The entire thread is a display of insanity and faux outrage.
A few proglodytes struggle to rein in their baser compatriots but there is no stemming the tide of insanity and bilious hatred:
Thinkingabout (15,994 posts)
78. They arrested someone around 2:30 am, blastic testing of the gun found in the home matched.
There was video from the store which probably provided good details. Sad, had two young sons.
"blastic"?
awoke_in_2003 (28,814 posts)
9. Take the number of cops killed
and multiply that by 500, and maybe that will come close to the number of black men killed by Cops this year.
Ace Rothstein (199 posts)
25. There have been 80+ cops killed so far this year.
Are you under the impression that there have been 40,000 black men killed by cops so far this year?
XemaSab (59,557 posts)
30. As of July 1, there had been 155 black men killed by the cops
Nice try at estimating, though.
You were really close.
Joe the Revelator (11,816 posts)
48. What is your point?
Are you saying that this cop deserved to die to avenge deaths he had nothing to do with? Is our plan now to keep score?
Hey, dumb-ass...
...the entire "white privilege" meme is about keeping score and getting even.
Dwayne Hicks (608 posts)
10. Oh well
Are we really supposed to ooooohhhh and ahhhhh because a cop was killed?
V0ltairesGh0st (220 posts)
16. I can't help but wonder.
I can't help but wonder if this was other cops, or a hit they paid some criminals for. I can't help but think this cop was probably one of the good ones that broke the blue code of the fraternity and was summarily executed for something he knew, or for not fitting in. In the scandalous climate we've recently seen in American law enforcement it's not unthinkable.
Great detective work there, Sherlock Homo.
avebury (6,383 posts)
20. I would be willing to get more concerned about the death
of a cop when cities and law enforcement gets more serious about dealing with out of control cops who kill or beat the ever loving crap out of citizens on a regular basis. Why should the life of one cop be worth more then the the people that cops flagrantly kill and/or maim routinely from coast to coast?
branford (2,514 posts)
44. I'm no fan of Breitbart,
but sufficient links are provided to judge for yourself.
More importantly, it's really not too difficult to find idiots expressing their ideas on the internet or radio, both on the right and left of the political spectrum. The issue is how widely such ideas circulate and how many people agree with them or will take action as a result.
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/08/28/black-activists-called-for-lynching-and-hanging-of-white-people-and-cops/
^ Is also pro-2A...
...and posting on borrowed time.
Archae (34,655 posts)
52. Breitbart is race-baiting with this story, like they have before with other stories.
Now they are making a big deal about how the (alleged) shooter went to the same college as Sandra Bland.
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/08/29/alleged-texas-cop-killer-charged-linked-to-university-attended-by-sandra-bland/
ALLEGED TEXAS COP KILLER CHARGED: ATTENDED SAME UNIVERSITY AS SANDRA BLAND
HOUSTON, Texas – Authorities in Harris County have identified the alleged killer of a Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy as Shannon Juruary Miles, 31. Breitbart Texas has learned that Miles has an extensive history with law enforcement in Harris County.
Miles is the registered owner of the 2002 red Ford Ranger that law enforcement appeared to search on Friday night outside the home where Miles lives. The Ford was being sought after police obtained security video from the gas station where Deputy Darren Goforth was killed. They also had a description of the vehicle from witnesses.
(snip)
Breitbart Texas has learned that Miles attended Prairie View A&M University, according to what appears to be his Facebook page. This is the school where Sandra Bland was arrested following a traffic stop and alleged assault on a police officer in July. Three days later Bland killed herself in the Waller County jail and became a prominent icon in the #BlackLivesMatter movement. It appears he attended the predominantly black university for one year from August, 2003 to May, 2004. Following that he attended other colleges including Houston Community College and the University of Houston Hilton College.
Following Bland’s suicide, daily protests have been held at the Waller County Jail. In one of these protests attended by Breitbart Texas, a self-proclaimed militant black woman said that all white people should be killed. A few days later, armed members of the New Black Panther Party marched on the jail chanting “the Revolution has begun, off the Pigs,†during another protest attended by Breitbart Texas.
Which part is untrue?
dixiegrrrrl (42,364 posts)
49. Definition of "assassinate" from Miriam Webster:
Full Definition of ASSASSINATE
transitive verb
1: to injure or destroy unexpectedly and treacherously
2: to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons
Since the word "assassin" comes from the word "hashishin" meaning a member of an Islamic sect dedicated to murdering people and indulging in hash-induced ecstatic binges does this post merit an alert for Islamophobia?
guillaumeb (2,917 posts)
51. I thought that carrying a gun, open carrying at that, provides protection from assault?
What happened, legion of unpaid NRA apologists?
Should the deputy have not been safe from attack by virtue of openly carrying a gun? This is only one demonstration of the absurdity of the "open carry prevents violence" meme that the NRA loves to talk about at every opportunity.
Celebration (15,790 posts)
53. Certainly would not work in assassination
Would have a higher odds of working in a robbery.
guillaumeb (2,917 posts)
54. Only if the one being robbed already had the weapon out and ready to use. eom
GGJohn (5,549 posts)
69. Which as been debunked numerous times
by stories of armed robbers getting shot and killed by store owners/employees, or home owners shooting and killing home invaders.
Google is your friend there are lots of stories of gun owners successfully defending themselves despite having a gun pointed at them.
uponit7771 (22,896 posts)
68. a lot of the Gumper theories are baseless
GGJohn (5,549 posts)
70. What's a Gumper?
Is that the latest controller's idea of an insult towards gun owners?
Lizzie Poppet (4,969 posts)
81. A "clever" way to say "gun humper" without sounding quite as much like a ****wit.
I suppose it's better than the transparently bigoted "ammosexual." By a little...
uponit7771 (22,896 posts)
90. ****wit = 20 kids dead and nothing changes in gumper attitudes or community
Rex (55,297 posts)
72. No doubt the assassin listened to one cop apologist after another day in and out.
And it sent him over the edge, this is as much cop apologists fault as anyone elses as they pretend cops never do wrong. It actually causes people like this man to lose it and do horrible things. I wish they would stop, but it won't stop. They have no shame in their bodies.
The 'few bad apples' bullshit just ramps it up and people know that along with #alllivesmatter. Shame it is just a pissing match with some people, even here on DU.
Dam shame.
Joe the Revelator (11,816 posts)
77. You also failed to mention #blm activists who have called for just this type of killing
If you were really not trying to get into a pissing match, you'd have taken in all variables.
uponit7771 (22,896 posts)
91. Wow... link and quote that one please... I'm not talking about somebody in a crowd either that could
...be "placed" there I'm talking about BLM leadership in cities.
tia
B Calm (23,989 posts)
76. If everybody had a gun, no one would get shot
logic has gone too far.
branford (2,514 posts)
80. Would you care to cite the sources where anyone actually offered such an absurd proposition?
The are more than ample points to be made on all sides of the firearm debate, but strawman arguments like "If everybody had a gun, no one would get shot," that are not the position of any major gun rights group, including the NRA, add nothing but further distrust and consternation in an already contentious policy debate.
B Calm (23,989 posts)
87. Pro-gunners have been spouting off for years that the solution to gun violence
is even more guns.
uponit7771 (22,896 posts)
94. +1!! Hell, the head of the NRA has said something very close to this !!
Rex (55,297 posts)
97. Yeah some of them are in this thread.
Their one trick pony died long ago.
branford (2,514 posts)
101. Let's try this again...
The quote was: "If everybody had a gun, no one would get shot." That statement is strong, clear and very unequivocal. It should be no problem find primary sources on the entirety of the internet where gun rights proponents actually offered such a stark suggestion...
I'll be waiting.
Support for open carry (which I personally happen to oppose and is often just political theater in reaction to the lack of "shall issue" or otherwise readily available concealed carry in many jurisdictions), or more generally the belief that a firearm may indeed protect you under certain circumstances, is nowhere remotely near what was alleged in the poster's disingenuous quote, particularly in light of the numerous instances of successful defensive firearm use in this country.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_nature/2013/06/handguns_suicides_mass_shootings_deaths_and_self_defense_findings_from_a.html
B Calm (23,989 posts)
103. What's your solution to GUN violence?
branford (2,514 posts)
105. Let's start with retracting that ridiculous quote, try some diplomacy, and move on.
I'm a liberal NYC Democrat and attorney who does not own any firearms, nor has any desire to do so. If gun control advocates, at least those who actually want to achieve actual compromise rather than fairly transparent attempts at incremental gun bans, cannot deal with me, they might as well end any discussions about reducing gun crime and go home.
I would have no problems with many versions of universal background check legislation so long as de facto registration is clearly avoided. I similarly would support increasing funding and coordination for reporting of felons, the violently mentally ill, domestic abusers, etc. to the NICS database.
I would back classroom and practical training for concealed carry licenses if the issuance of such licenses are handled on a strictly "shall issue" basis once objective criteria are met. If concealed carry licenses are available, I would support restriction on open carry.
I believe harsher mandatory minimum sentences should be imposed for those who commit gun crime and facilitate straw purchases.
However, compromise is a two-way street. If concessions to gun control are made, I would expect the passage of concealed carry reciprocity among the states in a manner similar to drivers licenses. I would have no objection to objective national criteria for such reciprocity.
