tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post7751874127631026050..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: What A MessRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-18109061062637199542010-11-06T21:35:35.629-04:002010-11-06T21:35:35.629-04:00Back when Harry S was prez, hitting a man who was ...Back when Harry S was prez, hitting a man who was down was a firing offense. And shooting a man who was not obviously an immediate threat was a few years in the joint. No passes, no excuses. <br /><br />Yes, the men hauled in a few with a sore jaw - and an escapee tried to pull a switchblade on the Sheriff. The doc asked why he didn't take a sledge hammer to him, it would have been gentler. <br /><br />But by and large, even mouthy prisoners went in the cage in shape to go to work in the morning. <br /><br />Now, we have so much training that it is downright hazardous to attract a police officers attention. It would probably be a good thing to un-train some of these youngsters. <br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-39637516865790572152010-11-06T19:56:00.025-04:002010-11-06T19:56:00.025-04:00And yet.... He was the guy the other responding L...And yet.... He <i>was</i> the guy the other responding LEOs fingered as the source of late hits.<br /><br /> I lean towards believing this is a case of Genuinely Obnoxious Punk vs. an Only One and while it is nice when a punk gets his comeuppance, we're not actually payin' policemen to administer Low Justice.<br /><br /> The outcome so far is the worst of all possible worlds: the choirboy in question gets sent home with an apology, the Chief, the PSH -- darn it, PS<i>D</i>, so hard to get that right -- and Mayor all get to do the We're So Sorry Dance, but Officer Piland is not, in fact, thrown to the wolves other than several nervous months, a long hearing and public disavowal. Nobody wins and the cops look like jerks.<br /><br /> Smoooooooooth.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-39362193290144673802010-11-06T19:34:46.601-04:002010-11-06T19:34:46.601-04:00It was clear that the brass picked the wrong offic...It was clear that the brass picked the wrong officer to summarily hang.<br /><br />Piland was a sacrifical goat; I would have celebrated after the hearing too, but I would have added an end zone dance and partial de-pantsing.<br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-3274652978353605662010-11-06T13:51:14.157-04:002010-11-06T13:51:14.157-04:00Straub delenda est? Only as Step One!
...An...Straub delenda est? Only as Step One!<br /><br /> ...And have I mentioned the video of Officer OxyContin, <a href="http://www.wthr.com/video?clipId=5263867&topVideoCatNo=103348&autoStart=true" rel="nofollow">weaving his way down the highway and ending up hitting a mailbox?</a> Another triumph for our local police. --The guy's got a bad back, but that doesn't excuse DUI.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-75572870556783156082010-11-06T12:30:43.388-04:002010-11-06T12:30:43.388-04:00This really smelled like a setup to me from the st...This really smelled like a setup to me from the start...and piling on Piland from the Mayor on down looked like nothing more than a scapegoat search.<br /><br />As you say, nobody but the principals really know the facts, but somehow I lean to the side of the cops on this one.<br /><br />The fact is that the kid would have avoided a beat-down and an arrest if he hadn't interfered with the arrest IMPD was trying to effect in the first place. At least <i>some</i> of the blame for the whole incident has to accrue to him. But nobody in his community wants to admit it.<br /><br />Yet another poorly-handled public relations fiasco by IMPD and the city.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Together-We-Stand-Fire-Frank-Straub/11367795202003" rel="nofollow">Fire Frank Straub.</a>Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-8646559145607745062010-11-06T10:47:28.853-04:002010-11-06T10:47:28.853-04:00Yup.Yup.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-81790118752279402162010-11-06T10:21:26.027-04:002010-11-06T10:21:26.027-04:00And, FWIW, has recently been reported to the FCC f...And, FWIW, has recently been reported to the FCC for it's ossifers using unauthorized radio bands.Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-10928156692074793222010-11-06T10:17:18.679-04:002010-11-06T10:17:18.679-04:00Would this be the same IMPD that failed to charge ...Would this be the same IMPD that failed to charge an officer with DUI due to a technicality after he killed a motorcyclist while driving an IMPD patrol car allegedly under the influence of alcohol?JohnMXLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02671095673014400915noreply@blogger.com