tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post7728517914243048638..comments2023-10-10T04:49:02.472-04:00Comments on I Don't Understand: 3972 A consideration~~Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122262422346224632noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-70109150378412744762014-08-31T11:02:28.967-04:002014-08-31T11:02:28.967-04:00P.S. Missouri has always been 50 years late to th...P.S. Missouri has always been 50 years late to the party. Check out when they finally allowed women to own a business without a husband or father's permission. I was pregnant with Daughter in St. Louis in 1975, and was told by the police I should not be driving, and if I had an accident, it would automatically be my fault no matter what the facts. ~~Silkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122262422346224632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-47803375928786626682014-08-31T10:55:24.598-04:002014-08-31T10:55:24.598-04:00I don't think he was cocky, thinking he got aw...I don't think he was cocky, thinking he got away with it. I suspect he was furious thinking that he'd been caught so soon. So the cop was likely shocked that his simple stop telling the guys to get off the road and move to the sidewalk generated such a powerful reaction.<br /><br />This is not to excuse the shooting, just to understand the dynamics.~~Silkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122262422346224632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-70942642887375720002014-08-31T08:02:04.029-04:002014-08-31T08:02:04.029-04:00It didn't influence the cop's actions, but...It didn't influence the cop's actions, but yes, I can see that being cocky from having successfully shoplifted would influence the kids actions., especially since the intimidating move on the store employee was so successful. <br /><br />But, do you shoot a kid who is running away?<br /><br />Things are so backward in St. Louis - like we're having the sixties fifty years late. And wethe queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10263293738568555668noreply@blogger.com