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Thu Aug 21 05:04:39 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> "it's not the police, but the people they stop, who can prevent a detention from turning into a tragedy."
Thu Aug 21 04:56:37 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> like, police officer messed with plumber for an hour, now county has to pay $1500 plus lawyer fees
Thu Aug 21 04:41:45 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> BingoBoingo: I actually think the endgame a portion in Ferguson seeks is a police department like East St Louis's which see falling crime in spite of near complete inactio << it's not in spite. it's BECAUSE.
Thu Aug 21 03:11:32 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> Well, the Illinois State police recently started policing East St Louis so there is prolly a point to that
Thu Aug 21 03:10:09 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> I actually think the endgame a portion in Ferguson seeks is a police department like East St Louis's which see falling crime in spite of near complete inactio
Thu Aug 21 03:08:11 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> people who insist on being shot by police of own, vs. opposite, color, end up in bantustans.
Thu Aug 21 02:29:08 UTC 2014 <assbot> Video of St. Louis police shooting raises questions about officers story - Vox
Thu Aug 21 01:10:40 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> mod6: police snipers (like any other) traditionally use bolt-action rifles of the 19th c. variety
Thu Aug 21 01:08:27 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> <asciilifeform> the .22 (for non-usians, the familiar 'olympic' caliber) rifle is also explained by cost: roughly 1/2 - 1/3 of a 'proper' m16. low pressure round, can use garbage metals. << In police department purchasing general practice is buying actual M-16 type and them getting .22LR uppers to go with them
Thu Aug 21 01:05:26 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> .22LR is sometimes talked on in police circles as an acceptable "escalation" from rubber << old tradition in usa. e.g. http://world.guns.ru/smg/usa/american-10-e.html
Thu Aug 21 00:08:32 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> i bet you if you asked the whole complement of us police it'd be their honest estimation that in their absence the whole population would simply die overnight.
Thu Aug 21 00:06:14 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> ( .22LR is sometimes talked on in police circles as an acceptable "escalation" from rubber"
Wed Aug 20 20:36:37 UTC 2014 <thestringpuller> when can sovereign entities use force if the police are militarized?
Wed Aug 20 20:34:44 UTC 2014 <assbot> Mya Aaten-White, Ferguson Shooting Victim, Says Police Have Not Interviewed Her | Riverfront Times
Wed Aug 20 20:34:42 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> thestringpuller: last night was a quiet night. After http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2014/08/mya_aaten-white_shooting_victim_from_aug_12_says_police_have_not_interviewed_her.php Tonight might be... who knows
Wed Aug 20 18:37:34 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> nubbins`: BingoBoingo: the hospital would have taken note of who took the bullet, no? << well if they didn't, either the police comissioner hangs or they got themselves a police state.
Wed Aug 20 18:36:49 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> mircea_popescu: That's what I'm thinking, well the police stealing their bullet back. I dunno if pale America is ready to take Obama out back yet.
Wed Aug 20 18:35:27 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2014/08/mya_aaten-white_shooting_victim_from_aug_12_says_police_have_not_interviewed_her.php << o look at that. us police shoots civillian in the street, goes to hospital, steals bullet, disappears it.
Wed Aug 20 18:35:27 UTC 2014 <assbot> Mya Aaten-White, Ferguson Shooting Victim, Says Police Have Not Interviewed Her | Riverfront Times