Except this isn’t the first time things like this have happened. We, Seattle, were investigated by the DOJ not long ago and found to have racial biased policing. We’ve installed a new police chief, but there are mixed opinions about how well the reform is going. Reportedly, the local police union is very racist, but I…

You are right. Seattle is pretty liberal in a very white way. Don’t strain your elbow patting yourself on the back to hard.

Ehhh, one of my fiance’s friends lives in Seattle and she sent us a pic of a giant mammy float in a parade this weekend. Sadly, liberal and racist aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive.

You don’t need to have a mental illness. Plenty of black people with no mental health issues are getting murdered by the police.

To be fair, most often EMS is also dispatched at the time of the call. I was an EMT and we always accompanied officers to the scene of a mental health crisis because we were trained in crisis intervention. They would let us handle these patients, only helping if the person needed to be restrained during transport to…

She could have been holding a knife because she was barbecuing in the backyard! She could have been holding a knife because she was afraid of the burglar she called them about (yes, mental issues, I know, but...)! IT’S NOT ILLEGAL TO HOLD A KNIFE.

It’s just the principle of the whole thing - a moron principal was mad that this young man had a brain and chose to read his own independent thoughts! Why would the school board write a speech for a student to give anyway? That makes absolutely no sense? The student giving the speech is supposed to be highly…

Like hating gays before you kid becomes one.

“He said we shouldn’t worry about rising sea levels,”

This is the perfect encapsulation of everything wrong in the general population right now.

Its making me feel better to see all these people coming out and admitting they don’t have friends. I’m not alone! (Well, okay, no friends, but not alone)

Doubt it, all of Hollywood loves to make excuses for that little neurotic shit, so they can continue to act in his movies without feeling guilt.

I feel like my husband and I are always like “who are our friends?” “oh right no one”.

Diane sounds like me... except rich and successful.

How do you resist the urge to just burn the place down (it’s the only way to be sure)?

The problem is that a Trump is a pile of shit, not a piece of shit.

“For some reason, this issue of atomic bombs has become a paramount issue for the Japanese.” - Mike Pence, circa 1945

So improper paperwork has greater meaning than a child’s life?

Matt Rinaldi came up to us and made it a point to say, ‘I called (ICE) on all of them.’

Its a for profit enterprise. The “teacher” is neither qualified not certified. This is the repub fever dream for all our schools.