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Speaking of Mr. Balko.

In the very grainy dark footage they released from 50 yards away it does look like the guy makes a sudden movement. They will say it was justified because the guy was reaching to pull up his pants or something stupid. There will an investigation, the jumpy officer will be back on duty within a few months. Which is quite ****** when you think about it, like a game of Simon Says where you have guns pointed at you, confusing instructions shouted at you and will die the moment you make a mistake. Say you forget to wear a belt one day, cops show up at your door guns drawn and say you will die and you haven't the slightest clue why. Maybe you flinch. Boom. Now your kids don't have a father.

Hell, I’m surprised it took this long for someone to actually get killed in one of these. He was 28 with two children. Now those two kids are fatherless because of two COD playing ******* a**holes. He opened his front door and was immediately shot. He died for nothing. I hope the gamers involved go down ******* hard for this to dissuade others from swatting each other. I hope this cop goes down hard too for shooting this man with no questions asked. And while it won’t bring their father back, I hope those children are taken care of financially for a good long time. Even if it was a legitimate hostage situation, it’s possible that the criminal inside would send a hostage to the door. The cop could’ve shot a hostage. This is at least manslaughter in my eyes. I know it’s been recommended here several times, but Radley Balko’s Rise of the Warrior Cop is an absolute must read regarding the state of policing in our country.

https://reason.com/blog/2018/01/02/heres-a-novel-idea-both-caller-and-polic But don't expect any justice for the dead. There were five people involved in this incident: 1. The guy that gave out a random address 2. The guy that 'hired' the swatter and gave the random address with the intent to have it swatted 3. The swatter himself that placed the hoax 911 call 4. The officer on the SWAT team that arrived on scene and killed... 5. The innocent victim living at the random address It is my opinion that persons 2, 3 and 4 deserve time behind bars. I expect sensible people in the thread to agree on two things about the officer, though: 1. He should go to jail 2. He will never go to jail

When done right, it truly is lovely blend of art and cooking.

I do wish we had better sushi selection in the ‘ham. Not that it’s bad, there’s just way better elsewhere.

CeCe meets a St. Bernard.

Panthers lucky to escape with a win today.

7 months old today.

Good point. Hey @bigbird, my daughter is a huge fan.

Where is that?

They have a new one recently:

The number of the day is her favorite song on Sesame Street.

What the poor child has to look forward to.

She is! Just got to work on her stamina before she can party with the big dogs.

Cece's first Christmas party. She had a big time.

Man the Raiders have such s*** luck. Held Dallas to 3 on a goal line stand with a minute to go. Get the ball, convert a 4th down via a 55 yard PI. 2nd down, Carr escapes pressure, gets outside the pocket. Looks home free for a moment, but Jeff Heath made a huge hustle play, meeting him at about the two. Carr extends, Heath knocks the ball out, rolls through the endzone. Cowboys kneel it out.

Bwahahaha.

Still absolutely furious with Malik. He had a lot to do with kick-starting that rally. Have some composure, young man.

In a better position than most. Foles is a good backup.

It has been a good one. Hope Wentz is OK.

Man, talk about eating your own. This is a foolish look.

So sick.

Who the **** cleared this guy to go back out? They should be fired immediately. Gets hammered and displays a textbook fencing response. Obviously concussed.

Just eclipsed 100. Panthers retake the lead with a Stewart TD with under 2 to go.