CardinalBacker

It's a cultural thing. When "our" girl (white, unarmed,conservative) got shot by the Captiol police in January during the riot, practically EVERYBODY that fits her description shrugged and said "ummmmm.... she kinda had that coming." When a violent black drug dealer attempts to run over police officers while evading arrest (a felony in and of itself) when they are attempting to arrest him, Ben Crump and the rest of the sweaty-faced suits show up to cry about "it was an execution! He was just trying to get away!!!" Until the black community decides to address it's own responses to law enforcement, the whole thing is just going to keep happening. If you resist/flee from an arresting officer, you are accepting all possible outcomes, which include getting shot. Period. It's that simple.

I think so... Our region is down to 7% hospitalization rate right now, AFTER we lifted the mask mandate. I believe that the vaccine is part of the reason for that decline. People are still getting infected, but they're not getting sick enough to require hospitalization. I don't think that the vaccine can get all of the credit for the declines in severity, but I think the vaccine is due some of the credit.

They need to find another white boy to play qb if they ever want to win another ring. Just kidding.... Obviously untrue. Sometimes I can't help myself.

That's my understanding as well.

I did, but then my answer changed.

I had a very possible exposure a couple of weeks ago but it turned out alright... I just started thinking that it would be ridiculous if I skipped the vaccine and then ended up hospitalized for a few days and set myself back about $20k because I didn't trust a free vaccine. I'd be really upset at myself.

I understand that the first one is kind of a warm up to get your body prepared for the second one which is a lot stronger. I dunno.

It’s just more proof that Black Lives really don’t matter. You have a race that aborts more unborn children per capita than any other in America. You also have a race that kills more of their own than all other races combined... despite only making up 13% of the population. Then they turn around and say “it wouldn’t matter if that one black kid killed the other black kid. Police were wrong to step in. Blacks killing blacks is literally like using the n-word. I guess they consider it an act of endearment.

I’m still not convinced that we don’t have somebody coaching at the middle school who would do just fine.

It’s like anything else... some are better than others and some are outright bad. One of the big problems is that the police (and justice system as a whole) tended to overlook the bad actions of bad cops. I think that a lot of what we’re seeing today is an over-reaction to the way that things USED TO be. The problem is that the corrections that we’re clamoring for today are only going to make things worse. In the last 4 years we’ve seen “choke holds” and “kneeling” taken out of the police “toolbox” because of SJWs falsely blaming them for deaths that occurred when criminals were violently resisting arrest. A perfect example was the shooting at the Wendy’s drive-thru in Georgia last year. The policeman had the guy mostly subdued with a rear naked choke but he let him go per “policy.” The guy got loose and officers ended up shooting/killing him instead. Add to that the fact that criminals know that police literally have their hands tied and more if the bad guys are willing to try their luck. At some point people are going to realize that we ALL were a lot safer when bad guys knew they might end up needing a few stitches if they got out of line. Every time that I see a “protester” cursing at a cop it just proves the opposite... if the police are so inherently evil and deadly, you wouldn’t be dare to publicly spit at, curse, or otherwise assault them.... think about it.

The mindset of our youth is just baffling. I was skimming the comments on a story about the basketball player from Kentucky that died in a car wreck in Los Angeles after declaring for the NBA draft. The kid sped through a red light and got hit by a car that had the right of way. The general consensus among the commenters was “sure, his light was red, but who just turns out in front of a speeding car? I hope that man’s got good insurance!” That’s literally how stupid some of us are today.

It’s just too far gone at this point. I turn on CBS news a lot of mornings and I’d say that at least 2 thirds of their clips are race related. If it’s not the latest police shooting, it’s Meghan Markle vs the royals. If they’re talking about Covid, they’re talking about how it’s affecting people of color disproportionately. If they talk about the eviction moratorium, they have to mention that ending it will hurt more people of color. Stories about education always have to include a bit on inequity. I’m really getting to the point where I feel myself getting less sympathetic by the minute. I wonder if I’m the only person that feels that way?

When the guy that was just kicking the lady in the head starts raising hell was my favorite part.... your judgment is very questionable, Pelè.

Question... I believe that without the cellphone videos taken of the George Floyd incident, Chauvin wouldn't have been convicted, and possibly never even charged. Do you think that's a good or bad thing? Personally, I think that Chauvin shouldn't have gotten off scott-free. Somewhere between none of us knowing about the incident and "tonight, we have the latest on the trial of the police officer that killed George Floyd" is where the coverage and publicity should have been..... different?

I feel sorry for everybody involved. It's big of you see things from a different perspective, though. Every shooting isn't justified, and every shooting isn't wrong, either.

I'm sure that he, like most, had bad information when they started assassinating the character of this policeman. But, given the time and opportunity to make a correction, Lebron neither apologized to the officer he'd wronged or admitted that he'd made a mistake at all. Instead he gave this garbage... What's he still so angry about? What does he mean by "may justice prevail?" Instead of admitting that he messed up, he whines about "i was just angry and everybody else "used my words to create more racism." No Lebron, your words come from a place of racism. It's a good thing he can dribble a basketball... because otherwise he's just a piece of crap.

We're ALL blaming the wrong people. If you don't believe that we're being sold a bill of goods by the media, check this out. [Hidden Content] Thirteen year old boy shot by police in Chicago. Barely a peep from the media and not a peep from the LeBrons and Ben Crumps of the world. [Hidden Content] Sixteen year old kid with an airsoft gun shot and killed by the police in Maryland. Why is there no coverage, outrage and protests? Both of these shootings happened during the last month. No outcry, no protest, nothing. The powers that be in the media and on the left don't want blacks and whites to get along, period. I guess the only question is whether or not the coming race war will be worth the votes, views, and likes for which they're pimping themselves.

I finally got my first injection this week. Moderna. The shot itself was breeze. I actually had some soreness in that shoulder for a couple of days which surprised me. No howling at the moon yet.

Here's the deal.... We live in a country that's forgotten that we are all responsible for our own actions. If you decide to jerk away from the cops and try to hop back in your car and flee (like the kid last week) and the cop accidentally pulls her pistol instead of her tazer... you asked for it. If you get high and try to pass fake bills, fight the cops, ingest mass amounts of drugs and don't make it home.... you asked for it. If you take a suspect down and kneel on him even though he's obviously in great distress (and ultimately died).... you asked for it. I don't feel that bad for Chauvin. I don't think that he actually committed murder, but I don't have a real problem with manslaughter... but when he made a conscious decision to stay there in spite of all common sense and the input from bystanders and his fellow officers, he put himself in the position to be judged by an unsympathetic jury. He asked for it. I do have a problem because it seems like we've reached a point in America where the lie about "unarmed young black men being slaughtered by racist cops" is now accepted as a fact. If you dare to point out the fact that it's a lie perpetrated by the media and those on the left for their own selfish purposes, you're a racist, too. They are literally calling for the cop in C-bus Ohio to be prosecuted for shooting the girl that was trying to stab another girl yesterday. "Kids have been having knife fights forever... that's no reason to kill her," etc... It's insane. I think that the people who are trying so hard to pit us against one another aren't going to like the unavoidable eventual results that will come from their actions.

That's what happened this time... the ME did the autopsy, but then the private DR (who didn't even examine the body) came to his own conclusions which were supported by the prosecution. Have you ever seen a time when the prosecutor's office tried to discredit the ME and instead rely on the opinion of an "expert" hired by the family of the victim? His fees were paid out of that 27 million dollar settlement that was given to the family, I might add. Hardly a conflict there, lol.

[Hidden Content] Just wait.... that cop is going to prison, too. If the mob has their way, I must add.

Not in the popular vote....

If you've ever held a job, I'm sure that you've met people that you just didn't want to work with. They might be good at their job, but at the end of the day their attitude or personality just make them a bad fit. Elections are popularity contests. Being upset that your ugly candidate lost because nobody likes him but he did really, really good at the talent competition is a joke.

I just can't help but laugh... "Dims worst nightmare?" It's a wet dream for Democrats everywhere. Trump gets beaten by literally any democrat. Any. Look at who beat him this time. It's completely obvious to anybody but the loyal Trump supporters. "Ok, he got trounced, then started an insurrection... He'll definitely get elected if he runs again. He's the Dims worst nightmare!" It's like the Dallas Cowboys fans talking about how they were about to win the Super Bowl with Quincy Carter at QB.

When good people don't want to be cops anymore because of crap like this, who are gonna be cops? Asking for a violent drug dealing friend.