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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 04:17 AM Original message |
Cops: Officer fatally shoots Calif. high schooler with bat |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. Sounds like the kid had some serious problems. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 04:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. He shot him with a bat. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The lesson:------ Don't Bring a Bat to a "Gun Fight" |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. The hard part was getting the furry little bat to crawl down the muzzle! (NT) |
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Codedonkey (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. lol |
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darue (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. the bat is hollowed out and a rifle barrel is inserted down the middle I guess n/t |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds like self defense to me. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 05:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Perp strikes cop from behind and attempts to continue attack |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
44. Yes. Self defense. Sounds like he just fired w/o specifically trying to kill. |
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KnaveRupe (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. No problems with this one as described. |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Ankle holster?" |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. What's missing? |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. As the son of a former cop i can tell you that even a 90 yearold can swing a bat three times in the |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. The article says that the kid came up |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Not sinister so much as extremely rare. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. The kid assaulted him once, and them came back again. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 07:13 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. In my experience, people rarely attack. pause, give their opponent time to recover, and then attack |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 08:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Sure they do. If they're yelling at the victim. Kid attacked the cop w/a deadly weapon. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. So you're saying the kid kept yelling as a gun was drawn and dropped its clip? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Another account I saw said the cop's primary weapon failed |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Shouldn't matter. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Unless his primary gun has a "magazine disconnect safety" that our legislature mandated recently |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Good point, I didn't even think of that. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. People wonder why I oppose most proposed gun control laws |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Well put! |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Spot on! |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. If you hit a cop with a baseball bat |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. Self Defense. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. Never use a baseball bat to start a gun fight |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. Not a lot of long-range thinking going on in that kid's head. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I feel bad for the kid's family, everyone at the school, and the cop too |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That's true. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm sorry for the family and the other kids that may have seen this, or |
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Codedonkey (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
25. I bet it turns out the kid was on some sort of anti-depressants or something of that sort.... |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Oh, please. |
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Codedonkey (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. "Are you a Scientologist?"... Of course not! |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #27 |
46. If we was taking aspirin, attys will try to blame kid's actions on it. But there has been proof... |
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Thepricebreaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. How about the kid was just fucking stupid and made a bad choice? |
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Codedonkey (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Well... |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
47. The prisons are full of evil people who aren't "right in the head." Some people |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Wrong. The prisons are perhaps half full with violent criminals. |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Yes, but those violent criminals do exist and are (rightly) in prison. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. “He was depressed and he was on medication and the school knew it..." |
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darue (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. and it was a tiny 21-inch bat too - he had plenty of time, didn't need to shoot |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #38 |
54. Isn't relevant to attacking a police officer with a deadly weapon. |
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khaos (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. what was the cop doing there? guns should not be allowed in schools.. period |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Armed police officers are a pretty normal part of the California high school experience. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Deleted sub-thread |
DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. oh fuck off |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. They aren't. That's why nobody has ever been shot in a school. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. You shouldn't try to repeatedly assault people with a bat if you don't want to be shot |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
48. "the teenager attacked the officer with a baseball bat "...what was a cop doing on school property |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. We have an |
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