OT: American Politics
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corksens
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Re: OT: Canadian Politics
Post more early 2000's, please.
Na, Analrapist was spelled correctly.
Post more early 2000's, please.
SundinsTooth
Leafs Moderator
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
I can only comment on what I see...I'm not going to be a cop apologist when the very clear video shows what I would consider a pretty drastic use of force that could have easily been avoided.
I can only comment on what I see...I'm not going to be a cop apologist when the very clear video shows what I would consider a pretty drastic use of force that could have easily been avoided.
SundinsTooth
Leafs Moderator
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
also enough with the back and forth third grade routine and badgering guys.
also enough with the back and forth third grade routine and badgering guys.
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
It's not being an apologist. it's understanding that the real world differs from people's expectations. it also comes from having experienced similar situations.
It's not being an apologist. it's understanding that the real world differs from people's expectations. it also comes from having experienced similar situations.
CaptainBolduke
Active member
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
The individual who was in the closet contact with him (the guy with bike) on the bus already said that he was posing no real danger to anyone on the bus.
Again - the Chief and Toronto Police Board have already recognized that something went wrong. Your opinion means very little here.
The individual who was in the closet contact with him (the guy with bike) on the bus already said that he was posing no real danger to anyone on the bus.
Again - the Chief and Toronto Police Board have already recognized that something went wrong. Your opinion means very little here.
SundinsTooth
Leafs Moderator
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
You've had a gun on someone?
I've been in violent situations before and can surely understand the stress this cop was under so I do feel for him...it wasn't an easy decision but it is also perfectly reasonable to assume he panicked and ****ed it up.
You've had a gun on someone?
I've been in violent situations before and can surely understand the stress this cop was under so I do feel for him...it wasn't an easy decision but it is also perfectly reasonable to assume he panicked and ****ed it up.
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
He had a knife. Full stop. It's a weapon and some guy on the streetcar who says he posed no threat is a moron (I assume he also got off the street car because it was his stop, not because he was scared?)
Bill Blair has said the public deserves answers, that's it. Anything else is people is placing their own meanings on his words. He is actually quite restricted in what he can and cannot say due to the SIU invoking their mandate.
He had a knife. Full stop. It's a weapon and some guy on the streetcar who says he posed no threat is a moron (I assume he also got off the street car because it was his stop, not because he was scared?)
Bill Blair has said the public deserves answers, that's it. Anything else is people is placing their own meanings on his words. He is actually quite restricted in what he can and cannot say due to the SIU invoking their mandate.
SundinsTooth
Leafs Moderator
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
There is a lot to be said for the body language on some of the officers that were supposedly under a threat of violent knife attack...
There is a lot to be said for the body language on some of the officers that were supposedly under a threat of violent knife attack...
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
I've been in situations where an individual has had a break from reality and had a knife in a confined space.
I've been in situations where an individual has had a break from reality and had a knife in a confined space.
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
A lot to be said about position relative to the suspect.
A lot to be said about position relative to the suspect.
corksens
Legend
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
He's a first responder - his opinion has more weight than anyone elses.
Aberdeen
Well-known member
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
If I had been in an identical situation, I would have said i was in an identical situation.
If I had been in an identical situation, I would have said i was in an identical situation.
JaysCyYoung
Legend
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
Yeah, but I wouldn't screw with Scottish police under the best of circumstances. If you can handle Rangers-Celtic sectarian-fuelled riots you can handle just about anything. :lol
Yeah, but I wouldn't screw with Scottish police under the best of circumstances. If you can handle Rangers-Celtic sectarian-fuelled riots you can handle just about anything. :lol
JaysCyYoung
Legend
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
Voyager might not look like Slim Shady or bench triple his body weight like some posters, but at least he can communicate effectively and without error.
Voyager might not look like Slim Shady or bench triple his body weight like some posters, but at least he can communicate effectively and without error.
SundinsTooth
Leafs Moderator
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
I don't know about you, but I am thrilled that the public is outraged and demanding answers...much better than the general shrugging you see down south when cops gun down people...
I don't know about you, but I am thrilled that the public is outraged and demanding answers...much better than the general shrugging you see down south when cops gun down people...
SundinsTooth
Leafs Moderator
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
Huh? How so?
If he is a cop trained under current practices, then I would agree. I will go with the majority of the veterans who are speaking out about it...both in person and on the radio.
I'm sure voyager's experiences would have him booted from any jury that was looking into this...
Huh? How so?
If he is a cop trained under current practices, then I would agree. I will go with the majority of the veterans who are speaking out about it...both in person and on the radio.
I'm sure voyager's experiences would have him booted from any jury that was looking into this...