D.C. police help get firearms to National Cathedral for event to promote gun control
The highly restrictive firearms laws in Washington, D.C., are enforced differently depending on your status and political position on gun control.
Once again, the D.C. police are using their resources to provide illegal guns for a public relations stunt intended to pressure politicians to pass federal restrictions on the Second Amendment.
Ugh. This happens too much and it’s so annoying.
TW: Police brutality - Drunken off-duty deputy tried to arrest woman at bar when she resisted his advances
October 20, 2013A drunken sheriff’s deputy was recorded during a strange and inappropriate altercation when he tried to arrest a female soldier at a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Columbia, because she allegedly turned down his advances.
On October 7th, 23-year-old Brittany Ball, a USMC member out of Fort Jackson, was allegedly upset at the restaurant when approached by Richland County Deputy Paul Allen Derrick. She apparently did not want anything to do with him, which caused the aggressive deputy to become enraged and the two began to argue.
Derrick, a 17 year veteran, left the restaurant to go retrieve handcuffs and his gun from his vehicle, then returning to try and arrest Ball. He was recorded screaming at her and barking orders as he twisted her arms behind her back.
The report states that Derrick handcuffed her, pulled her to her feet, and slammed her head into a metal table.
The video shows the berserking officer repeatedly ordering the woman to “STAND UP” and “SIT DOWN.” While he held her in handcuffs against her will, he wrapped his arm around her neck and kept resting his hand on her breast.
“Let her go!” shouted a woman from off-camera.
Onlookers showed concern for the woman and told the raging officer that he had “crossed the line” and should let her go. Restaurant-goers murmured that somebody should “call the “real cops.”
When a few men approached the officer, he threatened to arrest them. “You wanna get an attitude? STEP AWAY!!”
Shortly thereafter, Columbia police arrived. They spoke to witnesses and saw the cell-phone video. They ordered that Derrick release Ball, then took him into custody and charged him with assault and battery.
Sheriff Leon Lott initially backed Derrick — disagreeing with Columbia Police — saying that he had authority to make an arrest, suggesting that Ball was “resisting.”
After a week of pressure and reasoning, Sheriff Lott placed Derrick on leave without pay, according to WISTV.
Sheriff Leon Lott initially backed Derrick — disagreeing with Columbia Police — saying that he had authority to make an arrest, suggesting that Ball was “resisting.”
Raise of hands - who finds this part at all surprising?
I think they finally fired him I saw that video and I was juts like wow you are a really insecure ass lil dick man if you cannot let it go that a woman turned your down.
This is soo fucked up. I couldn’t even watch the entire video.
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The Carol Burnett Show is required viewing @KennedyCenter
This skit is hilarious.
Mountain Dew Game Fuel - 2013 Bottle Designs
Left: Mountain Dew Game Fuel Electrifying Berry (new)
Right: Mountain Dew Game Fuel Citrus Cherry (original)
WHAT
I’ve got to track these down now!
French students occupy their high schools after the racist deportation of their peers.
Thousands of French high school students have participated in large demonstrations and clashed with police, as well as erecting barricades around their schools in response to a series of deportations by the government.
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That video of Ryan reading gay sherlock holmes fan fic came up and I made a video of me trying not to laugh
This was hilarious and adorable and I feel like I’m a better person for having watched it .
I think that’s funny. Credit where credit is due.
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The West is honeymooning with Malala right now, and in a year or two when she’s made her politics more known every Liberal in the country is going to drop her hot.
“Yah, she was my hero before I found out about all that icky socialism and anti-Imperialism stuff.”
From me, keep on keeping on Malala Yousafzai. We need more people like you.
(via commune-or-nothing)
Beijing to ban cars on odd-even days
Xinhua: In a dramatic step to curb air pollution, China’s capital city is instituting alternate driving days for cars with even and odd numbered license plates, effectively banning many vehicles from taking to the streets.
The ban will come into effect when air pollution is at its most severe, or under a red warning, the Beijing Municipal Heavy Air Pollution Emergency Response Program says.
Photo: Beijing air pollution (AP via BBC News)
I have found, in my travels, that men’s razors, men’s deodorant, and men’s watches are better than women’s.
(via thatkindofwoman)
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