AntEater

Of course because you live in a world where he would have been sat at home like nothing happened. There's a lot of gray area in this case.

They do when you're trying to protect a whole community. A fugitive on the run is a clear threat to lives. They have to lock-down neighborhoods or have everybody on alert for that very reason.

I'm glad Carla and Yanai are finally getting noticed on this forum. I've followed them since the beginning and it's finally starting to look like they're getting the attention they deserve. It would explain the recent decorating efforts by them. Their guest girl has put the apartment on the map.

While I agree, I think what you're not taking into account is what could have gone wrong. If the guy had gotten away and become a fugitive (even for just a couple of hours til they got backup and located him) there is no knowing what he might have done to avoid arrest. For all you know he could have guns in his house and gone on the run killing anybody who identified him or got in his way. It is possible and it is something that happens in this country because guns are so prevalent. There's no knowing what that fear of arrest might have escalated into so they can't just let him go without giving chase. They don't know where he might go to hide or what he might do. After all he did try to use their taser on them, what's to say he wouldn't have fired shots at them if he had stolen a gun off them instead? That added with the fact that everything happened so fast they had to make a split second decision not only to protect themselves but other innocents too. Very naive to assume that he would just be at home the next day chilling as if he hadn't got into a scuffle with the cops and stolen their taser the night before while being arrested for DUI, especially since he was already on probation and this arrest would have led to him going to prison for at least a year. People act crazy and irrational when they're scared.

That's what I thought...I wonder what the story is there. That's a show I actually want to watch even if it's just a show.

Has she ever done a show with Irma?

I wish the cop would have read him his rights and explained to Brooks that he was going to arrest him and why instead of just starting to cuff him out of nowhere, especially since Brooks was in a such a lighthearted mood when talking to him, maybe all of this could have been avoided. I feel bad for the officers though because that's a very difficult situation to be in, even in retrospect it's hard to figure out what was the right thing to do. So many things could have gone wrong if they just let him run away. Of course in an ideal society they would have just taken his keys and let him walk home but I think that treatment is mostly reserved for celebrities in this messed up world.

Nice birthday party coming together. As much as I would enjoy some new faces, I kind of like that this group has had some time to get to know each other a little better. I like watching the friendships they have formed.

Masha finally gets a visit from a friend. About time, I was starting to think they had abandoned her since she's not able to party and have fun right now.

Oh shit it's Gina's birthday and I'm late to the party. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GINA!

I think there's already another E&P General chat going....or it got deleted.

RLC always kills me with the names 😆 Glad they finally found a fresh couple.

Yh I think so too, my bad.

Understandable about the music (even though they don't have a problem other days), but you should be able to cough in your own apartment even if it's 3am in the morning. They were shhhing the guy for coughing, I mean Carla moans louder than that at 3am.

They can't even cough loudly without being told to shhh. Since when have C&Y's neighbors been so annoying like that. They usually blast their music.

Competition is tough! The other guy just spent his time making her a drink only for her to run off with the other dude.

I don't think the n-word means what it means in English. I think like French it just means black. I could be wrong.

Is this true or a joke? Crazy if true.

I think Carla read our minds, looks like she's making her famous cocktails.

It's funny they bought so many bottles of liquor yesterday and nobody has a drink in hand.

Woaw these people have a lot of friends. Long live C&Y on RLC!

That may all be true, but the point is the officer had a job to do and he could have handled the situation in a more professional manner.

Like you mentioned a few days ago, it's weird her regular friends haven't come to visit her yet. I remember hearing that one Russian/Italian couple saying they lived like right across the street from her or something. Does this mean they are just business friends?

LMAO I think you're putting words in my mouth buddy. I was replying to happy (as you can clearly see) and he said pushing someone as a police officer was a legitimate response considering the circumstances, because as a man he would do the same. Do keep up.

First off let's not waste time arguing about semantics.To me it was barbaric, to you, it was not, we could go round in circles but we might have more fun figuring out what shade of blue the sky is. Secondly, I love the way everything is about politics to you. I am not left leaning, you have no idea what my politics are regarding numerous situations, you only know my humanity. I don't identify as a democrat nor do I identify as a republican. I am not someone who fits in one box or another. I support the BLM and I love cops. Sorry there is more than just two schools of thought in this world. I don't expect you, a layman, to know how to get an unarmed older man out of the way without pushing him but I definitely expect law enforcement officers to know how to do that strategically. The fact that you can't fathom a way to do it doesn't mean there isn't a way. I'm sure a person trained in the art of defense and formation would know exactly how to do that. Pushing is not the professional response. I hold my police officers to a high standard. Why are you so against cops getting better training and being held to a higher standard? Just as bad as people that want to disband the police.