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Police officer shot and killed a Black teenage girl holding a knife
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Originally posted by dirtfloor View PostIt is likely that something else was happening. She holds her arm down and slightly behind, then bends her elbow and extends the wrist bringing the knife to head level, where her opponent can see it. This might not be a stabbing action.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostRight, and if you listen closely to the audio, she's actually saying, "This is the kind of knife Gordon Ramsey says to use when preparing a Beef Wellington." It wasn't an attempted stabbing at all, she was just giving a very energetic cooking lesson. Maybe if the cop hadn't been so quick to pull the trigger he might have realized that.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostAnd at that point the mystery of whatever happened to JimL's bong was solved.
Even your fellow stoners/heads/chronics or whatever "kids these days" are calling y'all, probably looked at you strange when you said that out loud. Unfortunately it appears that you misread their laughter as being their thinking it was funny, and so you figured you'd share it and hence we arrive at your post
protect and serve, or shoot to kill?“I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” ― Oscar Wilde
“And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence” ― Bertrand Russell
“not all there” - you know who you are
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Originally posted by firstfloor View Post
Can you imagine the hate mail when Spock says “ Jim, we have no idea what we’re going to find down there.” And Jim says “True, set phasers to obliterate, assume firing positions, energise.”
protect and serve, or shoot to kill?
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Originally posted by firstfloor View Post
In spite of handling firearms most of my life as well as carrying at least one for almost thirty years (though not any longer), I've somehow managed to miss the "stun" setting on any of them. Is it anything like the safety?
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by dirtfloor View Postprotect and serve, or shoot to kill?Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
The officer was protecting the young lady in pink from being stabbed by a six-inch paring knife. Or does her life not matter?
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Christianbookworm View PostDon't think this would be news if it were a white boy killed before he stabbed another teen.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostIf she would have held her pinky extended as she put forth her mighty effort to skewer the target of her furor, the constables would never have opened fire upon her
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostNow this is the troll I remember.
In spite of handling firearms most of my life as well as carrying at least one for almost thirty years (though not any longer), I've somehow managed to miss the "stun" setting on any of them. Is it anything like the safety?The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostThe one thing we've learned over the past few years is that the only deaths of black people that matter to many of those on the left is the ones that they can exploit.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
I think that's why I liked a revolver so much --- you never had to worry whether the safety was on or off.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostI worked with a guy with a pair of customized Colt Pythons that were modified by adding external safety switches on them.
Don't pull the trigger - safety on
Pull the trigger - safety off
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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