- David French of the National Review calls Amber Guyger’s murder of a man in his own home “the worst police shooting yet.” I don’t know about that, but it certainly has all the elements, including favoritism and the typical cover story.
- From Wired: How to move a million people out of a hurricane’s way. Good luck, mid-Atlantean readers!
- She made it through Hurricane Harvey — though not necessarily well. Now Sara Cress gives advice on how to prepare for a flood. (NPR broadcast; not sure whether transcript will be online by the time this posts, but she mentions things people might not think of.)
- Via Wendy McElroy: Things you might want to buy before Trump’s new tariffs kick in. (And of course you know where to buy them.)
- Kiribati is an otherwise undistinguished island nation that’s gotten big press for being a dying victim of global warming. Except it appears its islands are … oopsie, actually growing.
- Yet another criminal government attempts to prevent residents from protecting themselves in an emergency.
- Weird trend in poly-ticks: people are increasingly changing their racial, religious, sexual, or cultural identities to match their political perceptions.
- Another creepy trend: politicizing children and setting them up as experts and leaders.
- Today’s Marie Antoinettes. “Let them eat kale!” (via Never Yet Melted)
- Dogs that were bred for one job and can’t do it. 🙂
TZP’s take on Leland, NC. They’ve finally fixed it, after being called out by multiple people and groups. But how/why did they make that “mistake” in violation of state law, even after a federal lawsuit?
If Leland, NC thinks gasoline is a ‘dangerous weapon’ that one cannot possess or transport, how the hell is anyone supposed to evacuate – on foot?
About that cop who shot a guy in his apartment, I think I have noticed a tendency. I have noticed that a lot of these cases of cops being quick to shoot seem to be with female cops. Am I correct in that, or do you think it is a misperception? It makes sense to me that a female cop would feel more threatened in a situation that might possibly lead to force, because she is physically much weaker than the person she is facing. If it comes to force, all she has is her gun, unless she is a very exceptional woman, like Ronda Rousey. So this Amber Guyger sees a big guy, and immediately fires, instead of trying to sort it out; whereas a bigger, stronger cop might approach him and physically engage if necessary.
Mr. Brook may have some validity to that argument. But I see it as the decline in our entire society of responsibility. To oneself and their actions, to responsibility towards others in society at large.
When you have LEO responding to a guy with a knife and they shoot him 20-30 times (spray & pray if you can’t be accurate) there is something basically wrong in our society as a whole. After all, he has a knife, why not just walk up and whack the idiot with your batton if he won’t behave? Oh I forget, they don’t carry buttons anymore.
Guyger: Consider two scenarios
Like one of Bear’s 2 scenarios, I’d want to see her blood alcohol level.
PS. Love the doggie ones!
PS. Love the doggie ones!
+1 on them all.
This may have been said already but what I would like investigated is if the cop and her victim knew each other and if they had more than a passing relationship.
Best way to handle the tariffs? Buy used or make it yourself. Better yet. Maybe you don’t need it.
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More on that cop;
http://raconteurreport.blogspot.com/2018/09/welcome-to-you-bet-your-life.html
So, regarding our newly famous killer-cop, I have a few thoughts.
One, I recall hearing early on from TV news that she was alleged to have been drinking heavily just prior to the murder.
Two, drinking heavily would explain driving her car to the wrong floor – assuming she was drunk, and it wasn’t a move to set up a ‘wrong apartment’ alibi.
Three, drunk would be a possible reason to take 3 days for charges – it lets the joy-juice get out of the system.
Four – within one day of hearing the ‘drunk as a skunk’ story, it was changed to ‘caused by fatigue’, which is likely another trial balloon for a defense strategy.
Five, I may start taking bets on her getting paid leave and ‘retraining’ as her punishment. And maybe some counseling to help her deal with her ‘trauma’. Killer cops always seem to skate away whistling a happy tune.