Shot in her own home!

[EgoDeath]

Lol. Spoken like someone who isn't from America.

I'm from America, I've never been killed by a cop. Have you?

Yep. Twice.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I'm from America, I've never been killed by a cop. Have you?

Yep. Twice.

Then you are just plain sloppy. Once should be enough to learn you something.

[onlinebiker]

There's a 90 degree left about a mile from a local bar. The house on the corner had five insurance claims in seven years from drunks missing the turn. Finally the homeowner bought a rock. It's nine feet high and has random scratches on it from cars hitting the proverbial immovable object. The cars take out two guard rails to get to the rock.

If you use Google Earth - look up Nicasio Ca. Nicassio Valley Road runs into the village from the north - then takes a 90 left to the east.

Note (use satellite mode) and look at the south of the corner. Note the bigassed wall - and big rocks between the road and house.

Bear in mind - this area sees heavy morning fog that can cut visibility to 20 feet or so.....

Hellava place to put a house....



Edit to add. Fun Fact.

If you go a few miles South of Nicasio - you come to Lucas Valley Road. Take LVR east a few miles and on the left you.will see the entrance to Skywalker Ranch - George Lucas' house. If you saw the episode of Big Bang Theory where Leonard and Sheldon try visiting - you will see the entrance looks nothing like it was portrayed on BBT.

I rode my bike.right up to the house one day when the gatehouse was unattended.

When a.security guy stopped me.- I told him I was looking for Samuel P Taylor State Park... He was nice and gave me directions --- but wouldn't say who's mansion it was..

Heh

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Darwin Road?

[onlinebiker]

Reflex check..

[Gawdzilla Sama]

You mean sphincter check.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Why..?

Because I have an admitted bias about the way Americans speak.

Boru

[Athene]

  Brian accusing someone else of delusional paranoia wins the Internet today.

FFS - Athene has more insight into being black in America than most on this board.  Athene being a rational and consistent member of this board, I tend to lean toward the attitude that she knows what she's talking about.

Tbh, much of my opinion on police culture in general has been informed through the lens of working with law enforcement as an EMS worker--as I alluded to in my earlier post. The pervasive lack of integrity and unwillingness to self-police as a norm was made very apparent to me. 
Thus, I've come to have little to no respect for law enforcement as a system. The most I can muster is to remain neutral in my opinion of individual officers until such time that I have enough information to determine whether they're actually decent human beings or not. I don't automatically assume them to be "good" people.

There's no good reason to--Not when "Getting Home" and "Protecting Our Own" appears to be the premier objective among so many officers as opposed to "Protect and Serve". That's a tremendously dangerous, shitty outlook for people who have other folk's lives and safety in their hands.

I can't respect that.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I do ride-a-longs. I turn up at police hearings and oversight committee meetings. The cops know I'm observing them. After five years in this location I think they consider me an impartial observer. They have no complaints when I ride along, especially when I bring home-made brownies.

[EgoDeath]

Why..?

Because I have an admitted bias about the way Americans speak.

Boru

Stern, but fair.