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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:04 PM Original message |
Poll question: Gates - guilty or not? |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. The charges have been dropped---guilty of what? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. The fact that the charges were dropped |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, he is guilty of not having the key to his front door. |
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AlexinVA (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. He had the key to his front door... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. not guilty adn cop an asshole.... n/t |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm tired of bullies, in schools in the police department, everywhere |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Hey, I still call them pigs. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Amen! nt |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
53. Like wow man... I'm having a 60's flashback here. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. tired of bullies,... me too. and what do you do with a bully? stand up to them |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #66 |
84. True, but what do you do |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. look him in the eye. at the risk of challenging the cop. cause i had audacity |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. You might be a tough guy but more than one tough guy has been shot by a psycho cop |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. not a guy, not tough, a wuss and scardy cat. still, i dont know how to be intimidated |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. I'm in your club. I'm pissed too LOL! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. the thing, you and i are the constant to police support. and they are losing you and i. and still |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. They have to be sued, sued until the laws change and they cannot do what they do |
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N7255Q (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not guilty but pretty stupid. One does not, if one is smart, pick a fight with a cop |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. right. we must all be intimidated and subservient to them to avoid arrest. you are |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Deleted message |
seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. right. this white upper middle class white woman hates white cops. what a fuckin |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Deleted message |
seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. are you real? are you for real? this is a serious problem for our police force |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #32 |
88. You're either really fucking stupid or a big fucking coward |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Asking for name and badge number is picking a fight? |
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N7255Q (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Doing it in the way that's described by witnesses, yes. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. What witnesses? |
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N7255Q (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. And the officers had a different version. She said, he said. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. reading the report the cop also purposely drew him out of the house with intent to arrest |
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N7255Q (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. So it's perfectly OK for you to pile hateful opprobrium on all cops because one screwed up? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. ONE? do you look around in your world or just bury your head. that one apple is a whole orchard. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
72. Freedom of Speech |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
62. Cop has every reason to lie |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
71. Your ignorance of Massachusetts case law is showing, as is the |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. And Crowley is a trainer! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Good catch |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. merh caught it. But, holy cow, he once touched a black person |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #74 |
78. the thing, he was like 5 yrs a trainer. he knew what he was doing. and he knew |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Yup, he instructs recruits at the Lowell Police Academy on how to avoid racial profiling. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
58. Did you read the police report? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Yes I did |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
70. How's life in your mom's basement? eom |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Guilty of what? Are you asking if yelling at someone is an arrestable offense? |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. other |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. You forgot an option. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, since all charges have been dropped... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. You left out "Gates is an asshole" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Well since this is DU |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Yeah... hivemind and conformist mentality would preclude that. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. There's always an |
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N7255Q (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. He isn't but he very well may have behaved like one. Similar to how the President |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. So are you saying our president behaved stupidly because |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
77. zeig heil, man n/t |
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N7255Q (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Yes but that isn't a PC choice as I am discovering. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
80. You still at it. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. I voted Gates is not guilty |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I think I agree with you |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. YOU might not call Gates an an "asshole"... |
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N7255Q (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. It's a push poll. Which when done by the other side is a BAD thing. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Because the poll assumes some cultural literacy and common sense. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Ohh... that's rich... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Still working on basic communication. Good boy. Don't give up. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. All potatoes... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I imagine your case would be improved with a little rest |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Yes... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. There's a scary thought. n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
60. Cause I left it out |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. Why keep this shit going , it is done . Point made by the |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. Excuse me? Guilty of what, exactly? |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. My question, too |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. I mean, how dumb does this cop have to be? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. ... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
37. Maybe you should add what is he guilty or not guilty of. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. It appears to me the police found him guilty of being black |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. Guilty of what? Being a black man? Being pissed off at the police who were acting stupid? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. How can you possibly know the police were acting stupid? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Because they arrested Gates AFTER he identified himself? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. The arrest had nothing to do with whether he identified himself or not |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Wrong and fail. They were there to investigate a burglary. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Again you bring up irrelevant facts and assume things as fact you can't possibly know |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
44. It will be interesting to see what the audio tapes reveal |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
45. Guilty of? Forcing the door of his own home? |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
48. This thread just wouldn't be complete without a little music |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #48 |
76. Perfect! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. guilty of rudeness, maybe |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
52. Is this a CNN based poll? |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
55. Of what? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
67. Between Cop Is an Asshole and Not Guilty |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #67 |
81. And your point is? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
82. I see no grounds for arrest. Prof. Gates lived at the house. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
83. Damn the authoritarian taint lickers are all in a tizzy. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
89. He is guilty for being black |
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