*** OFFICIAL *** Post dumb/random things thread

[4Dragons]

[DRK Star]

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/763


Chicago PD dispatch feed. Non stop entertainment.

this weekend is gonna be ugly...

the last hour has had a little bit of everything...naked woman on a bus, gun shots, battery, guy driving down the street with a machine gun sticking out the window, a fire, 12 people fighting, kicked in doors....grab the popcorn.



Late night tonight, if your hear them use the term ROBERT, that is just code for the cops working the evening patrol.

the rough areas are usually the south side and the west side. If the road has a number (75th street, 22nd st) that is on the south side. if they give number code, the city is broken up into districts. 10/11/25 are usually the most dangerous areas. If there is a four digit car number, the first two numbers are usually the district, and the next two numbers designate what type of car and who is in it. My brother is in 025, which is far west side.

"Watch your keys" means that someone accidentally hit their mic and its on for everyone to hear. "Slow it down" means that all cars going to a scene can either break off or not speed to the scene...its under control.

[4Dragons]

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/763


Chicago PD dispatch feed. Non stop entertainment.

this weekend is gonna be ugly...

the last hour has had a little bit of everything...naked woman on a bus, gun shots, battery, guy driving down the street with a machine gun sticking out the window, a fire, 12 people fighting, kicked in doors....grab the popcorn.



Late night tonight, if your hear them use the term ROBERT, that is just code for the cops working the evening patrol.

the rough areas are usually the south side and the west side. If the road has a number (75th street, 22nd st) that is on the south side. if they give number code, the city is broken up into districts. 10/11/25 are usually the most dangerous areas. If there is a four digit car number, the first two numbers are usually the district, and the next two numbers designate what type of car and who is in it. My brother is in 025, which is far west side.

"Watch your keys" means that someone accidentally hit their mic and its on for everyone to hear. "Slow it down" means that all cars going to a scene can either break off or not speed to the scene...its under control.

You do know that I bumped that drone thread so you could put that other post in there right?

[wrenchjockey]

[Baron Von Strucker]

Meet Al Hill, the sole resident of the world's largest abandoned building

pretty cool article about the old Packard plant in Detroit and the old fellow allowed to live there. Interesting plan to revitalize the area sounds promising, hope it works out!

Alan Hill's life is in ruins. More than 35 acres of them.

To visit his home in Detroit's long-abandoned Packard Automotive Plant, you pass under the crumbling pedestrian bridge on East Grand Blvd., continue past the hollowed-out office spaces, then pick your way through a graveyard alley of bricks, concrete and junked tires.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/detroit...uelo-1.3460551


Al Hill was invited by the former owner of the Packard warehouses to live rent-free on the property in exchange for agreeing to take care of the estate.

[4Dragons]

Meet Al Hill, the sole resident of the world's largest abandoned building

pretty cool article about the old Packard plant in Detroit and the old fellow allowed to live there. Interesting plan to revitalize the area sounds promising, hope it works out!

Alan Hill's life is in ruins. More than 35 acres of them.

To visit his home in Detroit's long-abandoned Packard Automotive Plant, you pass under the crumbling pedestrian bridge on East Grand Blvd., continue past the hollowed-out office spaces, then pick your way through a graveyard alley of bricks, concrete and junked tires.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/detroit...uelo-1.3460551


Al Hill was invited by the former owner of the Packard warehouses to live rent-free on the property in exchange for agreeing to take care of the estate.

lol, i've been in the packard plant many many times. You wouldn't want to live there.

[Muck Ficon]

[jacosta24]

[jacosta24]

[devidee]

[Lord of the Fraud]

The most searched for porn terms by state revealed

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz41ZT8qDIM

Step mum/sister???

No wonder America is full of mental illness when ya'll keep it in house yo

[WillieMcFML]

The "I don't like mens no more" guy took my order today at Chik-Fil-A.

true story bro

[DRK Star]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...g-officer.html



"YOU SHOT MAH BAEBEEY!"


Police shoot dead black father-of-two wanted on drugs charges 'as he tried to run away from cops' in North Carolina
Man named locally as Akiel Denkins, 24, was shot dead by police in Raleigh
Witnesses said he was running away when he was gunned down by cops
Denkins' mother said he was unarmed when a white officer opened fire
But police said a gun was found 'in close proximity to' the man's body
Denkins was wanted on drugs charges and had previous drugs convictions


"IT WAS A WHITE COP!"
"HE WAS RUNNIN AWAY!"
"DEY SHOT HIM IN THE BACK!"


Let just all casually glance over the fact that you son had 16 prior arrests, with half of them coming last year. Weapons, drugs, larceny, assault and others. A gun was found near his body (but Im sure its someone else's....those things just grow out of the fuckin ground sometimes). Im sure innocent people flee from cops, when they are wanted by police for another Felony arrest because they dont want to be shot by no crooked cop. Dey just sneaks right up on ya and killz ya when you dindu nuffin.


Cue the riots


Holy fuck, this society cant accept responsibility for shit.....

[4Dragons]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...g-officer.html



"YOU SHOT MAH BAEBEEY!"


Police shoot dead black father-of-two wanted on drugs charges 'as he tried to run away from cops' in North Carolina
Man named locally as Akiel Denkins, 24, was shot dead by police in Raleigh
Witnesses said he was running away when he was gunned down by cops
Denkins' mother said he was unarmed when a white officer opened fire
But police said a gun was found 'in close proximity to' the man's body
Denkins was wanted on drugs charges and had previous drugs convictions


"IT WAS A WHITE COP!"
"HE WAS RUNNIN AWAY!"
"DEY SHOT HIM IN THE BACK!"


Let just all casually glance over the fact that you son had 16 prior arrests, with half of them coming last year. Weapons, drugs, larceny, assault and others. A gun was found near his body (but Im sure its someone else's....those things just grow out of the fuckin ground sometimes). Im sure innocent people flee from cops, when they are wanted by police for another Felony arrest because they dont want to be shot by no crooked cop. Dey just sneaks right up on ya and killz ya when you dindu nuffin.


Cue the riots


Holy fuck, this society cant accept responsibility for shit.....

The screwed up story today was the muzzie babysitter that cut the head off the 4 year old girl in her care, then paraded the head around in the streets in Moscow today.

[MumblesBadly]

[FPS_Russia]

Bored? You can always help this guy work on his boat. He's got a huge steel boat in his yard and all kinds of volunteers from the internet stop by to help out. I watched a couple videos and they're always pouring lead in the hull. Pretty interesting imo

[DRK Star]

moved

[4Dragons]

This needs its own thread. Literally the first step in ramping up to a legit mission to Mars. Will be interesting to see how these guys have acclimated to being in space so fucking long.

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BONUS - Pretty cool they landed on dry ground:

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[DRK Star]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...301-story.html


**Video in article**


Chicago police Officer Aldo Brown was sentenced to 2 years in prison Wednesday for beating a suspect at a South Side convenience store, an encounter captured on surveillance cameras.

Brown's defense lawyer had argued he shouldn't spend a single day behind bars for the 2012 beating.

Instead, the veteran tactical officer should be commended for a career patrolling an area of the South Shore neighborhood so wracked by violence that it's known as Terror Town, according to attorney Daniel Herbert.

"Aldo Brown doesn't go to an office each day, typing emails, participating in meetings or conference calls and thinking about the next run to Starbucks," Herbert said in a recent filing in federal court in which he sought probation for Brown. "He starts each shift going into Terror Town, where he is ... the ONLY thing preventing already pervasive violence from completely overtaking the community."

Federal prosecutors, though, insisted that Brown is no hero. In asking for up to 2 1/2 years in prison, prosecutors said the burly officer committed a "violent and gratuitous beating," shown on surveillance video punching and kicking convenience store worker Jecque Howard.

Then, prosecutors said, he lied about it on the witness stand.


"With each baseless and unnecessary strike, (Brown) gave the citizens of Chicago every reason to believe that police officers could not be trusted, were aggressive and abusive," Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Romero wrote in a filing last week. "Bad police officers — like bad apples — tend to spoil the whole bunch."

When he appeared for sentencing before U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall on Wednesday, Brown was the first Chicago cop to face prison time since the scandal broke over the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

Brown was convicted of using excessive force after a weeklong trial in October, a month before the release of police dash-cam video of McDonald's killing led to murder charges against Officer Jason Van Dyke as well as a federal civil rights probe into the use of force by the Police Department.

The same jury acquitted Brown of two counts of filing false police reports.

Van Dyke is also represented by Herbert.

As in the Van Dyke case, charges against Brown likely would not have been brought if the incident had not been captured on video.

On Sept. 27, 2012, Brown, a plainclothes tactical officer in the South Chicago District since 2005, went with his partner to the Omar Salma convenience store in the 7600 block of South Coles Avenue. They were acting on a tip that drugs were being sold there and that employees were acting as lookouts for the dealers.

The surveillance footage from inside the tiny store — which had no audio — showed Brown handcuffing Howard and several others, and searching some customers' pockets. He then can be seen in the video walking up and down the store aisles looking for contraband.

At the rear of the store, the two officers found a backpack with a bottle of liquor and empty plastic bags that are typically used to package marijuana. According to prosecutors, Howard told Brown and his partner, George Stacker, it belonged to him. Meanwhile, Stacker removed the handcuffs from Howard. Brown approached Howard and appeared on the video to give him an order. Stacker was not charged.

As Howard lifted up his shirt to show his waistband, the video showed the 6-foot-3, 265-pound Brown punching the much smaller Howard in the face with a quick right hand. After Howard stumbled back into a cooler door, Brown choked him with his left hand and then cocked his right fist and delivered a blow to Howard's ribs, the video showed. Brown then dragged Howard toward the back of the aisle.

As Howard lay on his back on the floor, Brown hit him a third time in the face. He then rolled Howard over and handcuffed him. After finding and removing a loaded .22-caliber handgun from Howard's back pocket, Brown kicked Howard in the side. Howard suffered scratches and bruising but was not seriously injured in the attack, prosecutors said. He later filed a federal lawsuit that the city settled for $100,000.

Testifying in his own defense at trial, Brown told jurors he feared for his life after spotting the gun in Howard's pocket before he threw the first punch. But the video showed Brown continued to beat and kick Howard for nearly a minute before he took control of the weapon — a reaction prosecutors argued made no sense.

"(Brown) lied in an effort to convince the jury that (Howard) was an aggressor and to portray himself as simply a police officer trying his best to do his job," Romero wrote in her filing.

Herbert, meanwhile, said Brown's testimony about his heightened sense of fear was the truth. As part of his sentencing submission, Herbert included letters from residents who described the store — which has since been shuttered — as a scourge on the community. The officer's belief that he and his partner were in danger was borne out by the fact that a loaded gun was found on Howard, Herbert said.

"No one can stand in the shoes of Aldo Brown at the moment he made the decisions he did on that day," Herbert wrote.

Brown was put on paid desk duty after his indictment in November 2014 and is currently suspended without pay. He faces mandatory termination because of the felony conviction.

jmeisner@tribpub.com

[MumblesBadly]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...301-story.html


**Video in article**


Chicago police Officer Aldo Brown was sentenced to 2 years in prison Wednesday for beating a suspect at a South Side convenience store, an encounter captured on surveillance cameras.

Brown's defense lawyer had argued he shouldn't spend a single day behind bars for the 2012 beating.

Instead, the veteran tactical officer should be commended for a career patrolling an area of the South Shore neighborhood so wracked by violence that it's known as Terror Town, according to attorney Daniel Herbert.

"Aldo Brown doesn't go to an office each day, typing emails, participating in meetings or conference calls and thinking about the next run to Starbucks," Herbert said in a recent filing in federal court in which he sought probation for Brown. "He starts each shift going into Terror Town, where he is ... the ONLY thing preventing already pervasive violence from completely overtaking the community."

Federal prosecutors, though, insisted that Brown is no hero. In asking for up to 2 1/2 years in prison, prosecutors said the burly officer committed a "violent and gratuitous beating," shown on surveillance video punching and kicking convenience store worker Jecque Howard.

Then, prosecutors said, he lied about it on the witness stand.


"With each baseless and unnecessary strike, (Brown) gave the citizens of Chicago every reason to believe that police officers could not be trusted, were aggressive and abusive," Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Romero wrote in a filing last week. "Bad police officers — like bad apples — tend to spoil the whole bunch."

When he appeared for sentencing before U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall on Wednesday, Brown was the first Chicago cop to face prison time since the scandal broke over the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

Brown was convicted of using excessive force after a weeklong trial in October, a month before the release of police dash-cam video of McDonald's killing led to murder charges against Officer Jason Van Dyke as well as a federal civil rights probe into the use of force by the Police Department.

The same jury acquitted Brown of two counts of filing false police reports.

Van Dyke is also represented by Herbert.

As in the Van Dyke case, charges against Brown likely would not have been brought if the incident had not been captured on video.

On Sept. 27, 2012, Brown, a plainclothes tactical officer in the South Chicago District since 2005, went with his partner to the Omar Salma convenience store in the 7600 block of South Coles Avenue. They were acting on a tip that drugs were being sold there and that employees were acting as lookouts for the dealers.

The surveillance footage from inside the tiny store — which had no audio — showed Brown handcuffing Howard and several others, and searching some customers' pockets. He then can be seen in the video walking up and down the store aisles looking for contraband.

At the rear of the store, the two officers found a backpack with a bottle of liquor and empty plastic bags that are typically used to package marijuana. According to prosecutors, Howard told Brown and his partner, George Stacker, it belonged to him. Meanwhile, Stacker removed the handcuffs from Howard. Brown approached Howard and appeared on the video to give him an order. Stacker was not charged.

As Howard lifted up his shirt to show his waistband, the video showed the 6-foot-3, 265-pound Brown punching the much smaller Howard in the face with a quick right hand. After Howard stumbled back into a cooler door, Brown choked him with his left hand and then cocked his right fist and delivered a blow to Howard's ribs, the video showed. Brown then dragged Howard toward the back of the aisle.

As Howard lay on his back on the floor, Brown hit him a third time in the face. He then rolled Howard over and handcuffed him. After finding and removing a loaded .22-caliber handgun from Howard's back pocket, Brown kicked Howard in the side. Howard suffered scratches and bruising but was not seriously injured in the attack, prosecutors said. He later filed a federal lawsuit that the city settled for $100,000.

Testifying in his own defense at trial, Brown told jurors he feared for his life after spotting the gun in Howard's pocket before he threw the first punch. But the video showed Brown continued to beat and kick Howard for nearly a minute before he took control of the weapon — a reaction prosecutors argued made no sense.

"(Brown) lied in an effort to convince the jury that (Howard) was an aggressor and to portray himself as simply a police officer trying his best to do his job," Romero wrote in her filing.

Herbert, meanwhile, said Brown's testimony about his heightened sense of fear was the truth. As part of his sentencing submission, Herbert included letters from residents who described the store — which has since been shuttered — as a scourge on the community. The officer's belief that he and his partner were in danger was borne out by the fact that a loaded gun was found on Howard, Herbert said.

"No one can stand in the shoes of Aldo Brown at the moment he made the decisions he did on that day," Herbert wrote.

Brown was put on paid desk duty after his indictment in November 2014 and is currently suspended without pay. He faces mandatory termination because of the felony conviction.

jmeisner@tribpub.com