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@willchamberlain Which is precisely why right wing tools trying to make something of the tail-light video are idiots.

The most basic category error the left makes - repeatedly - on every police shooting is to characterize the shooting as an unjust "punishment" for the conduct of the person shot. They then argue that said person didn't "deserve" to be "executed," and so clearly the police officer is in the wrong. That's not what it's about. It's NEVER what's it's about. Punishment is administered through the judicial system. The right of a law enforcement officer to use deadly force in self-defense or defense of others is about the rights of the officer, his colleagues, and nearby civilians as human beings whose lives have value, too. They have a right to respond to the imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm with deadly force. And in exercising that right, they are not judged from the perspective of an omniscient superhuman, with perfect knowledge of everything happening in that moment; they are held to the standard of the reasonable person perceiving what they can from that viewpoint. In the words of William Munny, deserve's got nothing to do with it.

@ericmmatheny There are so many videos contradicting your claims about his behavior. He was doing everything right. He was recording from a distance. He was backing away from officers as they approached. They shoved a woman, he tried to help her up. They attacked him.

I carry a gun, legally. Let’s say I don’t like DUI enforcement. I think people should have the right to drive drunk. I see a DUI stop, I park my car, I get out with my gun in my hip holster, and aggressively confront the cops while they’re conducting sobriety tests.

@shipwreckedcrew 1. No 2. Definitely no. 3. Pretti was the one assaulted. Anyone getting stomped on is going to look like they resisted.

At some point in time prior to the first shot being fired all of the following facts were true: 1. Pretti engaged in obstructive behavior. 2. Pretti committed a felony assault against a federal officer while armed. 3. Pretti resisted arrest while armed. 4. The fact that Pretti had a gun was revealed to all Officers there. So a person for whom there was PC he had committed a violent felony, was resisting arrest, and was armed with a firearm were among the totality of circumstances known to the Officer at the time he used deadly force. Use of deadly force policy does not require the Officers to wait until they are attacked.

@gak_pdx He was recording them, not interfering. He bent over to help a woman they maced. They jumped him. Top to bottom, the officers behavior is unprofessional

Here is the thing about having a concealed weapons permit… The vast majority of the class time you are mandated to take in most states (including MN), is spent talking about *avoiding* confrontation. As an armed individual who is not a police officer, you have a duty to actively asses situations and make your highest priority to avoid them as best you can. The liability, emotional toll, and physical risk of getting into confrontations when armed is absolutely not in your favor. Setting out to interfere with police is absolutely not something on the mandate for a CCW holder. It is the exact *opposite* of everything taught in any one of the citizen lethal force legal trainings I have ever been in.

@bonchieredstate I don't think accidental is the word you're looking for. Improperly. Negligently. Whatever word you want. The officer wasn't surprised it went off.

From what I understand of past incidents, an officer accidentally shooting in this situation would still be legally liable.

My speculation: I don't think the officer who drew and fired the first shot meant to shoot. When the other officer appears to disarm the deceased and run back, he shouts about the gun. That's when you see the officer standing behind the scuffle draw and fire. This very well could have been a situation where one officer misunderstands what's happening based on what's called out, rushes to draw his weapon, and accidentally fires. I personally don't see the deceased pull or reach for the gun (or his waistband, etc.) in the videos we have. And I don't think any of the other officers had any intention to fire until the first shot went off. But again, that's speculation. What that means legally, if that's what happened, I don't know. Someone smarter than me can lay it out.

@BMeiselas There'd be recoil. There'd be a noticeable impact with the ground. The officer would have reacted to it.

@timevalueofbtc You fucked up your daughter's party with this nonsense? What kind of dick does that?

At my daughter's friend's birthday party yesterday and pulled out this map from the WSJ as a conversation starter, there was almost no scenario in which this wasn't going to happen

@CarlHigbie Weird that you muted the video there... What didn't you want us to hear? Was it the ICE wannabe calmly muttering a slur after the shots?

And just like that… officer is proven innocent.

@sashaavch Zero interest in a payroll company that leads their pitch with "AI native". I need simple number crunching that is verified complete and accurate. Save the AI hallucinations for creative endeavors. I just need my people to get paid, and to talk to real humans when I call, no bots

A message from Gusto's founders: As we close out the year, @joshuareeves, @edawerd, and @tomerlondon want to say thank you to the small businesses who trust Gusto every day. We’re grateful for you and excited for what we’ll build together. Happy New Year! ✨

@emollick AI will get more things wrong, and it destroys the business model that allowed so many to put information up for free. AI is great if you don't have any idea where to start looking or how to start thinking about a topic. But you've got to go to primary sources eventually.

In fact the average ChatGPT query takes almost exactly as much energy as a Google search in 2008 (that is the last time Google clearly indicated the electrical consumption of a search).

@NFLFrascella Love this take.

Lions Offense sucks ass without Ben Johnson and Tanner Engstrand

@BearsShowYo What's that you were saying?

Lions fans really tried to say they didn’t need Aaron Glenn or Ben Johnson to be good. #tears

The fact that @VerizonSupport doesn't have a pinned tweet (or any tweet) discussing the outage is wild. Says as much about Twitter's fall from the go-to place for realtime information as it does about Verizon's decision to make it's product crappier for short term profit.

@pineda79381 @BSlickComposer I am the main account holder

@jamestalmage @BSlickComposer Are you the main account holder cause the pixal and iPad are new on my account

Anytime now Verizon 😅 We are like 5 hours into this nationwide outage - phone stuck in SOS

@pineda79381 @BSlickComposer It's not... My android with physical SIM is down, my wife's iPhone is fine.

@BSlickComposer It’s just iPhones with esims cause my iPad is fine and so is a pixal on my account

@amuse Liar.

HOME RULE: The ‘yutes’ that normally terrorize the streets of DC on Friday and Saturday nights were strangely missing this evening as US Marshals began their patrols. Law abiding residents took advantage of the calm to dine out according to OpenTable.

@MartinLukasMD @JoshEakle This is curfew enforcement during George Floyd protests. Not ICE. (And not a COVID lockdown like so many comments are claiming)

@JoshEakle ICE just rolled through my neighborhood and told all the White people to go inside while they were searching for hidden illegals.

Seen in Utah. ICE is now marching through suburban neighborhoods, conducting home raids. Their budget is now bigger than that of the Marines, and the entire military budgets of Israel and Russia. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.

@PolitiBunny It's painfully obvious why Hillary wouldn't.

I hate to be THAT person but guys, if Trump were really in the Epstein files they'd have dropped that shit in 2015. There is NO WAY Hillary Clinton wouldn't have used it in 2016. There is no way Nancy Pelosi wouldn't have used it in 2020. C'mon man.

@MrAustinRogers @AnaBeck95444 @elonmusk It's not even an interest payment on the new deficits being created.

@AnaBeck95444 @elonmusk Enjoy!

I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.