LOL Angeles

[AngelsLongBall]

9 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Hahahhahahahaha.  Dumbshits.  Oh, and there are still plenty of cars parked in Anti Gridlock zones during rush hour, with no tickets or towing.

LA spends more on parking enforcement than it collects in fines

 

Double reinforcing the zippers on the uniform pants is expensive 

[Adam]

9 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Hahahhahahahaha.  Dumbshits.  Oh, and there are still plenty of cars parked in Anti Gridlock zones during rush hour, with no tickets or towing.

LA spends more on parking enforcement than it collects in fines

 

What do they care? Their entire operation and payroll is funded by stolen money anyway

[Jason]

1 hour ago, Adam said:

What do they care? Their entire operation and payroll is funded by stolen money anyway

Spoiler alert!

 

They don’t 

[gotbeer]

I wonder when the government realizes that this probably hurts business more than it helps people?

West Hollywood Proposes $17.64 Minimum Wage for All Workers Beginning in 2022

[Jason]

4 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

I wonder when the government realizes that this probably hurts business more than it helps people?

West Hollywood Proposes $17.64 Minimum Wage for All Workers Beginning in 2022

They don’t care about businesses though 

[arch stanton]

First, it hasn't passed yet. Second, if this has to happen it's better that it happen at the city level

[Lhalo]

Businesses are getting fucked in the ass without a reach around. Of course they're used to that in West Hollywood.

[gotbeer]

50+ Years to 5: LA DA's Policy On Juveniles Drops Murder Sentence Dramatically

Justice served.  

 

[gotbeer]

20 minutes ago, cals said:

Some victim’s family member is gonna murder this guy.  And then get probation.

 

Right now, if you want to murder someone.  Have your teenager do it.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, cals said:

They probably would try Larry as a child, too.

hand size is not a crime!

[Jason]

Lol at “comply with their demands” Gascon is doing and excellent job as the DA there 

Edited November 11, 2021 by Jason

[Jay]

This would never happen in Idaho.

 

[Don]

33 minutes ago, Jason said:

Lol at “comply with their demands” Gascon is doing and excellent job as the DA there 

That’s pretty standard boilerplate for anyone (law enforcement, employers, etc…) advising people in a robbery scenario. Sucks that there’s an apparent lack of prosecutorial effort there, but I doubt the police department’s official advice to robbery victims is gonna change to “just hit ‘em in the dick and run” anytime soon.

[Jason]

11 minutes ago, Don said:

That’s pretty standard boilerplate for anyone (law enforcement, employers, etc…) advising people in a robbery scenario. Sucks that there’s an apparent lack of prosecutorial effort there, but I doubt the police department’s official advice to robbery victims is gonna change to “just hit ‘em in the dick and run” anytime soon.

The criminals run that city and the citizens are defenseless 

[Don]

3 hours ago, Jason said:

The criminals run that city and the citizens are defenseless 

K. What instructions on how to handle an active robbery would you prefer the police department offer? Tell the citizenry to fight? Tell them to just say no?

I understand criticism/frustration with the PD and the DA in general. That makes sense. But the “don’t be a hero” stance is and has been pretty standard everywhere for quite some time. 

[Jason]

1 minute ago, Don said:

K. What instructions on how to handle an active robbery would you prefer the police department offer? Tell the citizenry to fight? Tell them to say just say no?

I understand criticism/frustration with the PD and the DA in general. That makes sense. But the “don’t be a hero” stance is and has been pretty standard everywhere for quite some time. 

Actually issue weapons permits for people that want them, prosecute and lock criminals up, stop the zero bail nonsense would be a start. Defending yourself has nothing to do with being a hero. 

[Don]

51 minutes ago, Jason said:

Actually issue weapons permits for people that want them, prosecute and lock criminals up, stop the zero bail nonsense would be a start. Defending yourself has nothing to do with being a hero. 

All good ideas. I just don’t think you’ll ever hear a LE agency suggest that its citizen’s risk their lives to stop a property crime. You might be comfortable with that yourself, and maybe knowing more people were armed would give thieves a second thought too.

Again though, no LE agency would ever recommend that as a blanket tactic to its citizenry at large. It’s a safety issue and a liability issue. The vast majority of people wouldn’t know how to effectively resist in that situation (probably even if armed). The goal is for robbery victims not to become murder victims.

[Jason]

15 minutes ago, Don said:

All good ideas. I just don’t think you’ll ever hear a LE agency suggest that its citizen’s risk their lives to stop a property crime. You might be comfortable with that yourself, and maybe knowing more people were armed would give thieves a second thought too.

Again though, no LE agency would ever recommend that as a blanket tactic to its citizenry at large. It’s a safety issue and a liability issue. The vast majority of people wouldn’t know how to effectively resist in that situation (probably even if armed). The goal is for robbery victims not to become murder victims.

A robbery is not a property crime and they are doing nothing and in fact, they do the opposite of what they need to do to protect people in that city. It’s going to get much worse for LA

[Don]

21 minutes ago, Jason said:

A robbery is not a property crime and they are doing nothing and in fact, they do the opposite of what they need to do to protect people in that city. It’s going to get much worse for LA

Ok. This still doesn’t explain your criticism of the “don’t resist/comply” thing. My point is that you have every reason to be frustrated/angry about local government response to all of this. You just zeroed in on the least problematic part of that response for some reason.

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, Jason said:

Lol at “comply with their demands” Gascon is doing and excellent job as the DA there 

That is the advice the LAPD has given out for decades. Why are you so triggered all of the time? 

[Jason]

6 hours ago, Blarg said:

That is the advice the LAPD has given out for decades. Why are you so triggered all of the time? 

Because the city is doing nothing to deal with the increase in violent crime and protect the community. 

Edited November 11, 2021 by Jason

[Jason]

6 hours ago, Don said:

Ok. This still doesn’t explain your criticism of the “don’t resist/comply” thing. My point is that you have every reason to be frustrated/angry about local government response to all of this. You just zeroed in on the least problematic part of that response for some reason.

If people just comply it’s going to continue to happen. The people committing the robberies are going to choose soft targets that offer the least resistance. Ultimately the best advice is to avoid going into any of the areas, for any reason, that are listed in this bulletin. 

[gotbeer]

4 hours ago, Jason said:

Because the city is doing nothing to deal with the increase in violent crime and protect the community. 

This is true.  

[Blarg]

4 hours ago, Jason said:

If people just comply it’s going to continue to happen. The people committing the robberies are going to choose soft targets that offer the least resistance. Ultimately the best advice is to avoid going into any of the areas, for any reason, that are listed in this bulletin. 

Statistics show that people who don't comply end up assaulted or dead instead of just having to replace their credit cards. You are being stupid about this. 

[Jason]

3 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Statistics show that people who don't comply end up assaulted or dead instead of just having to replace their credit cards. You are being stupid about this. 

So just keep letting things go the way they are going? That seems stupid to me