I’d say that’s partly true, but most people who join law enforcement out of the military aren’t members of combat arms. And truth be told, combat veterans are more likely than not to be a calmer presence in a stressful situation, as the only way to be able to truly prepare for stress is to be exposed to it repeatedly.…

There were definitely a lot of wrongs in this situation, and it’s clear she recognised that is well since she just resigned. I will give her this; it looks like she’s at least trying to account for her actions (more than what other cops have done), but we’ll wait and see in that.

No, but between the time she drew it and the time she pulled the trigger, there was a definite length of time where she could have determined she had drawn the wrong thing (something like 3-5 seconds). It’s on her bodycam; you can clearly see the pistol in view.

Qualified immunity. She actually has a better case for it in this situation in Derek Chauvin had with George Floyd, if you can believe it.

This situation is especially frustrating because, compared to George Floyd’s death, there are so many things attached to this killing for the right wing blogoaphere to throw up as chaff. This was a training failure! This is what happens when you defend the police. He resisted! She wouldn’t have made a mistake if he…

He did. Deservedly.

The sidearm used was a Glock, which does not have an external safety (basically, pulling the trigger is the safety; there’s a little latch inside the trigger that disengages when pulling the trigger). Most tasers that I know of, however, DO have safeties.

Stalin had the sense to monitor Beria near his daughters, so I guess the pattern followed?

They look like waitresses for a suburban-themed Bonedaddy's.

There is no glamming up my goyle:

After all the unitary executive shit and years of abusing the office of the Presidency, they have the audacity to act concerned about executive overreach....

Every thing about that title is a flipping delight, but I'm calling you out for missing the obvious 'Butty McButtface' that deserved to be inserted.

Sometimes, at my lowest points in life, a bunch of horny people come along and write erotic fanfiction about beached container ships, and my hope is restored.

You know, by making it easy to get firearms, but going out of their way to disenfranchise voters, it's almost like the GOP is deliberately trying to engineer the conditions necessary for mass political violence. 

Eanes ISD is in Travis County, but it covers a very white (and at least one very wealthy) unincorporated part of the County. And (also being from Texas and having worked in Austin), it does have some hard-core conservatives (it is the capital, after all), but you’ll find the actual residents of Austin are very blue…

That is an understatement. Piers Morgan is kind of this humanized microcosm representing the absurd lengths people in Britain have flipped their goddamn shit over the presence of MM.

I’ve noticed that 2020-kinja has gone out of their way to paint Meghan as the wrong party every step of the way in this process, and everyone connected to her in this (including PIERS FUCKING MORGAN) are the aggrieved parties.

Oh, well, boo-fucking-hoo, the guy 16 years older than Meghan got his feelings hurt because she wasn’t interested. Were you trying to make him look BETTER with that hot take? That, because he went through something most mature adults experience in their lifetimes, he’s justified in using his platform to keep digging…

Who...what...who gives a fuck if she ghosted you, PIERS?! She doesn’t owe you her friendship, and you’re a goddamned journalist, get the fuck over yourself!