re: 3 people shot on Coursey Boulevard near Chimes East, transported to OLOL

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Are you really telling me that a homeless dude who pulls a pocket knife on someone should do 20 without benefit as a minimum?

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Why not? Are you telling me homeless people with pocket knives are not dangerous and won't stab someone with it? Haven't homeless people killed others before?

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But there are tons of them spending a half decade of their lives in a cage having never committed a violent offense.

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I do not believe this and have never seen many examples.

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Aramis wasn't a frequent flyer. That was his first ever arrest. That's my point.

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I wasn't speaking specifically about his case, more generally.

There is no point to our going back and forth about this. We will never change each other's opinion. What I know is fact is that there are far too many felons roaming the streets committing new crimes. I strongly believe more people need to be in prison not less.

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The shortage of cops increased from 60 to 70.

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Murphy said they weren't hiring more. He is going to put some of the desk jockeys in the street.

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the lack of support by the mayor for the cops has hurt too.

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I thought cleaning the streets was going to fix the situation!??!

Need more committees and meetings.

Maybe cops could pass out suckers and bubblegum.

Murphy believes these desk jockeys are going to make beat cops? Lol

Someone like Alton Sterling shouldn't have been on the streets to begin with. How many times was he arrested? 17?

Yes

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I don't know how you know this is a rare occurrence. I think it's fair to assume that someone that threatens another with a knife is willing to use it and is therefore lethal and not in need of remaining on the streets.

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Because I'm a criminal defense attorney who has put their hands on about 2k files over the course of their career and spends most of his free time around other criminal defense attorneys who have handled many thousands more. And in my experience, there is actually a pretty significant chasm between the people who will brandish a weapon and those that will use it.

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Why not? They were violent in that act, their risk for future violence is elevated compared to the population.

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Twenty years minimum, for pepper spray? Come on...

And again, I find it interesting that you avoided my point about habitual offender exposure. Assuming that kid had a prior felony conviction for, let's say, possession of cocaine, then that 10-99 becomes 32-198. Doesn't matter in the least whether that prior conviction was violent or even had any relation to the current offense.

The reality is that your issue isn't with the law; your issue with with ADAs cutting deals. And that's fine, but lobbying for even more draconian sentencing laws than we already have does nothing other than add leverage to lazy ADAs who don't want to do their jobs.

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My job allows me to view many RAP sheets and legal histories.

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"Many" is relative, and I would also be curious to see why you were looking, as that could inject sampling bias. For example, if you do intake at LSP, then you're obviously not going to be seeing many people who fit my description. Do intake at Dixon or Hunt and it's a different story.

Shooting was in the shopping center across from where the old shoppers choice is (next to Chimes) Shooting was a carry over from an arguments at a “club”. There’s a super sketchy vape shop in that shopping center (Vegas Vape) I think. The kid who runs it is 19 years old and says he can stay open 24 hours because he doesn’t sell alcohol. It attracts a lot of sketchy folk and culcha. Three people were shot, one in critical condition the other two in stable condition. The shooting started at the Carpet store next door and carried over to the vape shop. There were puddles of blood outside the vape shop were one of the victims collapsed. They need to shut that place down or it’s going to continue to happen.

I had no idea a 19 year old kid ran that shop. Always see a plethora of Chargers and Impalas outside.

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hoodrats need to keep that shite on the other side of Florida Blvd

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Hoodrats are a cancer that spreads. Until the wall is built along Florida Boulevard, the vermin will continuously infiltrate themselves into areas where they are not wanted.