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  1. 2 hours ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

    You can try, but BSC women often don't stop coming at you because you're trying to walk away.  DV is a different beast, and if he's been abused for what sounds like years, we need to give him the same ability to clear his name as much as a woman that has been beat.  The double standard here is insane.

     

    I'm also not justifying what he did, but anyone that has been involved with DV will understand.  Men are abused far more often than people think.

     

    I see it all the time. Cops come, women hysterical, saying all kinds of shit. Tough guys never admit they were assaulted or deny physical pain (which is bodily injury under the assault statute)

     

    the CDC’s intimate partner violence stud shows women perpetrate assault family violence more than men

     

     

    2 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

    I didn't know he was abused for years. I don't really keep up with his personal life and honestly don't care about it. If what you say is true and he finally snapped after years of abuse, then I guess I can see why it happened. And I do agree with you in the double standard because no one can believe a man can be abused by a woman. Happens a lot but I assume the man is too embarrassed to come forward about it, at least in public.

    Even after all that, I still can't see him doing all of that, even in his own defense and keep his job here.

    But people are very wrong if they think he will never coach again. It will be some years but plenty of programs who want to win will swoop in for the "rehabilitated, changed man who has turned it around". Easier to justify for them in that case than the current team to let it slide and keep him around. 

    Yep, see above

    2 hours ago, Constant said:

    If we operate similarly, responding officers would have take photos of all involved parties at the scene, and of the scene itself. A comprehensive ‘family violence packet’ would have been completed, which would have included specific information regarding the strangulation (which hand, strength of grip, how it ended). It would have also included an opportunity for the complainant to write a written statement, and would have included a lethality statement- which is a standardized form with questions regarding the relationship and the prevalence of violence.  

    You’re a cop

    1 hour ago, softlynow said:

    That’s the short form. Probably all that will be made public in written form, at least for a while. 
     

    Take away the affluence of those involved it looks like a report in a case that ends up pled to deferred adjudication on a reduction to a class A family violence. The choking aspect is a bit weak, and most prosecutors would be willing to offer the reduction to clear the case. But this isn’t you’re average defendant. The audio recording is also a wild card. 

    Agreed, however I am calling my shot now. He will walk. But be fired/resign.

    36 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

    I feel like a broken record, and yes if what she reported actually happened, he’s gone. I just keep cautioning a little patience because I used to run a company that compiled video and audio evidence for law enforcement agencies.

    I can’t tell you how many times the video and audio didn’t match the police report at all. In this case, I doubt Beard is innocent, but I’ve seen it happen, a lot. People lie their ass off all the time. If you’ve ever been in an auto accident, you probably have seen it first hand. But again, I doubt he’s innocent. 

    Exactly. Don’t put too much stock in the PC affidavit. It never includes the “rest of the story.”

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  2. 1 hour ago, Surly Bevo said:

    Man for a board who hates cops and denial of due process a lot of you sure seem to love cops and denial of due process. 

    +rep'd

    50 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

    i don't know anything about anything and this isn't meant with any sort of subtext, but $10k feels a little light given the charges, no?

    totally normal, could even be lower under the circumstances

    46 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

     

    how humiliating.....

    There was:

    (1) an emergency protective order - kicking him out of his house, no harassing or threatening conduct, no firearms, etc., that expires in 61 days and

    (2) conditions of bond keeping him 200 yards from her everywhere she is, that expires when the case is over

    Either one can be modified by the judge that issued the conditions or the district judge that presides over his case 

    17 minutes ago, Uncle Nate said:

    Ok, another question for the lawyers.

    Doesn't he have the right to have his attorney there with him, even for this?

    Not at magistration.

    11 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

    So is the protective order SOP, or is that something the victim has to request? 

    Usually sought by the cops, often times over the objection or without the knowledge of the complaining witness, and sometimes at their request

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  3. 2 minutes ago, Constant said:

    Not sure if it’s different in Travis CO, but here in Dallas it’s SOP to apply for an Emergency Protective Order (EPO) in all felony family violence charges. Signed by a magistrate at the jail and in effect immediately. Just another wrinkle to consider here. 

    EPO is likely but there will probably be a motion to vacate it, agreed to by complaining witness.

    CSB: I often have clients who ask me NOT to get it vacated....while the complaining witness is adamant about doing so.  

  4. 1 minute ago, Skipper said:

    It's probably pretty simple.  If there is any physical evidence of violence he's done.  If there's not and she retracts any claims to the contrary, he's likely not.  Probably not worth speculating further until arrest report is released.

    Even if there is, it can be self defense.

    I'd say the alcohol fueled MH issued redhead attacking the short fused drunk basketball coach who is tired of her shit and shoves her away by her neck and 911 calls the white knights at APD who ride to her rescue and take a statement from a drunk enraged crazy redhead odds are pretty good. 

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  5. 31 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

    Jesus, I'm fucked.  I have grades due at noon today, and I spent the first two hours of the morning reading this thread instead of working on that.  I'm going to be spend the entire week filling out 219 Change-of-Grade forms now.

    Fuck you, Beard!

    15 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

    Absolutely they care!  They don't care enough to do the work that's required to get good grades, but they care about the grade I assign.

    Because they've really worked hard this semester, but they just had some things come up in their lives that made it difficult for them to focus on my class!  And they're not good test takers!

    Same.

    Delete email, hit "submit grades" button. Bye!

    12 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

    If you know what you're doing you can apply a blood choke which doesn't impede breathing at all. Renders unconsciousness. 

    circulation is included in the statute

    10 minutes ago, bullet said:

    Interesting that they say "impede breath circulation" as opposed to attempted murder.

    attempted murder is rarely charged due to issues of proof, easier to charge aggravated assault

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  6. 20 hours ago, GottaB said:


    I am not quite sure if you are suggesting that for me or the other guy.

    I’m not buying right now as I have a shadow 2. I was just recommending that this guy spends $1500 on one. I might be in the market for the upgraded one some day but the stock shadow 2 is damn accurate with a phenomenal trigger. Of the three pictured, it is my favorite.

    My acquisitions have slowed dramatically since this purchase.
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     you prefer the CZ Shadow 2 over the Dan Wesson Vigil and Wilson Combat?

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  8. Jon Wellinghoff: It was actually a very shocking result to us that there’s very few number of substations you need to take out, in the entire United States, to knock out the entire grid.

    Bill Whitaker: Knock out the entire grid?

    Jon Wellinghoff: That’s correct.

    Bill Whitaker: How many would it take to knock out putting the entire country in a blackout?

    Jon Wellinghoff: Less than 20.

    The report was leaked to the Wall Street Journal. It found the U.S. could suffer a coast-to-coast blackout if saboteurs knocked out just nine substations.

    Bill Whitaker: You are relaying this in a very measured way. I would think this would be quite alarming.

    Jon Wellinghoff: It was alarming. There’s no question. It is alarming.

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