Wow!
My shoes stink after they've had my feet in them!
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This is a DAMN good Cab Sav! 0 -
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/investigative/demetrius-harris-john-green-says-state-trooper-extorted-him-in-order-to-get-a-gun-20120430
Chicago - Did a state trooper try to shakedown a man in order to get his gun?
In a FOX News Investigation, Demetrius Harris says he made a deal with the the trooper after she caught him driving with a revoked license on the inbound Eisenhower this month.
Harris admits, he's got a troubled past with gangs. But he insists the trooper told him she wouldn't have his car towed, and wouldn't take him to jail, if he gave her his weapon.
Harris says he called his family from the back of a squard car, and they managed to find a gun on the west side.
Harris says his cousin, John Green, was instructed by the trooper over a cell phone to deliver the gun to the expressway, ordered to place in a garbage can, and then get lost.
But after delivering the gun, Green went across the street, to shoot cell phone video which he says shows the trooper fishing the gun out of the garbage can, which Harris still in the backseat of her squad car.
Then, Harris says, the trooper drove him back to his car.
"She promised me that she did this before," Harris said. "She did it plenty of times, and she's not gonna put the gun on me and I'm not gonna go to jail."
FOX Chicago News looked at the trooper's report that night, and according to the report, she did indeed turn in a gun that she found in a garbage can.
State Police tell us this is a legitimate practice aimed at getting guns off the street.
"We don't look at it as a deal," Captain Luis Gutierrez said. "We look at it as an opportunity to remove firearms from our roadway."
Gutierrez, who's the trooper's boss, tells us it was actually Harris who pleaded with the trooper, telling her he would tell her where to find a gun, if he would just let him go.
But, that raises the question of how Harris' cousin would just happen to be across the street, shooting the video.
University of Chicago Law Professor Craig Futterman, who's an expert on police procedure, calls it "extortion, plain and simple."
"Nothing wrong with the goal of getting a gun off the street," Futterman said. "But there is something wrong with using police power to extort someone."
"Our goal at the Illinois State Police is to protect the citizens of this state," Gutierrez responded. "Illegal trafficking of weapons is a cause of the majority of violent crimes in our community. And in this case, this individual had knowledge of one of those weapons."
Troopers tell Fox Chicago's Dane Placko they are under a lot of pressure to find guns and get them off the streets in a gun-turn-in incentive.0 -
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I reckon I ought to buy more old Winchesters...
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=2487350870 -
My thread about the Neo-Jedi Kiddies got poofed? I guess it was because I listed the URL to their now defunct auction and website. Was that it?
quote:Their name shall no longer be spoken! This I command! So shall it be!0 -
Take a look at this. http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=8960332 [:0] 0 -
I saw a couple of solar-powered "cars" pass by in front of me at a light in town today.
Just found out that they were on their way to a 1400 mile race.
http://www.solarcarchallenge.org/challenge/route2014.shtml0 -
....is this DCON12?http://patriotoutdoornews.com/17512/youtuber-shoots-face-paintball-gun-video 0 -
That was pretty bizarre!
A day later I'm still saying..."What the....????"0 -
I bought a set of the off brand ink cartridges for my Canon all in one printer from Amazon. They were less than $30 shipped for four B/W and two color cartridges and I'm impressed.
I just printed off two pic's of some of the @$&! at work on plain printer paper and the image is really clear. I'd bet I could read the lot number on the happylord (geylord) tag if I printed on photo grade paper.[^]0 -
No wonder more and more people distrust the police! What a bunch of ignorant lying POS these clowns are. https://youtu.be/scj73Z2H3ao0 -
I did a lot of friggin' work today! I wrote about 20 test plans! It feels good to earn my pay once in awhile! 0 -
Interest rate for Jumbo 30 year fixed UNDER 4%!! I am going to refi today! 0 -
My wife just told me that they (the county) reduced our tax assessment by 25%! We were just about to fight it too! It is still a little too high, which we'll put in a request to lower. But something in the back of my mind says this is a pre-emptive strike by the county and they have plans to up the rate, effectively negating the 25% reduction. We'll see. You'll find this hard to believe, but I don't really trust the county officials! [;)] 0 -
EVERYTIME! 0 -
Holy Smokes. [;)] 0 -
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I was looking through my email, and I saw my registration for GB forums. 4/28/2009, I couldn't beleave it! It feels like I have been here so much longer. I almost want to say my computer is lying to me.[:D] 0 -
That was fast!! 0 -
I just went to Sears to buy some pants in 40x34 and they literally have NOTHING in stock in that size in Dockers! How does a company that large NOT have one of their sizes in stock on the ON LINE store? You can't get this size in stores either. What a joke! 0 -
it finall happened...i am now officially oldemagics.com!
take a look and let me know what you think?0 -
Was going to have a bowl of cereal quick before I headed off to work and when I grabbed the milk out of the fridge, it was forzen[:0]. Guess I will have to turn the fridge down a notch since the cold weather is here[:D][:p].
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Just did a search for "stripped lowers" and boy are there a LOT. Looks like people are getting them in and dumping them fast.
http://v4.beta.gunbroker.com/Auction/SearchResults.aspx?Keywords=stripped+lower0 -
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Well, your threads stink after you post, so I am not exactly surprised...
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My feet stink after they've had my shoes on them![}:)] 0
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