lemonlime

No. The federal government gave them immunity from lawsuits for these vaccines.

America in a hurry getting back to normal.

Send out tickets with consistent policy. Maybe warning first time, tickets thereafter. And certain thresholds. No ticket within 5 MPH of the speed limit. Always ticket even if first time if more than 20 MPH over. I don't know. I don't work in traffic enforcement. But come up with a consistent policy that is applied to everyone, not just who the cop feels like hasseling that day.

yes. They could. My point is police are supposed to be there for public safety, not for revenue generation. There is no reason to waste resources pulling people over for nonsense. And if traffic stops are truly dangerous, as cops argue, send tickets. This could all be done by mail. Or not. But there is no reason for police to be wasting resources and putting themselves in danger for expired plates. Or even any traffic violations, unless they constitute a risk right then and there to the safety of others.

Yes. If used properly. And as opposed to police using their discretion, which results in (1) pulling over more minorities and (2) pulling people over for complete bullshit. There have been multiple pedestrians struck and killed in my neighborhood by people going well over the speed limit on back roads. And the police aren't sitting there monitoring these backroads. They're pulling people over on the main road for nonsense like an unregistered vehicle. Stop pulling people over for bullshit. And send automated tickets for real violations.

Also, if they didn't have to pull you over for speeding, and just sent the tickets, maybe they would have enough time to enforce the speed limit and send out tickets. You know, actually contributing to public safety with tickets, as opposed to solely padding the coffers. There have been numerous pedestrians killed by speeding drivers in my town. It would be nice if those assholes doing 60 in a 30 actually got some tickets, as opposed to the once in a blue moon the cop has time to deal with this.

At a traffic stop, a cop is more likely to be killed by another car hitting him than from violence from the driver. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/07/12/are-most-job-related-deaths-of-police-caused-by-traffic-incidents/

To be clear, I don't definitively think she's lying. She could well just be guilty of criminal negligence and abject stupidity. But (some) cops have been lying about mixing up their tasers for their guns for years. I don't know why everyone's giving her the benefit of the doubt, i.e. that she's a truthful moron. And, yeah, all the rest of this is a bigger problem. But part of the institutional problem is that some, not all, but a large enough percentage to be significant, of cops lie. A lot. And people go to prison or are killed as a result.

Or she's lying.

Both are asking to be treated as professionals and with respect. Both are in positions of authority/life and death over others. But only one of those two "professionals" is required to pay for their own mistakes, or at least purchase insurance, and to be held to account for their mistakes, without blaming the public. Edit to add; This right here is the problem. That police think they're above accountability, by constantly amping the fear for their own life. Even when doing things like writing tickets for selling cigarettes or pulling over someone for an unregistered vehicle. And that their fear should let them evade professional accountability.

Why does that matter? The person whose salary I paid fucked up and needs to not be in a position of public trust regardless of anyone else's stupidity. We don't blame victims in other matters. If there were a terrible surgeon who butchered people, they'd be sued for malpractice and lose their surgical privileges and their medical license. And even before then, the public could see what medical malpractice payments the surgeon made. And we wouldn't go around saying, well, gee, yes he butchered that heart surgery. But it's the patient's fault for eating a diet of Big Macs.

Or maybe after being convicted by a jury of their peers. And the cops' weapons should not be out when it's not a violent crime being committed. Get a warrant and come back, and add resisting arrest to the charges. Don't put the suspect's and bystanders lives in danger to make an arrest for a broken windows violation.

This. The thugs acted this way, knowing that their actions were being caught on camera. They knew there would be no consequences. And they're only facing consequences now because of public outcry. Had the guy who was pulled over not been active duty military, making him a "perfect plaintiff" in a 1983 action and increasing public awareness, they 1000% would still be on the job. I guarantee this was not the first time they treated a member of the public like this.

Average police salary in Minneapolis is $61,180, and that's not taking into account overtime, etc. But, yes, let's pay police more. And also hold them responsible when they fuck up. If they want to be treated like professionals, they need to act like professionals. And she needs to be charged with manslaughter. I'm not familiar with MN criminal code, and think murder may not apply. But if you go to taze someone and don't make damn sure you're actually holding a tazer and not a gun, you need to be held responsible under the law.

We need to start by no longer considering police "para-military." The first time I saw a police squad referred to as a "paramilitary unit" (about 20 years ago), I remember being shocked by the term used to describe a force in my own city made up of my neighbors. We now accept that as normal. We even give them military weapons. Also, Maryland had a good start on this a few days ago. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/547536-maryland-legislature-overrides-governors-veto-on-police-reform-bill

Plitvice Lakes. Dubrovnik was amazing and feels like something you have to see. That said, it was extremely crowded when we were there in September. We basically found stuff to do outside the city walls during the day when the cruise ships were there, and then explored Dubrovnik at night. We also went to Hvar, which was beautiful. But very touristy. If I had to do it again, I'd go to Vis instead.

I went to Croatia in late September, a few years back. Weather was still warm and beautiful and perfect beach weather. It was still pretty crowded--- I can only imagine the hoards of tourists in August. Although maybe it's better now without the cruise ships.

Don't stay in Estes. Go through the park and stay in Grand Lake. Much better. Too late for that now. I already have a cabin booked at Estes. And going at the end of August, after school is back in, so hopefully not crazy crowded.

Any suggestions for what to do at Estes Park or Rocky Mountain National Park? Just booked a place there for a week this summer.

It's a bizarre hill to die on. Even taking sack's ridiculous take as true, at best, Chauvin is a sociopath who kneeled on a guy's neck for 9 minutes, even after he was rendered unconscious, even had Floyd somehow coincidentally died at the exact same moment due to a drug overdose or heart attack. Chauvin's obviously entitled to a defense. But I don't get why a member of the public would have any desire to carry water for him.

Yes. The cops clearly wanted to escalate the traffic stop. They wanted pull out their guns. And, I think, the purported justification for calling this a "felony" stop, was that the uppity black man deigned to not pull over immediately, instead driving to a well lit area to pull over.

Why wasn’t the guy who was pulled over acting like a perfect model citizen, obeying confusing commands absolutely perfectly when two assholes are pointing guns at him while hysterically yelling at him at top volume and informing him that he “better be afraid” to follow their “commands”? And why are people more angry at the guy screamed at to “get out of the car” while also being told he should be scared to get of the car while two guns are pointed at him than the roid ragers whose salaries we pay who are acting on our collective authority with guns we paid for failing to act with even a tiny amount of decency? And it’s worse that he’s in the military. But they shouldn’t be treating anyone this way. Certainly not on a traffic stop. Hell, at the beginning of the video, they called it in as a “felony stop.” Apparently, because he had the audacity to want to be in a well lit place before interacting with the officers who pulled him over for no reason (they were wrong that his car didn’t have tags—they didn’t see them).

Second Moderna on Wednesday. The shot itself was painless, and other than a sore arm I felt fine the rest of the day. Thursday I felt like crap. I just hurt all over and was exhausted and wound up sleeping about 12 hours last night. Today I feel fine, although I'm still a little tired despite a ridiculous amount of sleep.

Her.