BREAKING NEWS: Police Kill Man in Calwa

KMJ 580 ^ | 3-9-09 | Dennis Hart

[Enterprise]

Fresno police shot and killed a man this morning in Calwa, after the man allegedly tried to strike an officer with a weapon.

[Enterprise]

"Officers then used a taster, but it did not appear to take the suspect down."

Now you KNOW the cops were mad when they used a taster on him!

[Puppage]

BREAKING NEWS: Police Kill Man in Calwa

Fresno police shot and killed a man this morning...

More like Late Breaking, no?

[GeronL]

what is a Calwa?

[GeronL]

I never ever wanted to be tasted, except by a pretty girl

[Enterprise]

Yeah, but I left the title of the article as is.

[Puppage]

what is a Calwa?

It's Awlac spelled backwards.

[ken in texas]

That sounds even worse than a Beeber.

[Enterprise]

Tough to describe a Calwa. It is an area south east of Fresno. Kind of like a Rio Linda.

[Enterprise]

Police! Halt or we’ll use our taster on you!

[Enterprise]

Stay near the phone. She promised she would call you in a couple of minutes.

[driftdiver]

Don’t taste me Bro!!

[Zuben Elgenubi]

tried to strike an officer with a weapon.

An officer like a police lieutenant or captain? I can never figure out the union-speak.

[Enterprise]

LOL!!

[Enterprise]

From patrolman to chief, they’re all officers. Police officers.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Still can't understand the union-speak. Seems to me a private or sergeant cannot be an officer unless someone changes the meaning of the word.

Is that like stating "from community-organizers to president, they are all socialists? American socialists?"

When did the meaning of the word officer change and who made the change happen? Was it contractual?

[Leisler]

I like it when they refer to us, their fellow citizens, as ‘civilians’.

That ‘civilian’ appellation has infected fire department workers, even road crews now.

[Mad Dawg]

No doubt a whine taster.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

It's union-speak and it's getting worse as you have noticed.

They certainly know how to change the definition of words.

[Mad Dawg]

I was brought up to refer to cops as “Police Officers”. I don’t think it’s “union speak”.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Must be your age. We were brought up to respectfully refer to the man on the job as policeman, unless he was in a position of higher responsibility like lieutenant or captain, who where referred to as officers.

Policeman because they were all men. Once the women started entering the ranks, it became politically incorrect to refer to the female policewomen as 'policemen'. Plus, there had to be parity with all policemen. So, right around the Nixon administration (remember kids were shouting out 'pigs' at the cops), the govt and unions got together and came up with "police officer."

It contractually gave an honorific to the position that didn't exist before and it was gender-neutral. Btw, that used to be sex-neutral but gender-neutral allows for more than two sexes (also by design, but thats another story).