I think felons can vote once paroled here in Ohio and looks like Washington too.

quote:

Originally posted by m499:
How do these people get elected?!?

Given what we now know about the election process has it not dawned on people that it just may be more of a selection process than it is a election process?

quote:

Originally posted by Jimbo Jones:
In the city the traffic prevents speeding. Also the roads in Durham are in bad repair which is its own form of speed control, and many are quite narrow making it dangerous to speed. There are plenty of freeways and on them its pedal to the metal...have rarely if ever seen a local LEO, cant even remember seeing a statie.

I think if you went screaming past a cop well over the limit, you 'd get yanked, but as a general rule, speeding is largely unenforced due to what was seen as racism. Total crock, of course but there it is.

FWIW: A jurisdiction's policy of failing to enforce basic speed laws can very well make them liable for collisions and resulting deaths, injuries, and property damage. It's really no different than failing to maintain the road when hazards have become known to that jurisdiction. If those "in charge" think they're immune from civil liability by ignoring such hazards, they and the taxpayers are in for a rude awakening.

quote:

Originally posted by pulicords:

quote:

Originally posted by Jimbo Jones:
In the city the traffic prevents speeding. Also the roads in Durham are in bad repair which is its own form of speed control, and many are quite narrow making it dangerous to speed. There are plenty of freeways and on them its pedal to the metal...have rarely if ever seen a local LEO, cant even remember seeing a statie.

I think if you went screaming past a cop well over the limit, you 'd get yanked, but as a general rule, speeding is largely unenforced due to what was seen as racism. Total crock, of course but there it is.

FWIW: A jurisdiction's policy of failing to enforce basic speed laws can very well make them liable for collisions and resulting deaths, injuries, and property damage. It's really no different than failing to maintain the road when hazards have become known to that jurisdiction. If those "in charge" think they're immune from civil liability by ignoring such hazards, they and the taxpayers are in for a rude awakening.

The Supreme Court has already decided that issue the police have no duty to protect the individual citizen from harm. Killed by a speeding idiot, won’t fall on the police whether they enforce or do not enforce traffic laws.

https://breaking911.com/watch-...o-injuries-reported/

100 Shots Fired In Wild Gunfight In Portland … No Injuries Reported

PORTLAND – A shooting involving nearly 100 shots fired in the Parkrose Heights Association neighborhood is under investigation.

On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 9:42p.m., East Precinct officers were dispatched to a report of shots fired in the 10800 block of Northeast Weidler Street. When officers arrived, they located evidence of gunfire, including almost 100 cartridge casings of multiple calibers.

They found multiple parked vehicles in a nearby restaurant parking lot had been damaged by bullets. No injuries were reported.

Doorbell video captured the shooting and appeared to involve a group of people.

video at link

The Enhanced Community Safety Team (ECST) is investigating this shooting


at 24 sec in the video, there is a "Ring notification". Probably not a good time to answer the door

most of the shooting looks like it is in the upper right part of the screen

quote:

Originally posted by sdy:
The Enhanced Community Safety Team (ECST) is investigating this shooting

Well, that will have present and future perps quaking in their boots....

quote:

Originally posted by vthoky:

quote:

Originally posted by sdy:
The Enhanced Community Safety Team (ECST) is investigating this shooting

Well, that will have present and future perps quaking in their boots....

Well, they are "enhanced."

quote:

Originally posted by vthoky:

quote:

Originally posted by sdy:
The Enhanced Community Safety Team (ECST) is investigating this shooting

Well, that will have present and future perps quaking in their boots....

I had to look this up:

https://www.portlandoregon.gov...s/read.cfm?id=291538

Today, the Portland Police Bureau is announcing the formation of the Enhanced Community Safety Team (ECST). At the direction of Mayor Wheeler, PPB is implementing this plan to address gun violence in our city. The ECST is an investigative team which falls under the Investigations Branch of PPB. The team is composed of three sergeants, 12 officers and six detectives that will focus full-time on the investigation of shootings.

quote:

Originally posted by sdy:

https://breaking911.com/watch-...o-injuries-reported/

100 Shots Fired In Wild Gunfight In Portland … No Injuries Reported

Somebody needs more range time.

quote:

Originally posted by spunk639:

quote:

Originally posted by pulicords:

quote:

Originally posted by Jimbo Jones:
In the city the traffic prevents speeding. Also the roads in Durham are in bad repair which is its own form of speed control, and many are quite narrow making it dangerous to speed. There are plenty of freeways and on them its pedal to the metal...have rarely if ever seen a local LEO, cant even remember seeing a statie.

I think if you went screaming past a cop well over the limit, you 'd get yanked, but as a general rule, speeding is largely unenforced due to what was seen as racism. Total crock, of course but there it is.

FWIW: A jurisdiction's policy of failing to enforce basic speed laws can very well make them liable for collisions and resulting deaths, injuries, and property damage. It's really no different than failing to maintain the road when hazards have become known to that jurisdiction. If those "in charge" think they're immune from civil liability by ignoring such hazards, they and the taxpayers are in for a rude awakening.

The Supreme Court has already decided that issue the police have no duty to protect the individual citizen from harm. Killed by a speeding idiot, won’t fall on the police whether they enforce or do not enforce traffic laws.

Municipalities, counties, and states can all be successfully sued for failing to address hazardous road conditions that they have a responsibility to maintain. It happens all the time (I was a LEO for more than 30 years), and the often misquoted/misunderstood case you're claiming indemnifies these governmental organizations and employees does NOT apply to all situations. It addressed an officer's decision to leave the scene of a vehicle that had broken down, where the officer had developed an alleged "Special Relationship" with the occupants leading to a request for a tow. (The officer left the scene to respond to a priority call and the persons he'd stopped to assist were subsequently struck by another vehicle. They attempted sue the officer individually as well as the city for not remaining until the tow arrived and seeing they were safely removed from the area.)

There's all kinds of cases where governmental agencies are held civilly liable for negligence and failing to address known hazards that they are responsible for dealing with. See how fast they respond when a busy intersection's control lights are out or a stop sign is reported missing.

Neither the agency nor the employees have blanket immunity. That's why training IS a BIG DEAL and the "Qualified" proceeds "Immunity" in the term "QUALIFIED IMMUNITY." How do I know this? Because as a police supervisor, I had to properly train, supervise, direct, and discipline subordinates to avoid issues of "VICARIOUS LIABILITY."

quote:

Originally posted by V-Tail:

quote:

Originally posted by sdy:

https://breaking911.com/watch-...o-injuries-reported/

100 Shots Fired In Wild Gunfight In Portland … No Injuries Reported

Somebody needs more range time.

I've long noticed this sort of thing, and while I get your humor, I privately wish they would be more accurate as to hit only other gangbangers and not the innocents on the next block.

The Portland video is hard to interpret because of the camera angle
but at 7 or 8 sec in, there is a light in the upper right corner. Like a flashlight. then some shots and a couple people run right to left, and then you can see more gunshots in the right hand corner

quote:

Originally posted by sdy:
The Portland video is hard to interpret because of the camera angle
but at 7 or 8 sec in, there is a light in the upper right corner. Like a flashlight. then some shots and a couple people run right to left, and then you can see more gunshots in the right hand corner

Sounds like the guy doing most of the shooting had his trigger finger get tired in the middle and took a short break. Or a reload. Seriously who shoots like that?

I hate posting this but it's out there, a message someone thought needed to be. Not heartening

Meaning what?

To paraphrase Ignacio Montoya, I don't think that sweatshirts message means what homey thinks it means.

She may be in for a surprise n shit. Regards 18DAI

quote:

Originally posted by parabellum:
Meaning what?

I don't know. I google-imaged it and found different vendors selling this, not seemingly presented in a political/racial way. Maybe there's some backstory?

quote:

Originally posted by Ripley:

quote:

Originally posted by parabellum:
Meaning what?

I don't know.

If you don't know what it means, then:

• Why did you post it?
  
• Why did you comment it's "Not heartening?"
  

Without context or meaning, the sweatshirt, and your post, are both rather meaningless.

It means what it looks like. There is a subset of our society that is at passive aggressive war with its perceived enemy. The members of that subset have fabricated grievances based on documented history and have projected guilt and victimhood onto today’s population which resembles those of yesteryear. They have quietly created sophistry that explains their victim status and others’ guilt by proxy. It’s convoluted and can’t bear scrutiny but there’ll be no chance for scrutiny. They want their pound of flesh and PC cowards will facilitate that.

quote:

Originally posted by ensigmatic:

Why did you post it?

Why did you comment it's "Not heartening?"
[/LIST]
Without context or meaning, the sweatshirt, and your post, are both rather meaningless.

One answer for both, it's aggressive, arrogant and calculated to stir the pot. Really it's a lot of bad things. I find it hard to ignore.