Which is why I ask this question: If this is blackmail, then what the hell is she blackmailing him for?

Yeah, it does. Which is why I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s been beating her for years and this is the first time he left a bruise.

Not really, no. They can be pretty damned bad, but I don’t know of any Hollywood actors who would use their own children as human shields.

Doesn’t matter what the common definition is. The legal definition is related to commission of a crime, even if the actual crime did not happen. If they’re going to argue it in court, that’ll be the one they end up arguing.

I think it’s one of the assault with a weapon offenses, actually. I’ll have to look that up sometime.

That’s what I’m wondering. If this is blackmail... then what the hell is she blackmailing him for?

One of the largest cities in my state, and I see action maybe six times a year. And there can be years between between being times I’ve been ordered to take the shot.

He’s not. Blackmail doesn’t actually have to involve true information; a lie that everyone will believe is just as effective a form of blackmail as a true statement.

It can vary from region to region, from what I understand.

Why, obviously, he’s an expert!

It can be, but being a patrolman is worse. In my case, I know all of the threats on the scene before they ever become a problem for me. Patrolman? Every day was a surprise. That position does not pay enough.

Police sniper actually is a position. Some police forces use the term sharp shooter, but... In general, we’re the people they call when they need long-range firepower. Typically, I work less than a 100 yards away from where the suspects are at, perched on a room or in a room.

I was a patrolman before I applied for sniper school. As a patrolman, you meet the lowest of the low and the worst scum humanity has to offer.

I’ve seen women do it. And I’ve seen them whack their eyes against doorknobs and similarly shaped objects. And even get friends to punch them.

Depends on what you’re blackmailing them for.

Or maybe the symbiote is just growing old and, soon, will have to abandon Trump to plant eggs on the heads of others before its lifespan ends.

Shush! He might hear than and then set his hairpiece on you! I’ve seen what it does to those it mauls!

Actually, you can forget this. You just need my Memory Wiper!

Anymore, “mansplaining” is coming to mean “I don’t like it when men talk.”

So, if the ocean doesn’t fight back, does that mean the ocean consented? There’s a lot of rape victims who would be unhappy with that logic...