To clarify, what were the previous posters being dishonest about? The threat of the boiling water? If it’s that, I would conjecture that the cop mishandling the situation was what made the threat even a little credible.

If not that, can you give me more detail on what the others were being dishonest about?

I think the bit of context here that is lacking is why she felt the need to drop to the floor in the first place. Was she hurt? Dizzy? Pain medication kick in? Did he point his gun at her and she reflexively dropped? The pot didn’t go with her; it was still on the sink. From the cops’ vantage point he would’ve likely seen that.

Beyond that, she’s the victim. Granted, police should use due diligence when responding to calls, but taking the stance that anyone is an adversary leads to guns being drawn and people being beaten waaay too early in the interaction and with little provocation. Suspicion of all leads to paranoid responses, and we see the fruits of that in this and other encounters.

I’f be curious to know which you see as being more important here - the cops’ life or the civilians? Just trying to understand the frame of reference.

I think you’re overstating the threat here. The above commenter, though being facetious, is making a good point. The cop told her to take her pasta off the stove and even joked with her about avoiding the steam. Then he shot her. She was standing at a sink behind a raised-bar style countertop with a pot of water. Assuming she’s going to be able to chuck it over the counter at the cop is a bit of a stretch, particularly given her demeanor throughout the encounter. Nevermind the fact that she’s standing there with two armed men that could easily kill her (and one did), it’s bonkers to assume she would have both the motive and capability to do so.

It’s one thing if she behaved erratically to that point, but she didn’t. Additionally, if the cop was really concerned about the pot he could have said, “no, stay on the couch.” It’s just an odd hill to die on stating the cop was concerned about the pot.

I think Mark Kelly would be a safe bet for the nomination. I heard he was already approached about it

I was surprised at the comment until I saw who made it.

Sounds about right. I have seen similar markers in California to measure fault line movement on an annual basis, as well as several in Yellowstone for roughly similar reasons. Seems like this is a survey marker to measure distance or alignment.

No, what You’re saying is a non-sequitur. It doesn’t follow and your logic is wrong.

Sounds legit. I fully believe this story.

That’s a non-sequitur. Being marginalized isn’t a prerequisite for being a bigot.

Really? How are you refusing to be a victim?

Solid comment, real world changing shit right there bud.

Thank you for being the voice of reason here. The other person has no clue what they’re talking about and have just been hucking out buzz words and talking semantics without substance. Thanks again for being reasonable.

Much better to take offense and ban than educate.

I’m assuming British Columbia Canada. Could be wrong though.

Appeasing dumb people isn’t a new thing.

Yeah, I don’t think it’s that. I agree people don’t save, and I’m sure there are a myriad of reasons for that, from bills to bad financial planning, but largely saving for retirement is a lost cause. I’ve put 15% in my retirement account since I was 19 and am projected to be short in retirement because the market average return is so close to inflation that my money won’t appreciate significantly enough to retire. Additionally, if I wanted the returns needed to make money on my retirement account I would need to invest in a disproportionate amount in high risk stocks, which isn’t sustainable.

I’ve resigned myself to working until I die with my retirement going to fund my childrens’ 401ks.

I’m gonna need at least a dozen YouTube videos to really be convinced.

Probably the same reason why I can’t be arsed to “look up” every deranged conspiracy I see on the Internet.

I don’t really but thank you