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  1. 1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

    And if the law that you do break is selectively enforced in a racially discriminatory manner, too fucking bad. Stop being a baby.

    I'm going to guess it was selectively enforced business policy...... Doesn't appear the cops came in the local Starbucks to scope for minority loiterers.  Appears like the local Starbucks manager is probably a bit scared out of their shirt by brown people or just as likely... poor people.

    http://www.philly.com/philly/news/starbucks-philadelphia-police-viral-video-investigation-race-20180414.html

    Cops side:

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    Ross said Starbucks staff called 911 and police arrived around 4:40 p.m. Thursday. According to Ross, Starbucks employees “said two males were trespassing” and “refused to leave.” The men hadn’t ordered food, and had asked to use the restroom. Starbucks policy does “not allow nonpaying people from the public to come in and use the restroom,” Ross said. Police then asked the men to leave, since Starbucks wanted them out.

    Ross said the men were told they were trespassing and were “asked to leave politely,” three times. He said the men answered that “we don’t care,” which Ross called the “same type of attitude” Starbucks staff had described. Ross said police on the scene, “in an effort to quell the situation, called for a supervisor” to keep things from getting “out of hand.” He praised that decision.

    Ross said the men were then “taken out essentially without incident” and with “no harm done to them.” He said police processed the pair for arrest, but later “discovered Starbucks was no longer interested in prosecuting,” and let them go. In short, “these officers had legal standing to make this arrest. They were called to this scene because these people were trespassing. Officers “followed policy” and acted “professional, and got the opposite back.”

    He added: “As an African American male, I am very aware of implicit bias.” Ross said the department is “committed to fair and unbiased policing.” But, he said, people who “think logically” should recognize that when a business calls and says, “There is someone here I do not want,” officers have a right to act.

    Ross, who said he doesn’t frequent Starbucks, said “we haven’t determined” if “there are things we can do better.” Recalling a previous occasion on which a police sergeant “was denied access” to a Starbucks restroom, Ross added, “at least they are consistent in their policy.”

     

  2. If folks want to start putting specifics into context, here's the Philly Inquirer article on what they have thus far:

    http://www.philly.com/philly/news/starbucks-philadelphia-police-viral-video-investigation-race-20180414.html

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    The video, posted by Twitter user @missydepino on Thursday which gathered more than 2.7 million views by 12:40 p.m. Saturday, shows at least six Philadelphia police officers taking the two men into custody without resistance at the Starbucks coffee shop at 18th and Spruce Streets....

    A second video, apparently taken minutes earlier and leading up to the arrest, shows a group of Philadelphia Police officers speaking to the men and removing chairs and tables from around the table where they are seated. The men sit calmly as the officers move closer. Then a third man, Alan Yaffe, who is white, enters the frame and questions why the police are standing over the men. One officer says they are “trespassing,” and adds they had been asked to leave....

    “Why would they be asked to leave?” Yaffe asks, adding that the men were waiting for him. “I wanted to get coffee for two black guys sitting and meeting with me,” he tells the officer. “Does anybody else think this is ridiculous?” he asks other patrons in the shop. A woman agrees. “It’s absolute discrimination,” Yaffe adds. He says he and the men can go elsewhere to meet. An officer says it’s too late for that, because the two sitting men had previously declined to leave. The video ends as the officers arrest the men and leading them out of the coffee shop.

    Yaffe, founder and president of AY Industries, a real estate development, investment and management firm, called attorney Lauren Wimmer about the incident. “He was meeting with the two gentlemen at the Starbucks to discuss business,” Wimmer said Saturday, identifying Yaffe as a friend. “These two guys are business professionals in commercial real estate.”...

    “Based on my discussion with witnesses,” a Starbucks manager “was the person who called 911,” Wimmer added. Also based on her interviews with eyewitnesses, Wimmer said she believed the reason for the address “was completely based on race. There was no indication any crime was being committed, and the video makes that clear.” She added that in her criminal defense practice she has received previous complaints of African Americans arrested at businesses and accused of trespassing who had not committed crimes.

     

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  3. 1 minute ago, Farkimedes said:

    Dez reiterated twice today he wanted to take a pay cut to stay with the organization, but wasn’t given the option.

     

    So I’d definitely love to hear more about how this was a pure financial decision when the player wasn’t even offered a chance to restructure and then didn’t make it a post June 1 cut. 

    He was on the record saying he wouldn't restructure his contract.... it's pretty easy to change your tune after the fact.  I don't doubt if he was pushed or cajoled, he may have reconsidered, but with all his baggage, it seems Stephen convinced Daddy it was time to move on and save some money.

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    According to the Star-Telegram's Clarence Hill, Bryant responded "probably not" and then "hell no" when asked Wednesday if he'd consider taking a pay cut ahead of the 2018 season.

     

  4. 7 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    Pooty wants American chaos.  At this point, deploying pee pee tape would have peak effect imo. 

    Or it would hasten the pace of his ejection out of office..... Maybe Putin wants El Donaldo exactly where he is right now and understands the noose was tightening the past few weeks.  Nothing like a good military strike for Americans with the moral high ground to build some credibility back.  Perhaps....

  5. 27 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    I dont recall what thread i mentioned it on, but if putin doesn't deploy the pee pee tapes by sun up, he doesnt have them. 

    What makes you think Putin doesn't want Trump to remain in office???  

  6. LOL at folks thinking Witten or Lee were going to be the driver on this decision.  This was a monetary decision.  A value decision.  He simply wasn't worth the money he was being paid and so they made a business decision.  I'm sure there was some input from some of the leaders on the team and certainly the coaching staff, but if the guy was putting up 85-1300-12 last year, he was gonna stay.  There were a lot of reasons for his decline in production and not all of them were on Dez, but enough of it was and it was time to make a change..... I wish him well (except when he's playing the Cowboys) and let's focus on how to make the team and positional group better.... because currently our WR group is below average.

  7. 37 minutes ago, Get ln My Van said:

    As of now our best reciever is an often injured Jaguar release. Maybe he comes in and makes us forget Dez, but I wouldn’t count on it with this clown of a HC and OC.

    Bryant vs. Hurns, 2015-2017
    Player Games played Receptions Yards Touchdowns
    Dez Bryant 38 150 2,035 17
    Allen Hurns 36 138 1,993 15

     

    Don't get me wrong, I don't think Hurns is the WR Dez is but is 3 or 4 times the WR he is?  I agree we need to make another move and get another guy that can make plays on the ball.  We'll probably look towards the draft.  If not, then we'll see a lot of stacked boxes especially on 1st down where we're very direct in our play calling.

  8. 47 minutes ago, Farkimedes said:

    I would disagree that it's a horrible tracked stat. Rather, I think it's somethign that's much more dependent on how opposing teams cover specific WRs than can be adequately covered in a single stat.

    Look, I'm the douchebag that pays $70 a year so I can watch all the NFL games w/ the coaches tape. I don't have a specific number to quantify how open Dez was last season, but I also watched every single play he made last season w/ the coaches tape. That motherfucker was open. A lot. 

    The methodology and process are poor for the stat all around.  And I don't necessarily disagree that Dez was open enough last year and his "death" is being oversold to a degree.  However, he was never going to be worth 16.5 million..... ever.  He wasn't worth 12.5 million currently, but that was Jerry's fault for backloading his contract so much.  I think Dez can still be a very productive player the next couple of years (I think he'll age poorly) and it's a shame he wouldn't consider a restructure or cut to stay, but the die was cast and the savings was too much for the front office I'm assuming.....

    That said, it makes my disappointment even more profound that we didn't sign Meredith to an offer sheet.  Saints got him on the cheap.... Thompson's deal was simply stupid.

  9. 1 minute ago, Amobie said:

    Well they just cut a guy Jerry loves so this isn't the same front office from 10 years ago.  If this was old Jerry, Dez would have played out that contract and Romo would still be the QB.

    Meh.... we did the same thing with Demarcus and Emmitt.... Let's no oversell this.  

     

  10. 1 minute ago, Amobie said:

    I can think of 2 possible reasons.

    1) Give Dez a chance to find a new team before the draft so his options aren't as limited.

    2) (more likely) That they want other teams to think we are making WR a draft priority when we aren't...  

    Unfortunately, our front office has never actually thought 2 or 3 cars ahead.... I think it's more likely #1.

  11. 15 minutes ago, Farkimedes said:

    Releasing Dez Bryant is what stupid teams do. Dallas is a stupid team, so of course they released him. 

    For the "Dez never got open crowd", if you're curious you can check out WR Average YDS of Separation in 2017 which is a good ( not great, but certainly not bad ) indicator of how "open" a guy was. A few names from that list . . . 

    1. Antonio Brown - 2.6 yards
    2. Dez Bryant - 2.4 yards 
    3. A.J. Green - 2.4 yards
    4. Gronk - 2.2 yards
    5. DeAndre Hopkins - 2.1 yards
    6. Mike Evans - 2.1
    7. Alshon Jeffrey - 1.8

    Also, anyone that references 2015 in regards to Dez's stats is just being flagrantly dishonest and should be ignored. 

    It's horribly tracked stat and everyone pretty much knows it.  I always give credence to folks that are trying to use advanced metrics to better understand and mine value or talent, but the way it's tracked is extremely spurious.  I would give it little to no credence unless you want to start talking about all the guys like Ed Dickson, Austin Hooper, or Jack Doyle who are averaging more than 3.4 YPS..... Hopefully they'll refine how it's tracked in time.

  12. 31 minutes ago, mdmost said:

    If they didn't offer him a pay cut but are moving him before June 1st then why wait this long? 

    Isn't he a post June 1st designated cut?  If he is, the question is why did they not wait until after the draft.  They've now shown another need....

     

  13. 26 minutes ago, DougO said:

    Without Dez they are almost locked in to drafting a WR in round 1. That's bad because now team's know they have to trade above Dallas to get Ridley or DJ Moore, and they'll probably miss out and have to reach like they usually do. Good possibility of a trade down to take a next-option guy, or have to trade up and burn some good picks, and end up with a domino effect shitty draft. We've seen that show before.

    I don't think we're locked in.  Does it become a priority?  Yes.  But we could go WR in the 2nd round or even 3rd..... Is anyone dead or just have a leg amputated?  We'll probably draft him in the 2nd.

  14. 15 hours ago, In10se said:

    I Thu k you seriously discount Jackson's ability. Much better ability throwing the ball already than Vick ever had, and by all accounts he works hard to improve and is coachable unlike Vick who coasted on pure athletic ability. Vick even said he thinks Jackson is more dynamic with the ball than he was at the same age. 

    I don't know id I do it but it's not a crazy idea. We dont know if Dak can be anything more than a solid game manager and paying a game manager 25+ million a year would be a disaster. 

    Jackson has the potential to be more than that. Might be worth a 19 to find out. 

    Yes, you're probably right..... I have questions about Jackson's ability to succeed on this level.  But really I don't think we're in the market for a QB in the 1st round so I think it's a non-starter.  We haven't had him in for a visit.  In fact, we really haven't had any QB that has been reported in for a visit except for Kenny Hill, who came in on his own.  

    Moving on, for those that wanted Jarvis Landry..... Uhm, yea.

     

  15. Just now, MNLonghornFUKM said:

    always hated how people whine about how long the playoffs last. you realize after the finals in mid june...we have baseball and usa-less world cup to get us to fall camp?

    I don't mind that it goes into June, I simply wish it wouldn't begin in mid - October.

  16. I had been reading about this but admit I have no feel for the political condition of Mizzou.  I saw he has another felony charge which looks to be from the same allegation.  Is it pretty well known he did this or is more of a "he said, she said" thing and he feels compelled to fight this?  At minimum it looks like he was cheating on his wife, although that doesn't seem to have any standing for political fallout these days.

    Also appears the prosecutors don't have the picture in question and this has gotten really nasty, mostly being waged in the court of public opinion by the Governor as he uses social media to try and build a narrative..... Interesting times.

    http://www.kansascity.com/latest-news/article208480519.html

    Background on the case....

     

  17. On 4/9/2018 at 10:07 AM, HornOnTheBayou said:

    The text messages are cracking me up. "BULLET DELIVERED!!!" with confetti had me rolling.

     

    On 4/9/2018 at 11:07 AM, Thiefery said:

    and the "Hang in There " Cat meme

    These had me rolling...... Fucking hilarious.  Hank is comic gold the first 3 episodes.  He also plays an assassin in Gotham.  

    This is maybe my favorite comedy to come out this year.  Hader is killing it as the straight man and has directed all the episodes too.  Hoping for a quick pickup by HBO, who has a pretty good track record of giving out 2nd seasons.

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  18. I mean..... we all knew this was going to happen, or at least had a high probability.  By the numbers and the eye test, this team will be lucky to win a series in the playoffs especially vs the top 2 seeds.  We had our chance for home court last week and we blew it by choking in La-La Land and 2 broke down teams.  Hey, it's probably our worst team in 20 years and we still made the playoffs.  That's something.  I simply wouldn't be encouraging anyone to rationally think we're going to be winning a series vs GSW or Hou.  Being a fan ain't rational tho.... amirite?!?!

  19. Just now, In10se said:

    Question to ponder: what do you do if it gets to pick 19 and Lamar Jackson is still there? You have 2 more years of Dak before you have to pay him but was he a product of that great line and running game in 2016? Jackson has similar accuracy issues as Dak but is so much more dynamic with the ball in his hands that he would be a great fit for the type of offense they've built here around high priced OL and RB. That type of offense with Jackson also wouldn't need high priced receivers as just guys who can run quality routes and get open on QB scrambles would work best. 

    Is that gamble worth the opportunity cost?

    LOL..... you go on with your draft and hopefully draft a playmaker on defense..... We're not drafting Lamar Jackson, nor should we.

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