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	<title>Comments on: Reason.tv Footage of the Cop Who Brought a Gun to the Snowball Fight</title>
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		<title>By: &#8220;Eyewitness Confirms: Cop Freaks Out Over Snowball Fight–Waves Gun&#8221; and related posts &#171; Twitter</title>
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		<dc:creator>&#8220;Eyewitness Confirms: Cop Freaks Out Over Snowball Fight–Waves Gun&#8221; and related posts &#171; Twitter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Reason.tv Footage of the Cop Who Brought a Gun to the Snowball Fight - The Agitator [...]</description>
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		<title>By: The Pale Scot</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Pale Scot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Boyo,

Since you seem to be a Treason In Defense of Slavery kind of guy, I&#039;ll point out that since I moved to Fl. it&#039;s become very apparent that the white people are stupider than black folk down here, 

Ex.1 - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79533&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Magic trick costs teacher job&lt;/a&gt;

Ex.2 &lt;a href=&quot;http://crime.about.com/b/2004/12/06/couple-report-stolen-pot-to-police.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Couple Report Stolen Pot to Police&lt;/a&gt; 

On the other hand, the cracker movement has to &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/12/report_clears_a.php?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogs%2Frunninscared+%28Village+Voice+Blogs%3A+Runnin%27+Scared%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Pimp &amp; Hooker Tapes Used &quot;Substitute Voiceover&quot;&lt;/a&gt;,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Boyo,</p>
<p>Since you seem to be a Treason In Defense of Slavery kind of guy, I&#8217;ll point out that since I moved to Fl. it&#8217;s become very apparent that the white people are stupider than black folk down here, </p>
<p>Ex.1 &#8211; <a href="http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79533" rel="nofollow">Magic trick costs teacher job</a></p>
<p>Ex.2 <a href="http://crime.about.com/b/2004/12/06/couple-report-stolen-pot-to-police.htm" rel="nofollow">Couple Report Stolen Pot to Police</a> </p>
<p>On the other hand, the cracker movement has to <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/12/report_clears_a.php?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogs%2Frunninscared+%28Village+Voice+Blogs%3A+Runnin%27+Scared%29" rel="nofollow">Pimp &amp; Hooker Tapes Used &#8220;Substitute Voiceover&#8221;</a>,</p>
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		<title>By: The Pale Scot</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Pale Scot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ #34; WTF?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ #34; WTF?</p>
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		<title>By: Just Aksin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Just Aksin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder if black cops have higher levels of complaints for Section 1983 and brutality and what-not.   Obviously, there&#039;s bad white cops and good black cops, but I&#039;d bet, like in most other areas of life, the black ones are less competent and more prone to violence and unreasonable abuses.I&#039;m sure with its fearless commitment to truth and opposition to parochial popular prejudices, the crack squad at Reason will get right on the case.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder if black cops have higher levels of complaints for Section 1983 and brutality and what-not.   Obviously, there&#8217;s bad white cops and good black cops, but I&#8217;d bet, like in most other areas of life, the black ones are less competent and more prone to violence and unreasonable abuses.I&#8217;m sure with its fearless commitment to truth and opposition to parochial popular prejudices, the crack squad at Reason will get right on the case.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Krueger</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Krueger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;#32    Cop 

He was obviously concerned that stones, glass or any other items were embedded in the snow ball.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

He was obviously a hothead with a gun in a profession where intimidation, threats, and violence are encouraged as a first response to any behavior that makes them angry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>#32    Cop </p>
<p>He was obviously concerned that stones, glass or any other items were embedded in the snow ball.</p></blockquote>
<p>He was obviously a hothead with a gun in a profession where intimidation, threats, and violence are encouraged as a first response to any behavior that makes them angry.</p>
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		<title>By: Cop</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cop</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He was obviously concerned that stones, glass or any other items were embedded in the snow ball.  I&#039;ve seen it done before and they can be serious weapons.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He was obviously concerned that stones, glass or any other items were embedded in the snow ball.  I&#8217;ve seen it done before and they can be serious weapons.</p>
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		<title>By: Reasoned</title>
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		<dc:creator>Reasoned</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Probably get hammered for this but....

If this is my car and it&#039;s getting pelted by snowballs I&#039;m going to defend my property. Technically, this is vandalism at the least right?

Then, if the asshats pelting my car start yelling things like that in my face I doubt I show the kind of control this cop did. 

Did he have to wave his sidearm in peoples faces, probably not, but it&#039;s within his rights to defend his person and property I think. 

Generally I don&#039;t side with the JBT in the stories on this site but in this case I have to say that the story is blown out of proportion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Probably get hammered for this but&#8230;.</p>
<p>If this is my car and it&#8217;s getting pelted by snowballs I&#8217;m going to defend my property. Technically, this is vandalism at the least right?</p>
<p>Then, if the asshats pelting my car start yelling things like that in my face I doubt I show the kind of control this cop did. </p>
<p>Did he have to wave his sidearm in peoples faces, probably not, but it&#8217;s within his rights to defend his person and property I think. </p>
<p>Generally I don&#8217;t side with the JBT in the stories on this site but in this case I have to say that the story is blown out of proportion.</p>
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		<title>By: DUMBARSEcop</title>
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		<dc:creator>DUMBARSEcop</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I hope the cop is fired, this happens everyday but a camera is not allways around</description>
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		<title>By: CTD</title>
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		<dc:creator>CTD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Brass balls on the guy who nails him in the ear with one AFTER he&#039;s pulled the gun. BRASS. BALLS.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brass balls on the guy who nails him in the ear with one AFTER he&#8217;s pulled the gun. BRASS. BALLS.</p>
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		<title>By: SayUncle &#187; Respect my authoritah!</title>
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		<dc:creator>SayUncle &#187; Respect my authoritah!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Don&#8217;t bring a gun to a snowball fight. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: SamK</title>
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		<dc:creator>SamK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not sure I think it was stupid to confront him.  Dangerous yes, stupid no.  I&#039;ve had a heated &quot;discussion&quot; with a cop that put his hand on his gun during a traffic stop when I laughed at him.  You can get killed by a cop, yes.  But the only damned thing keeping my old America alive is people refusing to back down in the face of shit like this.  That can easily be an informed and appropriate decision.

A more prudent tactical decision is retrieving your own weapon and taking Baylor (sp) down from behind.  But it&#039;s not the only decision that gets the long-term important job of standing up to BS done.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not sure I think it was stupid to confront him.  Dangerous yes, stupid no.  I&#8217;ve had a heated &#8220;discussion&#8221; with a cop that put his hand on his gun during a traffic stop when I laughed at him.  You can get killed by a cop, yes.  But the only damned thing keeping my old America alive is people refusing to back down in the face of shit like this.  That can easily be an informed and appropriate decision.</p>
<p>A more prudent tactical decision is retrieving your own weapon and taking Baylor (sp) down from behind.  But it&#8217;s not the only decision that gets the long-term important job of standing up to BS done.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Krueger</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Krueger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;#25    Andrew 

’Washington, D.C., police investigate whether an off-duty officer drew his gun in the midst of a large snowball fight. 

Seems pretty clear cut to me.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Me, too.  But I think the word &quot;investigation&quot;, in this case, simply means a review of the available evidence to see if they can fabricate a story that explains away the behavior of one of their brothers.  They will look at the video a few times and see if they can get away with the phrase, &lt;i&gt;&quot;the video doesn&#039;t tell the whole story&quot;&lt;/i&gt; as they do on almost every TV show that shows video of cops beating the crap out of someone.  

I mean, what have they got to lose?  They explain it the way they want to and, in the end, nothing ever happens anyway.  People tell the truth because they know there are repercussions when they don&#039;t.  If there are no repercussions, there&#039;s no incentive to tell the truth.  That&#039;s the world cops live in.  They don&#039;t even understand our world.  

Note that they only need to refute the video. The fact that there are eyewitnesses means nothing to them.  Eye witnesses are only important to them when they are testifying against ordinary civilians (little people).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>#25    Andrew </p>
<p>’Washington, D.C., police investigate whether an off-duty officer drew his gun in the midst of a large snowball fight. </p>
<p>Seems pretty clear cut to me.</p></blockquote>
<p>Me, too.  But I think the word &#8220;investigation&#8221;, in this case, simply means a review of the available evidence to see if they can fabricate a story that explains away the behavior of one of their brothers.  They will look at the video a few times and see if they can get away with the phrase, <i>&#8220;the video doesn&#8217;t tell the whole story&#8221;</i> as they do on almost every TV show that shows video of cops beating the crap out of someone.  </p>
<p>I mean, what have they got to lose?  They explain it the way they want to and, in the end, nothing ever happens anyway.  People tell the truth because they know there are repercussions when they don&#8217;t.  If there are no repercussions, there&#8217;s no incentive to tell the truth.  That&#8217;s the world cops live in.  They don&#8217;t even understand our world.  </p>
<p>Note that they only need to refute the video. The fact that there are eyewitnesses means nothing to them.  Eye witnesses are only important to them when they are testifying against ordinary civilians (little people).</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just got a &#039;tweet&#039; from CNN...&#039;Washington, D.C., police investigate whether an off-duty officer drew his gun in the midst of a large snowball fight. http://bit.ly/6XUxCo &#039;

Seems pretty clear cut to me. Although, you gotta love the police.....wait for it!!!...&#039;The police statement said &quot;there is no evidence that [officers] pointed any weapons in the direction of the crowd or at any individuals.&quot;&#039;

Paid suspension? I think so! If that...wooo! Merry Christmas DC!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just got a &#8216;tweet&#8217; from CNN&#8230;&#8217;Washington, D.C., police investigate whether an off-duty officer drew his gun in the midst of a large snowball fight. <a href="http://bit.ly/6XUxCo" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/6XUxCo</a> &#8216;</p>
<p>Seems pretty clear cut to me. Although, you gotta love the police&#8230;..wait for it!!!&#8230;&#8217;The police statement said &#8220;there is no evidence that [officers] pointed any weapons in the direction of the crowd or at any individuals.&#8221;&#8216;</p>
<p>Paid suspension? I think so! If that&#8230;wooo! Merry Christmas DC!</p>
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		<title>By: GreginOz</title>
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		<dc:creator>GreginOz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This story and link is already on the website of the Sydney Morning Herald. Amazing; a cocksucker cowboy cop, infamous around the world. I hope he visits Sydney...so I can headbutt the fucker.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This story and link is already on the website of the Sydney Morning Herald. Amazing; a cocksucker cowboy cop, infamous around the world. I hope he visits Sydney&#8230;so I can headbutt the fucker.</p>
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		<title>By: all-time roller</title>
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		<dc:creator>all-time roller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s clear from the video that Danny Glover hates winter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s clear from the video that Danny Glover hates winter.</p>
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		<title>By: kormgar</title>
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		<dc:creator>kormgar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey...that was assault with a deadly weapon...

Some snow might have gotten in his mouth and that big baby might have drowned...it takes less than an inch of water</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey&#8230;that was assault with a deadly weapon&#8230;</p>
<p>Some snow might have gotten in his mouth and that big baby might have drowned&#8230;it takes less than an inch of water</p>
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		<title>By: pinandpuller</title>
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		<dc:creator>pinandpuller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I almost got arrested for throwing a water ballon at a kid-I got by with an apology.

This was obviously a case of illegal discharge of a frozen missle.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I almost got arrested for throwing a water ballon at a kid-I got by with an apology.</p>
<p>This was obviously a case of illegal discharge of a frozen missle.</p>
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		<title>By: SJE</title>
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		<dc:creator>SJE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Blackmailed&quot; is cop-speak for &quot;being held accountable.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Blackmailed&#8221; is cop-speak for &#8220;being held accountable.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did anyone hear the cops radio at the end...&#039;Detective Bailer(sp) is being blackmailed...&#039;  What&#039;s the deal with that!?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did anyone hear the cops radio at the end&#8230;&#8217;Detective Bailer(sp) is being blackmailed&#8230;&#8217;  What&#8217;s the deal with that!?</p>
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		<title>By: TC</title>
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		<dc:creator>TC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I did not notice even one camera video still picture taker being hauled away either.  Or their equipment being taken away and damaged by ignorant hands.  

Did not even hear once about &quot;You can&#039;t film us&quot; stuff either.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I did not notice even one camera video still picture taker being hauled away either.  Or their equipment being taken away and damaged by ignorant hands.  </p>
<p>Did not even hear once about &#8220;You can&#8217;t film us&#8221; stuff either.</p>
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