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Posted on 11/26/14 at 3:09 pm to LSUfanalways
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I have some prime lake ponchatrain water front property Id like you to consider buying.
I'm interested. Where and how much?
Posted on 11/26/14 at 3:10 pm to LaBR4
Welp, at least our Hogs are used to the cold & snow. We gotta play in Columbia on Fri.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 3:10 pm to LaBR4
Posted on 11/26/14 at 3:11 pm to Jreily85
Hopefully they wouldn't try to set these more on fire than what they already would be.
This post was edited on 11/26/14 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 11/26/14 at 3:15 pm to LaBR4
Someone posted pics of tents that they were setting up as "warming stations" a couple of days ago. I'm curious.... Do you take a break from looting to stop by and grab some hot chocolate and warm your hands?
Posted on 11/26/14 at 3:18 pm to Jreily85
that's fricking ridiculous.
definitely grab a few minutes by the heater and hot chocolate between setting police cars on fire.
definitely grab a few minutes by the heater and hot chocolate between setting police cars on fire.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 3:20 pm to LaBR4
Priorities, you know?
Posted on 11/26/14 at 3:24 pm to Jreily85
They will probably be bitching because it's too hot or .."they put marshmallows in the hot chocolate, Burn this Bitch!!"
Posted on 11/26/14 at 3:25 pm to LaBR4
Them setting the warming stations on fire would be an awesome thing to witness.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 3:51 pm to LSUfanalways
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However I do question not if it was proper to shoot Michael Brown; it probably was. My question is why the excessive shots?
This is a common misconception of the public. This isn't a video game where you just shoot. You get what is called "tunnel vision" and you don't know how many shots you fire in a situation like this. It happens so fast and the adrenaline is pumping pretty hard at this point. The head shot is the one that stopped him.
Officers in this situation only have a accuracy of around 25%. On the most guys shoot 90% at a paper target and then in real life it goes down to 25%.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:12 pm to LSUfanalways
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What I questioned was the excessive shots
What is excessive about it? The officer testified that the last shot struck Brown in the head and he collapsed. He shot as many times as it took to stop the threat.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:12 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
In this case he had 13 rounds and hit what.. 6? And one or two were at close range?
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:13 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
Yea I like it how a lot of people think these cops are like super humans. They look at the injuries to Wilson and say they aren't bad enough. And then they also say he should shoot him less times. So this guy who is out doing his job is supposed to take a severe beating before he can retaliate and when he does he needs to use as little force as possible. C'mon that's ridiclous.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:20 pm to LaBR4
Before this thread dies I feel obliged to repost this from another thread. Enjoy.
Strongsafety posted:
Strongsafety posted:
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The problem is these subhumanized views of black and brown people have been held by white people for hundreds of years. The last "40 years" and the more modern plights of black people doesn't explain why the same biases and attitudes from centuries ago persist to today.
That's something white people need to ask themselves. Why haven't our views on certain groups evolved as quickly as the laws that govern us have?
Respectability politics goes back to the times of slaves. The same banter persisted "do x, y, z and whites will respect you and stop Being racist towards you." The colored person will do x, y, z, a, b, and c and will still be treated poorly, humiliated, doubted, etc.
At some point, white people are going to have to expect more from their own, emotionally.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:24 pm to Redbone
StrongSafety has been very mad since Monday.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:25 pm to LSUfanalways
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My question is why the excessive shots? The head shot, which came after, seemed excessive to me.
You asked an honest question so I will build off of the response of others. Once the decision was made to use deadly force (which took less than a second) then training takes over. He would continue to engage until the target was neutralized/no longer presenting a threat. It is not about number of shots (he is not even counting them - he would have kept firing until he had an empty chamber and then would have transitioned to a reload drill) but rather intended effect. Excessive would have been if Mike Brown was on the ground, incapacitated and Officer Wilson walks up to him and shoots him again.
Sorry. Those are the facts. This is not a video game where you immediately know the effect of your fire on your target. This is real life.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:36 pm to Wolfhound45
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It is not about number of shots (he is not even counting them - he would have kept firing until he had an empty chamber
Poor training
Always count your shots so when you do a magazine change you still have a round in the chamber and covering the threat
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:55 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
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Poor training
With the adreneline flowing, the first (and probably last) time he has ever fired his weapon on duty, I will give him some latitude. Also, he had already expended two rounds in his vehicle, so I am personally of the opinion he lost count. Bottom line, we both know he was tracking effect (he flinched) rather than round count.
Still never ceases to amaze me how people think he was excessive solely based upon number of rounds fired.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:58 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
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Always count your shots so when you do a magazine change you still have a round in the chamber and covering the threat
Easier said than done. I've had it drilled into me and I still go empty on the range every now and then.
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