Well ...

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... this is a bit harsh:

Listen up, you incompetent and defective sack of meat -- your son is dead because you are unfit to be parents.

You sat silently by while your state and our nation erected signs telling people who are criminally insane where they can find the maximum number of defenseless people to murder.

You are personally, jointly and severably responsible for the consequences.

You are unfit to possess a uterus and your husband is unfit to possess testicles.

You, Mrs. Wheeler, having willingly and intentionally refused to take responsibility for your acts of omission and commission that led to your son being murdered by a madman now have the audacity to stand in front of the nation and demand that everyone else give up their children to murderous goons as well.

Go to Hell Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler and take your state and its alleged laws with you.

Harsh, but it's true.

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Radley proposes ...

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... a new rule:

I propose a rule for cases like these: Any time a police officer inappropriately turns off his dash cam, turns off his uniform microphone, or illegally confiscates other audio or video of an incident which then ends up missing or destroyed, the courts will begin considering any disputed facts about the incident with a presumption that the citizen’s account is the correct one.

I'd go him one (or two) better: a citizens' account should be assumed to be true until that version is proven to be untrue.

And any LEO who disables any audio or video recording device that would prove (or disprove) his side of the story goes directly to jail ... period.

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Respect.

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My. Authoritah!

Watts did not show any professional courtesy; rather, with gun drawn, she screamed at Lopez, handcuffed him and tossed him in the back of her squad car. He was later charged with dangerous driving.

But the story does not end there. Many officers are critical of Watts, saying once she realized Lopez was a cop, she should have showed him some respect.

I have some experience with professional courtesy. In the food service industry, if you're an under-aged server or kitchen employee, you can usually get a couple of drinks at a competitor's lounge, provided the bartender knows who you are and you don't act a fool.

Not acting a fool is the important part. Officer Lopez was definitely acting a fool.

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Wow ...

... just, wow:

The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday revived a suit against a police officer who shot and killed a handcuffed man after mistakenly drawing a firearm instead of a Taser.

A three-judge panel said the officer was not entitled to qualified immunity, so a lower court's grant of summary judgment in her favor was improper.

A jury could make other findings that would negate her immunity, like her history of confusing her weapons, the court found.

About a month after she first got the Taser, Noriega mistakenly placed her sidearm and Taser in the wrong holsters, and a week later she confused the two during a call, pointing a loaded Glock at her partner's head, the court noted.

A history ... of confusing her weapons; pointed ... a loaded Glock ... at her partner's head?

Wonder she hasn't been killed in the line of duty from friendly fire.

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