Ouch: GQ Magazine names Colin Kaepernick its Citizen of the Year.

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  1. micfranklin

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    Yep, diversity.

    Not bad politics, corruption, poor spending, lack of priorities, too much easy access to weapons, wishy-washy economies, or poor lawmaking. Just diversity:roll:
     
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    Does he really know the risk or does he just feel like pulling the trigger, like the video shows? I'm leaning towards the latter.
     
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    I am willing to take on a couple more. Any good looking Red heads, and Asian women with long hair? [​IMG]
     
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    I think you'll find that if you have a gun, and someone is pulling one on you, your reaction will also be to pull the trigger. If you have self-preservation instincts anyway.

    Look, you can keep blaming the cop all day.

    I'll blame the guy walking around the park shoving a gun in people's faces.
     
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    I'm also not an emotionally unstable cop nor do I walk around with a gun all day.

    Of course you would. Why blame the guy who pulled the trigger?
     
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    I doubt that pro football is particularly worried about this anymore.

    In my informal conversations on this issue, I'm finding that most hardcore football fans that I know now tune in to the game about three minutes into the first quarter. So the television networks still have plenty of opportunites to sell beer, razor blades and trucks!

    The worrisome thing is that the games are boring and the audience is aging. Cord cutters are not flocking to pro football either.
     
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    Other than white males.

    How about the ones who weren't committing crimes. Do you think they wanted to go back to their families.
    Thxs 4 the info.

    That's false. Blacks commit 28% of crime, but are incarcerated at 44%.
    American history says otherwise.

    The problem is both.

    Yea we know.
    Oh don't forget the conservative ones.

    How did you come to that conclusion.


    So should they look at every white male as a mass murderer or pedophile. You commit 65% of the crimes committed and only make up 34% of the population.[/QUOTE]
     
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    It's not you who needs a girlfriend. Your intellect is on an even keel.
     
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    True. It isn't as exciting as it was back in the 60's.
     
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    That's right, you're not a cop.

    Go get guns pointed at you on a daily basis, deal with the worst humanity has to offer daily, then come in here and give us your perspective.

    Until then, this is nothing more than the 300lb guy screaming at the TV about what his football team should be doing.

    I don't know why you blame the guy who pulled the trigger.

    I suppose in that situation you would have waited for Rice to pull the trigger to make sure you didn't overreact.
     
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    [/QUOTE]

    How many conservative judges are in the inner city? Those are almost entirely liberal judges voted in by liberal voters.

    Serial killers are already profiled as white males no one seems to have a problem with that. You are quoting Sally Kohn's numbers which she admitted were wrong because she lumped all whites together along with all crimes.

    http://www.politifact.com/punditfac...y-kohn-white-men-69-percent-arrested-violent/

    60% of violent crimes are commited out of a population 192 million while 30% are committed out of a population of 30 million. Guess which one is black/hispancs versus white/hispanics. Whites are at a ratio of 1/3 while blacks are at a ratio of 1 to 1.

    You can't lie or deny anymore even the stats released during the Obama years paint a bleak and violent picture of black males between certain ages.

    You don't want cops looking at you funny when you are hanging around a park or getting pulled over then stop ****ing killing and stealing all the time. Police are paid to be suspicious and trained to notice patterns so long as they don't go around abusing their authority then I have no problems with them being suspicious of you.

    Once again you just proved my point. Police are not responsible for who is or isn't incarcerated that is determined by the courts. If more blacks are being given jail time instead of parole compared to whites that is NOT the police fault that is the court systems fault. Instead of focusing on that the the racist BLM movement has specifically targeted cops even in cases where the guy that was shot was clearly a danger such as the mass lootings and burnings that happened here in my home town of Milwaukee. BLM can take its whiny little bitch ass and sit in a cactus.
     
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    Really? You don't know why I blame the guy who pulled the trigger? That's confusing to you?
     
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    Sure. Go ahead and explain how you'd handle someone pointing a gun at you. Turn on "sounds of the ocean" for him?
     
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    The kid wasn't even pointing a gun at him, first thing. Second thing, the officer is the one with lethal weapons on him so he has the most control and power at the time.

    Not to mention the officer said he told the boy to put his hands up before shooting, but the video shows up pull up and shoot him before doing anything else. Ergo, he lied.
     
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    He had the gun in his hand, or was reaching for it, or was right next to him.

    Second, the officer didn't have a time machine to go forward or back in time to research if it was real or fake.

    Tamir Rice is dead because he wanted to play gangster, and that is the only reason he is dead.
     
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    Of course, never the unstable officer's fault.
     
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    If by better you mean one of the worst, yes.

    His rating was terrible, his style of play archaic and chaotic, his personal political antics a distraction at best and a PR nightmare at worst.

    I'm stunned any team even looked at him; he's unhireable.
     
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    Yeah I tend to lean towards the person committing the crime of sticking guns in people's faces myself, who is necessitating the appearance of said police officer.

    You know who doesn't have to worry about "unstable" police officers? People who aren't sticking guns in people's faces in a park.
     
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    Wasn't aware waving a fake gun was a crime or that the officer wasn't responsible for his actions but its whatever at this point.

    Good on you for putting your faith in unstable officers with guns. Sure hope you're singing that same tune if you happen to be on the receiving end.
     
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    Yes because it was obviously fake.

    [​IMG]

    If someone ever points one at you, ask them to pull the trigger so you can make sure you're not using unnecessary force.

    I doubt I have much to worry about with the police, because I don't walk around parks pointing the above type weapons in people's face, and when confronted by them, I'll behave accordingly.

    Here's the thing, I'll take the society where it's normal for cops dealing with criminals over your utopia where we should just get used to people like Rice and their behavior.

    Keep on championing criminals rights!
     
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    I tend to respect more those who stand upon their convictions rather than acquiesce to calls to fall back in line.
     
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    As long as you're comfortable in that utopia where this killing was totally justified. Say whatever you need to say.
     
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    Yes, I'm comfortable in a society that doesn't protect people who like to walk around parks sticking guns in people's faces.

    Your utopia exists you know, several actually. There are some great areas in Chicago where the police run scared and the criminals own the streets.
     
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    Tragic but justified police reaction. :(
     
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