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Jiggafini19Deux

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I'm guessing that officer feels as though he's "able to do his job."

That's exactly what should happen in those situations as far as I'm concerned.
 

Irish#1

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This is really tragic. Sounds like this girl needed some help before this ever happened.

Two weeks before the crash, she allegedly threatened to crash her vehicle when she was driving with Russo because she was upset over a disagreement they had. Russo called his mother and asked to be picked up, and a friend ended up retrieving him. In a phone call with Russo, the friend allegedly overheard Shirilla say, “I will crash this car right now,” prosecutors said in court documents.

The month of the crash, Shirilla allegedly “made multiple threats” toward Russo. Videos recovered from his phone reveal an altercation in which she was heard “repeatedly degrading Dominic, threatening him, and damaging his property,” prosecutors said in court documents. She allegedly threatened to key his car and to break the handle off a door after he refused to let her into his home, the filings said.

The trial featured surveillance video played in court showing the moment Shirilla accelerated towards the building without stopping, until a gut-wrenching crash is heard.

The judge noted in her sentencing remarks that even after the crash, Shirilla appeared concerned about losing her license.

“During the investigation, she asked if they could just suspend her license for 10 years," the judge said. "It’s hard to fathom how a person could be concerned about their driving privileges having just been responsible for the deaths of two people.”

 

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Pregnant woman shot and killed trying to run over officer in Ohio. They were trying to stop her for shoplifting and she just hit the gas with an officer leaning right on her hood.

Just terrible all around.
 
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Pregnant woman shot and killed trying to run over officer in Ohio. They were trying to stop her for shoplifting and she just hit the gas with an officer leaning right on her hood.

Just terrible all around.
Terrible for the unborn child, yes.
 

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This could go in several threads, but apparently California is discussing a bill that would make it illegal for employees to confront shoplifters.
 

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Pregnant woman shot and killed trying to run over officer in Ohio. They were trying to stop her for shoplifting and she just hit the gas with an officer leaning right on her hood.

Just terrible all around.

I guess I'll never figure out what makes some people do stuff like this.
 

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This could go in several threads, but apparently California is discussing a bill that would make it illegal for employees to confront shoplifters.
How did we, as a society, let it get to this point??? In what world should you have to just let people rob you blind with no consequences?
 

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This could go in several threads, but apparently California is discussing a bill that would make it illegal for employees to confront shoplifters.

Not just employees. Anybody, including the owners. And it apparently passed.

California dreaming...
 

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Not just employees. Anybody, including the owners. And it apparently passed.

California dreaming...
I think it just passed the Appropriations committee.

On September 1, 2023, the California State Assembly Appropriations Committee passed newly amended SB 553. SB 553 now heads to the Assembly and Senate for final approval.

On top of that, they removed the language that would've prohibited workers from confronting shoplifters. Now I think it only says something along the lines that companies cannot require employees to confront shoplifters.

Also, I read something about businesses with less than 10 employees are exempt from the law. I don't know if this means that a small Mom and Pop can require an employee to confront a shoplifter.

*EDIT* I guess only those that employ less than 10 employees AND are not accessible to the public (as the law is overarching Workplace Safety law). Guess trying to remove a little red tape where there are business that aren't really at risk.
 
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Leave it to you guys to post links about fascists like the mayor of New York and the vice chair of the Democrat party in Minnesota on a friday 😉
 

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Leave it to you guys to post links about fascists like the mayor of New York and the vice chair of the Democrat party in Minnesota on a friday 😉
A quick English lesson for our Republican friends; it’s “Democratic Party.” Democrat is a noun. Democratic is an adjective.

Parroting everyone’s favorite dead ideologue doesn’t make grammatical errors acceptable. I hope this helps.
 

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A quick English lesson for our Republican friends; it’s “Democratic Party.” Democrat is a noun. Democratic is an adjective.

Parroting everyone’s favorite dead ideologue doesn’t make grammatical errors acceptable. I hope this helps.
BUT DUH DEMS KKK *burps* *slobers on self*
 

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A quick English lesson for our Republican friends; it’s “Democratic Party.” Democrat is a noun. Democratic is an adjective.

Parroting everyone’s favorite dead ideologue doesn’t make grammatical errors acceptable. I hope this helps.

My apologies. Whenever I'm confronted with the black face of white supremacy and xenophobic rhetoric, it messes with my grammar.
 

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Notes goofy nonsense and grammar corrections instead of discussing the actual issue. I am just shocked at such an attempt to avoid the subject. Really. Who would've expected such a thing?
 

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My apologies. Whenever I'm confronted with the black face of white supremacy and xenophobic rhetoric, it messes with my grammar.
No need to apologize. Just learn from your mistakes and do better next time. I hope you aren’t scarred from your experience. It must be tough being triggered so easily that you forget basic grammar.
 

SeekNDestroy

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Notes goofy nonsense and grammar corrections instead of discussing the actual issue. I am just shocked at such an attempt to avoid the subject. Really. Who would've expected such a thing?
I’ll let you in on a little secret, doc. Nobody gives a fuck what you have to say. You’re a bore and your canned responses to people have gotten old and stale.
 
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