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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:16 AM Original message |
2 brothers suspended for flashing "peace" sign, police officers waited for them at school |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. That wasn't the peace sign, it was a backward 'hook em horns' sign. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You mean this sign? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Only if your ass is black |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Valley High is mostly Hispanic |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. They knew what they were doing...... |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. No, the reverse of it. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Maybe they're Ronnie James Dio fans. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Chimpy's a gang-banger? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. so what? |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. So it obviously pissed off someone. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. Far be it for me to inject race into this but I'm willing to bet these brothers weren't white. |
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Mystayya (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. gangs are a huge issue in some places. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Except we don't know it's a gang symbol. n/t |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. It doesn't matter if we know it, what does matter is if the gangs do |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It does matter if we know it. |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. You weren't being honest in your first post...you knew perfectly well what their ethnicity was |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Excuse you but you are the one being disingenuous here. I referred to them as brothers not because I |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. What a surprise no answer when called out on their bullshit. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. It is here |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. Why is that called a peace sign? |
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TokenQueer (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. It's not a peace sign nor is it a gang symbol... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. That wasn't the sign though. |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Exactly. And the longhorn sign is done with the palm facing the recipient. |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. No specific description of the gesture in the story. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. One of these things is not like the other... |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. You don't notice the difference in the gesture? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yes, I noticed the difference in the gesture |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. The answer to your question is dependent on how the gesture was perceived. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Perceived by whom? |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Well, not knowing the 'super secret' things certainly didn't dissuade you from excusing them |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. The race card? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. Peace sign or not, I don't get why would be suspended for a stupid little hand gesture. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Or the school could have a colossal stick wedged somewhere |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Stupid little hand gestures routinely get people killed. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Guns don't kill people, hand gestures do? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Gang members with illegal firearms kill people flashing another gangs sign. Is that clear enough? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Deleted sub-thread |
Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. And where is your evidence that 1. A gang symbol was flashed |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I never claimed to have evidence of any of the three. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
56. For once, we are in complete agreement |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Ahh, common ground. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I deal with gangs nearly every day at school |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Were the palms facing the police, or away from? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Palms facing away from the police and index and pinky used, not index and middle finger. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Either they were flashing a gang symbol... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. We can rule out all but the Sicilians. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. One of the kids said it meant Deuces. What ever that means. |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Or, douches perhaps? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Most of the gang crime cops I know are well aware of different gangs hand signals. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Purely coincidence that there's a 2nd Street less than a mile and a quarter away. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Thanks for the local input. |
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BalancedGoat (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. Deuces means the peace sign. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Interesting. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
59. Probably a reference to a local gang |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
35. I don't get it. The longhorns sign looks nothing like the peace sign. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. and they didn't do the longhorns sign. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. (shrug) Ok. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
44. You left out a pretty important part: |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. oh yeah, the evil secret stuff |
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