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maxsolomon

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6. When they kick at your front door How you gonna come?

Reply to Beringia (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 12:47 PM

Apr 10

With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting in death row

The serving of eviction notices is fraught with danger. It's a profound crisis for the tenants.

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Man who killed sheriff's deputy in California dies after being run over with armored vehicle [View all] Beringia Apr 10 OP

America is violent. Getting worse. twodogsbarking Apr 10 #1

Yes and no. maxsolomon Apr 10 #5

A small correction... Shipwack Apr 10 #10

Um .... so the police deputy was violent in serving an eviction notice? RandomNumbers Apr 11 #37

Violent crime is actually going down, and has been nt GenThePerservering Apr 11 #32

Gun murders down too. The sentiment is concerning. Peace. twodogsbarking Apr 11 #36

Any port in a storm. OC375 Apr 10 #2

Yep, it sure looks like "suicide by cop" to me. ShazzieB Apr 10 #18

As my mother would say... Bluejeans Apr 10 #3

As he was shooting at them they were fully justified in either running him over or shooting him EX500rider Apr 10 #4

They were in an armored vehicle. Shipwack Apr 10 #11

So too bad about any civilians who get hit by his stray rounds as he was in their back yards shooting? EX500rider Apr 10 #12

They had options that weren't certain execution. my. Shipwack Apr 10 #14

Like? Shooting him was one, running him over was one, what else as he was armed and firing his gun? EX500rider Apr 10 #15

Waiting for him to run out of ammunition? GJGCA Apr 10 #23

So maybe a few more dead cops and some civilians then but as long as the murderer's okay? EX500rider Apr 10 #24

Oh yeah, that's exactly what I mean. GJGCA Apr 10 #25

Wasn't sure how you meant it, whether sarcastically or seriously or what EX500rider Apr 10 #29

Well what did you mean? Were you seriously suggesting that as a viable alternative? EX500rider Apr 11 #31

I am sorry but what kind of police procedure is that? LisaL Apr 11 #34

Like what? ShazzieB Apr 10 #19

So? RandySF Apr 10 #26

When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? maxsolomon Apr 10 #6

I appreciate this reference. (nt) Duncan Grant Apr 10 #9

The thing about evictions is thry don't happen suddenly or without repeated warnings. ShazzieB Apr 10 #20

I'm not faulting the cops. It's a terrible task they have to perform. maxsolomon Apr 10 #22

IMO, accountability count way more than any kind of "punishment," lethal or otherwise. usonian Apr 10 #7

Gladiators didn't have bullets flying at them in the arena, lol. ShazzieB Apr 10 #21

After what happened in Minn. last year... Snackshack Apr 10 #8

True, but realize... Shipwack Apr 10 #13

Those Minnesota cases didn't involve the people shooting at others JI7 Apr 10 #16

The crazy dude was shooting at them. If someone got out of the vehicle he could have shot them. Jacson6 Apr 10 #17

Am I supposed to feel bad for the shooter? RandySF Apr 10 #27

I don't feel bad for him, I just thought it was a bizarre way to go, run over by an armored police car Beringia Apr 10 #28

Oh, that's terrible. Mysterian Apr 10 #30

If he is actively firing at them, LisaL Apr 11 #33

What shockedme was the obvious self-satisfaction that the Sheriff displayed to the press dickthegrouch Apr 11 #35