Yet another US shooting

[101]

1 minute ago, Granny Danger said:

This helps me realise that I’m a very balanced person.

On the one hand I have never understood the appeal of drag shows, on the other hand I’ve never owned an AK47.

 

Clearly too balanced as you can't tell an AK-47 from an M16 style rifle.

[TxRover]

2 hours ago, 101 said:

Clearly too balanced as you can't tell an AK-47 from an M16 style rifle.

Too bad the picture dropped off, I’m pretty certain those were AR-15’s and M-4’s…M-16 style, perhaps.

On a related note, it’s fun now that armed counterprotesters are arriving to block the protestors and protect the drag shows…

 

”Daddy, tell us about how you got your ass shot off in the Second American Civil War!”

”Well children, I was protecting a drag brunch hosted by Cal D Sack at the local library when the neo-nazis showed up armed…”

[Shotgun]

10 minutes ago, TxRover said:

On a related note, it’s fun now that armed counterprotesters are arriving to block the protestors and protect the drag shows…

Freedom hating liberal counterprotestors opressing the rights of freedom loving bigots conservative protesters.

Edited December 4, 2022 by Shotgun

[Zetterlund]

I remember watching this bodycam footage at the time and finding it absolutely horrific. Nothing but cold-blooded murder by the officer. The guy was clearly terrified and begging not to be shot as the officers sounded determined to fire for any reason.

 

[Granny Danger]

1 hour ago, Zetterlund said:

I remember watching this bodycam footage at the time and finding it absolutely horrific. Nothing but cold-blooded murder by the officer. The guy was clearly terrified and begging not to be shot as the officers sounded determined to fire for any reason.

 

Can’t remember this but having just read various articles it is almost beyond belief.

The guy who shot him was found not guilty, sacked for an unrelated offence then rehired and allowed to retire with a disability pension.

The citizens of the USA really get what they deserve.

[TxRover]

1 hour ago, Zetterlund said:

I remember watching this bodycam footage at the time and finding it absolutely horrific. Nothing but cold-blooded murder by the officer. The guy was clearly terrified and begging not to be shot as the officers sounded determined to fire for any reason.

 

 

35 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:

Can’t remember this but having just read various articles it is almost beyond belief.

The guy who shot him was found not guilty, sacked for an unrelated offence then rehired and allowed to retire with a disability pension.

The citizens of the USA really get what they deserve.

The militarization of the police gained steam post 9-11. More and more ex-military types were preferred for hiring, and lots of military tech and equipment became standard police issue (rifles, body armor, armoured vehicles, tactics, etc). We moved from the cop on the beat to a cop in a car and from knowing the area and people to being isolated from the same.

Defund the police was never really about eliminating police, but more about providing proper support services (intervention specialists, mental health experts, etc) by taking some of the money spent on AR-15’s and armoured vehicles and redirecting it. Unfortunately, the movement was successfully branded as liberals trying to get rid of the police by the right-wing (reich-wing?), who also pushed the false narrative of increasing crime rates…when crime was down.

In the end, the sheeple are indeed getting what they want, good and hard.

[Granny Danger]

Sandy Hook 10 years on.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63911172
 

According to research compiled by the independent K-12 School Shooting Database research group, there have been 189 shootings at schools around the US since Sandy Hook that have resulted in at least one fatality.

The shootings counted include everything from suicides and domestic violence.

Seventeen were "active shooter situations" - defined as "when the shooter killed and/or wounded victims, either targeted or random, within the school campus during a continuous episode of violence". 

While those events count for a small portion of total shooting incidents, they account for more than a third of all casualties. 

In total, 279 have died from being shot on a school property during, before or after school hours, including weekends.

 

[welshbairn]

On 06/12/2022 at 19:25, TxRover said:

Defund the police was never really about eliminating police, but more about providing proper support services (intervention specialists, mental health experts, etc) by taking some of the money spent on AR-15’s and armoured vehicles and redirecting it. Unfortunately, the movement was successfully branded as liberals trying to get rid of the police by the right-wing (reich-wing?), who also pushed the false narrative of increasing crime rates…when crime was down.

"Defund the police" as a slogan was a gift to the right, the real purpose never got out. The libtards should sack their PR people.

Edited December 15, 2022 by welshbairn

[TxRover]

15 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

"Defund the police" as a slogan was a gift to the right, the real purpose never got out. The libtards should sack their PR people.

The problem was the base of the movement was a community based drive to do exactly that, but the slogan only told half the message, the rest being “…and hire health care professionals instead”…they elected to piggy back on that movement and try to change the meaning rather than use the whole meaning, they failed.

[BillyAnchor]

Sigh

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/customer-kills-georgia-mechanic-after-thinking-he-was-stealing-car/ar-AA15SmWb?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=32e16ef8cfe84ddd829e81f618ec49bb 

[Granny Danger]

5 hours ago, BillyAnchor said:

Sigh

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/customer-kills-georgia-mechanic-after-thinking-he-was-stealing-car/ar-AA15SmWb?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=32e16ef8cfe84ddd829e81f618ec49bb 

What a screwed up mindset.  “I thought he was stealing my car so I felt obliged to shoot him”.

[bennett]

Quadarius McDowell 

Yanks have a way with names. 

 

[TxRover]

13 hours ago, BillyAnchor said:

Sigh

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/customer-kills-georgia-mechanic-after-thinking-he-was-stealing-car/ar-AA15SmWb?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=32e16ef8cfe84ddd829e81f618ec49bb 

 

8 hours ago, Granny Danger said:

What a screwed up mindset.  “I thought he was stealing my car so I felt obliged to shoot him”.

Sigh…

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-maintenance-worker-fatally-shot-apartment-resident-christmas-eve-rcna63497

[TxRover]

8 hours ago, Granny Danger said:

What a screwed up mindset.  “I thought he was stealing my car so I felt obliged to shoot him”.

It actually follows from the law, at least in Texas and some other states. You can shoot a criminal leaving your property, at night, if you believe you cannot recover your stolen property if you do not act. During the day, the law is different.

In addition, an FYI. During a concealed carry class discussion about shooting someone who has broken into your abode, the suggestion was unload the entire magazine into the intruder, in once smooth action. If you are on the phone with police when you shoot, a few rounds, a pause, and the rest of the magazine opens you to murder/manslaughter charges for possibly “finishing” him off…and anyone hearing a pause in shots could also contribute to charges.

Another note, since the “castle doctrine” is pretty much universal now, you no longer hear advise about letting the criminal make it through the window or door before firing…which likely contributed to the killing of the poor maintenance guy above.

[Granny Danger]

3 minutes ago, TxRover said:

It actually follows from the law, at least in Texas and some other states. You can shoot a criminal leaving your property, at night, if you believe you cannot recover your stolen property if you do not act. During the day, the law is different.

In addition, an FYI. During a concealed carry class discussion about shooting someone who has broken into your abode, the suggestion was unload the entire magazine into the intruder, in once smooth action. If you are on the phone with police when you shoot, a few rounds, a pause, and the rest of the magazine opens you to murder/manslaughter charges for possibly “finishing” him off…and anyone hearing a pause in shots could also contribute to charges.

Another note, since the “castle doctrine” is pretty much universal now, you no longer hear advise about letting the criminal make it through the window or door before firing…which likely contributed to the killing of the poor maintenance guy above.

1. The law is fucked.  Not a surprise given the fuckwits that inhabit Texas.

2. Just because the law allows it doesn’t change my criticism of the individual.  It’s a car; even if someone was stealing it they don’t deserve to be shot.

[TxRover]

2 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:

1. The law is fucked.  Not a surprise given the fuckwits that inhabit Texas.

2. Just because the law allows it doesn’t change my criticism of the individual.  It’s a car; even if someone was stealing it they don’t deserve to be shot.

1) Agree, they just never changed the darkness provisions from the 1800’s…and they won’t, c**ts!

2) Generally agree, I’m just pointing out the stupidity of expanding the provisions that allow arguments for self-defence combined with expanded open carry and non-licensed concealed carry. On the other hand, there are some people that do need shooting, I’m sad to report. I’m opposed to Capital Punishment, but some criminals around here make it a hard course to steer.

[Venti]

2 hours ago, TxRover said:

1) Agree, they just never changed the darkness provisions from the 1800’s…and they won’t, c**ts!

2) Generally agree, I’m just pointing out the stupidity of expanding the provisions that allow arguments for self-defence combined with expanded open carry and non-licensed concealed carry. On the other hand, there are some people that do need shooting, I’m sad to report. I’m opposed to Capital Punishment, but some criminals around here make it a hard course to steer.

Thems fight'n words.

[TxRover]

2 minutes ago, Venti said:

Thems fight'n words.

Yep…and those are the types that then head off and later drive by a neighbourhood BBQ and unload about 20-30 unarmed rounds…usually killing some innocent, often a child.

[RawB93]

On 02/01/2023 at 18:45, TxRover said:

Yep…and those are the types that then head off and later drive by a neighbourhood BBQ and unload about 20-30 unarmed rounds…usually killing some innocent, often a child.

There's enough Texans stealing cars to then drive by children at BBQ's for this to be a type?

[Hillonearth]

43 minutes ago, RawB93 said:

There's enough Texans stealing cars to then drive by children at BBQ's for this to be a type?

Wouldn't surprise me. Guy I know lives in Austin which is probably the most chilled-out city in Texas. That time they had the snow a couple of years back, his neighbours asked him if he wanted to join their posse...they seemed to have decided that the fact that it had got cold meant that they had to organise a local defence force for some reason.

They're just so eager to get shooty it's scary...was an eye-opener for him...when he said he didn't own a gun he said it was like he'd just admitted he didn't own a cock.