Greetings good citizen, today we find the curious incident of a shoplifting suspect, handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser, still managed to shoot himself TO DEATH with his own gun!
AFTER an officer reads you your Miranda rights (although not necessarily AFTER. Once they decide you're headed downtown, they FRISK you...you know, not for a cheap sexual thrill but to ascertain if you have a concealed weapon.
Again, from the looks of it, seems the officer tasked with driving the suspect downtown WASN'T one of the arresting officers.
Even the article goes on to speculate it would have been an entirely different story had the, er, 'suspect' turned his weapon on the driver of the police vehicle...
Apparently this guy wasn't clear on the concept of 'suicide by cop'. You have to provide the officer with a clear cut reason to shoot you as opposed to shooting yourself in their presence.
Sure, this guy definitely made big trouble for the moron that 'forgot' to frisk the perp before tossing him into the back of an unsuspecting co-worker's patrol car but it's 'too little too late' for our SHOPLIFTER.
Which leads us to what, good citizen? A truth that is rarely raised on the media advertised 'blood-soaked streets' of Anytown, USA.
And this incident took place in TEXAS! (Where everyone thinks even your Grandma packs heat!)
What small factoid does the media overlook (religiously?)
From the way the NUTS carry on about it, you'd think the gentleman's checklist included the line 'magnum autoloader', that we are all packing (unless we're going swimming. There's no place to hide it in your swimsuit and you can't leave the damn thing on the beach, the kids will play Marco - Blam with it!)
Our errant officer, trained from the beginning to treat EVERYONE as 'armed and dangerous', must have slipped into 'fire horse mode' because 99% of the time the people they regularly encounter, even petty thieves like our now deceased shoplifter, DON'T subject themselves to the 'hassle' of lugging a shooting iron around with them.
Part of our personal 'mental health' is provided by the knowledge that MOST PEOPLE don't subject themselves to the 'inconvenience' of having to babysit a weapon just to run down the street for a moment.
Then there's the 'what if something happens' question? What if you're involved in a wreck and the first responders learn/see that you are armed?
Could their 'hesitation' cost you your life? Somewhat ironic but a very real concern.
What am I saying here? Most people aren't armed so this somewhat rare incident is precisely that, rare! I originally clicked on the article thinking [from the headline] that it was yet another incident of blatant police brutality but my 'bloodlust' wasn't rewarded.
Being found shot to death, HANDCUFFED in the back of a police car USUALLY leads to an entirely different story, we are, after all, neck deep in stupid around here...rivaled only by a 'vicious streak' ten miles wide.
Which should serve as a reminder to us all, our more than somewhat lazy troupe of simian opportunists should ALWAYS be considered, armed or not, DANGEROUS.
How does that song go? "I don't need a gun"...and how right they are, most of us don't.
Pity the fool that mis-underestimates us!
Still the bought and paid for media paints a picture that you'll encounter a dozen armed and dangerous 'desperados' between your home and the local supermarket.
What the pencil-necks don't tell you is your local bank is a refuge for desperados...not so much at the tellers window but their corporate headquarters. That's someplace you don't want to venture without your body armor [the one with the titanium alloyed cod-piece!]
The 'Shadow Armies' in the nation's 'murder capitals' are something else altogether and reflect upon our badly broken social system [odd if viewed from the 'winners and losers' standpoint, the 'system' works 'as designed'.
Which is to once again opine that if you're seeking 'change' the ballot box isn't where you'll find it.
I keep edging back towards the monetary crisis hinted at in yesterday's post BECAUSE it is the 'easiest' way to, er, 'destabilize' society.
Today's post illustrates how things AREN'T 'as advertised' and the media's complicity in pushing mankind off of its fragile perch.
We need only find a mirror to locate our own 'worst enemy'.
Isn't it time we united for a better planet?
Thanks for letting me inside YOUR head!
Gegner
AFTER an officer reads you your Miranda rights (although not necessarily AFTER. Once they decide you're headed downtown, they FRISK you...you know, not for a cheap sexual thrill but to ascertain if you have a concealed weapon.
Again, from the looks of it, seems the officer tasked with driving the suspect downtown WASN'T one of the arresting officers.
Even the article goes on to speculate it would have been an entirely different story had the, er, 'suspect' turned his weapon on the driver of the police vehicle...
Apparently this guy wasn't clear on the concept of 'suicide by cop'. You have to provide the officer with a clear cut reason to shoot you as opposed to shooting yourself in their presence.
Sure, this guy definitely made big trouble for the moron that 'forgot' to frisk the perp before tossing him into the back of an unsuspecting co-worker's patrol car but it's 'too little too late' for our SHOPLIFTER.
Which leads us to what, good citizen? A truth that is rarely raised on the media advertised 'blood-soaked streets' of Anytown, USA.
And this incident took place in TEXAS! (Where everyone thinks even your Grandma packs heat!)
What small factoid does the media overlook (religiously?)
From the way the NUTS carry on about it, you'd think the gentleman's checklist included the line 'magnum autoloader', that we are all packing (unless we're going swimming. There's no place to hide it in your swimsuit and you can't leave the damn thing on the beach, the kids will play Marco - Blam with it!)
Our errant officer, trained from the beginning to treat EVERYONE as 'armed and dangerous', must have slipped into 'fire horse mode' because 99% of the time the people they regularly encounter, even petty thieves like our now deceased shoplifter, DON'T subject themselves to the 'hassle' of lugging a shooting iron around with them.
Part of our personal 'mental health' is provided by the knowledge that MOST PEOPLE don't subject themselves to the 'inconvenience' of having to babysit a weapon just to run down the street for a moment.
Then there's the 'what if something happens' question? What if you're involved in a wreck and the first responders learn/see that you are armed?
Could their 'hesitation' cost you your life? Somewhat ironic but a very real concern.
What am I saying here? Most people aren't armed so this somewhat rare incident is precisely that, rare! I originally clicked on the article thinking [from the headline] that it was yet another incident of blatant police brutality but my 'bloodlust' wasn't rewarded.
Being found shot to death, HANDCUFFED in the back of a police car USUALLY leads to an entirely different story, we are, after all, neck deep in stupid around here...rivaled only by a 'vicious streak' ten miles wide.
Which should serve as a reminder to us all, our more than somewhat lazy troupe of simian opportunists should ALWAYS be considered, armed or not, DANGEROUS.
How does that song go? "I don't need a gun"...and how right they are, most of us don't.
Pity the fool that mis-underestimates us!
Still the bought and paid for media paints a picture that you'll encounter a dozen armed and dangerous 'desperados' between your home and the local supermarket.
What the pencil-necks don't tell you is your local bank is a refuge for desperados...not so much at the tellers window but their corporate headquarters. That's someplace you don't want to venture without your body armor [the one with the titanium alloyed cod-piece!]
The 'Shadow Armies' in the nation's 'murder capitals' are something else altogether and reflect upon our badly broken social system [odd if viewed from the 'winners and losers' standpoint, the 'system' works 'as designed'.
Which is to once again opine that if you're seeking 'change' the ballot box isn't where you'll find it.
I keep edging back towards the monetary crisis hinted at in yesterday's post BECAUSE it is the 'easiest' way to, er, 'destabilize' society.
Today's post illustrates how things AREN'T 'as advertised' and the media's complicity in pushing mankind off of its fragile perch.
We need only find a mirror to locate our own 'worst enemy'.
Isn't it time we united for a better planet?
Thanks for letting me inside YOUR head!
Gegner
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