The most impressive part was watching Christie turn a 42-54-62 double play.

Yeah, disappearing like this and focussing on tourist areas is less “kinder, gentler” like people asked for (allegedly, did anyone ask for that?) and more indifferent. In light of the Memorial Day weekend body count the words callous, childish, and petty also spring to mind.

Honestly, this feels a lot like punishment. I’m not saying that that’s what the police as an organization overtly set out to do but the lack of police presence is basically sending the message that if the police aren’t able to police the way they want to, then everyone suffers. The people who feel it the most are the…

I don’t know, I bet Robbie probably made a wrong turn into some dumpy neighborhood once where he saw a pair of tennis shoes hanging from a telephone wire and then turned to his friend and said, “This is a drug area! Where the black community smokes marijuana cigarettes they call sherms!”

As a member of the black community it’s a little difficult to understand what makes me a criminal. If I run away from the police, and i’m black, i’ll be arrested. If i’m driving around minding my own business I’ll be pulled over for no reason, But, if i’m white, and evangelical, I can molest my sister and other…

“Snitches get stitches” is just the Blue wall of silence for people without power.

Actually it’s an old Irish Mafia saying, but thank you for wearing your racism on your sleeve like that.

So, because criminals exist, cops should be above the law... Brilliant logic.

And virtually the entire black community isn’t? “Snitches get stitches”

I never said anything about race; I was only responding to his argument that the black community was irresponsible. I think cops should do their jobs correctly no matter what race the suspect is. Do you get paid not to read?

It’s not analogous, nor is it some sort of zero-sum game. Criminals are going to do criminal stuff, and that’s certainly not OK. But cops shouldn’t be allowed to take the stance that making them follow the rules somehow makes them less effective as cops. If you can’t hold yourself to a higher standard, then don’t…

I don’t usually say this, but fuck the police. Just because they’re butthurt about their fellow officers getting indicted doesn’t give them the right to derelict the duty they swore an oath to do. And the city is encouraging them! If I don’t do my job, I get fired. If they don’t do theirs, Anthony Batts goes to an FOP…

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Nobody wants a laissez-faire police department. People want the police to just do their jobs legally. You’re a liar with a transparent agenda.

That’s fucking bullshit.

They are more afraid of going to jail for doing their jobs properly than they are of getting shot on duty.

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Yes. Thank you for this. A fourteen-year-old knows what he is doing. And he gets better at it.

What’s amazing to me about this block is just how Lebron times himself perfectly. As Rose approaches the rim, you can see him slow down and adjust his angle to get himself in position for the block.

I’ve been a Bulls fan for 25 years, so this was midly horrifying to watch in real time, as it was a “Oh Shit!” (happy)…

Has anyone ever hit the ball as consistently hard as Stanton does? I’ve heard a few people suggest Roberto Clemente, but that’s about it. Stanton is ridiculous.