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The issue here is what the coaches did, not what the students did. If the coaches were aware of underage drinking happening while they were on a retreat or if hazing of any form was happening, those likely go against their contract’s code of ethics and firing was the correct thing to do.

And...of course college kids think it was no big deal.

Dixie Chucks

Several people keep speculating that this stems from a disgruntled mom whose daughter didn't make the squad. First, I don't see any evidence to support that. Secondly, there are as many male cheerleaders on the squad as there are female, so why a daughter and not a son?

Just an FYI, all UK cheerleaders undergo random drug testing.

How long ago was she diagnosed? Is this her senior year in high school?

Yes, she is a senior. She was diagnosed about a month ago.

One of my friends caught Covid-19 roughly a month ago. A week in he had mild symptoms (cough and fever would come and go), the second week he could feel it in his lungs and was somewhat concerned. Fast forward to today about 4 weeks removed and he told me he just went on a 5 mile jog. Did not take any medications, does not have any pre-existing conditions, he’s in his mid 40’s, good health slightly overweight, nothing extreme. His wife did not watch it either, they stayed in separate rooms for all 4 weeks.

The 18yro that I know that has it has been in and out of the hospital. She’s had major lung issues and the doctors say that it may comprise her lung function permanently but she is recovering and I think she will survive.

I would like to know how many rounds the police fired. We know it was at least eight.

A Georgia murder case is mandatory life, minimum sentence.

 

I understand if you attach hate crime to vandalism or some other crime, but I see no need for it on a murder case.

Maybe it will tie in with when he is eligible for parole. Also, the conviction of a hate crime on his record might influence a parole board in the future.

What would hate crime law do in this case that a murder conviction wouldn't?

Doesn't the conviction of a hate crime come with certain mandatory sentencing, meaning if a murder conviction in Georgia (I'm just making this up) could result in as little as five years, if it is determined to be a hate crime then there is harsher mandatory sentencing?

I've never been more ready for a season in my life.

THIS...and I am not much of a baseball fan. Guess that I need to find a team to cheer for.

They did have the right house.

Just not the right person. They put eight bullets in a person who wasn’t shooting at them.

Police want to knock and announce long enough so that if they have to kick in a door, the people on the other side of the door know its the police. They would much rather prefer someone just answer the door quickly. They don't want to knock and announce long enough for the person on the other side of the door to fortify their position or attempt to ambush them as they make entry.

 

I may have missed it, has the news said if this was a search warrant or an arrest warrant?

Search warrant.

I only heard about this a couple of days ago and have read/seen little. I want to make sure that I have this correct. Her boyfriend fired a gun during the execution of a drug warrant and the police shot her, not him? Eight times? Is that correct?

There's video of him walking down the road, stopping for a moment in front of a house, then walking in the house and staying for several minutes.

 

Didn't look much like someone out jogging.

 

Before I get attacked for it....I am not saying this means he deserved to die.

How is that evidence that he wasn’t out for a jog when he stopped at the house? It sounds like you are making an assumption.

Saying he was just out for a jog, when it appears that isn't true, is also misleading.

 

I could be wrong, maybe he was out for a jog. Didn't look that way though.

 

Regardless, for the 10th time, it doesn't justify killing him.

I’m sorry. I must have missed it. What evidence do we have that he wasn’t out for a jog?

Dad lives in Boone County.

 

But I think dad is safer because he is only going to Kroger/Meijer and didnt go to all of the girl's state basketball tournament to watch Ryle, isn't going out to eat at Bob Evan's, isnt going to HS baseball/softball games.

 

The amount of times that he is interacting with others is substantially less.

I think that is helpful. Still, I am happier when my dad doesn’t leave the house. But as my stepmom is a nurse (not working a Covid wing right now) I am still worried and checking in on him/them daily.

Happy, happy birthday!!!!

Jamie Fraser - Outlander

Technically, they did not have a right to pursue/detain him they never witnessed a crime. That is a big part of the case we cannot overlook.

I read in an article yesterday that the second district attorney that recused himself wrote a litter to go to the next DA that what they did was perfectly legal under GA law.

EDIT: The letter was written to the captain of the Glynn County PD.

I wish I hadn't watched it.

 

As barbaric as it sounds, I do think the video has opened the eyes of a number of people who needed them opened. I hate that I just said that, but I believe it to be true.

Some absolutely need their eyes opened. Let's be honest. If you don't live the life of a black man you don't know what a black man experiences. It doesn't matter what you ARE (a teacher, a preacher, a cop, a banker), it only matters what you are NOT. If you aren't a black man, you don't experience what he experiences. Just like if you aren't a cop, teacher or preacher, you don't know what they experience.

I'm really afraid on this one that the killers won't serve time. This law where someone who is not a cop has the RIGHT to stop and detain anyone is insane. If you are a black man jogging in Georgia, how are you to know the difference between the guy who somehow has the "right" to detain you because he suspects you of a crime vs. the guy who says that but is really out to kill you? In reality, that can apply to any person. How does your 16 year old daughter know that the guy who runs up to her while she is jogging is legally detaining her because he suspects her of a crime vs. a guy who just says that but is using that "law" to where he can detain her and kidnap and rape her? When can she fight back?

Again, it's a messed up law. I hope that I'm wrong, but I feel that these guys won't serve any time.

I will not watch the video. I have less than zero interest in watching someone get murdered.

I agree. I couldn't watch the video. To see someone just jogging along and then knowing what is about to happen, it's just too much.

That's great news for the Lady Wildcats!

Happy birthday!

I know an 18 yro that has it. She was in the hospital for a time and said it was so scary to not be able to have your family there and to only have people in “hazmat” suits to interact with. She says that she wouldn’t wish the pain she has experienced on anyone. Extreme tiredness - she was exhausted after brushing her teeth.