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Spin Zone / Re: Racism @ Mizzou
« on: November 10, 2015, 01:32:39 PM »
And now this......
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SAN FRANCISCO – [/size]Gov. Jerry Brown last year directed state oil and gas regulators to research, map and report back on any mining and oil drilling potential and history at the Brown family's private land in Northern California.[/color][/size]After a phone call from the governor and follow-up requests from his aides, senior staffers in the state's oil and gas regulatory agency over at least two days produced a 51-page historical report and geological assessment, plus a personalized satellite-imaged geological and oil and gas drilling map for the area around Brown's family ranchland near the town of Williams.
The modern LEO so often, simply makes things worse. Instead of dealing with the situation like an adult, he chose to deal with it like a thug. Sorry if that offends the sensibilities of those who think government is the final authority on all things, but escalating a BS problem like a freaking phone in a freaking classroom, is as stupid as beating a motorist because they refuse to act sufficiently meek.
The idea that adults can;t act like adults it the real problem, not a spoiled, stupid brat.
Agree.
The response was disproportionate to the "crime."
Now, had she actually been disruptive--and I've experienced that in my classes--that's different. Looked to me like she simply wanted to disengage. After several attempts to get her attention or take away her phone, she continued to resist. So? Write up a report, and send her back home to her sad life.
Knowing that the police officers are typically armed with guns and are a lot bigger than my 5 feet, 4 inches, I had no interest in my life’s story playing out like Trayvon Martin’s death. I stopped and asked the two officers if there was a problem; I don’t remember getting a decent answer before one of the officers asked me where I lived and for identification.
During her Fox and Friends interview, Mendoza expressed her frustration with Washington more broadly, stating: “The Democrats want [illegal immigrants] here for voter base, and the Republicans want them here for cheap labor, so we are basically hitting our heads against the wall.”
Dorothy Bland is the dean of the school of journalism at the University of North Texas. An African American, Bland also became a recent viral phenomenon when she accused white police officers of detaining her for “walking while black.”