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n_huffhines said:
We've had 4 break-ins in my neighborhood lately. I've been staying up late on the rocking chair, polishing my 9x19. My next door neighbor got her car stolen from her garage. It's a pretty nice neighborhood so this is crazy. Broke into the neighbor's car on the other side, too.

They keep hitting homes. They are going to get popped eventually. Hopefully I'll have good news soon. One of the cops talked to us and he's so pissed they haven't caught the guy(s). Couldn't even figure out how they got in my neighbor's house.
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In the unlikely event you actually end up having an encounter with this individual we might all want to redact any mentioning of polishing any weapons. It may sound crazy but there's some serious reaches that can be made prosecutors.

Unless we're going by the idea that your "9x19" is something else entirely...what you do with THAT in your rocking chair is your business. :)
 
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Honestly, I haven't pulled out my gun in years, so I wasn't literally polishing it. And yes, for clarity, I never would want to hurt anybody. I was trying to be a comedian about a worrisome situation.

I've never punched anyone. Shooting someone would be last resort for me. I can't bring myself to shoot animals.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Honestly, I haven't pulled out my gun in years, so I wasn't literally polishing it. And yes, for clarity, I never would want to hurt anybody. I was trying to be a comedian about a worrisome situation.

I've never punched anyone. Shooting someone would be last resort for me. I can't bring myself to shoot animals.
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Oh I believe you. Just saying there's plenty of stories about how on occasion some prosecutors are wont to get pretty...inventive...with how they go about attacking a defendant's character. That can include pretty much anything said online.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Honestly, I haven't pulled out my gun in years, so I wasn't literally polishing it. And yes, for clarity, I never would want to hurt anybody. I was trying to be a comedian about a worrisome situation.

I've never punched anyone. Shooting someone would be last resort for me. I can't bring myself to shoot animals.
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You've never punched anyone?.....ever? Where did you grow up?
 
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Carl Pickens said:
You've never punched anyone?.....ever? Where did you grow up?
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We got wild, but I never did in anger. I've been in a hundred boxing matches. A few times I almost got in real fights, but managed to stay out without looking like a coward.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
I used to hate fighting when I was younger, until I discovered the wonders of good scotch.
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This kind of scotch?

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n_huffhines said:
We got wild, but I never did in anger. I've been in a hundred boxing matches. A few times I almost got in real fights, but managed to stay out without looking like a coward.
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I'm amazed by that.... Not in a bad way

The neighborhood I grew up in was surrounded by trailer parks and the kids were mostly all boys. There were the freaks with their home made tattoos, chain wallets and Skynrd shirts and then the regular blue collar athletic types. We had skirmishes on a very frequent basis.....
 
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New fact for me in Martese Johnson case. He was turned away from the bar because it was too crowded. People here were assuming it was because he was drunk/belligerent.
 
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jp1 said:
Still possible that he was drunk/belligerent.
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No kidding? Excellent police work. Hang onto that hope.

Why did the cops want to talk to him in the first place? It was assumed he was behaving belligerently trying to get in the club. What's your theory, gumshoe?
 
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tumscalcium said:
Nice she apologized, but should have never played the race card to begin with.
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And the fact he let the kid go with prescription meds that weren't in his name. Which is a felony. And only cited him for the marijuana in the car.

Kinda surprised the cop didn't shoot him and his dog.
 
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1972 Grad said:
In fingerprinting they don't have to take swabs of your body fluids, but you're left with black fingers.
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Never had a DNA sample collected have you? Far less mess than fingerprints as they take a swab on your inner cheek and nothing more. So other than the invasive Q-tip on the inside of your mouth, it's not exactly what most would consider harmful.

Now actually address the question. How is a DNA sample different from fingerprints? Is it a better means of identification than fingerprints alone? Does it harm the individuals? Could it help potentially exonerate someone accused of a crime?

Don't go jumping to conclusions before knowing what you are talking about.
 
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Grand Vol said:
And the fact he let the kid go with prescription meds that weren't in his name. Which is a felony. And only cited him for the marijuana in the car.

Kinda surprised the cop didn't shoot him and his dog.
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Why does it not surprise me at all that they cared more about weed than opiates?
 
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Grand Vol said:
Never had a DNA sample collected have you? Far less mess than fingerprints as they take a swab on your inner cheek and nothing more. So other than the invasive Q-tip on the inside of your mouth, it's not exactly what most would consider harmful.

Now actually address the question. How is a DNA sample different from fingerprints? Is it a better means of identification than fingerprints alone? Does it harm the individuals? Could it help potentially exonerate someone accused of a crime?

Don't go jumping to conclusions before knowing what you are talking about.
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I didn't try to refute your claim. I was just making a joke. And, no I have never given a DNA sample, OR been fingerprinted. I have seen both done on TV though.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Why does it not surprise me at all that they cared more about weed than opiates?
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Still let him go. Didn't have to. And the encounter seemed professional for the parts that were seen on the CNN video.

Did this strike you as an overbearing ******* that's stereotyped on here? He very easily could have taken the kid to jail. But let him go with a simple citation. And could have made way more money off the prescription drug possession charge than the MJ. If it was all about money that is.
 
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1972 Grad said:
I didn't try to refute your claim. I was just making a joke. And, no I have never given a DNA sample, OR been fingerprinted. I have seen both done on TV though.
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My apologies then.

A DNA swab is a whole lot easier in the long run. And when used in combination with things like Katie's Law is a very helpful tool.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Still let him go. Didn't have to. And the encounter seemed professional for the parts that were seen on the CNN video.

Did this strike you as an overbearing ******* that's stereotyped on here? He very easily could have taken the kid to jail. But let him go with a simple citation. And could have made way more money off the prescription drug possession charge than the MJ. If it was all about money that is.
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I'm mobile and didn't check it out so I can't opine, really.
 
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Grand Vol said:
And the fact he let the kid go with prescription meds that weren't in his name. Which is a felony. And only cited him for the marijuana in the car.

Kinda surprised the cop didn't shoot him and his dog.
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This is one of those cases where the cop actually did the humane and just thing, but ran into one of these people that was raised by a rachet single mother... which probably ruins it for the next guy that gets pulled over.

We don't need cops feeling like no good deed should go unpunished.
 
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Unarmed black man shot dead by police in Atlanta: witnesses question excessive force

Anthony Hill, a 27-year old US air force veteran who had served in Afghanistan and had bipolar disorder, was killed by DeKalb County police department officer Mark Olsen on 9 March.

Olsen was responding to a 911 call about a man who was naked, had banged on his neighbors’ doors, and had crawled around the Heights of Chamblee apartment complex in the Atlanta suburb of Chamblee.

Christopher Chestnut, an attorney hired to represent Hill’s family, told reporters on 25 March that eyewitnesses had called into question Olsen’s use of lethal force. According to what multiple witnesses told to a private investigator, Olsen was approximately 180ft away from Hill when the two first made contact.

Olsen, who did not ask about Hill’s mental health, proceeded to fire at the veteran, while Hill walked toward him at a “brisk” pace, according to witnesses. Hill was unarmed at the time of his death, authorities later found.

“He’s disrobed, so it’s blatantly apparent that he is not carrying nor concealing a weapon,” Chestnut told the Associated Press. “He’s not saying anything to the officer, so he’s not threatening the officer. There was absolutely no reason whatsoever for that officer to even draw his firearm, let alone use it.”

Two bullets struck Hill, who had not taken his bipolar medication for roughly 10 days prior to the encounter, in his chest.

Olsen had worked for the DeKalb County police department for seven years with no major red flags on his record. But questions have now been raised about why Olsen, armed with a Taser and pepper spray during the incident, reached for his firearm first.
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