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The Retreat at Twin Lakes homeowners may be sued over Martin's Death
Friday, April 20, 2012 2:33 PM
HERO
Quote:Originally posted by Magonsdaughter: The 'stand your ground' is very alien to me. And feels wrong.
Friday, April 20, 2012 2:36 PM
MAGONSDAUGHTER
Quote:Originally posted by Hero: Quote:Originally posted by Magonsdaughter: The 'stand your ground' is very alien to me. And feels wrong. That makes no sense. Are you saying you'd never stand your ground? Glad people like you were not at Gettysburg or the Alamo...or in pretty much any situation were somebody is willing to fight to take what you've got. Property, freedom, dignity...life. Shame. I suggest a CCW class and a small handgun. Or a large handgun. Or a variety of handguns and a shotgun for home defense. H
Friday, April 20, 2012 4:28 PM
OONJERAH
Friday, April 20, 2012 6:45 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Magonsdaughter: So you didn't understand my post about reasonable force....? Can't say I'd hire you as a lawyer, given your lack of capacity to comprehend basic information. Reasonable force applies in day to day situations, not armed conflict, dearie. There is a difference where I live.
Friday, April 20, 2012 7:23 PM
Quote:Originally posted by HERO: Quote:Originally posted by Magonsdaughter: So you didn't understand my post about reasonable force....? Can't say I'd hire you as a lawyer, given your lack of capacity to comprehend basic information. Reasonable force applies in day to day situations, not armed conflict, dearie. There is a difference where I live. You said you did not understand stand your ground. I said if somebody is willing to take what you've got: property, dignity, freedom, life...you don't have to let that happen. That, my friend, is true no matter where you live. Maybe you choose to run away or surrender or die...but you can also choose to defy, resist, and defend. This law is a codification of that choice which is itself a fundamental human right. I suggest a Sig 238, six shots, fits right in your pocket, youll love it. H
Friday, April 20, 2012 9:18 PM
CHRISISALL
Quote:Originally posted by Magonsdaughter: So you DO have trouble comprehending?
Saturday, April 21, 2012 12:04 AM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Saturday, April 21, 2012 1:53 AM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Saturday, April 21, 2012 1:56 AM
Saturday, April 21, 2012 2:00 AM
GEEZER
Keep the Shiny side up
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: Given neighborhood watch groups don't have to be part of the national group (and this one wasn't), nonetheless, specifically from the Sanford Police guidelines:Quote: Participants get on-going training in how to protect themselves and their property. Personal safety awareness, whether you are at home, in public, or in your vehicle, and knowing what “to do and not to do” ..... What you will not do is get physically involved with any activity you report or apprehension of any suspicious persons. This is the job of the law enforcement agency. (emphasis in article) ..... 10. Remember always that your responsibility is to report crime. Do not take any risks to prevent a crime or try to make an arrest. The responsibility for apprehending criminals belongs to the police department. (emphasis in article) http://www.sanfordfl.gov/investigation/docs/NWProgramHandbook.pdfThere is no mention of neighborhood watch persons not carrying weapons, but he nonetheless violated the other noted tenants of the Sanford neighborhood-watch guidelines.
Quote: Participants get on-going training in how to protect themselves and their property. Personal safety awareness, whether you are at home, in public, or in your vehicle, and knowing what “to do and not to do” ..... What you will not do is get physically involved with any activity you report or apprehension of any suspicious persons. This is the job of the law enforcement agency. (emphasis in article) ..... 10. Remember always that your responsibility is to report crime. Do not take any risks to prevent a crime or try to make an arrest. The responsibility for apprehending criminals belongs to the police department. (emphasis in article) http://www.sanfordfl.gov/investigation/docs/NWProgramHandbook.pdf
Saturday, April 21, 2012 3:11 AM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Quote: Do not take any risks to prevent a crime or try to make an arrest. The responsibility for apprehending criminals belongs to the police department
Saturday, April 21, 2012 3:52 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: No, Geezer..., I was presenting facts in a debate. The facts are not all out yet.
Quote:Participants get on-going training in how to protect themselves and their property. Personal safety awareness, whether you are at home, in public, or in your vehicle, and knowing what “to do and not to do” ..... What you will not do is get physically involved with any activity you report or apprehension of any suspicious persons. This is the job of the law enforcement agency. ..... 10. Remember always that your responsibility is to report crime. Do not take any risks to prevent a crime or try to make an arrest. The responsibility for apprehending criminals belongs to the police department.
Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:29 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Geezer: You don't know what happened. I don't know what happened. In that case, the best bet is to not condemn or exculpate anyone. I'm not holding my breath.
Saturday, April 21, 2012 12:36 PM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Let's play Devil's Advocate for a moment.
Saturday, April 21, 2012 1:02 PM
Quote:Originally posted by GEEZER: Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Let's play Devil's Advocate for a moment. Let's not. You have no more clue as to what happened than anyone else.
Saturday, April 21, 2012 2:22 PM
Saturday, April 21, 2012 3:45 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Oonjerah: I think Geezer wants to discuss only verified facts. Verified by him?
Saturday, April 21, 2012 4:35 PM
Saturday, April 21, 2012 4:57 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Geezer: Quote:Originally posted by Oonjerah: I think Geezer wants to discuss only verified facts. Verified by him? I'd like to head off the lynch mob. Apparently that's not a popular stand here.
Saturday, April 21, 2012 5:50 PM
PIRATENEWS
John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!
Sunday, April 22, 2012 6:27 AM
Quote:I have an opinion about George Zimmerman based on his reported recent and past behavior. My opinion could change in lieu of new information.
Quote: You don't know what happened. I don't know what happened. In that case, the best bet is to not condemn or exculpate anyone. I'm not holding my breath.
Sunday, April 22, 2012 8:17 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: nowhere have I said I think Zimmerman belongs in prison.
Monday, April 23, 2012 5:32 AM
FREMDFIRMA
Quote: In public meetings, Foster denounced the Service District as an unnecessary expense that consolidated the grip of the village’s insular ruling elite. He proposed abolishing the District and contracting with nearby La Pine for emergency services – an arrangement that would have saved Sunriver home owners a great deal of money and reined in the power of the SROA. In reprisal, the SROA concocted a plot to silence the civic-minded businessman. This is not a matter of speculation: The key player in that conspiracy, former Sunriver Police Chief Michael Kennedy, has provided an admirably candid summary of that conspiracy in a March 8 letter to the Deschutes County Commission. Kennedy wrote that letter to file a grievance with the Commission after being fired on February 16 in what he described as an act of retaliation by a corrupt and unaccountable municipal government whose official dealings are as opaque as the proceedings of the North Korean Politburo. “The Sunriver Owners Association has pressured the Sunriver Police Department as well as me to perform unlawful and unethical acts … which we have refused,” wrote Kennedy. “It is my firm belief that my firing was a direct result of my refusal to act on their unethical requests.” The conspiracy to railroad Bob Foster on “stalking” charges was prominent among those “unethical” acts to which Kennedy refers.
Quote:In those paragraphs, Kennedy made at least three critical admissions: *The private SROA, in defiance of conflict-of-interest laws, controls a public taxing district and the police department – just as Bob Foster had predicted it would. *The stalking case against Foster was instigated by the SROA, with the connivance of the police department; it had nothing to do with any criminal conduct on Foster’s part. *The SROA and Service District were using funds extracted from Sunriver tax victims to finance its vendetta against Foster.
Monday, April 23, 2012 6:23 AM
STORYMARK
Quote:Originally posted by Geezer: There are several versions of who initiated the confrontation between Zimmerman and Martin. I see you've chosen which one you believe.
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