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  1. First off I’d like to say that I’m heartbroken for the Jean family. As a parent myself, I hope Mr. Jean’s father and mother find some peace in the outcome. They appear to be a wonderful family that raised an exceptional young man. I think in the time between the offense and the trial beginning I had given the defendant a benefit of doubt, for lack of a better term. I saw it as a tragic mistake, but I didn’t see it as a criminal offense. I knew a detail or two, but I was as unaware of most facts of the case as you all were. I think the first turn of the tide for me was seeing that first body camera video and the position of Mr. Jean’s body. In my head leading into the trial, I saw this incident occurring much closer to the front door. I expected him to be in that narrow corridor leading towards the entry area of the apartment. His actual position was quite shocking as he was no where near the front door. Regardless of whether he was seated when she made entry or not, I don’t understand how she perceived a threat. I can understand and almost see myself making the mistakes that led her to Mr. Jean’s door. I don’t live in an apartment, but there have been plenty of days where I pull into my driveway and don’t recall the actual drive itself. So all the easy, dumb signs she missed, I can understand. But every single action from her after that door opened were unreasonable and unjustifiable, in my opinion. There was no reason to enter if she believed there was an intruder prior to entering. She believed she was on the third floor. There is only one way for a suspect to escape as we do not live in a Hollywood world and he isn’t going to scale the side of the building. Pull back, call for help...be done. That aside, she goes inside still. She then makes the fatal mistake of shooting before probably any rational thought goes through her head. I don’t see how she perceived him a deadly threat(other than his mere presence) because she didn’t allow time to perceive anything at all. We all understand the significance of that mistake. Her selfishness after that fact also bothers me. She called for help as she should have but she abandoned all other responsibilities. Fucking focus and do what you can, however you can. It ultimately would not have changed the outcome but it did herself no favors essentially ignoring Mr. Jean while texting and talking on the phone. I’m glad she will be facing some consequences and I am in no minority there.
    35 points
  2. i get it - people love shitting on every $9.95er. but is it not exhausting to shit on every post they make that isn't a full on commitment post? you are following high school recruiting of teenagers. this is far from an exact science, and if the only things any of these insider fucks posted was what they were 100% sure of and backed up by two legit sources it, this thread would be like 200 total posts, not 36k and climbing. i am not defending any insider, nor am i saying any of them are fucking great or worth the money - but if you already are going to shit on everything that Roach, Wells, Nahlin, etc write... 1) why are you on this thread/the recruitment board? 2) why are you wasting the time to click on, much less actually read the spoiler'd post? 3) why are you wasting everyone's time to say that the post you just read is full of nothing? no, seriously. why in the fuck are you all even here in this thread?
    17 points
  3. A friend of mine lost his 3 yr. old daughter this weekend in an accident that could have easily been prevented. Please SLOW DOWN when driving in parking lots, especially around events where there are lots of children around. Next time you are driving in a park, or near a school, or leaving your kids soccer game, put your phone away, slow down and be aware that at any moment, a child may run out in a parking lot and your actions could drastically change your life and others lives.
    15 points
  4. The Modern Aggie Era begins with 1975, skips to 1984, runs through 1998, and includes 2010 and 2012 and also every year in the future.
    15 points
  5. aggy thought enough of that championship to make up some medals for their cosplay team:
    13 points
  6. Could be worse. At least some asshole didn't walk into her apartment while she was eating ice cream and put two bullets in her chest.
    11 points
  7. A more meaningful map of the 2016 election...
    11 points
  8. Me and my friends have been sunbathing off the southern coast of St. Bart's with spider monkeys for the past two weeks, tripping on acid. Changed our whole perspective on shit.
    11 points
  9. I'm hearing a lot of chatter from my sources that the Horns aren't done recruiting yet. The staff is still evaluating players, the kind of players that you want to play football. I don't want to tip my hand just yet, but let's just say that things are happening behind the scenes, but that's not a guarantee that anything will come from it. But one thing is for sure: something will happen, unless it doesn't, in which case nothing will happen.
    11 points
  10. I'll just sum up the various reactions from our few remaining Gary Johnson voters: Zavala - screenshot from comment on Breitbart that cites the Rome Statute as conferring authority on all governments to unilaterally stock border moats with amphibians and reptiles. Obama admin was signatory. Chicken Sandwich (or whatever) - Link to facebook post proving that in 1989, Hillary Clinton purchased a pet garter snake for then 11 year old Chelsea Clinton. Johnny Sack - Uggh, I just got back from my ranch with a bunch of rich and powerful people and we all cant believe how similar this board is to texags always overreacting to every little thing. Anyway, kill all muslims and carry on.
    10 points
  11. Most porn actresses have a limit to the things they will do for money.
    10 points
  12. It's a powerful, evil person that tries to exploit everyone else through outlandish crimes, but that's not important right now.
    9 points
  13. That picture wasn't supposed to get out!
    9 points
  14. so we all remember the aggy jizzfest about how MASSIVE AND ZOMG HUGE Bobby Brown was in March, right? refresher links :: and today I give you the aggy247 board on Bobby Brown from the Arkansas game. WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING?!?!?! Tarp ::
    9 points
  15. You want my honest answer as a trial lawyer? It's because the judge read her jury and knew that they were going to convict. And she didn't want to give the defense a point of appeal. In a criminal case, the State has very limited appellate rights, owing to the prohibition on double jeopardy. So in my experience the trial judge is going to lean toward the State in making evidentiary rulings and (especially) jury instructions. The thinking for the trial judge is that "if I fuck this up in favor of the State, the defense can appeal and the appellate court will get it right." Yeah, the appellate court often doesn't get it right for one reason or another (often because criminal defense attorneys are not appellate attorneys and the fuck up and fail to preserve the error). But whatever. The fact that the trial court gave the instruction the defense wanted means that the defense now doesn't have that as a point on appeal. There's old trial-lawyer wisdom of "beware the trial in which you're winning all of the rulings from the judge." The judge has seen a lot more juries than you have, and is probably a pretty good predictor of how the jury's going to go. So when the judge is ruling your way all the time, that's just eliminating all of your appellate points. eta: Dammit--Brisket beat me to it, and was uncharacteristically succinct in his answer.
    9 points
  16. Maybe I don't have all the facts, but in the reporting on this horrible story, I haven't seen any reporting that the driver was driving unreasonably fast or recklessly. The OP's point is well-taken -- slowing down and keeping your head on a swivel in a parking lot may enable you to save a life, and that's a good message. But as for the driver who hit this little girl....there but for the grace of God go I. We've all driven 15mph+ through a parking lot. Any one of us could have that moment where someone darts from between cars, or from out of our vision, and it's unavoidable. Hell, see some posts on this page. See any of us who have hit and killed an animal while driving (I have, in spite of my best efforts). I suspect that the driver in this case is in their own hell as well. It's an awful damned tragedy for everyone involved. And unless some facts come out that the driver was driving recklessly, I can't imagine wishing the driver any more pain than they're already in. I know someone who killed a pedestrian in an unavoidable accident (as in, full police investigation and determination of same). Doesn't really matter. The only upside is that he didn't go to jail. But he has to live with that fact every day, and it's changed him. The universe can be a merciless bitch.
    8 points
  17. I’m guessing this red doesn’t have any carpet.
    8 points
  18. Still going with that bit? What if I gave you a shoutout from my verified (cue Vivaldi) Twitter account?
    8 points
  19. Probably should go in Hobbies, but eff it, no traffic there (or mods move it if you need to). For all you other train nuts, Big Boy 4014 will be coming through Texas starting on Oct . 21, it'll be in El Paso until Nov. 1 but no public access the week before (maintenance I assume). Then traveling from El Paso to Houston over the next few days, then up to Hearne and northward on the way back to Wyoming. I'll probably drive up to Palestine and see it since that's a Saturday (usually UP brings their steamers through Taylor so I get a close up view but not this time, I has a sad...). Link to schedule is below. UP Steam Schedule
    7 points
  20. They will do the same thing they did when Obama won twice, they'll watch their Fox News and OAN and listen to Rush Limbaugh, they'll open their pantries and nod knowingly at their Jim Bakker Barrels of Slop, they'll bitch on Facebook and twitter about libtards, and they'll look at the calendar to see when their next Social Security or pension check arrives, and they will quietly seethe at their lesbian niece who brought her girlfriend to the family reunion, while pretending to like their half-black or half-Hispanic grandchild.
    7 points
  21. 7 points
  22. 7 points
  23. 7 points
  24. Jury should also know that since he was watching football when he was killed, and it was a Thursday and NBC was doing the game, that means the last words he ever heard may have very well come from the mouth of Cris Collinsworth. That's some unnecessary cruel shit.
    7 points
  25. I hope you'll at least post "I WAS WRONG" for every single post you made where you assured the entire world that she'd never be convicted. Say, 1,000,000 to start with?
    7 points
  26. Yup. Closer to home and a much stronger SEC history.
    7 points
  27. Sounds like we need to get Bookman on the case.
    7 points
  28. you guys are delusional. florida is not good. they aren't beating auburn, georgia, or lsu.
    7 points
  29. Jimbo’s programs always have a high rate of attrition. He turns on coaches and players quickly and he’s an unlikeable prick. Plus, he buys a lot of recruits, so their loyalty runs out quickly if things don’t work right away. The logjam at WR combined with few guys playing and most of them putting up bad numbers means they’ll see a ton of attrition there. That 2018 class is going to see an unprecedented level of attrition. Foster’s on his way out and Jenkins May go with him. J. Moore already transferred. O’Neal looks like a very likely transfer candidate at the moment. V. Jackson and Blanton might be already lost to injury. Parker’s gone. The 2 manvel kids that came with Preston will be processed and Jalen Preston is barely playing his second year and is part of that WR logjam. Who knows if Wright will ever be healthy/produce. Clement’s more likely to hit 400 lbs than play meaningful snaps. That 2018 class might have less than 5 contributors by next season. Teams can’t overcome that kind of attrition and the bottom half of Jimbo’s 2019 and 2020 classes is too full of bread to come anywhere near making up for the 2018 class. That program is in serious fucking trouble moving forward. They’re in a way worse spot than I thought would even be possible this early on in Jimbo’s tenure.
    7 points
  30. OU's director of NCAA compliance.
    7 points
  31. You know who’s to blame for that lack of effort? The fans.
    6 points
  32. Something that always grinds my gears is when an "off duty" (in civilian clothes) cop gets punched in a bar fight, cussed at, whatever and then the civilian faces a higher charge for assaulting a cop even tho they didn't know it was a cop. The same should hold true for cops. Guyger should get MORE time than a normal citizen should. She had training. She was supposed to know better.
    6 points
  33. Jesus dude it's not like they were trying the case in Williamson County or something. Dallas County isn't NYC or anything but it's not Vidor either.
    6 points
  34. 6 points
  35. Pretty much explains the Evans situation with him tweeting a couple weeks ago that he's decided 100% and hasn't said he's going to A&M. if Georgia take me I'm going there... if not and LSU takes me I'm going there... if not...I'm going wait until NSD to see if one of them changes their mind and then I'm going there... otherwise I guess I'll go to A&M since no one else wants me anymore and they will take me anytime. ...NSD - "It was A&M from the beginning, I've been a silent forever, nobody else was really close for me"
    6 points
  36. I really do think that was THE pivotal fact. It turned the case from: "I walked into my apartment, was startled to see someone there and acted instinctively to protect myself" to "I knew something was up in the apartment, and instead of pausing to assess the situation and figure out what was really going on, and instead of following my intensive training in procedure to wait outside and call for backup, I chose to go in and CREATE a confrontation that resulted in BJ's death." Had the case facts been the first scenario, I truly think she would have been acquitted. But the fact that it was scenario 2 sealed her fate.
    6 points
  37. 1) from what I understand of it, I don't think that the Castle Doctrine instruction was proper, but.... 2) by giving the jury that instruction, the judge managed to take away what might have been a key argument for Guyger on appeal. That is, Guyger can't attack the verdict by arguing that it may well have been different if only the judge had given the jury the castle doctrine instruction that she asked for. Giving the defense an arguably improper jury instruction on the verdict form is a gamble....it COULD cause the jury to screw up, but it also takes away that appellate point afterwards, so the verdict is more bulletproof. I haven't thought it all through here, but man....I don't think Guyger has many good appellate points to make. Her expert got excluded, but I think that was a sound decision by the court. What else does she have?
    6 points
  38. justice but what a hollow victory. so many lives destroyed.
    6 points
  39. Don't care got Jimbo. For. Eight. More. Fucking. Years.
    6 points
  40. Just doin’ car pranks.
    6 points
  41. Florida. Full measure. Brother-sister. NOT about incest and other Florida staples. Fuck your thread title.
    6 points
  42. Actually you're both wrong. There are only 3 hard qualifications she needed to meet: "Qualified" for elected officials is totally make believe. It's up to the individual voter to decide those qualifications outside of the 3 listed above. You can't just wave a magic "they aren't qualified for the job" wand because you don't like her or any other elected official. Your definition of qualified is not the same as mine, nor the people of NY-14, nor the 63 million people who voted for Donald Trump.
    6 points
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