Today's Protest - Photos
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asasolid2r : I partly blame the creation of reality TV. 😆 The majority of my adult life I have voted third party candidates. My friend said I was wasting my vote and I told him no more than anyone else I could vote for.
Sophos2 : it's not reality TV. That's just entertainment for the masses. The blame is on the infotainment people masquerading as legitimate news sources based on past credibility.
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Sophos2 : it's not reality TV. That's just entertainment for the masses. The blame is on the infotainment people masquerading as legitimate news sources based on past credibility.
asasolid2r : I think it all drips from the same well really. Reality television isn't reality but the majority of viewers seem unaware of fall into a state of addiction to drama. The twenty-four hour infotainment news fits in the same category. Now we have quick twenty five second blips of information on social media. The attention span decrease is astounding. Mike Judge called it pretty close when making satire.
asasolid2r : I think it all drips from the same well really. Reality television isn't reality but the majority of viewers seem unaware of fall into a state of addiction to drama. The twenty-four hour infotainment news fits in the same category. Now we have quick twenty five second blips of information on social media. The attention span decrease is astounding. Mike Judge called it pretty close when making satire.
Sophos2 : Mike Judge? Easy big guy, His legacy will always be his underutilization of Jennifer Anniston in Office Space. What could'a been more than a romp in flair.....
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Sophos2 : Mike Judge? Easy big guy, His legacy will always be his underutilization of Jennifer Anniston in Office Space. What could'a been more than a romp in flair.....
asasolid2r : You gave me a horrible idea. 😆
Milton for 2028
asasolid2r : You gave me a horrible idea. 😆 Milton for 2028
Sophos2 : good one, but Beavis and Butthead seem more appropriate for the current environment.
Sophos2Though your posted response is from the character of a hypothetical prosecutor, I'm going to continue responding as if this is a conversation with you.
it is about what a reasonable officer, bound by policy and constitutional limits, did in a measurable span of real time.
when the driver's actions pose an immediate and ongoing lethal threat to officers or others
Exactly. I have described the driver's actions, while you speculated about the driver's intent. Nowhere in the (probably AI's) prosecutor response does he address intent of the driver as having any role in diminishing the officer's response.
Critically, the video evidence shows that between the first and subsequent shots, circumstances materially changed. A fellow officer who had been in jeopardy became disengaged from the vehicle. That disengagement is not speculative; it is visible and contemporaneous with the later shots. Once the other officer was no longer being dragged or directly endangered by the vehicle, the immediate threat to life had diminished. At that moment, the legal justification for continued lethal force is no longer presumed; it must be affirmatively established. The prosecution would argue that it cannot be. The officer's training is central here, but not in the way the you suggest. Officers are trained that firearms are tools to stop people, not machines-but only when lethal force is justified. Training does not authorize firing reflexively until a magazine is empty; it requires continuous threat assessment. The law expects officers, even under stress, to reassess when new information becomes apparent. The detachment of the fellow officer was precisely the kind of new information that should have triggered that reassessment. Moreover, the fact that only a single round struck the vehicle (through the windshield toward the driver) undermines any claim that the later shots were necessary to stop an ongoing lethal threat. Those subsequent rounds did not correspond with a new acceleration, a renewed attempt to strike an officer, or a fresh act that increased danger. Instead, they followed the same initial movement, after the most acute risk had already abated. From a prosecutorial standpoint, that timing matters. This is not about accusing the officer of trying to disable a vehicle or prevent flight; no credible evidence supports that theory, and there isn't need not advance it. The issue is narrower and more legally grounded: whether the continued use of deadly force remained objectively reasonable once the immediate threat to officers had ended. The prosecution would argue that while the first shot may fall within the margins of lawful reaction, the additional shots crossed that boundary, transforming a potentially justified act into an unjustified one under established use-of-force standards.
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Additionally, it is apparent that in our society, a good portion of the population does not like our law enforcement personnel wearing mask in conducting their duties. They just don't!
rocket : That's terrible reason to engage in criminal behavior by assaulting officers, illegally interfering with law enforcement activities, and assisting dangerous criminals to prevent their capture.
ZMAN : Me too. I think that the sentiment of Kingwood is evolving just as others places are. It about much more than political affiliation at this point. I love this country and this makes me feel more patriotic than ever! 🇺🇸
teatime : What ? That you are against law and order or ICE?
teatime : What ? That you are against law and order or ICE?
acteon : I believe she means freedom of speech.
acteon : What does your question even mean? What does it have to do with being proud of my community for representing their views and coming out on a chilly morning to demonstrate their rights as American citizens to protest and doing so in a peaceful manner? Or are you implying that my support of them is in some way not patriotic?
teatime : I don't think that poster is a local resident nor has a clue. Based on many of his/her past posts, I still hold that it is just a bot or troll with limited knowledge. In fact, it is to the point, I could almost guess verbatim what the response will be to you.
teatime : I'm not implying anything, Indeed was peaceful which is great, the fact that anyone would protest ICE for doing their job it is weird to say the least.
Also you being defensive and trying to tell me what I imply ...we are not in the mind reading business...
acteon : I believe she means freedom of speech.
olemiss1968 : Absolutely correct ,freedom of speech yes,not freedom of abusing someone for doing their job...I'm not saying that anymore did that in Kingwood...talking about MN...
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