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CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Or we can talk about this:

quote:

Newly released surveillance footage shows a Houston, Texas social worker calling 911 before being harassed by a Metropolitan Transit Authority Police officer during a traffic stop in March.
According to The Houston Chronicle, 28-year-old Earledreka White called 911 during a traffic stop to ensure her safety.
In the video clip above, the social worker asks the dispatcher to send police back-up.
�I would like another officer to come out here,� she tells the dispatcher. �My heart is racing. I�m really afraid.�
The officer involved has been identified as G. Luca, the Chronicle reports. Luca becomes frustrated with the woman and starts to arrest her.
�Oh my God, oh my God,� she says. �Stop. Please, stop. Can you stop doing this?�
White�s attorney, Zack Fertitta, said the officer initiated the altercation. The video also corroborates that sentiment.
In a Wednesday interview, White told the Chronicle that the incident still haunts her today.
�Being pulled over is not the troubling part � what happened after being pulled over is what baffles me,� White explained. �As I tell the dispatcher that this man is threatening to �tase� me, he backs away, then comes back and literally tries to break my arm.�
The 28-year-old was charged with resisting arrest for the March incident. And her attorneys want those charges dismissed.
As of now, the Harris County, Texas District Attorney�s Office is reviewing the case and the charges against White.

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# ? Aug 5, 2016 15:38

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Badger of Basra: Jul 26, 2007

anne frank fanfic posted:

Im pro that girl getting raped

Yeah we know you're a Baylor fan

# ? Aug 5, 2016 15:38

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Badger of Basra posted:

Yeah we know you're a Baylor fan

lol.

Did yall see that they had another dude with a sex assault on his record be on the team until he got arrested for stalking last week.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 15:43

ReidRansom: Oct 25, 2004

CommieGIR posted:

Or we can talk about this:

http://atlantablackstar.com/2016/08...campaign=buffer

Iunno, that cop looked super patient with her while she was accusing him of stuff that the video doesn't appear to back up.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 17:03

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

https://twitter.com/RobMorroLiberty/status/762489572039143425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

if you haven't filled this out yet you're a piece of poo poo

# ? Aug 8, 2016 05:36

poemdexter: Feb 18, 2005; Hooray Indie Games!; College Slice

Aliquid posted:

https://twitter.com/RobMorroLiberty/status/762489572039143425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

if you haven't filled this out yet you're a piece of poo poo

Are you asking me to run for president?

# ? Aug 8, 2016 09:15

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Sid Miller is going to be Trump's agriculture adviser because of course he is.

# ? Aug 8, 2016 14:13

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Trump's first Executive Order: Suspend All Regulations.

Because of course it is.

# ? Aug 8, 2016 14:58

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

I talk a lot of poo poo about Dawnna Dukes, here's why.

I remember the only time she spoke from the front mic last session (in a neck brace) was against a measure to ban smoking in Capitol offices.

# ? Aug 8, 2016 17:04

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

you can still smoke in the capitol? :psyduck:

# ? Aug 10, 2016 16:38

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

I think it's up to individual member offices.

womp womp
https://twitter.com/mcpli/status/763402870427451392

zoux fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Aug 10, 2016

# ? Aug 10, 2016 16:40

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/andreagrimes/status/763466050587402240

# ? Aug 10, 2016 21:10

Back Hack: Jan 17, 2010

That's not how HIV works...that's not ever how fetal waste is disposed of. :ughh:

# ? Aug 10, 2016 21:55

JUST MAKING CHILI: Feb 14, 2008

Because of course Ken Paxton would have a hand in this.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20160809-professors-who-ban-guns-in-their-classrooms-will-be-punished-ut-lawyer-says.ece

some dumbass posted:

Faculty members are aware that state law provides that guns can be carried on campus, and that the president has not made a rule excluding them from classrooms [...] as a result, any individual professor who attempts to establish such prohibition is subject to discipline.

# ? Aug 10, 2016 22:02

MariusLecter: Sep 5, 2009; NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/syrian-refugee-random-act-of-kindness_us_57aa25eee4b0db3be07bdc5f

Somewhere in Texas, Greg Abbot hisses loudly and covers his face with a cape every time a refugee, or any one at all really, performs an act of kindness.

# ? Aug 11, 2016 16:40

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/andreagrimes/status/763466050587402240

Texas wants to beat Louisiana in the race to the bottom.

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/johnwright/anti_lgbt_texas_judge_to_consider_nationwide_injunction_against_trans_people_peeing

quote:

A federal district judge in Texas will hold a hearing Friday to determine whether he should enter a nationwide injunction blocking the Obama administration from protecting transgender people against discrimination.

Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (photo) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of 13 states that seeks to prevent the administration from implementing its interpretation of two federal laws that prohibit discrimination based on sex. The administration maintains � and numerous federal courts have held � that Title VII and Title IX also cover trans people.

However, Paxton's office alleges the administration wants to turn schools and workplaces "into laboratories for a massive social experiment" and is "running roughshod over commonsense policies protecting children and basic privacy rights." In requesting a nationwide preliminary injunction, Paxton's office cited concerns about �the nature of the nudity� trans people may display, and the �bodily functions they may perform in intimate areas.�

The lawsuit was filed in response to guidance issued by the U.S. Education and Justice departments in May, saying public schools risk losing federal funding if they don't allow trans students to use restrooms based on their gender identity. But the Obama administration maintains the guidance isn't legally binding, and has questioned whether Paxton's office has standing to challenge it, given that the case doesn't involve any specific controversy over trans restroom access in Texas.

"Indeed, plaintiffs have identified no enforcement action threatened or taken against them as a result of defendants� interpretations, nor have they established that the guidance documents have any binding legal effect," the federal government wrote in opposition to Paxton's request for a preliminary injunction. "Instead, they have alleged no more than an abstract disagreement with the agencies� interpretation of the law. ... If the defendant agencies seek to apply this interpretation to plaintiffs in a future enforcement proceeding, plaintiffs will have ample opportunity to raise the arguments that they prematurely seek to assert in this case."

In the wake of the guidance, Paxton's office drafted a model policy restricting trans restroom access, then shopped it to multiple Texas school districts. The policy was eventually adopted by the tiny Harrold district, on the Oklahoma border near Wichita Falls, which is the lead plaintiff in the case. Until now, district was best known as the first to allow teachers to carry guns, and its superintendent, David Thweatt, has said he doesn't think trans people exist.

LGBT advocates say Paxton deliberately filed the case in the region presided over by U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor, who last year issued a horrific ruling � also in response to a lawsuit from the AG's office � blocking gay workers from taking unpaid leave to care for their sick partners. Ken Upton, senior counsel for Lambda Legal, called Paxton's lawsuit over the administration's guidance on trans students "a big circus, mostly for political gain."

"I guess he doesn�t have anything else to do. He must not have any person problems � oh wait, apparently he does," Upton said, alluding to the fact that Paxton is currently facing first-degree felony charges for alleged securities fraud. "His claim to fame is going to be, 'How many ways can I get a dig in at the federal government?'"

Everybody say Hi Ken!

CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Aug 11, 2016

# ? Aug 11, 2016 16:47

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

lol I guess my theory that Abby Fisher is an innocent pawn in all this isn't shared by the UT admin.
https://twitter.com/MWatkinsTrib/status/764133213694328833

# ? Aug 12, 2016 17:20

30 TO 50 FERAL HOG: Mar 2, 2005

zoux posted:

lol I guess my theory that Abby Fisher is an innocent pawn in all this isn't shared by the UT admin.
https://twitter.com/MWatkinsTrib/status/764133213694328833

loving savage

# ? Aug 12, 2016 17:56

JUST MAKING CHILI: Feb 14, 2008

Maybe I should have been a longhorn instead of an aggie, that's a Macho Man style Super Slam.

# ? Aug 12, 2016 18:49

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/764153195048398849

The swimming Simone is from Sugar Land and the tumbling one is from Spring.

Is Spring a huge gymnastics mecca or something?

# ? Aug 12, 2016 19:14

M. Night Skymall: Mar 22, 2012

zoux posted:

Is Spring a huge gymnastics mecca or something?

The US Gymnastics coach, Martha Karolyi, has her gym somewhere up there north of Houston.

# ? Aug 12, 2016 19:24

DangerZoneDelux: Jul 26, 2006

You think Abby Fisher is thinking Simone only got her medal because of Affirmative Action? They both went to the same high school

# ? Aug 12, 2016 20:45

MariusLecter: Sep 5, 2009; NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

DangerZoneDelux posted:

You think Abby Fisher is thinking Simone only got her medal because of Affirmative Action? They both went to the same high school

Wouldn't surprise me.

# ? Aug 12, 2016 20:55

e_angst: Sep 20, 2001; by exmarx

MariusLecter posted:

Wouldn't surprise me.

I'm sure that Abby would be okay with Simone's gold medal as long as Abby got one as well. I mean, clearly she deserves it. She's dreamed of having a gold medal since childhood!

# ? Aug 12, 2016 20:59

Number Ten Cocks: Feb 25, 2016; by zen death robot

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/764153195048398849

The swimming Simone is from Sugar Land and the tumbling one is from Spring.

Is Spring a huge gymnastics mecca or something?

https://twitter.com/saletan/status/764174596786511872

# ? Aug 12, 2016 21:34

Klaus88: Jan 23, 2011; Violence has its own economy, therefore be thoughtful and precise in your investment

The supreme court should have just had Immortann Joe's actor come in and yell :mediocre:

at her.

# ? Aug 12, 2016 21:38

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Number Ten Cocks posted:

https://twitter.com/saletan/status/764174596786511872

SECEDE!

# ? Aug 12, 2016 21:41

30 TO 50 FERAL HOG: Mar 2, 2005

Number Ten Cocks posted:

https://twitter.com/saletan/status/764174596786511872

Phelps is from Maryland and has 21. How does this work out exactly? Are they referring just to Women's gymnastics?

# ? Aug 12, 2016 21:45

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

BiohazrD posted:

Phelps is from Maryland and has 21. How does this work out exactly? Are they referring just to Women's gymnastics?

Just for this year

# ? Aug 12, 2016 21:45

MariusLecter: Sep 5, 2009; NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

BiohazrD posted:

Phelps is from Maryland and has 21. How does this work out exactly? Are they referring just to Women's gymnastics?

YOU'RE OVER THINKING IT!

# ? Aug 12, 2016 21:56

blue squares: Sep 28, 2007

BiohazrD posted:

Phelps is from Maryland and has 21. How does this work out exactly? Are they referring just to Women's gymnastics?

lol

# ? Aug 12, 2016 21:56

ReidRansom: Oct 25, 2004

Republicans really, really seems to be against the high speed rail project. Now individual counties are passing laws to interfere with it and don't you know that's just fine with a bunch of republican lawmakers. So long as you're not banning fracking or plastic bags.

e: derp autocorrect. i meant fracking

ReidRansom fucked around with this message at 14:38 on Aug 15, 2016

# ? Aug 15, 2016 12:54

Parachute: May 18, 2003

ReidRansom posted:

Republicans really, really seems to be against the high speed rail project. Now individual counties are passing laws to interfere with it and don't you know that's just fine with a bunch of republican lawmakers. So long as you're not banning tracking or plastic bags.

I wonder what would happen if any of those counties/municipalities attempted to pass some kind of anti fracing ordinance....

# ? Aug 15, 2016 14:35

ReidRansom: Oct 25, 2004

Parachute posted:

I wonder what would happen if any of those counties/municipalities attempted to pass some kind of anti fracing ordinance....

Denton (or someone up there) did. And the state overruled it.

Autocorrect foiled me in my last post, but that's what I intended to say.

# ? Aug 15, 2016 14:41

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

https://mobile.twitter.com/ppppolls/status/765563431416193024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://mobile.twitter.com/ppppolls/status/765570042658512897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

UHHHHHHHHHHH

zoux fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Aug 16, 2016

# ? Aug 16, 2016 16:07

poemdexter: Feb 18, 2005; Hooray Indie Games!; College Slice

zoux posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ppppolls/status/765563431416193024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://mobile.twitter.com/ppppolls/status/765570042658512897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

UHHHHHHHHHHH

People who aren't succession idiots like Clinton more; but in general, Texas like Trump more.

# ? Aug 16, 2016 16:33

ReidRansom: Oct 25, 2004

Apparently secession has 18% support among Clinton voters if she wins, but only 12% among Clinton voters generally, lol.

# ? Aug 16, 2016 16:42

Back Hack: Jan 17, 2010

"Among voters who are opposed to seceding from the union." So basically every Texan then.

# ? Aug 16, 2016 16:44

Badger of Basra: Jul 26, 2007

https://twitter.com/williamjordann/status/765572939106234368

# ? Aug 16, 2016 16:49

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blue squares: Sep 28, 2007

Badger of Basra posted:

https://twitter.com/williamjordann/status/765572939106234368

10 more years....

# ? Aug 16, 2016 16:52

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