FlaGranny
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Wed Jun-04-08 10:21 AM
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| 7. A failure of our medical system - |
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mental illness, untreated for years. He probably would have been able to help himself long ago, and probably would not have thought about shooting at the cops, in any case, if he had gotten the necessary medical care.
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| -FEMA trailer resident killed in standoff with police |
merh |
Jun-04-08 09:33 AM |
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Damn, now the government is out and out killing the poor who get in their way. |
fasttense |
Jun-04-08 09:39 AM |
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What's next? Well, Mayor Ray Nagin is offering them one way bus tickets |
Robbien |
Jun-04-08 09:52 AM |
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lakeview is not "the poor" and i doubt nagin offered any bus tix to lakeview residents |
pitohui |
Jun-04-08 10:33 AM |
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it's brilliance! |
ejpoeta |
Jun-04-08 11:43 AM |
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If you want to file for unemployment, you now have to drive 30 to 40 miles to find one. |
daggahead |
Jun-04-08 02:31 PM |
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You have to go to an office? Here it's online/ over the phone application |
LeftyMom |
Jun-04-08 06:07 PM |
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Oh, merh, this is just devastating! |
coffeenap |
Jun-04-08 09:47 AM |
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What is scarey is, I can relate to the FEMA dweller, I know how |
merh |
Jun-04-08 10:02 AM |
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"SWAT team surrounds man barricaded in FEMA trailer"... |
jus_the_facts |
Jun-04-08 09:50 AM |
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he was barricaded in the upstairs of the house, not the trailer |
pitohui |
Jun-04-08 10:36 AM |
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Who does the LAW protect....... |
jus_the_facts |
Jun-04-08 11:21 AM |
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given my sardonic sense of humor... |
Javaman |
Jun-04-08 10:17 AM |
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A failure of our medical system - |
FlaGranny |
Jun-04-08 10:21 AM |
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lakeview is a wealthy white area, i presume he had medication resistant mental illness |
pitohui |
Jun-04-08 10:30 AM |
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What you do is put a tranquilizer dart into him, not bullets! |
bean fidhleir |
Jun-04-08 10:34 AM |
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the nonlethal bullets didn't work, what part of medication resistant are you missing? |
pitohui |
Jun-04-08 10:37 AM |
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The neighbors had been moved out and cops should take risks - it's why they have the badge and gun |
bean fidhleir |
Jun-04-08 10:52 AM |
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it was stated in clear black and white that they used both gas and nonlethal bullets to no avail |
pitohui |
Jun-04-08 01:06 PM |
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But they didn't use a tranq dart, so don't try to pretend that they did everything they could |
bean fidhleir |
Jun-04-08 02:02 PM |
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You wrote "presume" med resistant, he was UNTREATED for yrs |
uppityperson |
Jun-04-08 12:46 PM |
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to clarify |
pitohui |
Jun-04-08 01:12 PM |
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As merh wrote below "Katrina survivors don't get the emotional care they need" |
uppityperson |
Jun-04-08 01:33 PM |
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No, they don't |
FlaGranny |
Jun-04-08 07:53 PM |
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Never seen a tranquilizer gun used on a suspect. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Jun-04-08 11:22 AM |
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I know. Which is why we have so many more citizens killed by cops than cops killed b |
bean fidhleir |
Jun-04-08 11:50 AM |
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You think we should take their bullet proof vests away? |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Jun-04-08 05:56 PM |
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No, I think they should be summarily fired at a minimum, and maybe do a manslaughter rap |
bean fidhleir |
Jun-05-08 12:19 PM |
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Probably less than 4% ever fire their weapon in the line of duty. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Jun-05-08 01:29 PM |
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Sorry, no foxes judging the morality of henhouse raiding. The hens should do the judging |
bean fidhleir |
Jun-05-08 02:24 PM |
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Retired cops almost everywhere carry a retiree badge and a gun if they wish. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Jun-05-08 05:28 PM |
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So I guess the victims of crime should be on the jury and decide the punishment. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Jun-05-08 05:30 PM |
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they tried to use some kind of chemical gas to tranquilize him, didn't work EOM |
pitohui |
Jun-04-08 01:13 PM |
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Do you have a link, I've never heard of any such chemical. |
merh |
Jun-04-08 01:34 PM |
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The only tranquilizer gas I know of is based on the anesthetic Fentanyl. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Jun-04-08 06:24 PM |
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Katrina survivors don't get the emotional care they need |
merh |
Jun-04-08 11:02 AM |
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OMG.....I cant describe how awful this |
OwnedByFerrets |
Jun-04-08 11:05 AM |
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"Criminal" is exactly the right word. It's all of a piece with cop behavior since Reagan |
bean fidhleir |
Jun-04-08 11:10 AM |
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How awful. |
KC2 |
Jun-04-08 11:45 AM |
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k&r, so sad. |
uppityperson |
Jun-04-08 12:50 PM |
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Couldn't they just let him keep the trailer? |
buckrogers1965 |
Jun-04-08 06:51 PM |
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* wants his stuff back. |
Xenotime |
Jun-04-08 08:06 PM |
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How horribly ironic that McCain opted to speak from Louisiana ... |
krkaufman |
Jun-05-08 12:03 PM |
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How true. |
merh |
Jun-05-08 01:27 PM |
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