Police aren’t trained to do a lot of risky shit they do in the heat of the moment to save someone in trouble, a lot of shit that’s more dangerous than at least attempting to rescue screaming girls from a car sinking in a pond.

This was a still pond, not raging seas. Potentially dangerous? Sure. So are countless situations where often ones humanity supersedes “training”, whether it’s running into a burning building to rescue someone, or over to a car on fire to pull out the driver, and so on. Cops do it all the time.

You know people, both private citizens and professionals, jump in to rescue people from all kinds of dangerous waters, and frankly many are more dangerous than a still pond at night.

Fair enough, as I just wrote to someone else, my take was probably a little hot, I just can't help but feel like if these where white kids in my suburban neighborhood, no way the cops are just standing there listening to those girls scream while the car sank

Fair enough. My take was probably a bit hot for sure. Just frustrating to watch that video and listen to them talk about hearing them scream. All I could think is, not in my white suburban neighborhood, no way.

They knew it was a stolen car, that’s all they needed to know. This wasn’t some white teenage blonde who accidentally drove into a pond, this was a “criminal”, and no doubt in their mind likely a minority, and as a result their assessment of acceptable “risk” changed.

This isn’t Gawker, nor would I care if it was. Some days people love what I have to say, others they hate it.

People like myself who do a lot of fresh water fishing are extremely familiar with the conditions in all different bodies of water, including muddy, murky ponds.

I’ve been in such ponds (lifelong fresh water fisherman) and agreed, actually saving them could have proved very difficult, it’s the complete lack of effort that I have an issue with.

Yes I have. It’s only really dangerous if you have no familiarity. Plenty of people have been rescued from their sinking cars in ponds in Florida. BTW, Gators aren’t coming anywhere near those police cars and flashing lights.

The better question is, would you be able to sit there listening to their screams without trying to help?

Wow, as someone who has fished his whole life, including waist deep in plenty of ponds, I had no idea of the death traps they were.

Of course not, they’d fund their drug addiction by stealing mommy’s jewelry.

LOL, it’s a freaking still pond, but raging seas. Most civilian men I know wouldn’t be able to just sit there and watch it sink to the sounds of girls screaming. Guess I just expect a little more from our “brave heroes”.

It was a freaking still pond, not treacherous seas. Plenty of average civilians wouldn’t be able to stand there and just watch the car sink into the water, let alone the men that society pays to protect us.

If their names were Susie, Kateland, and Madison, instead of Dominique, Ashaunti, and Laniya, they’d be safely home right now

That’s true with many, but not all. There are certainly nuts on the right who believe all the shit they spew, and plenty of democrats who firmly believe in the issues they fight for.

He’s not really flip flopping, he just says whatever shit comes to his head to appease whoever is in front of him at any given moment. He’s nothing but a con man.

Huh? So is Obama.

No, it would be exactly like telling Congress in an election year that they can not vote on any bills.