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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:24 AM Original message |
All charges DROPPED against Professor Gates, per m$nbc. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. In 60 minutes they're going to invite him to their pool. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oopsie, indeed. n/t |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. But, but, but why?? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. Ding ding |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. It was reported this am that the driver in a suit and his limo/car were there |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. It's also class. I'll bet that cop can't afford to live anywhere near Cambridge. nt |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. In MA? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
55. East Cambridge was a godawful slum when I lived in Boston |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. Gosh, who could have seen this coming? |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. this is amazing |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Yeah... I'm amazed that with all the cops... |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Not surprising you wouldn't know who he is. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yeah... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Obnoxious tool? Look in the mirror. nt |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Maybe I should create a media circus... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Maybe he shouldn't have been humiliated in his own home |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. "Act human"? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yes, act human. You should give it a go, too. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. I see why you're unfamiliar with the phrase. n/t |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
106. Every time I see one of your posts |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #106 |
144. ... |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
118. The only thing more nonsensical than your DU handle are your comments |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Maybe you could grow a brain |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
52. Oh, for pete's sake...let it be. |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. What an idiot. Read a book. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Watch more PBS |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. That would be fine... |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. THAT |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. No... |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. celebrity? Hollywood Squares? |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #50 |
84. give it up |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. OK, there...here's a scenario that might help you understand... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
78. Oh my.....excellent scenario! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Well, all I'm hearing is crickets, |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Yeah, the silence, virtually speaking, is deafening since your post... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
114. Umm, I had that happen to me. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #54 |
141. Hmmm... a hypothetical question? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
61. You need to team up with Buchanan and Turley! |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. PBS IS DEVIL SATIN LIBRUL!!!111111 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. He's done a bunch of documentaries. Maybe the last one |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
83. I never even heard of the fucking guy until this incident. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. Excellent. Will he sue now? |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. hope so |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
46. he has a case for harrassment |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
11. Also |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
59. How can you mistake a guy in a tux carrying a bag for someone with a backpack? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
12. One thing police academies have got to start teaching |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
42. I'd have to agree. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
53. Good point. Cops are like drill sergeants there. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
16. If you see someone forcing the door of a neighbors house would you object? |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. there was nothing wrong |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
56. probably better and simpler to ask for ID |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
153. Well my Drivers License is still for my old address |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Not if I saw it was my neighbor. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. Yeah, Mrs. Kravitz across the street might |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
97. OK, his house had recently been broken into that's why there was |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #97 |
110. I'm going to err on the side of proven history. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. Wow. Give it a rest. Besides...that's not the point |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
73. Not if I recognized the someone as my neighbor. n/t |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
19. Surprise, surprise...this has gone down from 10 recs to 9 within the past 5 minutes |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. I bet I know who it was, too. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
21. I don't know how they could press any charges against him, now that they've established he was in |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. Link to video of Gates's attorney's statement |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. From that link: |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. Excellent news. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
28. They need to fuckin' apologies |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yup and next time there is a report about two men |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. See post #22 |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. See #26. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's clear to some people that a black man can't talk shit in his own |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Go and look at that other thread |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I don't think that poster will show. n/t |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
74. I nuked him just in case. TY, Elad! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. What's did I miss about Turley? n/t |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #81 |
92. The oh so mediocre Thurgood Marshall. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. I managed to forget that. n/t |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
57. Are you surprised by that? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Right. If the police report is true. Oh, brother. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. What do you think they are lying about? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. They had to justify the arrest so that means in their report |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #68 |
82. well Gates own report does not sound credible to me |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. He asked for their information because they were in his home, |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. they don't really need his permission |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Do they have probably cause? Most burglars don't show up with luggage, |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. oh they easily might |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Except the ID has the address on it. It is a big stretch. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #98 |
101. the officer hasn't seen the ID though |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Leadership has a lot to do with how a group of cops operate. |
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jonestonesusa (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #101 |
115. So I guess the fact that... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #115 |
122. there's no need to speculate on everything |
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jonestonesusa (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #122 |
142. Really, it's simpler than you put it |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:16 AM Response to Reply #142 |
147. the arrest is an outrage |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:29 AM Response to Reply #96 |
119. Did you used to write for Hart to Hart? Magnum PI? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #119 |
125. ooh look, it's another ad hominem reply |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #125 |
137. Yep. DEFINITELY Scooby Doo |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #88 |
108. Once they saw his ID and saw he lived there they had no business staying |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #82 |
91. Would you be so kind as to explain your $$ reference? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. this officer candidate does not understand the question |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #94 |
104. Please, don't be so coy! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #104 |
112. I am coy? But you did not answer the straight question. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #94 |
107. I understand completely. I saw your name next to it when I looked it up n/t |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #107 |
113. I learn so much from reading your replies. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #113 |
139. I wouldn't waste a third grader's insult on the likes of you. I was looking for 1st. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:03 AM Response to Reply #94 |
117. It's impossible to get a man to understand something |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. I don't have a salary |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #120 |
133. I appreciate your response. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:51 AM Response to Reply #133 |
146. I don't really care how much money Gates makes |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:37 AM Response to Reply #146 |
148. How Skip saw it: |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #148 |
150. I don't think I have any such need to put the onus anywhere |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #150 |
154. "I would like to ask him why he thought he was in danger." |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #120 |
136. key words here being: |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:22 AM Response to Reply #136 |
145. unfortunately there are only two accounts |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #145 |
149. your logic is circular |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. I think the word you want is 'prolix' rather than prolific |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #57 |
121. or you any less of a witless nincompoop! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. just going by what has been reported |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #123 |
132. He acted like an arrogant and pushy bigshot rather than like a gentleman and a scholar. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #132 |
138. These rationalizations go in one of two ways. |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. and total crickets from the maggot tools parroting the defense of racist cops |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #140 |
143. Don't waste your time. Go see the video -- of Skip talking |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #138 |
152. I don't really think of cops as 'authority' |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
58. Lawyer's statement on Gates arrest |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
62. Gates should probably let this go because suing your own police department |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Because police shouldn't ever be punished when they do wrong |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. I'd love to see that. But he has to live there. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. People can differ over whether fear of police mistreatment is sufficient reason... |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. If nothing else, he has primo material for a documentary |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Apparently, he intends to. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. Not to mention defamation. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. You were living while black. That's cause enough for some, even here, apparently. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #70 |
86. for the record, I don't think it's okay |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. That was a quick change of mind. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
69. Why wouldn't the policeman provide his name and badge number? |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. I would say because he knew he was out of line n/t |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. The cop didn't realize that his refusal makes him and his department |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
85. i just love the tools who are defending police here |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:52 PM Original message |
+1, nt |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. +1, nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #85 |
95. It's unbelievable. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #95 |
100. Yes it is. Utterly reprehensible. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #85 |
105. Okay, I have to tell you... |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #85 |
109. "Why? Who gives a fuck why? " The why is the same in both the incident |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #85 |
126. I have the one tool in this thread on ignore. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #85 |
127. Moreover, it's the same fucking people who always "wait for the police report". |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. But they're soooo responsible! "Reserving judgement" until "all the facts are out"? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #130 |
134. HA! Exactly. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #85 |
135. Another +1! |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
99. I can imagine after a long life of being looked at suspiciously and treated |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #99 |
103. He'd also just flown in from CHINA and he was sick. n/t |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
111. In other words, the cops were caught lying their asses off... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:57 AM Response to Reply #111 |
116. He has a veritable palette of options here. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
124. He'd probably still be in jail if the story hadn't gone public. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #124 |
128. And if he wasn't famous as well. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Exactly |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
131. This story reminds me of the 1993 Samuel L. Jackson movie "Amos & Andrew". |
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