Everything posted by Whipjacka
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Cleveland Browns Discussion
i kinda want to see them get blown out today, just to see if jimmy is stupid enough to fire him
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Cleveland: Lakefront Development and News
Hts121[/member] http://www.portofcleveland.com/infrastructure-environment/cleveland-lakefront-nature-preserve/
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Cleveland Cavs Discussion
now we need to address interior defense, right?
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Cleveland: Downtown: The 9 / Rotunda / County Admin Development
I wonder what hours they will keep
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Cleveland: Ohio City: Development and News
a problem that the vendors could have nipped in the bud months ago, but nooooooo
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Cleveland: Downtown: Jack Cleveland Casino - Phase 2
Lets wait for the faintest whiff that this project is moving forward before we debate on whether it'll be constructed during the convention.
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Cleveland: Crime & Safety Discussion
drug use among teenagers is low too.
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Cleveland: Crime & Safety Discussion
Even if you concede that he reached for his airsoft gun, The officers escalated the situation by their approach both unnecessarily and fatally. You have to think this will lead to an indictment, given the the (euphemistically) questionable tactic, public video, officer's past, conflicting original reports from CPD, and the DOJ report. Right? The official statements from Loehmann haven't been released, yet. We need to see what those yield. For me, If he acted lawfully in this situation, as the prosecutors argue that police have acted lawfully in these recent national instances, then we need to change the criteria for what is and is not lawful behavior for a cop.
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Cleveland: Crime & Safety Discussion
This is from Cleveland.com today. I'm sorry if the snippet is too long, but I felt that It was necessary to pull this chunk of the article in its entirety, as there was discussion on what the actual procedure is when encountering an armed suspect. There is much more to the article, though. Examining police training: How officers are taught to deal with armed suspects By Ryllie Danylko, Northeast Ohio Media Group http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/12/how_police_are_trained_to_deal.html How to do it right Experts in police field training point to a handful of shortcomings in the Tamir Rice case. Much of this criticism runs parallel with with the Justice Department's findings. Thomas Aveni, executive director of the Police Policy Studies Council, and David Thomas, senior research fellow with the Police Foundation, said that well-established protocols underscore a handful of approaches police can take when dealing with armed suspects. Experts said the way the officers approached Tamir by speeding the car up to him and stopping within feet of where the boy was standing was tactically unsound. When approaching someone who's either holding a gun or indicating that they have one, police are trained to first take cover at a safe distance and create a barrier between themselves and the other person. This usually means ducking behind the police cruiser or a building. Next, officers should draw their weapons and command the suspect to drop their gun and get on the ground. The dialogue that happens between an officer and the suspect is what some experts call the most important aspect of police work. If the suspect complies, one officer should then search the suspect for any additional weapons while the other officer still has his or her gun drawn. If a concealed weapon is found, officers should place cuffs on the suspect. Officers should keep their guns in their dominant hand, leaving their other hand free for other actions, including using their radios to call for help. If the suspect doesn't follow orders and makes a threatening movement, that's when an officer must make a split-second decision whether to fire. Though officers may have less than a second to decide whether to shoot, they need to take various factors into account. They must consider the suspect's size, age, known history of violence or mental disability, availability of weapons and the suspect-officer ratio. When feasible, officers should warn the suspect that they're going to shoot if they continue to present a threat. If the suspect points a gun at someone, or reaches for a gun in a way that indicates they're going to shoot, police are allowed to fire. Police are trained to shoot at "center mass," or a suspect's torso where many vital organs are located. Perception is key Even in cases where's there's video of a shooting – as in the Tamir Rice case – Thomas says an officer's perception still needs to be considered. "In that case, I don't know what the officer saw when he got out of the car," Thomas said. "That's left for him to explain." Experts say officer-involved shootings are all about an officer's perception of danger, which can be a tricky thing to gauge. "What one officer might perceive as dangerous, another officer may not," Thomas said.
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The Ohio State University Buckeyes Football Discussion
There is the national perception that the big10 stinks and the top teams get good rankings by reputation and by beating up on other bad, over-rated, big10 teams. If you believe that the big ten is overvalued by the voters, then you can believe that Wisconsin wasn't even a legitimate top 15 team and the Buckeyes blew out a mediocre team. I think OSU is good enough to play well, but there is precious little evidence that they can contend with other to teams in big-time conferences.
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Cleveland: Random Development and News
maybe they are all in on the e22 college corridor and want some of that spinoff action. Edit: I don't know what Ed did, exactly, to piss off the Plain Dealer, but the first two paragraphs don't exactly set him or the sale in a positive light
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Cleveland Browns Discussion
if the first thing you say about a guy is that hes a hard worker, that means he isn't very good.
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The Ohio State University Buckeyes Football Discussion
There is no consistently good mac school. every year there is one legitimate team, but it is a different team every year. Coaches leave as soon as they have any success. Here is how I put teams into tiers: are you a team that the coach is using as a stepping stone to move up to the next level? Kent had a good coach who used his success to go to Minnesota and the Minnesota job is one that a coach would take on his way to the top programs. this makes Kent a third* (or fourth, depending on how many tiers your cake has) tier school. UC is a second tier school. You can be a coach in Cincinnati and become the coach of a top ten program. Teams like Michigan, FSU, USC, Texas, Bama, etc. are the destination schools. It doesn't mean a second tier school cant have very good years, but I wouldn't expect a second tier school to sustain dominance for longer than five years. Burgeoning programs are so fascinating because they become successful against all odds. *The bottom tiers are much larger than the top tier, pyramid style
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The Ohio State University Buckeyes Football Discussion
Cincy is obviously better than any MAC team (better than the best team in the MAC almost every year), but inclusion in the big12 doesn't necessarily have anything to do with quality of the football program. UC has more students and a much larger fanbase than any of the MAC schools. the other sports programs are better, too. There is more money in inviting UC to the big12 than any school in the MAC.
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Cleveland: Crime & Safety Discussion
Same honda civic?
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The Ohio State University Buckeyes Football Discussion
oregon is phoenix. it is the nouveau riche team of the ncaa.
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Cleveland Browns Discussion
The sideline reporter said that he was on time, but hoyer got there a lot earlier.
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The Ohio State University Buckeyes Football Discussion
This may be the right call, but I think the bucks have to be proactive with their out-of-conference schedule. going by memory, but have they scheduled a legitimate non-conference contender since USC in 2009?
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Cycling Advocacy
According to to the pedestrian and bicycle information center: http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/data/factsheet_crash.cfm http://www.nhtsa.gov/nti/811841 Six most Frequent Sources of Injury Percent Hit by car 29 Fell 17 Roadway/walkway not in good repair 13 Rider error/not paying attention 13 Crashed/collision 7 Dog ran out 4
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Cleveland: Suburban Crime & Safety Discussion
dont do that, it'll spoil his conjecture
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Cleveland: Crime & Safety Discussion
the car was still moving when shots were fired. we are literally talking about less than two seconds between the cops arriving on scene and Tamir being dead.
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Cleveland Cavs Discussion
someone elbowed him in the face while he took a three.
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Cleveland: Crime & Safety Discussion
Even if we went with your ridiculously prejudiced scenario, this gangster couldn't have been apprehended without being killed?
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Cleveland: Downtown: Halle Building + Annex Conversion
Thats what I was going to say. FCE doesn't seem to let their holdings fall into disrepair.
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Cleveland: Downtown: nuCLEus
Whether we like it or not, parking is going to be a component of any large development like this. There will be two floors of retail and highrise buildings atop. The buildings will get a lot of use and generate activity. This debate is about aesthetics more than effect. if fully leased, this area will be dynamic, parking or not.