France riots: Burning car used to attack mayor’s home

That’s good to know should that be my fate.

 

The cop is reportedly under detention and is being investigated. I don't know what the standard is for pulling people over and whether they had sufficient cause for the stop. But I'd be surprised if the cop is found to have been justified in using lethal force against a kid if he wasn't armed and wasn't trying to run the cop over - and it didn't look like that type of situation to me.

 

It actually wasn’t Guillotin that invented it. He just advocated for its use to the French bigwig as a more humane way to administer capital punishment.

 

Yeah, now you can relax as they’re strapping you in.

Reminds me of a true tale from the Revolution. A priest, a doctor, and an engineer are all in line for the guillotine.

They strap the priest in and throw the lever, but the blade shrieks to a halt half way down. The crown gasps. The Committee representative declares, “He must be a true man of God! Let him live!” And the crowd cheers.

Then they strap the doctor in, throw the lever … and again the blade fails to fall. The representative declares, “He is a physician! He is meant to save lives! Let him live!” And the crowd cheers.

Then they start to march the engineer up the steps. He takes a quick look at the guillotine and says to the representative, “Oh, I see what your problem is …”

(It’s funnier if you can do the French accent)

 

Not sure if the cop is going to take the position that he was struck with the vehicle or had to move to avoid being struck. The video I saw wasn't very clear to me, but it appeared the cop was on the side of the car and not in the path. The passenger's reported version of events sounds different than some of what's been said online. I guess we will see how the investigation unfolds. This seems like a good example of a situation where it would be helpful to have body cam footage. I don't know if that exists here or not. I did see an article indicating that they were supposed to be standard for French police as of a couple years ago. I don't know if that happened or not. It would certainly be very helpful to figuring out exactly what happened.

 

Next you’re going to tell us the Ray Kroc wasn’t the real founder of McDonalds.

Buzzkill.

 

Give humanity a little credit! We came up with a clever machine to cut people’s heads off long before the 17th century.

 

January 6th MAGA Insurrectionists were just innocent lost tourists asking Capitol police for directions.

 

His name is on the tip of my tongue.

 

I wonder if James Naismith had a similar previous experience.

 

He was a head coach, but I don't know if his own head ever went in the basket.

 

You must be one. It’s better than a lawyer joke.

 

No, but my lord father was. And he loved that joke.

 

I can only tell you that I would most likely have let him go without a shot. Other cops I’ve known would cap his ass.

No one knows what occurred earlier and how you would react until you have to.

 

Don't worry Kyle is on his way.

 

Are the French becoming MAGA Republicans ?

Whom Do French People Blame for the Rioting? – The Daily Sceptic

 

Actually he wasn't, he bought the chain from the McDonald brothers.