GaryPinC

LOL, I too know it's not just whites. And let's not get started about how wrong white males are. But sometimes it's best to shut up and lead by example.

Um, considering many states have a legal breathalyzer limit of 0.08, "zero point zero" doesn't really mean anything in this instance.

I'm on the same page as Shaw66, but for me old-school racism, as I think you're referring to, is a big minority. New-school racism, which for me includes also prejudice and discrimination is very much alive and well. While I used to think those weren't as big a deal, it's clear from reading honest feedback post George Floyd that those small indignities add up to a big problem for most African Americans and other minorities. So, as a white majority-type person, I can either stick to my ideas or listen to the people most affected and do better. It's time to stop passing it off.

No it doesn't. Police officers do things like verbal and written warnings. I myself was in my early 20's and totally busted for coasting through a stop sign at 3 AM and the cop let me off. It's always a possibility that they were so focused on this formidable looking man with a possible DWI, empty beer can, and resulting illegal weapons charge they never bothered to cite him for speeding and reckless driving charges. But I don't know what the truth is and since we weren't there at the scene, respectfully, neither do you.

According to some reports someone phoned in that EO was switching lanes erratically. A deputy spotted the vehicle and was trailing doing 80 in a 45 and observed him passing in a no passing zone. https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/court-records-buffalo-bills-ed-oliver-admitted-to-drinking-taking-adderall-prior-to-houston-dwi-arrest/285-df7cfad6-f1d3-422b-bab3-9e99dbe845c5 The beer Ed drank was at 1 PM, a beer can was in the door, not between his legs. Perhaps after he drank the beer at 1 PM he left the empty can in the door? One of these articles says he blew a 0.0 in the field, also that the DWI unit was called to the scene. If that's all true then they took him in for bloodwork over potential adderall. I can see them cutting him a break on the empty can with a spotless breathalyzer and blood test, can't understand why not a speeding ticket? Maybe the officer never actually matched his speed before pulling him over. Good for EO!

If you actually read the entire article you are completely guilty of that which you rail against. Here's the very next line from Dr. Martinez which you omitted: “This is a morbid topic and it’s not one we enjoy talking about, but it really does underscore the severity of COVID-19 in our community,” Martinez told the outlet. "Neighboring Hidalgo County also said it will share a FEMA trailer with Cameron County, KRGV reported. The truck, which can hold an estimated 50 bodies, arrived several weeks ago, according to Hidalgo County officials, but has been sitting unused. Hidalgo County officials said Cameron County’s morgue is filling more quickly. “I’m going to let them take this one, because they are in dire need,” Hidalgo County emergency management coordinator Ricardo Saldaña, told KRGV. Cameron County has 79 coronavirus-related deaths, according to Johns Hopkins data. Hidalgo County has 183." This entire article discusses different counties in Texas with large surges in Covid deaths and problems with morgue capacity and any health officials quoted chalk up the truck need due to the Covid death surge. Certainly postponement of funerals is a factor but is very far from the "gist" of the article.

Happens everywhere. I was working for a small biotech company and it was happening. In that case, it took one exec and a group of 20 somethings. 20 somethings always looking to go out, exec willing to put it on the company card and away we go. This guy was fairly charismatic and would jokingly make mildly flirtatious comments and the ones who seemed to enjoy that attention he would build into a full court press. It comes in many forms of ugliness. You get more than one exec/manager working together and ugh.

"You are a C___" I mean, if you really want to ruin it, let's just go for the jugular and leave nothing to chance.

TT's longballs lost some of their accuracy IMO, not because receivers were dropping them. Whether he was 0-2 or 2-0 he still stunk and was lousy against the Jets also. Mayfield was an epiphany on offense the moment he came in, sealing TT's fate in CLE.

Looking at both QBs most recent season with Buffalo (TT 2017 JA 2019) at PFR, it appears Allen bests Taylor in passing TDs 20-14. Allen also bests Taylor in rushing TDs 9-4. I would argue if the Bills scored more points under Taylor, it wasn't because of Taylor. Also, I felt like TT's long ball tanked in 2017 compared to 2015. Last but not least, defenses had really begun to figure TT out. Next year in Cleveland, I watched all 3 TT games and though not the best conditions, TT was largely ineffective and shut down against the defenses. And same old checkdowns and late game scoring tanks. My good buddy (huge Browns fan) couldn't understand why we let TT go until he witnessed it himself and the same frustration set in. His concussion against the Jets paved the way for Mayfield but he wouldn't have lasted as starter anyways. Though you never know with coach Huge Jackass. He was tough to figure at times.

I think the negativity is because of the disappointment that Tyrod has enough raw physical tools to be a great QB but failed to do so when we needed it the most at critical points in games. With all the great things about him, it was obvious the team had no future with him so you magnify the negatives to compensate.

Give me a break with the "magic cure" crap. But any solution has to come from mostly within the black community. Sadly, Bill Cosby was on the right track before all his past crimes caught up with him. Personally I think the black athletes, if convinced to give back and work within their communities, even with outside funding support it would really go a long way.

Slavery tore apart an entire ethnic group's family, sense of justice, morals, means to educate, ties to their homeland, most of their culture, to name a few. Precisely the things every other ethnic group relied on to pull themselves up by their bootstraps upon coming here. Then couple that with 100 years of widespread racism in a society unwilling to help. Then another 55 years or so of slow improvements and here you are today. Still struggling. 150 years. That's 3 generations. Ever look at how alcoholism affects generations of families? And that's in white people. But that's why the effects of slavery still influence today.

Yep. But F social media. Empowered cowards. Face to face and do more listening then talking.

You bring up excellent points that impact my thinking and that I briefly wanted to expand. Even beyond the old country, immigrants in this country banded together in their own communities and those most motivated helped each other where they could. Yes, there were a ton of struggles and discrimination but Italians, Irish, Slavs, etc pulled together when and where they could. You still see this today with the Chinese community at the very least (I work with many Chinese). Contrast that with the black community. Slavery "ended" in 1865, after families had been totally ripped apart, suppressed and people were forbidden to educate or even read/write. The black ethnic group went through complete disempowerment unique to any other ethnic group in this country. Beyond societal discrimination, they had almost a total lack of resources and ability to help each other within their community. And things didn't begin to meaningfully change (Jim Crow laws, segregation) until MLK about 100 years later. That's two generations removed for a child born today. It's a unique and tragic history and it's going to take a unique solution with wisdom, help and understanding from the rest of us. One miniscule personal example, I was against Kaepernick et al. kneeling because I found it disrespectful to the flag, but truly the least I can do and have done is to listen to their reasons and accept their stated intent is not to disrespect and be supportive despite my personal feelings. Let's be real, black athletes helping their community is certainly one high-profile excellent way to help empower. Oh and WRT race relations, I'm happy to respectfully discuss wherever with anyone who approaches the same. In these polarized days, honest, respectful discussion is sorely needed.

Glad you're ok and doing well! So much more the reason to control as much as possible to reduce future risk.

I don't mean to be argumentative but how can you say diet changes won't affect LDL? That's simply not true.

Watching but barely. They only see enough of what they want to see. The funny part is I've experienced these street clearings a few times because there's a yearly festival in a part of Cleveland called Little Italy. It's a tight area and in the past there have been many fights late at night so it now ends at 10 PM and the Cleveland police form a clearing line with search-lighted choppers overhead and mounteds among the officers on foot. They go right down the street and scare hundreds in front of them to leave, while not friendly they will stop and professionally engage people who come up to them, as happened to me when my car was on the other side of them. I've also watched drunks and various jackholes come right up to them and never any shoving, either the person clears out within 30 seconds or they end up in the police van. They have no problem stopping one or two officers while the rest of the line fills in and continues. True professionals.

? Diet can play a significant role in all 3. It's a reasonable assumption genetics was the main factor, are you saying just medicate and don't worry about the diet?

Such a pity you can't view the video impartially and watch that cell phone waving in his outstretched hand, indicative of motioning toward the steps.

The blockage may be partial (resulting in ischemic heart muscle) from plaques or full, usually the result of a ruptured plaque that causes a large blood clot to form which can block the artery. It's more than financial reasons if you're talking about routine angiograms. I don't fancy routinely having my femoral artery catheterized, ioversol injected, and having fluoroscope xray exposure "just in case". Even though fairly routine, it does carry its own risks, also my platelet count is on the low end of normal (my own genetic factor). Cholesterol and blood pressure problems over time are very good warning markers. Routine blood testing for genetic abnormalities will eventually help greatly also. There's an entire science to interpreting EKG's and nuclear stress tests certainly also are great indicators of a problem. O'Leary had more than one blockage, sounds like genetic heart disease. I know I wouldn't come back to NFL unless dietary changes clearly reverse the risk. The yoga teacher had myopericarditis which is an inflammation of both the heart muscle and the pericardial sac surrounding it. I don't deal with people, but in pigs it's nasty, so much fibrotic tissue forms as a result of the inflammation it covers the surface of the heart and adheres the pericardium. Definitely pigs with this condition are much more susceptible to disruption of normal cardiac rhythm. That's what happened to the yoga teacher. Her normally healthy heart couldn't contract well(acute heart failure) and she also suffered 4 cardiac arrests which is complete loss of heart function due to normal electrical signal disruption. But the underlying heart tissue wasn't chronically unhealthy and she hopefully makes a full recovery if no ischemia effects. A heart attack (blockage) often results in cardiac arrest (loss of function) but that is not the only cause of cardiac arrest. She didn't have blockages in this case. Dorenbos had an aortic aneurysm, which is a weakness in the aortic wall (just above the heart) which normally swells and can burst, killing quickly.

Please, feel free to do so. It does matter to me and I'll discuss honestly. I have never said the officers aren't allowed to respond that way to a perceived threat. I've said in this situation it was unwarranted and unprofessional. While you say the situation doesn't matter, I say it does and police officers responded poorly. At least 2 of them failed to accurately assess the situation. I also definitely dispute Gugino was reaching towards the officer as much as he was motioning across his body, but you are also entitled to your own opinion.

I understand what you're saying, and given this didn't happen in a vacuum, it's NOT a crowd. It's a couple guys, they arrested the one and shoved the other. Please explain to me why they did not arrest both men? What part of protocol justified pushing this man given the lack of a crowd? If anything, he should have been the one most likely to be arrested. I also take exception to your assertion that the man clearly reached his right hand toward an officer's belt. He did not. He had his cell phone in his hand and clearly motioning with his hand around the officer. I don't have a problem with how the man received medical attention. There clearly was a plan in place and the lead officers were instructed not to break ranks while others attended. In this situation, I believe the officers did have the luxury to assess and simply arrest him after warning. Protocols need to change. I get that in other situations they may not and shoving people aside can be warranted. "It's ok because in other situations it would be ok" just doesn't cut it. People are sick of it. Even more the reason they simply should have arrested him if they truly felt he was trying to take their weapons. Seems like a great reason above and beyond curfew. You are making little sense. And again, there were 2 protesters in the vicinity, not a crowd. They arrested the other guy. Why couldn't they just have arrested Gugino? You refuse to give me a reason. Gugino was playing a stupid game, on that we agree.

Officer Horne stopped Kwiatkowski from continuing a chokehold she felt was endangering the suspect. Kwiatkowski, the officer that Horne stopped in 2006, was arrested and sentenced to four months in prison for use of excessive force against four Black teenagers 10 years after Horne was fired. The teenagers were accused of shooting BB guns while driving around their neighborhood, but they were compliant with the arresting officers when Kwaitkowski appeared at the scene. He admitted to “forcibly pushing each of the suspects heads and upper torsos into the vehicle around which they were being detained,” according to the Department of Justice. This is the garbage that needs to be eliminated. She stopped him once but he didn't change. Was there any procedures within the system to compel him to change his behavior?

Then show me evidence that it was ok to shove aside a 75 year old man. He was in violation of curfew. They appeared to arrest the other protester remaining there. Why did they not simply arrest him? Even if you don't know his exact age, IT'S AN OLD MAN who has approached slowly and is not trying to be violent. It is the officers who decide to use violence. If they arrest him and he falls? Were they using inappropriate force if he was being cooperative? If not then it's on the old man. Are you simply being disingenuous or do you truly believe human beings can't use some intelligence to assess the situation and respond appropriately? I have sad news for you, the greater point of all the protesting is that some police officers are behaving unprofessionally, even highly so in the case of racism, and many of us are demanding change. While this Buffalo incident is nowhere even approaching the magnitude of George Floyd, the underlying mentality that it's ok to use physical force even when it's not justified by the situation needs to change. Now it's your turn. I have provided the facts of the situation via video, the use of force in this situation was unprofessional, and the man was breaking the law by being on the square past curfew and thus subject to being arrested as the other protester appeared to be on the video. If you believe Gugino did not warrant being arrested, why did his fellow protester (who did not approach the police line) less 50 feet away? Please provide your rationale with evidence that this was a highly charged and dangerous situation or whatever else you feel to justify the police lashing out at this old man and how this was professional.