One officer was injured but by strikes because dumb ass critter’s gun jammed and he had to use it as impact weapon. None of the deputies were shot. And yes, dreadlock boy is no longer contributing to global warming with his CO2 emanations.
Lessons learned: Shit happens like this (finger snap) and also, make sure your firearm works properly.
I feel the same way Miguel does about 9/11 twenty years later.
I am going to go the other way by trying to post as much nice material about that day as I can.
I believe I posted this video before, but I’m going to do it again,
The World Trade Center was on the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Many people who evacuated and headed south, found themselves trapped against the water, there were no bridges or tunnels south of the WTC that allowed them to get off the island and out of harm’s way.
What happened next was the largest civilian boat lift in American history as ferry operators, cater boats, and even guys with pleasure craft powered towards the island and the death and destruction to rescue strangers.
I knew about the Cajun Navy and Redneck Army that went in with fishing boats and mud boggers to rescue people in the Gulf states after hurricanes, I did not know that there was a New York version that did the same after 9/11.
That day was horrible beyond words to describe, but even in the worst of times there are Americans who rise to the occasion and give everything they have to help their fellow men, and today I want to celebrate that.
When the UK national anthem is played, The Queen stands as the public sings to her. She doesn’t sing a national anthem; she is The Queen. However, one occasion had such an impact, that Her Majesty broke with her tradition and sang the American national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner.”
The occasion was the memorial service held at St Paul’s Cathedral for the victims of the 9/11 attacks in New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania. As she does not sing anthems, when “The Star Spangled Banner” was played in the cathedral, she joined in and was later seen wiping a tear from her eye.
That is an amazing show of solidarity between two nations over a tragedy that changed the course of world history.
Reason? Not fear of the “highly transmittable-risking-our-children’s-health-we-all-are-gonna-die” Covid.
Highly treatable with proven vaccination measles qualify for a full cessation of flights? And the horrible mass killing Covid does not? Tell me again we are not bein Kabuki-ed to slavery and death.
This also shows that there is no sensible plan on how to process the evacuees as they arrive to CONUS. Hell, I believe that the strategy is “Fly ’em in, dump ’em and show them the way to the Social Security Office in the morning.”