing a crime, he was just saying get on the sidewalk." Johnson testifies that he brought money to go buy breakfast for his girlfriend and child, and get some cigarillos to smoke weed. Then he testifies that he has no pockets in his pants. Grand Jury notices this and asks about it..."Oh, I keep my money in my shoe". Really? He also said that he intended to pay for the cigarillos, yet had no real reason as to why he didn't except he wanted to just get out of the store and away from the situation. Moments later, Brown and Johnson are just nonchalantly strolling down the middle of the road talking about what their futures held. Sound like someone who was so scared of the robbery that had just occurred? He goes into great detail to describe how Wilson pulled Brown into the patrol car and Brown was just trying to pull away. Yet, when confronted with common sense - how was a 6'4" 285 lb man not able to pull away from an officer's single handed grasp - he has no real answer. Thats just a few that I noticed upon my initial skimming...

Very interesting. I particularly like when the Grand Jury caught him in various lies and he almost tripped over himself in his backpedal.

Do you understand what the term "probable cause" means?

Did anyone notice when the Dolphins punted the ball (I believe it was the 4th quarter) and the official clearly marked it at our 15 yard line, yet when the commercial break was over the Bills were starting the drive at their own 10? No explanation of a penalty on the broadcast. In the scheme of things, it didnt matter - but it did add to my frustration for some reason.