Rickyvol77
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Tons of kids look up to athletes as role models. Not just black kids. And I grew up with a father. For the personal responsibility crowd, people sure do like to lay blame at the feet of celebrities and athletes for problems of today’s youth. It reminds of the dumb argument about video games causing violence.Cycle after cycle. These fatherless kids need real role models and all the cling to are athletes and gangbangers
That's not what a straw man is, lol.
I didn't say Barr is dishonest.
I don’t think it causes the violence. I think 75% fatherless homes and the streets raising these kids causes the same cycle over and over.Tons of kids look up to athletes as role models. Not just black kids. And I grew up with a father. For the personal responsibility crowd, people sure do like to lay blame at the feet of celebrities and athletes for problems of today’s youth. It reminds of the dumb argument about video games causing violence.
57-Member Buffalo Police Team Resigns Over Officers’ Suspension
All 57 members of the Buffalo Police Department Emergency Response Team resigned on Friday in response to the department suspending two officers after a video surfaced showing them shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground.
The Thursday footage shows the man approaching officers amid a George Floyd protest in Niagara Square and an officer pushing the man, causing him to tumbled backward and fall. Upon hitting his head, blood could be seen running down the side of his face and onto the pavement.
Two officers were suspended without pay shortly after the footage went viral, said Buffalo Police Department spokesman Mike DeGeorge. The man is currently in stable condition, according to reports.The now-resigned officers remain employed by the department, but are no longer on Emergency Response Team, which was formed in 2016 for the purpose of managing mass protests.“The City of Buffalo is aware of developments related to the work assignments of certain members of the Buffalo police force,” Mayor Byron Brown said in a statement. “At this time, we can confirm that contingency plans are in place to maintain police services and ensure public safety within our community. The Buffalo police continue to actively work with the New York State Police and other cooperating agencies.”
Nobody will want to be a cop, so they won't need to disband the department.57-Member Buffalo Police Team Resigns Over Officers’ Suspension
All 57 members of the Buffalo Police Department Emergency Response Team resigned on Friday in response to the department suspending two officers after a video surfaced showing them shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground.
The Thursday footage shows the man approaching officers amid a George Floyd protest in Niagara Square and an officer pushing the man, causing him to tumbled backward and fall. Upon hitting his head, blood could be seen running down the side of his face and onto the pavement.
Two officers were suspended without pay shortly after the footage went viral, said Buffalo Police Department spokesman Mike DeGeorge. The man is currently in stable condition, according to reports.The now-resigned officers remain employed by the department, but are no longer on Emergency Response Team, which was formed in 2016 for the purpose of managing mass protests.“The City of Buffalo is aware of developments related to the work assignments of certain members of the Buffalo police force,” Mayor Byron Brown said in a statement. “At this time, we can confirm that contingency plans are in place to maintain police services and ensure public safety within our community. The Buffalo police continue to actively work with the New York State Police and other cooperating agencies.”
Ignoring the fact that he was clearly lying about the verifiable half of his justification in order to throw down the gauntlet on the unverifiable half.
And not only that, but pretending a “need to expand the perimeter” is an exception to the first amendment and a justification for what they did.
You need to dial it back. This is a little too over the top to be good parody. It’s too dumb to be believable.
I have to agree with Charles Barkley on this one.Tons of kids look up to athletes as role models. Not just black kids. And I grew up with a father. For the personal responsibility crowd, people sure do like to lay blame at the feet of celebrities and athletes for problems of today’s youth. It reminds of the dumb argument about video games causing violence.
57-Member Buffalo Police Team Resigns Over Officers’ Suspension
All 57 members of the Buffalo Police Department Emergency Response Team resigned on Friday in response to the department suspending two officers after a video surfaced showing them shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground.
The Thursday footage shows the man approaching officers amid a George Floyd protest in Niagara Square and an officer pushing the man, causing him to tumbled backward and fall. Upon hitting his head, blood could be seen running down the side of his face and onto the pavement.
Two officers were suspended without pay shortly after the footage went viral, said Buffalo Police Department spokesman Mike DeGeorge. The man is currently in stable condition, according to reports.The now-resigned officers remain employed by the department, but are no longer on Emergency Response Team, which was formed in 2016 for the purpose of managing mass protests.“The City of Buffalo is aware of developments related to the work assignments of certain members of the Buffalo police force,” Mayor Byron Brown said in a statement. “At this time, we can confirm that contingency plans are in place to maintain police services and ensure public safety within our community. The Buffalo police continue to actively work with the New York State Police and other cooperating agencies.”
And honestly, if you take a closer look at the lives of most celebrities, you'd realize you don't want them to be role models for your kids.Tons of kids look up to athletes as role models. Not just black kids. And I grew up with a father. For the personal responsibility crowd, people sure do like to lay blame at the feet of celebrities and athletes for problems of today’s youth. It reminds of the dumb argument about video games causing violence.
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straw man: an argument, claim, or opponent that is invented in order to win or create an argument: such as implying Barr is a liar without addressing the substance of his statement or refuting it. That is a form of straw man argument.
Are you saying you don't trust him but he is honest, then? Did "he misled us" re: the Mueller report?
Ah, so you do call him dishonest. 'Why?' was the question.

So they resigned from the ERT, but not the force?57-Member Buffalo Police Team Resigns Over Officers’ Suspension
All 57 members of the Buffalo Police Department Emergency Response Team resigned on Friday in response to the department suspending two officers after a video surfaced showing them shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground.
The Thursday footage shows the man approaching officers amid a George Floyd protest in Niagara Square and an officer pushing the man, causing him to tumbled backward and fall. Upon hitting his head, blood could be seen running down the side of his face and onto the pavement.
Two officers were suspended without pay shortly after the footage went viral, said Buffalo Police Department spokesman Mike DeGeorge. The man is currently in stable condition, according to reports.The now-resigned officers remain employed by the department, but are no longer on Emergency Response Team, which was formed in 2016 for the purpose of managing mass protests.“The City of Buffalo is aware of developments related to the work assignments of certain members of the Buffalo police force,” Mayor Byron Brown said in a statement. “At this time, we can confirm that contingency plans are in place to maintain police services and ensure public safety within our community. The Buffalo police continue to actively work with the New York State Police and other cooperating agencies.”
State your case; what specifically is the lie?
Your position then, is that the executive may not extend the perimeter around the WH grounds under any circumstance; that's novel and unsupported by any constitutional standard. If the rioters wish to exercise their 1st amendment right inside the gate - perhaps in the Lincoln bedroom - are they to be accommodated? Ah! - so there are boundaries that the government may establish for brick and molotov tossing and not have to meet with your approval.
What is pretense regarding 120 officers being injured defending the grounds? Did the various building fires not happen?
If it's "too dumb", you'll have no problem substantiating your claim. I mean, even lawyers still have to do that, don't they?
I guess swearing an oath to serve and protect doesn't apply if you want to protest the disciplinary action of colleagues.57-Member Buffalo Police Team Resigns Over Officers’ Suspension
All 57 members of the Buffalo Police Department Emergency Response Team resigned on Friday in response to the department suspending two officers after a video surfaced showing them shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground.
The Thursday footage shows the man approaching officers amid a George Floyd protest in Niagara Square and an officer pushing the man, causing him to tumbled backward and fall. Upon hitting his head, blood could be seen running down the side of his face and onto the pavement.
Two officers were suspended without pay shortly after the footage went viral, said Buffalo Police Department spokesman Mike DeGeorge. The man is currently in stable condition, according to reports.The now-resigned officers remain employed by the department, but are no longer on Emergency Response Team, which was formed in 2016 for the purpose of managing mass protests.“The City of Buffalo is aware of developments related to the work assignments of certain members of the Buffalo police force,” Mayor Byron Brown said in a statement. “At this time, we can confirm that contingency plans are in place to maintain police services and ensure public safety within our community. The Buffalo police continue to actively work with the New York State Police and other cooperating agencies.”