Posted on 03/15/2005 8:03:13 AM PST by mhking
I didnt say He made it happen, either. For instance, God used satan's trials against Job for a greater good. Job ended up with more than he had before after the trial. I think that God can use this situation to bring about good, in some form. Whether it be the Atlanta PD shrugging off PC reforms in favor of crime fighting that gets results, or Nichols being a witness in jail, or something else that none of us can even predict at this juncture, good will come of it.
'enhancing the local government's revenues'
Could you mean giving speeding tickets?
People should be jailed over this. Not just fired, but actual charges pressed against them, and stripped of being able to be in law enforcement again.
And no, I don't know what charges, except gross incompetence.
Except if he's on death row (a darn good chance) he won't see any other inmates.
But he has a chance to redeem himself, as much as no one wants to hear that.
And as a FReeper said on another thread, instead of talking about cold-blooded killing, once again we're talking about God and Jesus and the good works he does. Just like whe the uproar over The Passion was going on.
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Political Correctness run amok! It sounds like the Atlanta PD was running away from the killer.
I read that in the initial foot chase, all the deputies stopped to rended aid to the deputy was had been shot on the sidewalk while Nicholas was running away.
The guy on the newsconfrence was basically asked that exact question and that was his answer. How the hell do these people keep their jobs ?
"this shows how retarded the APD was in finding this predator."
Just the way Ted Turner likes it.
"Could you mean giving speeding tickets?"
Yep, but in all honesty I am not a resident of Atlanta so my statement is pure speculation which may not be accurate in any way.
Following your 'logic', then, if this happened a few million times more, 12 million people would be murdered and their families devastated but that would be a good thing because of the new converts to your religion.
The greater good and all that.
I think for years that locals have been telling the Atlanta authorities that the cops are simply not up to the task at hand. Half of the cops in town are bubba-wanna-be's...and simply hired "guards". You would have to fire almost half of the entire force to start the fix here...and they sure aren't going to do that. So expect repeats...lots of them.
They are going to make a movie about this guy, Ted Turner has probably called Dick Parsons already.
It's got everything they love, good looking black man, set up on a phony rape charge, gets a hung jury because because enough jurors know the allegations are bogus, BUT has to go through a retrial before a white judge, so, seeing the inevitable, he preempts it by making one of the most daring escapes in history, the story ends with an attractive white blond making him pancakes, before he surrenders to the media whores all patting themselves on the back for their brillient police work.
Remember the black getaway driver in "Heat"? Cast that guy, the film will do 100 million during it's opening week.
If I were taking Marta from north springs to the airport, I'd give it an hour for good measure. Bet Nichols made it from downtown to Lenox in 10-15 minutes flat.
I want to take up for the Atlanta police force. Atlanta is a big city; it's a tough city. I'm sure there are alot of good, capable men and women on the Atlanta police force. I'm sure....I'm sure...I'm sure.....
It's a mistake to leave one officer to guard an inmate in an isolated area no matter if the officer is male or female.I'm sure Nichols could have taken out most of the male officers almost as easily as he took out the female.An officer is put in vulnerable positions while putting restraints on and off of inmates.I've seen some good size officers be put to sleep by a punch hitting them while they were distracted.If there was another officer with her he/she could have called for assistance immediately instead of allowing him to sneak up on those he killed.
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