CardinalBacker

Teaching hunter safety courses. You'd have everybody's attention.

CBS news flashed an image of a black woman protesting the potential overturn of Roe v. Wade in front of the Supreme Court yesterday... I thought to myself "that's like a Jew holding up a sign supporting concentration camps." I guess THOSE Black Lives don't matter.

That name meant something... hard earned respect and great expectations for kids over there. Now y'all know how we feel about our rebel flag.

[Hidden Content] Game ball for #3.

I’ll be honest here…. There’s a direct correlation between Roe V Wade in 1973 and the drop in violent crime that began in the early 90’s. Those abortions prevented unwanted/undisciplined kids from becoming criminalized and incarcerated. Can you imagine how bad crime would be in the inner cities if they weren’t also aborting future criminals at a rate that is much higher than any other ethnic group?

I’m speechless. but not surprised.

That was the argument... a few years ago a call to Port Arthur PD would get you a "you need to call the Orange County Sheriff's Office" response. Which is not a problem in and of itself, other than the fact that Port Arthur still has their hand out in regards to taxes. What city services ARE being rendered to people who live that area? Let's not forget when the City of Port Arthur tried to annex 13 miles out into the Gulf.

I think that the biggest complaint was that folks who lived between the Neches River and the power plant were annexed at that point. The end result is that those citizens pay for Port Arthur City services via property taxes, but Port Arthur will not provide anything. You're basically paying for streets, fire, and police protection despite receiving none of the above.

Why is that?

Sounds like that police and fire protection that citizens in Orange County get from Port Arthur since being annexed. You get taxed, but no actual services.

I know a guy that killed his best friend like this. They were crossing a barbed wire fence and the guy leaned his gun against the post to cross through... the gun fell over and fired, hitting his friend in the leg and he bled out. Talk about life-changing.

Nice coaching hire, Bears.

But he was already trying to wrestle the gun away when the son shot him. Don’t get me wrong… I feel like these guys were out of line, I just wish that I could square what happened away with actual laws that applied. I’m happy for mr arbery’s family and I’m happy that we didn’t see an outright miscarriage of Justice in which they got off Scott-free. I think it shows that it’s possible get Justice from a jury down south even if you’re black.

Did you even watch the video? He was still upright fighting over the gun until the third shot was fired. To answer your question, the indictment could very possibly also have been political in nature. I’m just saying that there is a whole lot of “shoving a gun in his face” talk without a shred of evidence that it actually occurred. Kinda like “hands up, don’t shoot.” Would anybody believe that a black man was getting a fair trial when the courthouse was surrounded by hundreds of good ol’ boys? If you think so, you’re kidding yourself. That man’s violent nature led to his own death. The video doesn’t lie.

Bingo! The problem is that the murder didn't occur until they were struggling over the gun. Is your contention that no laws were broken, but they are somehow guilty of murder because a man died trying to wrestle a legally held gun away from them?

I guess I'm confused. Does a person have the right to possess a gun in public in Georgia? Yes. Do you have a right to ask someone to stop? Sure. No harm, no foul... Is it true that a citizen has the right to affect a citizens' arrest... sure if they meet certain requirements.... if those requirements aren't met, then the person affecting that arrest would face civil and possibly criminal charges. While we all agree that those three guys were stupid, at what point is a law broken?

But I agree that this case is nothing like the Rittenhouse one. Not comparable.

My opinion, FWIW... I think sometimes police officers (like a lot of professionals) believe that any attempt by a citizen to work on their own plumbing, wiring, or protect their own property is best left to the pros. Sometimes I think that might influence opinions coming from law enforcement professionals like yourself. My problem with your "threaten to use deadly force" argument is that these guys (like a every cop) was legally carrying a firearm. Is that reason enough for anyone (like Mr. Arbery) to attack them? Not wanting to talk crap about the dearly departed, but the fact remains that the guy was literally just rummaging through a construction site, running down the street while obviously not dressed as a jogger, and fleeing from people trying to stop him. All of which LEOs would call "probable cause." Not to mention the fact that he literally attacked the three men on trial. We tend to lose sight of the departed's contributions to the eventual outcome just because he's gone. But that's just human nature. I live down a private road. It's obviously not county maintained. There are 3 signs at the highway pointing out that this is private property, yet we still have people wheel in about once a month, turn around, then leave. A true story is that last summer I was out mowing behind the house and a truck that I didn't recognize pulled in with an empty trailer. Drove really slowly past my place, the neighbors place, and eventually turned around in a yard at the very end of the drive. You know, probably just looking for something easy to load up and go sell. They were slowly easing back down the private drive towards the highway and I made it a point to ride my mower back up to the front front yard to ask them what they needed... just letting them know that if they had no business down there, they shouldn't be there. It's important to note that I always keep a pistol on me when I mow for snakes and stuff. By your logic, if those boys had jumped out and attacked me (as methheads often do) and I used my pistol, I'd be charged for murder. Before you say "but you were on private property," yes, but not mine. The driveway actually exists on my neighbors' property.

This one went to the jury today... I've not paid nearly as much attention to it as I have to some of the others. My gut feeling is that these three probably will be rightfully convicted of something... not sure if murder is the case, though. At least the father/son duo. I'm not sold on the guy filming being responsible. Any thoughts?

BUT, if you go out breaking windows, setting fires, and assaulting people you should kinda expect to get your head blown off, too, right? It's a possibility at least. I mean, if those boys weren't out breaking multitudes of laws, they'd still be alive, too.

Supposedly a BLM supporter as well... but it's hard to differentiate a BLM supporter from a career criminal/sex offender because it's becoming obvious that most career criminal/sex offenders/defend the po-pos are die-hard BLM supporters.

Here's the problem... it's a no-win situation for the police. Criminals put them in the position of having to make split second decisions under the most extreme circumstances possible, then we criticize their judgment from the safety of our bathroom with the benefit of 7 different camera angles, slow motion, relevant facts (like whether or not it's the correct vehicle), etc... When there was literally just a shooting at a football game a block away. I personally think that police aren't given enough leeway when it comes to being charged for decisions made on the job. But that's just me.

I know a guy who worked at a hospital in Tyler that actually had a TB ward. One day a guy was brought in that had TB (of course), but he also tested positive for HIV, Hepatitis C, Syphillis, and a nasty cold. The doctor that admitted him prescribed protease inhibitors for the HIV, IV antibiotics, steroids, an anti fungal, and a strict diet of pizza and pancakes. They nurses were like “ok, that makes sense… except for the diet… what’s up with that?” And the doctor said “that’s all we can slide under the door to him.”

I lost a lot of faith in juries when they hammered Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis. It didn't even make any sense. I mean, you could make an argument for manslaughter, but some of the other crimes for which he was convicted didn't even meet the definition of the charge. They just wanted to throw the book at somebody. I wouldn't be too surprised if they convict this kid for murder. Somebody (or somebodies) is sticking to their guns or we'd already have a verdict. It's either a knucklehead or two thinking he's innocent or a knucklehead or two wanting to see him acquitted. At this point I'm thinking that we'll see a mistrial.

Confirmation Bias... if you want to find somebody to give you "facts" to support what you already believe, the internet is a great place. You could get sick and eat a straight diet of Reese's peanut butter cups and if you recover, was it the Reese's that did the trick?