On the verge of a lockdown in the U.S. too. Broadway shows closed, talk of New Years Eve in Times Square being cancelled, restaurants closing, sport events cancelled.
Thinking ahead to the Winter Olympics in February.......will it be cancelled
Many years ago people gave an opinion on CS and someone might disagree with it but it didn't become people writing novels as their post. I don't read things like that. In fact lately I've been directing my attention to threads that I might have some input on or have some humor. And even then I think carefully if it's worth it to give an opinion in this environment.
I don't worry about those who bully me or like to argue for the sake of arguing. If someone bullies me that I care about then I put some credence in what they are saying.
Those who lash out at others are fighting within themselves with their own problems.
The subject is not about banning guns. It is about a cop who made a mistake thinking she was using her taser to stop someone from their tirade.
I find it hard to believe that this was the first time she attempted to use her taser in the 26 years she was a police officer. It's not as if she was alone in the attempt to arrest Wright. There were two other officers there. What went wrong?
Most cops are polite. Your idea of having only black cops in black neighborhoods wouldn't hold up because whether a cop is black or white he IS a cop and wants people to do as he asks. When a cop tells someone to do something it is in their best interest to do it.
Some of us have discussed police shootings in the U.S. There is one more shooting that I'm not sure how I want to go with it. I'm hoping the CS family will have opinions.
A police officer stopped Duante Wright for having expired car registration tags but his mother said he was stopped for having an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror. In Minnesota it is against the law to have anything hanging from the rearview mirror. When they stopped Wright police did a background check and found he had an outstanding warrant against him. He was originally stopped for expired registration tags and secondly for having the air freshener hanging from the rearview mirror.
The officer walked up to Wright's car and he got out but then he fought his way back into the car. Two officers were struggling to get him out of the car. One of the officer's yelled Taser Taser Taser but instead of the Taser she pulled her gun and shot him which resulted in his death.
The officer who shot him has been on the force for 26 years. The prosecutor argued that in all that time she should have known that she was pulling her taser gun and not the real gun. Each gun was on different sides of her body. The taser is yellow.
So, did this 20 year old die because he had an air freshener tree hanging from his rearview mirror or did he die because he had an outstanding warrant or did he die for having expired registration tags?
The officer has been charged with second degree manslaughter. Should she get a pass? Her mistake resulted someone losing his life. Should she be forced to retire without her pension?
I wish I could do CPR but I know that the person needs to be on a hard surface for the compressions to work. I have two knee replacements which means I have plastic and steel in my knees. It is very painful if I try to kneel on them. Even if I tried to do it bending over from a standing position it wouldn't work and would be painful for my back.
Do you know how to do CPR on babies and small children? From what I have heard it is done with two fingers and not the whole hand.
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