No lives were saved you fuckwit, a life was lost. Again, it's time people in this country learn to not to call the police for situations they can handle themselves. All the police will do is shoot someone dead and then we have to listen to shitbirds like this cocknozzle explain how the police are really heroic for…

you know what a 93 year old can't do? chase you down and shoot you. so how about retreating and negotiating rather than blowing her away?

And in my book a police officer should be trained and be able to DEAL with this kind of situation. Not just shoot the old lady like a scared P.O.S. he most probably is.

Don't let anyone fool you into thinking Texas is awesome because it isn't.

Well if their first instinct is to shoot a 93 year old woman because she is waving a gun around then they don't need to be in that line of work. If she's aiming it at them or firing at them then have at it, shoot her ass, but the way I read the report she simply refused to put the gun down. Did you see the pic of…

I deliberately included the word "apparently," because the facts may come out differently in the end. Me? I was born and raised in Detroit. No. Not the "Detroit area." Detroit, the city. Guns are not new to me, including the business end. Not fun. But apparently some police officers need to go back to their…

SHE WAS A 93 YEAR OLD WHO COULDN'T PASS HER FUCKING DRIVERS TEST!!! By the way, the department didn't see this as a very heroic maneuver considering they put him on leave, which is strange since according to your expert reading of the situation dude should have received some sort of medal for bravery in his stand off…

No. But some dickbag cop should realize there are other options to shooting and killing an old woman because she is defending her property. It's not like she went out into public waving a gun around. She was in her own home. The cops should have left and diffused the situation and dealt with it after the old lady…

You are one sick fuck. Again, that's just a personal opinion. I only say this because I'm sure there was no other way to handle this situation, say a rubber bullet or bean bag or taser. No, the only way to handle this was for those brave police officers with body armor and big guns to blow an old lady away. And I know…

"Why this lady was not fit to drive, but had access to firearms is something that should be looked into."

I am not a hero, nor was that cop. Unfortunate circumstances are simply unfortunate.

Yeah those 93 year olds are a tricky bunch. I'm sure they never sleep, rendering techniques utilized successfully by repo men worldwide utterly useless.

Of course, if anyone happens to act in any sort of dangerous manner they should just be shot and killed. I really wish the DMV had just put her down on the spot because they should have known she might still try to drive through a restaurant, endangering orphans. Now this poor officer is suspended and the department…

It's not like the only two available outcomes were

In some sick way, I'd almost rather my remaining grandmother die like a lawless badass than the way my other 3 grandparents have gone: multilple aneurisms and a vegetative state; cerebral hemhorrage while sleeping; and a protracted 3-year battle with Alzheimers in a nursing home.

Ah I'm referring to this.

Also ask yourself: is the Chairman of the FCC a former lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries?

Number one rule in life. Follow the $$$$.

"Demand Progress" is trying to drum up grass roots opposition to the end of net neutrality., essentially a campaign asking individuals to actually call their representatives in the House and Senate. (Good luck with that.) Here's their site.

The United States belongs to corporations and the people who own them. The rest of us are allowed to stay because we make a convenient source of money and (increasingly) cheap labor. I expect that trend to continue for the rest of my life, until we're all begging for scraps at the feet of the ultra rich.