About OJ.........it struck me that what he was sent to jail for, for a long time, wasn't that big a deal. I'm thinking that judges along the way maybe got some back-handed justice? I know that's not what they are supposed to do.......but I'm glad they did it!
I agree that OJ probably, given his notoriety, was dealt with more harshly in the Nevada case. He really should have laid very low---lived out his days quietly on his pension and avoided trouble after he dodged the bullet the first time. But, that's the nature of a person in his condition.Originally Posted by CathyA
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Back to the discussion about police and community.....a nearby city (Indianapolis) is doing something neat today. They're having "Unity Day".....and many of the police are in a place in downtown (on their motorcycles, horses, cars), and they have encouraged the community to come down and interact with them. The wife of a slain officer, I think, organized it. Sounds like a great idea. I really applaud them for doing this.
I don't know if this would work in Ferguson right now though.
You are right, Cathy--It prolly wouldn't work. I was reading the transcript of an NPR broadcast from several years ago, and it said the most common cause of police officers dying on duty still was car crashes. The particpants in the discussion further narrowed it down to collisions that occur when the police officer is responding to a call or pursuing a suspect. As in, flipping on the cherries, and kicking the ol' Himmy Charger on down(waaaaaawaaaaaahhhhh!), and flying low through intersections in a big big hurry. Or, missing a curve at high speed--things like that. They said Overconfidence, and overzealousness, on the part of law enforcement personnel are the mitigating factors, there. At least that is what NPR said.
Hmmm, ok! I guess there are some thing we agree on.
In answer to the question posed in the title of this thread, St. Louis isn't doing too good today. We have had 6 homicides in 18 hours, some seemingly random. Murder City is earning it's title today.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...1dae1358f.html
I think Indianapolis is running neck-n-neck with St. L.
http://wayback.bartlies.com/homicide.php
We have agreed on things in the past, IL.....we have. Rob
Interesting.....Turns out that the police stopped blacks twice as often as whites in Ferguson and two other nearby communities but were less likely to find contraband in the vehicles of African Americans than whites.....Methinks the lawsuits and challenges to the police department and the courts in Ferguson have only begun to start. And if the above is true - it is highly discriminatory and how do we as a society even BEGIN to make restitution to the black community in Ferguson? I don't know that large sums of mere money would even be enough at this point.....Rob
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