One major difference is that both Holmes and Tsarvaev had just murdered and maimed scores of people and were either in possession or possibly in possession of heavy arms. Mike Brown was not armed and not even approaching a level of threat.

I'm 3 generations removed from the wholesale slaughter of my people by the United States government. I never heard my grandfather speak because white men took him from his family and HIT HIM WITH A BULL WHIP whenever he spoke his native language or practiced his religion. They made him cut his hair and speak only…

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If I’ve read this BS once,I've read it a hundred times: ”Kluwe got cut because they could replace him with a younger, cheaper punter.” Yeah, the rookie gets paid less money, but the difference is chump change in terms of an NFL payroll. In order to cut Kluwe, they used a 4TH ROUND DRAFT CHOICE to get a replacement.…

....mothers who would bubble wrap their baby boy and put him on a mantle. (But not so high that he might fall off it.)

What did Escobar do to get thrown out? Fucking Red Sox—once lovable losers, now just as annoying as the Yankees.

MLB needs to put an end to these so called "brawls". Either take the NHL route and actually have 2 guys fight. Or go the NBA way and ban anyone who fights, or leaves the dugout 20 games. The last time I remember 2 guys getting into something resembling a fight was Derrek Lee and Chris Young, that was like 8 years ago.

Like I said, I wasn't speaking to specific cases, including van der Sloot. I was responding to your general statement "prisons should not have conjugal visits" and "what's the point in having prison if it isn't unpleasant and not fun."

" What's the point in having prison if it isn't unpleasant and not fun?"

What is CBS doing about Phil Simms? Are they able to fix that problem next week as well?