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UF student Tasered after questioning John Kerry

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dan Rydell, Sep 17, 2007.

  1. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Why is it you always need a strawman to cover for your complete lack of a point? Oh, yeah. It would be because of your complete lack of a point.
     
  2. ATLienCP

    ATLienCP Member

    You are right. The dukies being arrested proves that whites and blacks are treated equally. Thats why seeing rich white kids get arrested made such a small splash on news scene. You admitted yourself that was half of the initial appeal of the story.
     
  3. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    I have a point.

    The rent-a-cops were incompetent. Pretty clear from the video

    They used a sledgehammer when a little finesse or intelligence would have worked.

    Gee, that sounds like Bush and his clusterfuck in Iraq.

    Coincidence? Hmm......

    But you keep plugging along, OT. I'm sure you'll find the pony.
     
  4. markvid

    markvid Guest

    JR, he's a fraud.
    He was grandstanding for the cameras and told the cops they did nothing wrong.
     
  5. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Your point would be.....?

    The cops were, well, you know, incompetent.

    It's not hard to figure that one out.

    Jesus, it's like watching four kids in a schoolyard playing British Bulldog.
     
  6. markvid

    markvid Guest

    JR, I am starting to think you didn't read the article at all.
     
  7. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    OK, you may be right. I'll grant you that he may be a fraud. Irrelevant

    Doesn't condone the actions of the cops, OK?
     
  8. markvid

    markvid Guest

    It is VERY relevant.
    He went in to provoke and got what he wanted. Attention.
    You don't see in the video all the other things he did that have been mentioned.
    He was a dick, he got what he deserved.
     
  9. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    And, as I said, anyone who watched with an open mind knows the fraud was resisting and deserved to be tasered. When this is all finished, none of the cops will be disciplined or have any kind of action taken against them.

    And then what will you say?
     
  10. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    And if you ask O_T, that guy in Tiananmen Square had no business standing in front of that tank like he did!
     
  11. Shaggy

    Shaggy Guest

    Six cops, pinning a 180-pound college kid on the ground. on his chest. And they have to taser him to get the last cuff on.

    These are the people who are supposed to be protecting us.
     
  12. Shaggy

    Shaggy Guest

    Hypothetical question: Honestly ask yourself, would my reaction be the same if the kid was black?
     
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