The Unknown Poster

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/29/us/baltimore-where-is-joseph-kent/index.html There's an example of idiotic police behaviour. Do they need a PR person to give them advice before making arrests? The video is at that link. I didnt listen to audio so no idea what was said. Here's what happened. It's Baltimore. It's after curfew. Riot gear are lined up. Several "protestors" had thrown objects at police. Police responded by firing gas canisters which dispersed the crowd. This person walks out in front of the police with his hands up. Remember, it is after curfew. Slowly, a police Hummer drives towards the man. When the Hummer gets between the CNN camera and the man, several police step from their line and arrest him. Police were well within their rights to arrest him (despite idiots on twitter accusing the police of committing a live kidnapping). But why on earth would they go out of their way to block the news camera? Nothing screams "we have something to hide" more than **** like that. Idiots.

Cameras are a good investment not just in catching the big bad cops, but in protecting them. As far as video taping goes, I hope all police forces remind their officers that the public has a right to record officers doing their jobs. There was an incident this past week of the police illegally confiscating an APTN camera. When their lawyer called, he was hung up on but the police returned the camera with the data intact. Silly move on the part of the police. I recorded a traffic stop once (I was the one stopped, passenger filmed). The RCMP officer immediately told my passenger to stop filming. He shouldn't have. If I recall there was an incident in Assiniboine Park a few years ago when some young people were stopped, they were filming and when they refused to stop filming, they were arrested. There is always the consideration of safety when someone is filming an officer. But public rights and perception trump this aspect in my opinion. Do cops still wear their names on their uniforms? i'd be okay with them not wearing their names and only wearing their numbers. At our bar, I admit there were times when someone threatening to kill us stuck a camera phone in our face. That never ended well for their phone. I knew a guy who lived right by that plane crash on Logan a few years ago. He was a videographer and rushed outside with his camera, stood on the sidewalk and was filming. Cops told him to stop. He did not, they physically restrained him, and arrested him and refused to give his camera back. ofcourse, they were wrong and had to eventually drop the charges and give back the camera but the cost was several thousand dollars in legal fees. That is one of the reasons there is mis-trust between cops and civilians. Everyone has a camera now. Embrace it.

But...I see it as somewhat of a red herring. Im sure there were costs involved in outfitting patrol cars with cameras too and where is all that video stored. We all know storage gets cheaper and cheaper. We outfitted our nightclub/hotel with cameras at a time when no one else was really doing that. My boss asked "do you want metal detectors or cameras?" I said absolutely 100% cameras. Way better use of money. metal detectors in bars are useless (but thats another story). Im on both sides here. Technology exists to put cameras everywhere. Put them in cockpits. Put them on buildings. Put them on street corners. I went to London in 1997 and my cousin was a cop. He gave me a tour of one of their surveillence centers. It was unbelievable. They could follow a person down the street. Everyone cries "privacy" here. But look at the homeless killer and so many other crimes, cops release pictures and video from private cameras. No one bats an eye but they sure are glad to have that evidence when its needed. On the other hand, I dont think cops should be under an inherent level of mis-trust where they *must* have cameras to prove their conducted themselves appropriately. I honestly think part of it is training. i think there is the mentality of "do you want to go home tonight?" and it creates a heightened sense of "do what I have to do" whereas the public expects an increased level of heroics from police. We often see heroic police officer. But in the case of the Baltimore death, how many cops does it take to secure an arrest? I've seen that a lot...its almost a pack mentality,. Adrenaline flows and 20 people on scene want to be engaged and "helping" when really, it actually gets in the way. You need to be very in control of your emotions, actions and environment. We expect that of police though. There are three investigations going on into the Baltimore death. What the rioters and looters and criminals are doing there has nothing to do with protesting.

You're not wrong: Here's a Reuters story from last week (Reuters) - A recent series of widely publicized police shootings of unarmed civilians has heightened interest across the United States in outfitting patrol officers with body cameras. But tight police budgets will limit how widely the devices are adopted, local officials and industry experts told Reuters. More than a half-dozen companies are competing to supply the nation's nearly 700,000 sworn officers with body cameras, which can cost between $350 and $700 apiece. (For a graphic on wearable body cameras, go to reut.rs/1FFe2LH) In addition to the cost of cameras, expensive systems are required to process and archive the many hours of video footage produced by the cameras, and the cost of storing archived footage can dwarf the initial equipment costs. A Reuters survey of the 20 largest U.S. police forces found widespread interest in the devices. But while 16 departments have equipped some officers with cameras or plan to do so, not one has yet been able to provide kits to all its patrol officers, the survey found. In Boston, for instance, where body cameras are not currently used, police officials are interested but unsure that widespread deployment will be possible. “Cost is always a factor. Whether it is prohibitive or not remains to be seen,” said police spokesman James Kenneally. Suffolk County, New York is the only one of the 20 departments surveyed that is not currently considering cameras. In a statement, the Long Island force said it will monitor the experiences of other departments, including their budget issues, before deciding whether to deploy the technology. In Baltimore, where six officers have been suspended while authorities investigate the death of a man who suffered a fatal spine injury while in custody, a pilot program is due to launch this week. But Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has cautioned against moving too quickly. “We’ve seen in other jurisdictions around the country where there's been a rush to implementation and it has cost taxpayers millions of dollars," she said Monday on MSNBC's Morning Joe program.

If Willy bombs as a starter, what we're paying him will be the least of our worries, especially in a no-guaranteed league.

If Enstrom was a UFA tomorrow, he'd have half the teams in the league if not more offering him deals. Opinions vary but facts are facts. He is very talented. I think the issue in the playoffs was that he was injured and after Game One or two, you could see him shying away from hits (which makes sense if he had a seriously injured shoulder) plus, we didnt have a lot of depth after him. We must improve our LHD depth and will do so by Chiarot getting better and Morrissey hopefully panning out. If Morrissey makes the team next season, it's not inconcievable that our top six d (n no specific order) end up being Enstrom, Myers, Trouba, Buff, Chiarot, Morrissey in a couple of years and that would stack up well against any D in the league. ofcourse I advocate trading Buff but besides that point.

That's true to a degree. But there are different levels of fans too. Im by no means a serious UFC fan and didnt know of Jones' prior issues until this happened. A lot of people wont know and wont care. Some will know a little and not care. Some will know the entire story and not care. And some WILL care. Mayweather is a POS. And look at him. Remember when there were people cheering for a vicious double murderer because he was a former sports star and celebrity? You will always have those that think it's cool or funny to be a POS.

The danger with partial vid is sometimes people try to fill in the blanks with .. Buts.... What ifs.... And im my experience. We actually do know most of what went on because we see it and from witnesses have said.... We have no reason to not believe the witnesses but we do have reason to not believe the cops because we no they filed false reports stating they preformed CPR when we all can clearly see from the vid thats just not true. Buts... What ifs,,, And in my experience can not be use in a court of law. Only facts. Witnesses are among the least credible sources. Many studies have been done on this. Get ten witnesses to watch a crime and they will all have different descriptions of events and suspects. It's human nature. Remember when Vince Li killed that kid on a bus? The witnesses gave wildly inaccurate descriptions. You're right, facts are what's important. The problem is, the media isnt running a steady stream of facts, they were running a steady stream of video that was turned on at the end of an altercation, and did not capture the entire thing. The video is part of the story but is by no means the end all, be all facts of the case. I dont know how expensive vest cams are but I'd argue that they are difficult to use. This is 2015, Im sure they've figured out how to attach a tiny camera to a vest. Many police forces use them. As for the rioting, I dont think anyone is arguing that there arent deep rooted issues that lead to poverty, violence etc. But show me genuine protestors amongst the idiots looting and committing violent acts. I dont care how angry you are, every single one of those people should tossed in jail. Where is the pat on the back of the cops for showing significant restraint. How many of us, if armed and with the authority to use deadly force would not use it when under lethal attack or watching our co-workers under lethal attack? Thats sort of the hole in the over-all arguing that cops are violent and racists...really? So how many people did they shoot when thousands were trying to hurt and kill cops? Some interesting things about Baltimore that deserve mention: The mother caught on video marching her son home. He was taking part in the rioting. She saw it for what it was and physically removed him. Good for her. And Chris Rock tweeted a photo of a line of residents standing in front of the police, protecting officers from "protesters". Good on them. They get it.

It just took time for people to figure it out. I know those first few games, people were told no parking access on campus and a lot of people tried anyway. Not having cadets or cops working the lights was a negative because people would sit in the intersections and block traffic. They figured it out though. I know people that soon realised zipping around the perimeter was the easiest route, park at the Nob and shuttle in. Im lucky that a buddy owned a condo at the corner of Pembina and Bison and we'd often park there and walk. My only concern would be things like Grey Cup and the NHL game where you're going to have a lot less people biking and walking when it's -20.

Lawless makes a good argument. Signing Willy benefits the Bombers. Aside from a signing bonus, if Willy craps the bed, release him, as unlikely as that is. It would suck if Willy lit it up and went to free agency.

I grew up on the AWA to an extent. Short window, but I started watching wrestling when I happened into the room when my brother had AWA Superstars of Wrestling of wrestling on at 6PM on CKND, saturdays. They were showing a Hulk Hogan angle where he was disqualified and it was presented as such a huge deal that I was hooked. Became a huge Rick Martel fan when he was World Champion. WWE swooped in and bought the timeslot and I went along but kept following the AWA in the Apter Mags. Verne's greatest student might be Ric Flair who said he was ready to quit after a few days but Verne kept him going. A few years ago, an unscrupulous promoter named Dale Gagner dropped the "r" from his name, pretended to be family and started promoting AWA shows. He got away with it for awhile due to confusion over the AWA bankruptcy. He was trying to get me to buy an affiliate membership to his AWA but it was a scam and he tried to screw me (I sniffed it out in time). For what it's worth, the final AWA World Championship title defense in Winnipeg was on one of my shows (August 2005), but it was Gagner's AWA (unfortunately), though the champion, Steve Corino, was very worthy of the title. I always intended to bring Steve in to work Larry Z in an AWA Champion vs AWA Champion match but never got around to it.

The good news for UFC (and Jones) is the public loves a comeback. if he can turn things around, the return match for the title will be massive. You make a good point about the shortness of most careers. I think how WWE does it is a series of classes as part of their development program. So when you're signed, you have medicals and when you report, you get maybe a one day seminar on certain aspects of life as a celebrity etc. And then further access, should they want it, to money management etc. Because they are independant contractors (UFC fighters are too, no?) there are different tax implications and responsibilities. I think signing a guy and having him attend a one day or two day class isnt a bad idea. But I guess when you look the sheer number of fighters, it's a "small" problem, not a big one. Maybe not the thread for this, but in other UFC news, Dana White said he would not allow Rousey to work a match for WWE which doesnt surprise me though so many people assumed it was a done deal.

UFC will need to implement some life skills training to their roster of fighters. It might have been cool or helped their "edge" factor in years past to have some thugs or guys skirting the law but they are a massive company now. The NBA did the life skills thing. WWE does it. Help these guys with money management, PR, dealing with stress etc.

UFC did the right thing. Stripped and suspended him.

6th D??!! Oh man. Ridiculous.

A lot of people under valued Teppo. Revisionist history notwithstanding.

Watch the first episode or two. You will likely get hooked. The characters pull you in. Won't say much more then that, but their evolution over the coarse of the series was very well done. I trust you Rich! I will add it to the list. Still have to watch Daredevil. Thinking of trying Bloodlines too.

I have never had the desire to watch Breaking Bad. Should I? I never had the desire to watch Sons of Anarchy either but decided to go for broke and watched every season. Someone tell me why I will love Breaking Bad.

680 CJOB Sports @CJOBSports #MLB announces tomorrow's Baltimore Orioles / Chicago White Sox game will be played at 2:05 ET & Will NOT be open to the public. Wow. I guess they need to get these games played but thats a crazy decision. I respect it though. Dont take any chances with the losers out there. If things had calmed down, I'd suggest making it open to invited guests only and make those police, fire fighters, EMS etc, the heroes and victims in this awful few days of carnage.

Whoops, Rich you are right, Pardy is UFA. Harrison is the contracted guy I was thinking of. Probably let Pardy walk if only because they already have Harrison. pardy is better but why have two guys under contract that rarely play?

Clitty might be done. Pardy is a decent 7-8 guy who is under contract. Postma, I'd like to see work out. He gives the Jets some options for the bottom paring for sure. Myers, Trouba, Postma as our three RHD? Or, as I've long thought, he might be trade bait. Young puck moving d-man with upside. The pens once fleeced Dallas with a similar player.

Great job of highlighting the larger socioeconomic issues that have led to social and racial oppression that necessarily lead to the tragic and needless deaths of those held captive and controlled by the system. That is the point you were trying to make, right? Wait a minute.... Nope. Your sarcasm aside my point was about the losers that hide behind the "we have to do something" when they dont actually give a flying fig. There are, I believe, three investigations on-going into the death of the victim. But hey, a night of violence and looting will get to the bottom of everything. And thats not a commentary on any ethnic group, it's a commentary on specific losers.

Meanwhile, In Baltimore, male dies due to spinal cord injury while in police custody and the city decides to the riot and loot. And they call this "protesting". Started with High School students deciding to "Purge". Several police injured, some seriously. Haven't heard of any of the cops shooting anyone though. Sounds like remarkable restraint on behalf of law enforcement. Many people in Baltimore, including those related to the original person who died, expressed embarrassment over the "riots". In more shocking news, Baltimore police say they have a credible threat that three gangs, including the Bloods and Crips have joined forces to attack and kill police officers. And this, to me, is why facts and not emotion must rule the day. because there are too many people that take the position "what?, cop shot a black dude? Let's go steal a TV." or worse, throw cinder blocks at firefighters as they respond to calls. That's not protesting.

UFC needs stars now more than ever. But I'd have a lot of respect for them if they used this as a contract breach and suspended him indefinitely. Either way, he will likely now be subject to regular drug testing so he'll get himself screwed eventually, if he's allowed to keep fighting.

Figured this would be of interest to UFC fans. Especially in light of the big Boxing fight this weekend. At what point does talent and drawing ability not trump being a piece of sh!t?