Probably not, but taking a good dump before you weigh will, so there's that.

The first rule of shooting someone in the face is don't change your story once you go to trial. I love how people think saying "it was an accident" will get them out of trouble like it does a 6 year old.

He shot himself in the back without a gun! No wait, he shot himself in the chest without a gun, while his hands were cuffed behind his back! But no, he had a third arm we just didn't know what to do with because there are only two cuffs! No wait, he stole an officer's gun and held a white child hostage! Actually, he…

Thank you for a good answer to a pretty hostile question!

Yes. To all. The drug war has cost this country well over a trillion dollars. It's resulted in the incarceration of tens of millions of low-level, nonviolent drug offenders — overwhelmingly young people, poor people, people of color. It's severely damaged the relationship between the police and those communities that…

Fascinating. Cops need to know that "snitching" off fellow officers who engage in racism or excessive force or corruption or sexual harassment (up through and including sexual assaults) is, or should be, part of their job description...a condition of employment.

One of the least effective is one of the most important: crisis intervention, de-escalation techniques, interpersonal communication skills.

About the same, I'd say. Policing has been getting increasingly safer (notice I'm not saying safe), and crime has been dropping...even as the institution is becoming more militaristic.

Whatever reasons they give are explanations, too often defensive and self-serving. There is no excuse, in 2014, for an agency being so utterly underrepresented, racially, as is the case in Ferguson.

Absolutely. SWAT should be reserved for active shooter/barricaded armed and dangerous suspects/hostage situations. Think Columbine, Sandy Hook, the McDonald's Massacre (to cite one close to home for me).

When police feel justified in using deadly force it's often said that they "feared for their lives". My understanding of good police training means that in stressful, dangerous situations THEY are the ones with the cool heads and retain the ability to think clearly.

Are you ready to admit that the War on Drugs directly targeted low-level offenders (black and brown skinned people) as a means of populating and advacning the privatization of the prison system? Also, are you willing to admit that police respond and treat potential suspects differenly on the basis of color and/or…

A new study came out that in the last 16 years in the US half of all arrests have led to...well, nothing. (Mostly the charges are just dropped.) Worse, 1/4 arrests lead to no charges ever being filed. How can we change this culture of arresting, basically because the officer wants to?

Why aren't tasers used more often in situations like the one in Ferguson?

Friend #1 and #2 are assholes. Friend #3 was merely an idiot.

All 3 of these friends are assholes.

Fetishes are learned behaviors...This degenerate is a predator.

#1 cause of rape? Rapists

Maybe I'm being really naive, but I don't think anyone could claim rape as a sexual orientation. I mean, I just don't see it considering that orientation has to do with attraction toward a particular group, or lack thereof in regards to asexuality. I guess I could see the fetish argument - not to say that I agree…

Every asshole commenting on the earlier article about college guys saying women ask for it need to read this article over and over again till it sinks in that it's ALWAYS the rapist's fault.