I was going to point out that the bullet holes were in the back of the car. He shot at them in anger, not self-defense.

Though the specific case law you’re referring to refers to what the police are allowed to do.

Even the cops aren’t allowed to fire at a fleeing suspect unless they have probable cause to believe that the suspect is armed, dangerous, and a threat to the public.

On Monday, I took my wife out to an awesome dinner at a cool Japanese restaurant. On Tuesday, we scored free tickets to see Peter Gabriel and Sting. On Wednesday, my best friend (who I’ve known since we were two years old) died on Wednesday. He’d been getting better after a serious illness. This week can go straight…

Frankly, in 1983 cases, Federal Judge* is the operative adjective. We had a case where there were reports that an officer had engaged in sexual misconduct with suspects. Later, he returned to the scene of an arrest he had made and raped a juvenile suspect’s mother. Our chief judge (a woman) threw out the case on…

Because the first thing Erdogan did when he was elected is arrange to have past and present military leaders arrested and prosecuted. The goal was to get rid of folks who would resist his desire to see Turkey established as an Islamist State. The current military leadership are the ones with supple spines.

If at first you don’t succeed, try a bigger hammer.

Sounds painful. Then again, walnuts give me nightmares.

Wouldn't those be chestnuts?

To elaborate on my other response. Nintendo is worth $7 billion more than it was on Friday.

The irony is that he’s hit perfectly on the definition of white* privilege: the notion that there is a “normal” American (who happens to be white*), and that anyone who isn’t white*, therefore, is not normal.

We don’t need a proper clock any more. Somebody buy a fucking stopwatch.

Or the “Imperial March.”

I think he was working on the “maybe this time I’ll turn invisible” slouch. I’ve tried that one a few times.

Nintendo’s stock jumped 25% on the Nikkei today.

I bet she’d be more remorseful after three days in a cell.

Late to the party, but I’m a lawyer too. I do a bit of civil rights stuff in my practice. Based on your later comment, about the defense arguing that the court should disregard your clients’ stories, I think you’re in good shape.

Here’s to girl stuff!

My mom was a lawyer and a judge when I was growing up. When I was really young, most of her female friends were also lawyers. I was about 3 or 4 when another of her co-workers asked me if I wanted to be a lawyer when I grew up.

Fucking Texas. I live in Colorado. We do hot here. We can easily break 100 during the summer.