I posted it actually in support of what you said.
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I think I related the story here years back. The year: 1996. The place: The Basic School, Quantico VA (where newly minted Marine Lt's learn all things in six months after OCS or Naval Academy). After a day of live fire training, a female Lt (I still recall her name but will not mention it) apparently gets through the end of range brass shakedown with a live round somehow. Next morning, all Lt's settle in the dry-fire amphitheater to "snap-in" on targets. We're all in the prone firing position, on elevated tiers, in an arc. Suddenly... BANG - DING!!!!! This bitch plugs off a live round and nails the target barrel dead center. She was one row up and one spot right of me. She nearly grazed the cover of the Lt to my right.CID1990 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 6:15 am I’m fine with it if she serves some time, and also fine with it if she doesn’t.
I imagine that she has a bunch of coworkers with stories of her fumbling around at the range who probably weren’t terribly bowled over by news of the incident.
I knew a few just like her… in training they were the ones who you mentally identified as those who you wouldn’t want to go on a hot call with. Usually, they are happy to take a job indoors in the air conditioning and the problem is solved. Other times, they are insistent on being on the street and heaven help you if you try to keep a protected class off the street.
Take your pick …. civil/vicarious liability, or losing EEO lawsuits. At least in this instance, the fault lies with her, so looks like her department made the right choice risking something like this by allowing her on the street.
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Kalm isn't used to you agreeing with much less supporting him.
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Context is important. The difference between the trucker and Potter is that the trucker put himself in a precarious position by going 85 while going down a mountain. He compounded that error by not using the runaway truck ramps. The people that died were innocent bystanders. Daunte Wright didn't deserve to die but he, not Potter, put himself in a precarious position by resisting arrest/attempting to flee. Potter screwed up and she should be held accountable but her situation is different.Winterborn wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:31 amHe had to be pushing 80K GVW and then going down a mountain? I have been in a spot where I came up too fast to a stop sign with a tandem axle truck loaded with grain and wound up blowing through it. Luckily I was at a gravel/dirt road in the middle of nowhere ND and nobody was coming (and I was all of 16). Learned that brakes are not to be taken for granted.
I remember taking a vacation growing up to Colorado and Wyoming. Dad (drove over the road for a bit) explaining to us kids why we were in the slow lane and getting passed all the time. He stated that in a conversion van, pulling a trailer with camping gear/bikes took a bit more to stop and he didn't want to replace the brakes after the trip when we just installed new ones. He put it in 3rd gear and let the engine help slow us down and then used the brakes to keep the engine rpms lower. Brakes were happy, dad was happy and us kids were happy not to have to change brakes when we came back home (or at the nearest auto parts store as Dad would of made us do it too).
Dad also told us the story of Falling Rock and why there were signs everywhere for him....
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If I were on the jury I suspect it would be very difficult for me to vote to convict her. As you know if you've watched me over the years I am not a police worshipper. I think police are a necessary evil and I think the profession tends to select for a certain type of person that isn't necessarily the most savory. But I think the video pretty clearly indicates that it was just a tragic accident.
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I agree.JohnStOnge wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 6:34 pm If I were on the jury I suspect it would be very difficult for me to vote to convict her. As you know if you've watched me over the years I am not a police worshipper. I think police are a necessary evil and I think the profession tends to select for a certain type of person that isn't necessarily the most savory. But I think the video pretty clearly indicates that it was just a tragic accident.
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You two being on the same page is why Jon is freezing his recently shaved sac off in Arizona right now.
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I disagree on jail You think he should only serve 1 year. It should be prison. I agree 110 years is too much, even if eligible for parole much earlier.GannonFan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:19 amYup, I agree. That's a case where some punishment (jail) is certainly merited. 110 years is just absurd.Winterborn wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:07 am
Doing 85mph down a mountain in a 45mph zone, with a full load of lumber, makes him not only an idiot but also criminally stupid. His brakes could of been in perfect condition and slamming on them at that speed, with that load, isn't going to do much but make a cloud of smoke and burn them out almost immediately. There isn't a brake system on the road that candle that (which is why they make run-off lanes) much heat. My CDL testing covered that situation and the guy I learned from also explained it to me (as should of (did) his company).
I would agree with the judge that he is not 110 years guilty, but he is definitely at fault.
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When did you turn into a grumpy old man? You used to be more relaxed.
Besides, in a text earlier that day, Jon complained about the cold weather. Hence the joke.
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Not grumpy, just less of a filter.
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Well that explains it.
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Obviously he got the short end of the genetic deal.
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Keep your mouth shut farmboy.
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Careful. I will find some way to chase a herd of deer unto your lawn.
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The big bull was back yesterday.
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Nice! That one is almost wall worthy.
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Not in Montana. That's one to watch for 4-5 years down the road.
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It has been a decade or more since I have gone out hunting and the only thing I know is that around here it would need a year or so, but definitely not to the size compared to ones in the corn fed states (Iowa, etc.) or the mountains.
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