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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:44 PM Original message |
Police Tasered an 86-year-old disabled grandma in her bed and stepped on her oxygen hose |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well that's ten wasted public employee salaries. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Somehow people like them never get canned when there are budget cuts |
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mr clean (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
65. Sad, isn't it? |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #65 |
105. They will be here soon... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #105 |
172. Paulsby always used to defend such things before he got TS'd. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #172 |
174. yep... |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #174 |
202. You could take a screen cap of the gungeon. |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
128. Of course not. Police are macho, social services are not. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
170. They usually make the most busts |
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Old Codger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
165. actually |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
184. Actually, Michigan, it's about the takeover of police training by DHS |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good thing that they tasered her. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. The story doesn't say but she was a Brazilian Jujitsu master. Taught the Gracies everything. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I'll bet that she knows a brazillion killing moves. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
154. Iced Tea, meet floor |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
99. Yeah. She probably would have gummed them to death. eom |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. How does one take an "aggressive posture" in bed--do you go from |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Maybe she shook the hose at them or hissed |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
44. She put her heels behind her head |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
143. Isn't that kind of |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
150. WTF? |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
191. That is so wrong, but I just can't stop laughing |
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Mickeyc1004 (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
135. Maybe she had that back off |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #135 |
153. In the Twilight Zone Robert Redford |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
77. "But she threw her bedpan at me |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. I thought this was a joke |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Was she gonna hit them with her pillow?? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
62. I hope none of those cops have daughters. |
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Yeahyeah (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sounds realistic. |
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SomeGuyInEagan (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. Did they kick her dog as well? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. All SOP, the cops did nothing wrong. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Bonobo in this case a little common sense would have prevailed |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Sorry you don't support the police. |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. BREAK THE POLICE UNIONS! |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I don't think there are any unions in Okla. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
64. The cops got a union. And yes, there are still some union jobs here |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
84. Exactly What Does a Union Have To Do with This? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #84 |
95. Unions provide police with a lot of protections. |
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Yeahyeah (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Those 86 year old bedridden women are notoriously quick on the draw. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. It was a 911 call. I am a diabetic. If my daughter called 911 for me if I |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. No, but I might demand you have your sarcasm circuits checked. nt |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
158. When did you have your soul removed? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #158 |
171. You completely misunderstood the interaction. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #158 |
181. Bonobo was sarcastically repeating the defenses that are typically offered for the cop's |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #181 |
204. Those are the hazards of Blogging |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
157. Exactly - Insulin Shock is nasty business, and since all cops must be Diabetes free.. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #157 |
198. OMG! I just read the second article about the incident the OP refers to, |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
180. Diabetics have often been Tased by cops for acting odd. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
42. You are injecting hypotheticals into a situation where there weren't any |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
182. Bonobo was PARODYING the kinds of excuses and defenses that the |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
58. Give it a break! |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:08 AM Response to Reply #58 |
68. I'm happy to have angered you. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #68 |
96. Whatever...I think your tactics... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #96 |
101. Okay, then I am sorry. nt |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
131. Are you saying there is really no need to have the brown-shirts and SS-wanna-bees |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #68 |
147. I knew you were being sarcastic and echoing exactly the same arguments that others have used |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #147 |
173. Lydia, I hate that sarcasm smiley. |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #68 |
149. Bad training |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #68 |
161. Your post number #35 says a lot about your Mea Culpa. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #161 |
175. Ummmm, your post makes no sense. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #161 |
185. I wish all of you people jumping on Bonobo would read the post more carefully. He/she is |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #58 |
183. ?? Bonobo's #20 was *obviously* a parody, not to be taken seriously! nt |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
67. oh my gawd... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:08 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Please see my post above. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:12 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. just saw it. thank you. phew! |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #67 |
156. This whole sub-thread is hilarious. |
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NobleCynic (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #156 |
167. It is like an instructional manual for Poe's Law |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #156 |
168. I know what sarcasm is |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #168 |
176. Why did you think I added "Etc." at the end of both posts? |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
186. He/She IS being sarcastic and parodying the standard defenses of abusive cops. nt |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
86. Bonobo apparantly you haven't read many of my posts |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. I don't disrespect the job, just the way it is done. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #87 |
107. We are in agreement! |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
123. LOL |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
129. What law was being broken and required 'enforcement'? |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #129 |
187. A joke! A parody! Satire! He/She was NOT serious!!!!!!! nt |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
139. He called for medical help |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #139 |
177. Damn, that's terrible. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
148. THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO BEHAVE AS PROFESSIONALS.. NOT THUGS.. |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
164. She didn't. by your definition, a police officer can shoot |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #164 |
188. He was parodying the typical excuses. His post was not meant to be taken seriously!!!! nt |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
193. Z |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
197. self delete |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
51. Bonobo is being sarcastic |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
106. the "etc" should clue you in... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #106 |
178. +1 for careful reading! |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Serious question for you |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:47 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. No. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:48 AM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Re-examine their ability to laugh at... |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
124. True, but sarcasm (especially on the net) is a two-edged sword. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 01:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. LOL |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
189. It was a parody. It was not serious. Read more carefully! nt |
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D23MIURG23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
73. Self delete. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Thanks. |
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D23MIURG23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Yeah sorry. I feel like an ass. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. No, I'm sorry. Please don't feel bad. nt |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #74 |
98. Just know that many have. |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
83. Bullshit Plain and Simple. When Someone Calls 911 for Medical Check-up |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. I base them on the fact that that is the usual bullshit I here |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
88. Something about this doesn't smell right. |
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smokey nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
89. paulsby, is that you? |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #89 |
138. someone had to step in now that one is gone... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
93. Trollin' for a good cause! |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
102. was beginning to think you had forgotten the sarcasm icon. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
122. Its a shame that people can't detect obvious sarcasm without being told. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #122 |
179. It's not just a shame, it is a real signal of how f'ed up we all are. |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
136. LOL. You got all the usual ones. |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
146. I think some people missed the invisible "sarcasm" tag.... |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
160. No it ain't pal...This was a first aid call made by a family member |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
196. The grandson called for the EMTs. |
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TriMera (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Besides the obvious |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. I am starting to think Reno 911 is being used as a training tool. nt |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Where are the cop apologists? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Deleted message |
Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Self-delete. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Wow! I'm sorry I missed it. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. He suggested you and I were lovers. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. That is sick |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yay, Cops! |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. Weird combination of stupid and cruel...those policemen. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well, at least I now know where you get this shit from. nt |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sadly, this article is not from the Onion n/t |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. At first sight, I thought it was. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Some police are simply out of control. This is appalling. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. is this a joke? unbelievable. |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
30. they should have punched her in the face |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
127. Maybe a choke hold. |
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flor-de-jasmim (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
32. If someone stepped on my oxygen hose, I'd probably get "aggressive", too! |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
33. You are the the f'n expert in flame threads, aren't you. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
37. Fucking hell. Isn't this the script from the remake of Bad Lieutenant? |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
40. Cops 1, Grannies 0. nt |
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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
45. Granny had a knife people - well that's the cops version |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 02:31 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. She pulled a kitchen knife while laying in bed on oxygen!? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:07 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Maybe she was spinning her bottle around her head like a bolo |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
203. You know, I didn't think about that! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:52 AM Response to Reply #45 |
60. there goes a perfectly good reason for more outrage!! |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #60 |
76. So you believe that absolves the cops, do you? nt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #76 |
91. Why should I automatically disbelieve them? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #91 |
94. For all the reasons that are obvious. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #94 |
97. No I am not; I really don't know what happened there from a media article |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #97 |
100. That's not entirely true. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #100 |
117. Not to mention that sparks, flames, and oxygen tanks don't mix. They could have caused an explosion |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #97 |
112. It is obvious that those police officers endangered the life of that woman. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #60 |
108. A good police office -- |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #108 |
116. Oh come on that takes time and effort, it is just so much easier to |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #116 |
132. Clearly Granny was wasting their valuable time! |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #45 |
66. I'm sure she did... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #45 |
104. So she was suicidal and had a knife? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #104 |
114. I took care of worse than |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #114 |
125. Human relationship skills are under-appreciated by law enforcement. n/t |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
151. Was gonna post this if somone else hadn't. |
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miyazaki (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
46. Maybe those cops freaked when she tried to activate her 'Clapper'? |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 02:31 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I'm TASERED and I can't get up! |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
47. A police state? Surely you jest! |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
50. Was this the cast from |
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coyote (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
53. This is fucked up on so many leverls... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
54. details of the lawsuit at the very end of the article: |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
55. Her head started to spin |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:15 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. +1 LOL |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
57. Thank goodness the 10 cops had thought to bring a tazer to defend themselves. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
61. I can't believe this is not from The Onion. |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #61 |
199. This kind of crap |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 02:42 AM Response to Reply #199 |
207. it depends on what you're doing |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
63. In the words of somebody famous |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
71. Don't think that because your old and ill and and weak and bedridden |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
72. Tazing an obviously fragile person |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #72 |
118. Those were my first thoughts. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
79. Like a couple of others, I honestly thought this must be a joke or something |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
80. I bet they all had cop hair |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
81. Good grief |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
82. She bit her thumb at them |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
90. These cops should be fired. |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Quick edit, though the original sounded better n/t |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #90 |
103. excellent thought |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
109. more appalling police behavior |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
110. Fuck the police. |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
111. JFC |
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SILVER__FOX52 (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #111 |
126. These Neanderthal cops ... |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
113. delete |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
115. Well i hope she learned her lesson. May all the other old bed ridden folks |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #115 |
162. I ought to warn my Mom to behave herself while in that nursing home |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
119. 10 police officers couldn't handle a granny on oxygen in her bed? Taser? REALLY? What bozos! |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
120. Move along, nothing to see here... |
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SILVER__FOX52 (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
121. Jesus Christ........... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
130. Why aren't these people immediately fired? nt |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
133. EL RENO, OK POLICE PHONE NUMBER (NON EMERGENCY); |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
134. K&R |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
137. When is everyone going to understand that we live in a Police State |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
140. WTF? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
141. Are Oklahoma City cops that stupid? Or not caring? |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #141 |
155. The cops weren't from OKC, if you read the whole article |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
142. This could be an episode of Reno 911, you realize... |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
144. The officers should be fired immediately. |
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proReality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
145. Did anyone notice the date? |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
152. K&R unreal |
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marybourg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
159. Where I live a call like this would have been answered by |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
163. An 86 year old patient on oxygen with a knife warrants ten police to cover her and a tazer |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
166. Which is worse: Tazing her or "Stepping on her oxygen hose until she couldn't breathe?" |
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AzNick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
169. Isn't the taser supposed to be used as a last resource, in lieu of lethal force? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
190. The woman was trying to commit suicide and apparently had a knife |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 07:11 AM Response to Reply #190 |
201. But the team leader wrote "he was fearful for his safety and the safety of others" |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
192. That'll show those grannies! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
194. Deleted message |
tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
195. I am severely hearing impaired. I have a website where I post articles about |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 04:01 AM Response to Reply #195 |
208. tblue37... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
200. k&r |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
205. Why did he call 911 just so she could get a check up? |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
206. There are of course two sides to this story, and we're only getting one. |
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