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Originally Posted by timalkin
That must be some good shit that you're smoking. You may want to lay off a bit though, as it seems to have clouded your ability to employ logic.
A kid is dumb enough to be riding a bike after dark on a road where traffic is *normally* traveling at 40 MPH, but somehow I'm supposed to believe that he would be smart enough to avoid being hit by a police car using lights and sirens?
I hope you realize that the District Attorney and the police department aren't the same organization. They are two separate and distinct agencies. Do you really believe that the District Attorney would risk his career by lying about this shit to a grand jury? What the fuck could he have to gain from that?
Any idea what kind of call the police officer was responding to? Was it a burglary in progress? A school shooting? How about a fire at an orphanage? You don't know, yet you make a blanket statement that 30 MPH over the speed limit is not appropriate in any situation. That's ballsy.
The only criminals in this case are the parents who failed to properly supervise their child. But why would we hold them accountable? The real problem was with the kid. The kid had dirt on the District Attorney (re-election coming up soon), so a plot was hatched to knock the kid off, lie about it to the grand jury, and then reward the officer with a day off from work.
Weed-induced paranoia is a helluva thing.
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The only thing here that reeks of paranoia is your claim of how the system supposedly operates. A "dumb" kid that was on the street probably not even on the street riding but perhaps crossing the street to go home gets hit by a fucking cop going 70 miles and hour and yet you seem to think that a bike helmet would have helped in that situation. Gee that's BRILLIANT logic.
I applied a blanket statement over a blanket statement that you made. Deal with it. The fact of the matter is point blank: The chief said he wasn't following procedure, so we can come to the LOGICAL conclusion that it wasn't a call that required lights off or sirens off. No, this cop decided he wanted to race to the call without any sort of regard for public safety and he killed a kid.
Don't even start on the D.A. and police being separate divisions. That's obvious, but it's pretty well known that the Court system runs on cash, and if the cop would have been found guilty in this case, then the amount of cash would have been spent on a large settlement to the family. I mean, District Attorney's have NEVER lied because their career is at stake.. NEVER. Why would anyone have reason to believe that? Oh that's right, it's the weed
So keep on with your parade of logic in blaming the parents in this case. I'd LOVE for you to tell me that you have kids and that you know what's going on in their lives every second of every day. Who knows.. he probably asked to go to little Johnny's house and it was time for him to get home in time for supper, but that was interrupted by a cop
not following procedure
Keep on championing those cops who can do whatever they want. I'm sure you'll find them to be more than willing to side with you when one of your own or yourself is damaged by there actions. What was that you said in some other politics thread?? "Don't forget the lube"?