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I saw a report that the officer had recently undergone 9 hours of ‘deescalation training’. Money well spent! Now maybe the training simply isn’t long or thorough enough, or maybe it’s considered to be a joke by those who attend, but it seems clear that this willingness to shoot is a cultural issue and unfortunately that’s only something those within the LE community can answer. As skydivers we know that one off training is pretty much useless in high stress situations unless it occurs directly before the incident. It takes practice to develop that training to override other instincts. It would be interesting to know if this type of deescalation training has a currency period or if it’s a one-and-done checkbox thing.

I'll say this for the Trump administration, it's made it very clear who the closet racists and bigots among my acquaintances are, and has given me a superb opportunity to prune those associations. 'They're not like normal people, are they?' - Fuck you, bye! 'I'm not racist,but...' - Fuck you, bye! etc etc.

I'll try this once and once only. The SC ruling gives EXACTLY the same protections and freedoms to gays and transgender individuals as it does to heterosexuals, mark. Heteros aren't allowed to do 'fucked up shit' around kids. NOBODY is. As an example, heteros ARE allowed to kiss in front of kids. So are gays. That's equality.

For all you know the guy in the photo you're deriding is a fucking rocket scientist or a fortune 500 company owner. You know absolutely NOTHING about him yet you've already judged him as 'communist', and 'weak'. C'mon mark, tell us what you really think. Is he gay too? Fuck me, you're bigoted.

They are all democratic countries with socialist policies towards welfare which is precisely what the protesters in Seattle are demanding. True socialism is an authoritarian rule where the government controls absolutely everything and NOBODY in Seattle has been demanding that (unless Trump has turned up recently). Do you see the difference?

The most likely path to a civil war is Trump refusing to step down if he loses in November, not some protesters in Seattle demanding racial and police reform. And as for socialism 'poisoning everything it touches' I guess you'd say that Germany, Sweden, France, Finland, Norway, Netherlands etc. etc. are all just the WORST places in the world, right? Well, Unless you're looking at the happiness index of the people there. (https://worldhappiness.report/news/its-a-three-peat-finland-keeps-top-spot-as-happiest-country-in-world/ - Hint, the US isn't even in the top 20) Or the national debt. (https://www.visualcapitalist.com/69-trillion-of-world-debt-in-one-infographic/ - The US in this one is #1... 'MURICA!) There are highly successful democratic socialist countries all over the world. Those protesters you're so happy to start 'lawfully removing' aren't advocating socialism. That's an authoritarian rule. They're saying the democratic government should provide basic services to the people. "Aside from the abolition or defunding of police, other demands associated with the Zone include rent control, the reversal of gentrification, a federal investigation into police brutality, funding of community health" Some of those are naive. Some are perfectly reasonable. You'd have to be insane to see any of them as a cause for civil war.

This is the type of person who genuinely scares me and is why I think gun control should be a thing.

This is... I don’t know: I don’t even have the words. And they KNOW the retraction means nothing. The damage has be done. Trumpeteers won’t read the apology or will think it’s forced. Im starting to think there DOES need to be some accountability of the press at a federal level, but in an independent format.

“Bolton writes that the House should have broadened its impeachment inquiry to other areas of his foreign policy, contending that he can document — and identify witnesses to — "Ukraine-like transgressions ... across the full range of his foreign policy,” Well it would have been nice if he’d had a fucking spine and said something at the time instead of saving it for a book deal.

Make America Straight Again?

I'm coming onto a discussion forum because I don't give a fuck about discussing things! PEACE OUT! etc.

Well, Trump would call them Very Fine People.

That’s quite a statement. Post the pictures that you think show Capitol Hill looking like Mogadishu. Because the ones I’m seeing look like a street fair in San Diego.

Sounds like all the hallmarks of someone with an alcohol problem. Maybe talk to a counselling organization and see if they can suggest the best ways to get a conversation with your dad started?

And as sports, companies and organizations across the world start to look at removing names and statues that glorify those who promoted and profited from racism, Trump does, well, what Trump does. Trump rejects calls to drop Confederate base names because ‘they’re part of a great American heritage’.

My father-in-laws gun shop originally started as an solely antique and collectible firearm business. www.retting.com They still do a lot of that, flintlocks included, but the cash brought in by that arm is absolutely DWARFED by the money spent on modern firearms there. So yes, flintlocks HAVE value. A couple of truely exceptional pieces that have history attached to them have big dollar value. But IN GENERAL, in terms of cost to buy and value as a functional firearm, it’s nowhere near a contemporary item. Those are facts from someone intimately familiar with the industry just to add to the discussion.

Exactly this.

Pelosi asked for it? Well now it's never going to be demilitarized by Trump. Hell, he'll expand it further.

Of course it will

‘The police are trained and you interfered in an active and dangerous situation. You’re going to jail, Mr Hero. Thats ASSUMING the police didn’t murder Turtle, although he’s white, so chances are he’s have been ok for the moment.

How did Fox get this bad? When they started there weren’t ultra political, right? They were just an alternative channel. Now they’re pretty much state news.

Wendy for President!

Easily done.

Old and fake, re-released via twitter recently just to stir stuff up. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-minnesota-detained-fbi/fact-check-man-detained-in-rochester-minnesota-is-not-an-fbi-agent-idUSKBN2383Q9 I doubt any FBI agent would act this way to other Law enforcement.

Exactly as it should be. They have every right to protest, and your community has every right to completely ignore them. Well done, both sides!