They were under 15 feet of water, in the dark, in a pond with really viscous mud at the bottom of it. Even if someone managed to get to the car, what could they do without equipment?

That’s a ridiculous leap to make. I don’t think it’s fair to ask any public servant to take that kind of existential risk, particularly to save someone who’s in danger as a direct result of their own malfeasance.

The girls were in a stolen car, lights off on the road at night, presumably without a license. Cops try to pull them over and they try to flee. They drive off the road and into a swamp. They’re in that situation only because of their own negligence, recklessness and disregard for authority. They’re not innocent, at…

I don’t think it’s the least bit reasonable to ask police to risk their lives in that scenario. Cases like this—ones that are borderline at best—cheapen and dilute the Black Lives Matter cause. It’s like they’ve never heard the story of the boy who cried wolf.

What does it matter? They’re dead. There’s no risk of doing them future harm, and it’s absolutely in the public interest for details like this to be out there with the rest of the story.

I mean, I think the priors are a vital element in painting an accurate picture of what’s going on. 3 teenage girls in a stolen car at 4am with the lights off? Sketchy as hell, but maybe there’s still room for doubt. A lot of that doubt goes away in light of them being serial car thieves.

And giant escaped-pet-turned-invasive-species boa constrictors.

You forgot “stolen car.”

can you imagine her in the private sector?

I need this like I need diabetes.

I need this like I need diabetes.

If, after being engaged, that person departs, then comes back a minute later and starts beating the shit out of you for whatever reason, then yes, the self-defense doctrine almost certainly applies.

I consider myself a liberal, but it drives me absolutely batshit insane when the language police come out. It’s just another way for overprotected millennials to pat themselves on the back for making a difference without having to take any risk or expend any effort.

Did you actually read any of those articles? Or did you just google “thug is racist” and copy and paste the top five links? Because the first one, at least, paints a far more nuanced picture than you seem to think.

Yeah, fuck Bob Dole’s Phantom Hand. RickeyHendersonForever is a much more credible authority on English usage!

Uh, stick to whatever your day job is. Unless it’s lexicography.

Just because this is Gawker doesn’t mean you need to turn every article into a liberal arts college social justice crusade. It’s obvious from context that there was absolutely no racist intent. Why don’t we just ban every word that anyone could possibly misinterpret as offensive?

I mean, this blog is called Lanesplitter. It’s literally named after an obnoxious and usually illegal habit that basically all bikers engage in every time they hit a red light.

It’s principle. Society is built on cooperation and mutual respect. When turds like these start acting like assholes, the whole incentive system breaks down. I’d love to go 95 on the highway, too, and just ignore traffic laws whenever it suits me. When no one stands up to pricks who break the rules, we’re rewarding…

The corn dog is easily the less disastrous of the two things in that photo.

To be fair, that was a seriously frobozzin’ Xylerblok party.