190 murders in chicago so far this year, but that is ok per the -- fordham 06/01/2020 1:51PM
Curfew at night. If found breaking law, jail and consider terrorist watch -- HokieHutch 06/01/2020 11:14AM
"This anarchy" in particular, or in general? -- Tafkam Hokie 06/01/2020 09:59AM
Too much inequity....will all get much worse ** -- MrBayAreaHokie 06/01/2020 09:36AM
Play Partridge Family ' I Think I Love You' over and over really loud. ** -- vthhhi 06/01/2020 09:28AM
You do this, and I will burn down your house. ** -- HokieGator 06/01/2020 10:28AM
Have an effective leader who is setting the example of listening and -- hoosnowahokie 06/01/2020 09:26AM
The prior occupant had a couple race riots in his time in office -- fordham 06/01/2020 1:54PM
Oh yeah, I remember all those nationwide riots where -- hoosnowahokie 06/01/2020 2:02PM
Our current prez has called what happened to Floyd atrocious. What the -- fordham 06/01/2020 3:24PM
As much as you hate him, there is nothing Trump can do ** -- 133743Hokie 06/01/2020 11:00AM
That's a terribly weak answer. -- hoosnowahokie 06/01/2020 11:06AM
Half the country won't listen to him, and it's the half protesting/rioting -- 133743Hokie 06/01/2020 11:11AM
He did a bang up job today -- hoosnowahokie 06/01/2020 1:31PM
Yup, the protesters actually liked his predecessor and he couldn't do -- HokieNoVA 06/01/2020 11:29AM
Yep, because this problem just started in 2017. ** -- HokieNoVA 06/01/2020 10:49AM
There was looting and rioting since 2017? I thought it started a few days -- hoosnowahokie 06/01/2020 11:09AM
This isn't necessarily about this one case -- corvt2000 06/01/2020 09:15AM
Again that last case has no business being part of a discussion on race. -- HokieGator 06/01/2020 09:35AM
And the first one had nothing to do with the police. ** -- VTJayLaw 06/01/2020 10:03AM
When business owners start defending their own stores ... -- vt90 06/01/2020 09:06AM
Mass incarceration - if you are rioting from out of state- it's a Felony -- bigbadbird 06/01/2020 08:18AM
Life sentences is a ridiculous argument. ** -- vthokieq 06/01/2020 08:58AM
Not if you are burning down people's neighborhoods and communities ** -- bigbadbird 06/01/2020 09:03AM
Can you show me precendent for that sentencing for that crime? -- vthokieq 06/01/2020 09:07AM
Video everywhere- snowflakes aren't going to age well in Gen POP ** -- bigbadbird 06/01/2020 09:10AM
Woosh! ** -- vthokieq 06/01/2020 12:52PM
14 day quarantines ** -- bigbadbird 06/01/2020 09:02AM
I don't think the Government needs another tool to take rights away -- VTNuke 06/01/2020 08:58AM
So they most likely get a longer sentence than the officer who set all this -- AbsolutVT03 06/01/2020 08:41AM
Most of the troublemakers don't seem to be the affected group ** -- bigbadbird 06/01/2020 08:46AM
They may not be. But it still sends the message that property damage is -- AbsolutVT03 06/01/2020 08:47AM
I would offer cash rewards for out of staters - ** -- bigbadbird 06/01/2020 08:56AM
Why can't you join a protest from out of state? ** -- jmanatVT 06/01/2020 09:38AM
You can protest- you can't Riot- when it gets out of hand it's a riot -- bigbadbird 06/01/2020 09:49AM
So a protest gets shutdown as soon a few people get out of hand -- jmanatVT 06/01/2020 09:53AM
No one said everyone- arrest the out of state instigators ** -- bigbadbird 06/01/2020 09:56AM
What about the in-state instigators? Point is, residency isn't much -- jmanatVT 06/01/2020 09:57AM
I think the overriding thought is most of the destruction comes from -- bigbadbird 06/01/2020 09:59AM
Not sure I believe that -- Vienna_Hokie 06/01/2020 12:43PM
Sure, I'm just saying that there's not really a good way to separate anyone -- jmanatVT 06/01/2020 10:03AM
Point me to where third degree murder carries a shorter sentence? -- VTBB 06/01/2020 08:52AM
The post I was replying to said they should get life in prison. A 3rd -- AbsolutVT03 06/01/2020 08:54AM
Fair. That’s also idiotic for most of these examples. ** -- VTBB 06/01/2020 08:57AM
Why does it have to be one or the other? Why can't both be wrong? -- vthokieq 06/01/2020 08:50AM
Who's arguing they aren't both wrong? I'm saying that giving a life time -- AbsolutVT03 06/01/2020 08:52AM
They wouldn't get life...use common sense. -- vthokieq 06/01/2020 08:58AM
Read the post I responded to. I didn't create the hypothetical. I was -- AbsolutVT03 06/01/2020 08:58AM
I did...and replied to it as well. -- vthokieq 06/01/2020 08:59AM
What a weird response? I was discussing the post. You apparently jumped -- AbsolutVT03 06/01/2020 09:01AM
Your post came across as completely dismissive of the destruction. -- vthokieq 06/01/2020 09:04AM
I'm not sure how you got that from my post. I'm not dismissing anything. -- AbsolutVT03 06/01/2020 09:08AM
This is extreme but who cares. Eye for an eye. Cop goes to trial, gets... -- Alan11 06/01/2020 08:10AM
Care to elaborate on "windpipe crushed"? I'm trying to figure out how that -- Coach McGuirk 06/01/2020 08:40AM
The officer basically crushed the poor man's windpipe unless I am missing.. -- Alan11 06/01/2020 08:56AM
My windpipe is on the front of my neck, not the side. I've seen the video -- Coach McGuirk 06/01/2020 09:09AM
Initial autopsy: no evidence of asphyxiation/strangulation ** -- astrohokie 06/01/2020 2:05PM
So...just curious...are we going to carry this new system... -- vthokieq 06/01/2020 09:02AM
Absolutely. For whatever reason there is a complete lack of respect for.... -- Alan11 06/01/2020 09:17AM
But what about other crimes? -- vthokieq 06/01/2020 09:21AM
Rape, castration for sure. Thanks for mentioning Hammurabi's Code... -- Alan11 06/01/2020 09:49AM
Put it on PPV... might as well make some money off it right? ** -- AbsolutVT03 06/01/2020 09:26AM
Well several cops have been killed, including a throat slash. Sooo, horray? -- HokieGator 06/01/2020 08:20AM
Two Davenport IA police cars were ambushed last night -- Vienna_Hokie 06/01/2020 08:31AM
There are dozens of similar reports from all over the US. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 06/01/2020 08:32AM
Well...couple things...I don't think life in prison is even an option here. -- vthokieq 06/01/2020 08:16AM
How about anyone caught with looted goods has to pay the shop it came... -- EDGEMAN 06/01/2020 08:09AM
Leadership ** -- armyhokie88 06/01/2020 08:00AM
That is in very short supply these days ** -- Brown Water 06/01/2020 08:08AM
I agree, these Mayors and Governors have 0 skills ** -- darnellm 06/01/2020 08:16AM
You're looking a few levels too low... keep trying you'll get there. ** -- AbsolutVT03 06/01/2020 08:39AM
Please tell me what you mean, thanks ** -- darnellm 06/01/2020 11:00AM
It means certain politicians above mayors and governors also have 0 skills -- AbsolutVT03 06/01/2020 1:28PM
Trickle down politics. ** -- vthokieq 06/01/2020 09:23AM
We get the leaders we deserve? On all levels? ** -- AbsolutVT03 06/01/2020 09:24AM
You'd think they'd have learned how well giving them space works ** -- Vienna_Hokie 06/01/2020 08:37AM
Also has legs due to unemployment -- turkeywinghokie 06/01/2020 07:59AM
Even more reason to burn down a potential employer like Target. On the -- Vtskier1 06/01/2020 08:59AM
Go after the domestic terrorist groups organizing the riots ** -- EDGEMAN 06/01/2020 07:46AM
And go after the "big doners" who finance them. -- EDGEMAN 06/01/2020 07:48AM
😎 ** -- ColoVT82 06/01/2020 2:01PM
The other three need to be arrested too, for starters ** -- Brown Water 06/01/2020 07:43AM
Pending and pretty certain. Don't rule it out. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 06/01/2020 07:47AM
When all the foot lockers close. ** -- GreenvilleVT 06/01/2020 07:39AM
Not to worry -- Vippie1 06/01/2020 07:09AM
Ferguson, Oakland, and Baltimore all happened prior to the election of -- Tuckahokie 06/01/2020 07:40AM
I never voted for the prior occupant -- Vippie1 06/01/2020 07:58AM
I get it, but there's been such an ingrained hate toward him that it's not -- HokieGator 06/01/2020 08:11AM
LOL ** -- LonghornHokie 06/01/2020 11:43AM
So you really think CNN or MSNBC is going to talk about what a great leader -- HokieGator 06/01/2020 11:48AM
I can't reply without breaking the TOS of the board, but will say this... -- LonghornHokie 06/01/2020 11:57AM
I'd agree with much of that -- Vippie1 06/01/2020 08:54AM
I agree. We have also spent many years telling everyone "the system is -- HokieGator 06/01/2020 09:00AM
What IF the system is rigged against them though? It's easy to say we -- AbsolutVT03 06/01/2020 09:06AM
Well, they are the enemy of the people ** -- Brown Water 06/01/2020 08:16AM
I thought they were the friends of the people. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 06/01/2020 08:35AM
No justification for the anarchy. But it might help stop -- HokieR 06/01/2020 06:53AM
I have family in law enforcement, and it irritates me when I hear shit like -- HokieGator 06/01/2020 08:38AM
Police showing solidarity with protesters will also help. -- Gadfly 06/01/2020 07:37AM
Police nationwide have condemned what the moron in MO did ** -- fordham 06/01/2020 3:27PM
Not the effect of one event, that's all I'll say ** -- typed by ben 06/01/2020 06:41AM
Sure. Yet, the Q remains. How does this stop? -- ColoVT82 06/01/2020 06:48AM
Well actually it start with you and me. We haven't had any violent protest -- UTPr0sim 06/01/2020 08:11AM
George Floyd's brother, Terrence, appeals for sanity - -- PhotoHokieNC 06/01/2020 07:32AM
Wise words for sure. ** -- GreenvilleVT 06/01/2020 07:40AM
Further, from Dennis Rodman - -- PhotoHokieNC 06/01/2020 07:35AM
I like Dennis more and more since the jordan -- GreenvilleVT 06/01/2020 07:41AM
Good message. Looters must be separated from peaceful protesters. ** -- Gadfly 06/01/2020 07:49AM
Real cops have shown solidarity with those peaceful people, but they can't -- PhotoHokieNC 06/01/2020 07:52AM
I’ve seen it reported, e.g. the Michigan sheriff who walked with protesters -- Gadfly 06/01/2020 08:02AM
And reported by the Media? Its getting big play on NBC. So there is that. ** -- UTPr0sim 06/01/2020 08:13AM
Here's another example -- PhotoHokieNC 06/01/2020 08:06AM
Yep, saw that. Very emotional. ** -- Gadfly 06/01/2020 08:09AM
Systemic Change ** -- Stork 06/01/2020 07:00AM
That's just words on a sign. It's estimated there are over 800K -- PhotoHokieNC 06/01/2020 07:02AM
Few things off the top of my head: -- vthokieq 06/01/2020 08:07AM
Funny, now more than ever I support this "militarization" of police. It's -- HokieGator 06/01/2020 08:17AM
We're talking a whole range of necessary changes. Not just in policing. -- Stork 06/01/2020 07:56AM
I understand that, friend - but in Minneapolis that is evidently routine. -- PhotoHokieNC 06/01/2020 08:05AM
I'm not sure if you got a chance to see my last reply to you in the topic -- AbsolutVT03 06/01/2020 09:37AM
Accepted, and thank you. -- PhotoHokieNC 06/01/2020 10:38AM
Chauvin’s violence was not limited to 10 minutes of his career. -- Gadfly 06/01/2020 07:42AM
It's only a slogan if the sign is all we see of it. That was my point. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 06/01/2020 07:46AM
Gotcha ** -- Gadfly 06/01/2020 07:49AM