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Alefroth wrote: Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:43 pm It's not that the link doesn't work. You just left out the =

Man accused of making threats, firing gun at Cleveland Walmart arrested

Unagi wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 1:10 pm I’m glad you made the call. Also, I appreciate the update on the call, as I was going to ask if you learned anything about what they did.


Did he need to admit to the discharge? I would think he would have denied it and it would have turned into a big nothing.

LawBeefaroni wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 1:02 pm I'm told they got him for UUW and took the pistol. Not sure if they he had a FOID it not. Apparently they didn't search for other firearms.

I debated for a few minutes whether to call 911. But given that I spent the weekend running a street fest where top of mind was constantly "will there be a shooting?" and given how Highland Park has affected everyone at work I figured it couldn't not call. If it was just an ND by a harmless guy acting stupidly, hopefully he learns his lesson. But if he's a potential domestic case or gang banger or mass shooter, he's on radar now.

Jaymann wrote: Sat Aug 20, 2022 8:55 pm Isn't FOID a method to solve quadratic equations?

One of three Dutch soldiers wounded in a shooting outside a hotel in downtown Indianapolis over the weekend has died, the Dutch Defense Ministry said Monday.

The commando died of his injuries "surrounded by family and colleagues," the ministry said in a statement.

The soldier was one of three members of the Dutch Commando Corps who were shot and wounded early Saturday after what Indianapolis police believe was a disturbance outside the hotel where they were staying, authorities said.

The Marion County coroner's office in Indianapolis identified the victim as Simmie Poetsema, 26, but didn't immediately release any additional information.

The two other wounded soldiers were conscious, the Defense Ministry said.

The shooting occurred about 3:30 a.m. in Indianapolis’ entertainment district. The Defense Ministry said the three soldiers were from the Commando Corps and were in Indiana for training.

LawBeefaroni wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 9:07 am Expect all the rhetoric out of recent Memphis news to be about early release, not guns.

naednek wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 12:42 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 9:07 am Expect all the rhetoric out of recent Memphis news to be about early release, not guns.

I think both are in issue.

In 2016 the Parkers were invited to an art event. He parked his car and walked to the hotel. Someone approached.

"I reached my hand out to shake his hand, and he looked down at my hand and stared at me. He said how do you fucking sleep at night you fucking piece of shit."

People are staring at Robbie and this stranger, as they both walk down the street, the man shouting abuses at Robbie.

"How much fucking money did you get from the fucking government you fucking asshole" the man yelled at Robbie.

Finally, Robbie snapped at him.

"How dare you, you’re talking about my daughter. She was KILLED, who do you think YOU are? How do you sleep at night? I used some colorful language as well."

Robbie: "We went at it, we were yelling at each other. That circle of people around us got wider and wider."

Finally he was able to walk away from the man. He had to get back to his girls and his family.

"I had to be OK," Robbie testifies. "I wanted to protect them so bad."

Robbie returned to the hotel. He thought he was composed when his wife, Alissa, answered.

"She opened the door and took one look at me and her face went white and she just said 'what happened, what happened to you?' She could see it in me. I just started bawling."

We are shown video of Alex Jones calling Parker an actor.

"He’s a worse actor than Glenn Beck, ok, this is disgusting," Jones says. He later says Robbie is doing "classic acting training."

Cutting between this and Robbie's testimony is brutal, but necessary for jurors to see.

Robbie testifies he had already felt like he failed Emilie in life. Now he felt he was failing her in death.

Friday night football in America: Gunfire erupts during high school football game in Toledo, Ohio. There are at least three victims.

Permitless carry went into effect in Ohio in June thanks to @GovMikeDeWine, despite law enforcement’s opposition.

At least three people were hurt when shots rang out after a high school football game in Newburgh on Friday. It happened at about 9:30 p.m. in the north parking lot, after the game between Newburgh Free Academy and Warwick High School.

Isgrimnur wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 3:45 pm Laying it at the feet of permitless carry is a bit of a stretch.

Isgrimnur wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:37 pm NPR

Nikolas Cruz will plead guilty next Wednesday to killing 14 students and three staff members at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., his defense team says.

With the admission of guilt in the 2018 mass shooting, Cruz's legal team will focus on the penalty phase of the trial, hoping to secure a punishment of 17 consecutive life sentences for their client, rather than the death penalty that prosecutors are seeking.

The timeline for Cruz, 23, to plead guilty emerged during a hearing Friday morning where he pleaded guilty to felony battery on a law enforcement officer. In that case, Cruz was accused of hitting and kicking a prison guard and trying to take his Taser.

Half of all death-row exonerations have taken more than a decade, and the length of time between conviction and exoneration has continued to grow. More than half of the exonerations since 2013 have taken 25 years or more.

Death-row prisoners in the U.S. typically spend more than a decade awaiting execution or court rulings overturning their death sentences. More than half of all prisoners currently sentenced to death in the U.S. have been on death row for more than 18 years.

stessier wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 3:22 pm This was the correct result. The death penalty should not be a thing.

stessier wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 3:22 pm This was the correct result. The death penalty should not be a thing.

Alefroth wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:14 pm Why do you have to always be hyperbolic and misrepresent what people say?

stimpy wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:19 pm

Alefroth wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:14 pm Why do you have to always be hyperbolic and misrepresent what people say?

Misrepresent????
How can anyone read what he wrote as anything other than he doesnt believe in the death penalty under any circumstances.

stimpy wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:50 pm

stessier wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 3:22 pm This was the correct result. The death penalty should not be a thing.

Yeah....the parents that wanted it are just heartless, uncaring people.
Shame on them.

stimpy wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:19 pm

Alefroth wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:14 pm Why do you have to always be hyperbolic and misrepresent what people say?

Misrepresent????

Yeah....the parents that wanted it are just heartless, uncaring people.
Shame on them.

How can anyone read what he wrote as anything other than he doesnt believe in the death penalty under any circumstances.