tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841761.post5548039794755172047..comments2024-03-28T09:02:28.171-07:00Comments on Roger Ailes: Ask Questions LaterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841761.post-80963845306697002612013-10-26T19:49:00.224-07:002013-10-26T19:49:00.224-07:00Though I largely agree with Montag, "tranquil...Though I largely agree with Montag, "tranquilizer guns" for humans don't exist outside of fiction. For reasons that should be obvious, ethics make the development and testing of such a thing practically impossible. The Russians tried something similar with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis" rel="nofollow">rather poor results</a>.John Finkbinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841761.post-86281942498576223022013-10-21T10:50:07.162-07:002013-10-21T10:50:07.162-07:00Hello! I just would like to give a huge thumbs up ...Hello! I just would like to give a huge thumbs up for the great info you have here on this post. I will be coming back to your blog for more soon. <a href="http://iblogracing.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">All Sport Racing Blogs</a>Jackhttp://iblogracing.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841761.post-46104596090550136032013-10-07T13:36:33.031-07:002013-10-07T13:36:33.031-07:00Classic extrajudicial killing, aka murder. This h...Classic extrajudicial killing, aka murder. This happens frequently where both on-duty and off-duty law enforcement officers shoot and kill unarmed people. <br /><br />After the police investigate themselves, the local prosecuting authorities decline to criminally prosecute. Usually all the shooter has to say is he felt his life was in danger.<br /><br />If the victim's survivors sue in civil courts, generally the system works against them, i.e., the suit is quietly "settled" out of court for a pittance, and everyone is none the wiser. Murder, a fait accompli.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841761.post-50989163122246991262013-10-06T22:30:45.152-07:002013-10-06T22:30:45.152-07:00Licensed to kill...Licensed to kill...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841761.post-14599331580972563752013-10-06T20:19:05.697-07:002013-10-06T20:19:05.697-07:00We are all Ibragim Todashev, the man killed by the...We are all Ibragim Todashev, the man killed by the FBI while being questioned about the Boston Marathon bombing. Any police can kill a citizen with little or no provocation and, generally, get away with it.<br /><br />Even more so, now that we've militarized the police forces and many officers are suffering from PTSD after multiple tours of duty in the National Guard or Reserves abroad in Iraq or Afghanistan.gmokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358327448132770681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841761.post-37081083972004931332013-10-06T17:32:07.641-07:002013-10-06T17:32:07.641-07:00From the videotape from Alhurra, they were shootin...From the videotape from Alhurra, they were shooting at her when she bumped into the first barrier near the White House grounds and backed into a police car there (at least four shots from the tape). Then she took off, went off toward the Capitol Building. That's where she got out of the car and was shot at again by other officers.<br /><br />One would think that with the relatively high incidence of irrational behavior by the mentally ill in this country, the cops would be savvier about this sort of thing. Have tranquilizer guns on hand, etc. But, in many instances, the mentally ill just get blown away. <br /><br />And it's not a new phenomenon. I recall an incident in Albuquerque over twenty years ago, in which a woman called 911, asking for police assistance because her son was off his medication, was unstable and had a kitchen knife--and specifically told the 911 dispatcher that she wasn't in danger, that he wouldn't harm her, that she just wanted him calmed down.<br /><br />The last thing a disoriented schizophrenic needs is more confusion, but the sheriff's department sent six cruisers and a SWAT team, lights flashing and sirens blaring, and the poor guy is standing on his front lawn, babbling, and when one of the officers ordered him to put down the knife (which he wouldn't do, anyway, because he was delusional and feeling threatened), the guy took one step forward, stopped and brandished the knife. He couldn't have harmed any of the officers by doing so--the closest one was over twenty-five feet away--but, they opened fire, expended, IIRC, twenty-nine rounds and hit him with nine of them, killing him almost instantly.<br /><br />Proclaimed a justified shooting because he made a threatening motion.<br /><br />So, what's wrong with that picture? Probably the same thing that's a bit wrong with this latest use of deadly force. <br /><br />Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531503205815503135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841761.post-73542474195547932432013-10-06T15:50:29.801-07:002013-10-06T15:50:29.801-07:00We shoot first and ax questions laterWe shoot first and ax questions laterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com