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> An example of this is a police office in San Diego sexually assaulted (forced oral sex) 16 women after going to their house after they called the police to report a crime. That is so much worse than a stranger doing those things. I’m
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6y ago
The point being addressed was fear of murder/assault From officers being a primary concern over fear of murder/assault from non-officers...I think we want to look at absolute numbers, you are either going to be murdered or you are
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6y ago
> - By your numbers, 10% of the killings are done by police officers. - Police officers account for much less than 10% of the population. Hence, a random police officer is much more likely to kill you than a random person. It’s odd you w
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6y ago
So take Eric Gardner’s death in 2014, NYPD had him in a chokehold his last words “I can’t breathe”...justice dept refused to bring changes, I won’t get into right/wrong (murder/justified killing) but hell AG Barr sides against the
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6y ago
> That really doesn't matter that much. I assure you it matters to the victims and their families. And I don’t disagree about the morality of police abusing their powers...but a death is a death and a tragedy is a tragedy. No one i
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6y ago
I don’t know about the ratio being 100:1, but You are right these are Classified police killings not murders...that said, also consider George Floyd’s death was on track to be swept under the rug as a Justified police Killing until the prot
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6y ago
> That ratio should be over 100:1, not 10:1, and certainly not 9:1. I can’t say what the ratio should be...How do you know what that ratio should be? You say cops should not be a “situation”, not sure what that means but for many of them
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As to murder: White Murder victims: 3,499 (2,854 of the victims were killed by other whites) Black murder victims: 2,870 (2,570 of the victims were killed by other blacks) 2019 police killings by race: White deceased: 370 Black deceased:
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6y ago
> because from their point of view the police are the people most likely to assault or kill them or their children on the street, more so than random criminals I don’t think that is framed correctly. Black or white statistically you are
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6y ago
Even in the case of asthma, I think a doctor would hopefully not treat it like cookie cutter Health care. Surely there are standards and best practices, but then there is also the actual practice of medicine. Standards might suggest 1 year
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6y ago
> Those appointments should only occur if there's an issue that requires new dosing or a change of medication. But isn’t that a little bit of Monday morning quarter backing? In other words how does a doctor know if a therapy/R
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6y ago
Your impression isn’t wrong, it is a jurisdictional issue, but let’s say you are right generally; however, it’s law so: Consider small claims handle most evictions, your impression would be right an eviction isn’t an “injunction”, but what
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6y ago
This kind of reminds me of my brother. Carrabbas (an Italian chain restaurant) brings out their bread with a small plate of herbs/olive oil for dipping the bread...and from the time we were kids he loved it and always described it as
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6y ago
It sounds like someone is impersonating you on Google’s services, you put Google on notice you are being impersonated (your Mark infringed) and as a result you are suffering (legal) damages and google’s official response acknowledges this a
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Well of course in addition to free speech the 1st amendment includes other rights such as freedom of religion (Separation of church and state), freedom of the press, right to assemble and right to petition the government for grievances. I
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One of my favorite phrases comes from the obscenity cases, and I tend to use it as often as I can: “Appeals to (Your) prurient interests” Many other jokes to be made at the expense of the justices on these cases, Which get far dirtier, such
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I wish people would take the time to read 1st Amendment case law. I think people would be shocked, even when the court get it wrong, the justices and opinions explore the subject in a depth that laymen will go their entire lives never explo
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I’m pleasantly surprised you went with 50, as opposed to Medicare age. It just shows you aren’t going after only the easy Medicare dollars. Of course you can still capture that too (see the Silversneakers program as an example). Just like
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I think their is ample evidence showing in the historical context some beliefs are referenced as religions and some as cults. In fact especially in a historical context cult is akin to a social movement and don’t refer to religions at all.
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> one is no more sacred to another In the article these hats were associated with a “sun cult” not a “sun religion”. Generally the way the words cult and religion are used, one has a connotation of legitimacy And reverence and the other
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> religious rituals Far to generous...in this instance it’s a “sun cult” It’s kind of funny the worship of the sun, which a) actually exists; and b) is responsible for life on earth (not to mention stars generally are responsible for the
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Why would you think they were referring specifically to mammals? Mammals isn’t mentioned once whereas species/animals is used very broadly In the context of very broad ideas of evolution. In either case, the hypothesis suggests animals
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> A species that goes years without losing any blood, is effectively operating its body in an evolutionary out-of-spec configuration. It might work, for a while; but it wasn't heavily optimized for. I think your/the hypothesis
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6y ago
The real question would be how much did the owners of these oil companies pocket before declaring bankruptcy. It’s exactly as the commenter says...taxpayers fund schools that buy land; the school leases mineral/oil rights to private co
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> now they expect pity, which they do not deserve. So what you are saying essentially is the school board/county should file bankruptcy so taxpayers are stuck with the liability...then we can extend your argument to the taxpayers fo
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> I’m in Australia and I think these are largely US concepts. Based on that statement alone I think I can accurately conclude you are not an indigenous Australian (aboriginal). Seems they share quiet a lot in common with native Americans
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> If that were true, bail would be adjusted much more aggressively to match available resources. Nearly 40% of all defendants out on bail are ROR (no money required). Maybe it should be more or “more aggressive”, but few in my experienc
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Their are tons of factors pushing a defendant to a plea...bail/bond are not one of them, perhaps you could explain. There are cases where the defendant is in jail pending trial gets a bail set and can’t afford it, then gets a plea that
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> At least understand how ketosis works and why it isn't our default mode of metabolism It is the default metabolism. 1. All things being equal if you do not introduce any calories into your body you will naturally be in ketosis. 2
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> What measure of proof do you require? At least some before I label someone a racist. Like I said he might be racist but I didn’t see anything to label him that. Just because he is a white cop pulling over a black driver Doesn’t make h
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