In short, they think they are doing the right thing and they have a dozen accountants who agree.
The accountants don't care about stuff like this. They're just making sure revenue, costs, etc. are tracked and reported appropriately, they don't have any input into strategic decisions, let alone copyright issues. Accountants get blamed for a lot of stuff they have nothing to do with.
In direct violation of anti-trust legislation and anti-cartel rules the heads of those companies have weekly meetings to decide pricing, non-compete areas etc.
Got a reference for this? Would love to read about these meetings.
With murderous intent? You can feel free to believe what you want.
You don't have to believe me; the rioters were chanting about killing people.
Ignoring what he should have had, if he did not, a simple push. His own arms. Would have been less deadly.
To her, yes. There's no telling what would have happened to the police officer if he had gotten close enough to do that. While attacking other officers, the mob was chanting things like "kill him with his gun". Thankfully that didn't happen, but I would say it would be downright stupid to get within arm's reach of those people if it were avoidable.
Deadly force isn’t the choice solution.
Hopefully it's a last resort. Too often that isn't the case, but I don't know what other options this officer had available. By your continued refusal to answer, I must conclude that you do not either.
If your to blind to see the only difference between cities around the country and the capital is what they were angry about then there’s nothing anyone can do.
If there was another riot where rioters were breaking into a building the police were defending, and an officer shot one of them, I would defend that shooting too. Was there? If not, then it wasn't "the only difference".
It would be helpful if TechDirt included something about who the author is when it isn't one of the regular staff.
There's this at the bottom:
"Brian Albrecht is an assistant professor of economics at Kennesaw State University. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota. He is a Young Voices contributor and writes a weekly economics newsletter (pricetheory.substack.com). Follow him on Twitter: @briancalbrecht."
When someone says all lives Matter it’s declared racist.
That's because it's only said in opposition to "black lives matter". It's a dog whistle, because people saying it know they can't get away with saying "black lives don't matter" in public.
So they SHOULD have been readily supplied with the ‘typical’ crowd control devices.
Yes. There were a lot of things that should have happened that day and didn't.
For all the complaints about excessive force, there’s stunningly little over this at all.
Because there wasn't any excessive police force that day.
Given the outrage over much more dangerous people being shot on video by police than a woman climbing through broken glass…?
The lead individual in an armed mob storming the seat of government with apparent murderous intent. I am not going to let you make out like it was just some random window she was climbing through, or why she was there that day.
Regardless of the reason for being there, such a response was more lethal than necessary.
I ask again if you are aware of the non-lethal means that officer had at his disposal at that time?
Don’t turn your head and ignore it becau You disagree with the circumstances.
I ignore nothing. This was a terrible and avoidable event, but the police officer is not the one at fault.
Doesn’t matter who’s dead. They shouldn’t be.
That's right. Hopefully others take note and don't take part in an insurrection if there's ever another possibility of it.
Do you really think she couldn’t have been stopped with a taser? A bean bag shell. Rubber pellets. A quick shove with a body shield?
Do you know if the officer had any of those things with him? If so, then yes I would say a taser would have been a good option. At that range, I'm not sure about the others. I don't know that much about bean bag or rubber rounds. I didn't see any sign that he had a shield with him, and at any rate that would have put him in range of the angry mob. I wouldn't blame anyone for not using that option even if it were available.
Would I be just as comfortable with deadly force if she had be Black, Asian, Indian, Anyone other than a white trump supporter?
It's telling that you think everyone considers race a significant concern in such matters. I hope that most people do not, and don't care about the races of the police officer or victim when deciding whether a killing was justified. I certainly try not to.
Your video shows her on the floor after being shot. This video shows her fall from where she was trying to climb through the door. She was not standing in a corner far from the action.
And I’d ignore that just like I ignored them during trump and Obama admins.
Good for you (not sarcastic).
As for out of office, is trump not still a nightly headline?
I don't hear much about him other than from the late night shows now and then. And then mostly because of the possibility of him running again. I don't know if cable news is still talking about him; I don't watch them either.
There's one reason why Fox News is no longer obsessing over every little thing Obama does and never, ever letting anything go. And that is because he's out of office. If Clinton had been elected, they would probably still be talking about Benghazi every day.
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To be fair, these were reviews from people who had not used the company's services. So not really legitimate reviews.
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The accountants don't care about stuff like this. They're just making sure revenue, costs, etc. are tracked and reported appropriately, they don't have any input into strategic decisions, let alone copyright issues. Accountants get blamed for a lot of stuff they have nothing to do with.
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That's the joke.
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Are you stating that a boycott is not, at least in part, criticism?
https://ncac.org/news/blog/anti-boycott-legislation-violates-free-speech-protections
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Such as?
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Got a reference for this? Would love to read about these meetings.
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No true Scotsman would do such a thing.
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No, there is not.
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You don't have to believe me; the rioters were chanting about killing people.
To her, yes. There's no telling what would have happened to the police officer if he had gotten close enough to do that. While attacking other officers, the mob was chanting things like "kill him with his gun". Thankfully that didn't happen, but I would say it would be downright stupid to get within arm's reach of those people if it were avoidable.
Hopefully it's a last resort. Too often that isn't the case, but I don't know what other options this officer had available. By your continued refusal to answer, I must conclude that you do not either.
If there was another riot where rioters were breaking into a building the police were defending, and an officer shot one of them, I would defend that shooting too. Was there? If not, then it wasn't "the only difference".
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There's this at the bottom:
"Brian Albrecht is an assistant professor of economics at Kennesaw State University. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota. He is a Young Voices contributor and writes a weekly economics newsletter (pricetheory.substack.com). Follow him on Twitter: @briancalbrecht."
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BLM isn't anti-police, it's anti-police brutality.
That's because it's only said in opposition to "black lives matter". It's a dog whistle, because people saying it know they can't get away with saying "black lives don't matter" in public.
Yes. There were a lot of things that should have happened that day and didn't.
Because there wasn't any excessive police force that day.
The lead individual in an armed mob storming the seat of government with apparent murderous intent. I am not going to let you make out like it was just some random window she was climbing through, or why she was there that day.
I ask again if you are aware of the non-lethal means that officer had at his disposal at that time?
I ignore nothing. This was a terrible and avoidable event, but the police officer is not the one at fault.
That's right. Hopefully others take note and don't take part in an insurrection if there's ever another possibility of it.
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Do you know if the officer had any of those things with him? If so, then yes I would say a taser would have been a good option. At that range, I'm not sure about the others. I don't know that much about bean bag or rubber rounds. I didn't see any sign that he had a shield with him, and at any rate that would have put him in range of the angry mob. I wouldn't blame anyone for not using that option even if it were available.
It's telling that you think everyone considers race a significant concern in such matters. I hope that most people do not, and don't care about the races of the police officer or victim when deciding whether a killing was justified. I certainly try not to.
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She was breaking into the interior of the capital as part of a violent mob. Deadly force was completely justified.
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I have literally no idea how you could come to that conclusion from watching that video, unless you're looking at the wrong person.
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I don't know what video you were looking at, but there was nobody between her and the door when she was shot.
Where did they state that? If that is actually what they said and not paranoid delusion, then they're wrong.
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The killing was legal, so it wasn't murder.
Was she taking video with it?
Your video shows her on the floor after being shot. This video shows her fall from where she was trying to climb through the door. She was not standing in a corner far from the action.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/capitol-shooting-that-led-to-ashli-babbitt-s-death-captured-on -video-99180613572
Here's another angle.
https://wjla.com/news/local/graphic-fatal-shooting-of-ashli-babbitt-in-the-capitol-caught-on- video
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So out of six claims in that sentence, you got three right (veteran, cop, riot). Not a passing grade.
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Your general point is right but GM does not own Ford or Tesla, so there are three major US auto makers (Chrysler is European owned).
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Good for you (not sarcastic).
I don't hear much about him other than from the late night shows now and then. And then mostly because of the possibility of him running again. I don't know if cable news is still talking about him; I don't watch them either.
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There's one reason why Fox News is no longer obsessing over every little thing Obama does and never, ever letting anything go. And that is because he's out of office. If Clinton had been elected, they would probably still be talking about Benghazi every day.
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