Coronavirus

@chaski Said

I was sure this was a BS story, so I watched the video on a four different news sites.

At least one blurred out what appeared to be a fair amount of blood coming form the back of this old guy's head as he lay on the ground.

These 57 police officers are dumber than s*** to resign over something like this.... pretty much gave up their law enforcement careers... no chance of collecting unemployment... likely anything they put into their law enforcement retirement plans just got pissed down the toilet.

Clearly these 57 police officers weren't cut out for the job emotionally nor intellectually.

If I were their boss, I would be thinking, " good riddance to bad rubbish."

I guess the "good news" is that they decided to pick on an old white guy for a change.

@DiscordTiger Said

it seems like they only resigned from the tactical team.

because the city refused to be take blanket responsibility for their actions on duty and agreed to hold them individually responsible for their actions.

@mrmhead Said

No, this will be forgotten and they will go work in another jurisdiction, or another employer.

@chaski Said

You could be right.

@mrmhead Said

It was, apparently, an inept cop that shuffled from city to city that ended up killing Tamir Rice. (Cleveland, 2014, 12 yr old playing with a toy gun in a park - granted there were other extenuating circumstances...but still...)


.... kind of like priests and doctors .... probably lawyers too

@mrmhead Said

It was, apparently, an inept cop that shuffled from city to city that ended up killing Tamir Rice. (Cleveland, 2014, 12 yr old playing with a toy gun in a park - granted there were other extenuating circumstances...but still...)


.... kind of like priests and doctors .... probably lawyers too

@4d4m Said

Chemist Charles Leiber of Harvard University was indicted for lying to federal agents about his relationship to the Wuhan University of Technology. He'll be arraigned at Federal Court in Boston. The story from CNBC

@4d4m Said

As we start loosening up on the COVID restrictions the Miami Herald reports the new record of new infections reported in one day. 1900 new cases. Is it too early to let people out of their cages? Can they not wear their masks and practice social distancing on their own recognizance?

Should they? Would it be better for us to just allow this pandemic to pass through society at it's natural rate like in the previous SARS epidemics? Rather than screw the economy should we just get it over with? Should we focus on isolating elderly care facilities and protecting those with pre existing sicknesses and the rest of us just deal with it?