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What did we say that was false? Was Martin doing a criminal act or going back home? Did Zimmerman have ANY business or authority following him? Did Zimmerman have a violent criminal record or not? ( Btw he was NOT a Neighborhood watch captain or ANYTHING! He appointed himself this way and some media outlets were all too happy to repeat the talking points)
"...he didn't have to physically attack Zimmerman, either."
What exactly was he supposed to do?
If you have children, imagine one of them walking back home at night, in the rain, then noticing a car following him, then a strange individual , who's not a police officer , stepping out of that car and trying to detain him ( We all know Zimmerman wanted to make a citizen's arrest and be a hero when the cops arrived so he could be hired as one after being rejected so many times!)
What was Trayvon supposed to think? It could have been a kidnapper, a serial killer, a boy-rapist,; ANYTHING!!
How should he have reacted at that time? What would you have advised your children to do? What about HIS rights to stand his ground?
"...Perhaps Martin *wasn't* doing anything wrong at that moment..."
Very slick what you did here. What in the world would make you think he could have!!!? Did he have a criminal record? As opposed to his murderer who already had a history of domestic violence and ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER!!?
Trayvon was the loser here. He lost his life and is villified in death to this day
Zimmerman was acquitted, got money ( that he stupidly spent and is now in debt but still) and is still unpunished after MULTIPLES subsequent brushes with the law.
This tragedy didn't divide America. It only revealed the division that was already there. No country is perfect. To even suggest it is foolish pride and , quite frankly, cowardice. Not to talk about Racism and Stupidity is making certain that it will happen again.
Bunch of IDIOTS! Of all the military shows that was the best! Grittier, more realistic than "Seal Team".
That was a gem of a scene indeed. This show grew on me. I was afraid if would just be a pale copy of the movie but it has developed ideas of its own, fleshed out its characters even more than the movie did, and the motive behind the "villains" ' actions ( and the scale of it) is slowly revealed. Besides , it's indeed a pleasure to see Brendan Fraser back on the screen! Hopefully back on the big screen one day!
We completely agree! and the way they turned Liam into more of a petulant child than he already was is ridiculous!
No it wasn't. It went from a conspiracy/crime investigation to a bland White House soap opera. The producers/writers as usual decided to play it safe and made something that was, at best, entertaining, unwatchable.
I was talking abut the camera in the police evidence room.
They deserve it.
Heat+Usual Suspects
That was my point
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ALL the information, the plan etc came from the driver on this one. Merrimen and his crew used to do their heist together. Then Big nick shows up. The driver could have been an undercover cop setting them up
You got me wrong.I was wondering why Merrimen didn' kill the driver after that scene.
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After all all the information about the heist came from the driver. He could very well have been a cop setting them up! it was out of character for that high end crew to take that chance!
It's a mixed bag. There are good ideas like the social commentary on police brutality, and I enjoy Cress's actting. But it is predictable in so many ways; we heard the dialogue so many times in so many scenes, but it's still enjoyable!
However, THIS SUIT HAS TO GO!! Totally ridiculous! Might as well get Robert "Townsend's Meteor Man" 's outfit while they're at it! Smh...
Yep. They ended the first season with a great cliffhfanger : Patrick Lyod in the wind with ALL US secrets (!!) . They built this formidable ennemy and had us anticipating even more action, then had him come back to the Us ( in a REGULAR AIRPORT) and die like a rat un a bunker (!!?) sulking like a baby because he couldn't see his family ( !!!?). Besides , with all the informations he has and his organisation , he chose to come HIMSELF to plant evidence to a ridiculous "scandal" that goes nowhere?!!
As I said in a previous post, my opinion is that the producers wanted to play safe. The Patrick Lyod of season 1 is a right wing fascist who must have had the complicity of COUNTLESS officials ( that ridiculous militia was not enough) .I suspect the creators of the show didn't want to be called "liberals" by the current administration by implying over and over that some republican polititians are dirty and murderers.
Another reason could also be budget cuts. The end of season one promised us an epic international manhunt with a lot of action ( and possible retaliations at home by Lyod's organization) . Maybe they couldn't do it with the budget they had ( If true they should have waited before they could deliver)
Instead they removed everything that made the show interesting , introduced the MOST useless, annoying, obnoxious character ; and, as you said turned it into a West Wing copy ( you should REALLY check it out!) .The difference is; we knew what we were getting with the West Wing. Compared to Season 1, I feel this season is like me getting a huge flat screen Tv box on christmas but there are only rocks in it!
Alana Shore keeping her on the case when she's clearly emotionally involved is indeed unbelievable
No murder of children is a "good" murder.
No one rejoices ovr it, but what irritates me is the selective outrage. How many men, women and children did the slave masters ( and white people in general) kill for CENTURIES before nat turner was even born? ( and long after! Google "alligator babies, please!)
If you were born to this society only to be raped, tortured, worked to death or killed for no reason ( maybe just because you looked someone in the eye) How would you feel?
To answer that question, look at 9/11 and what a few Muslim extremists did to America and how , to this day, white nationalists have no problem with invading other countries and kill as many "arab" men, women and children ALL OVER THE WORLD as a result of this SINGLE event.
Btw america also has a special day for a man who not only enslaved indigenous populations, but also practiced mass genocide to the point of wiping an entire tribe from the face of the earth ( Colombus)
Should I continue about " How the West was won?" A lot of Native americans would describe it better than me!
Obama was a CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer before being a senator!
Agreed. Now it's not even a good "West Wing" imitation. Just a poor attempt at "Mr Kirkman goes to Washington"!
They already hinted that there was an escape door to that bunker; so no surprise indeed.
RobPatelli, you're SO right! A conspiracy so vast that reached so far into the government, that so many died for just ended like THAT!!? Just over a man who had a tantrum about not seeing his family!!!? Season 1 finale told us he had informations about ALL the US defense infrastructure, identity of covert agents, etc...Instead he chooses to come BACK to the States!!? ( in a REGULAR AIRPORT to boot ; where he would have been recognized LONG before that ear thing!!) and die stupidly in that bunker?!!! What happened to all the information he had? and his organisation? Besides what is he trying to achieve by exposing the first lady's mother?!! This makes no sense; This is NOWHERE close to the clever mastermind Loyd that could pull that attack off in season One!
My theory: Either they changed writers who are incompetent, OR producers made them make those changes because they didn't want to take risks. ( Loyd conspiracy sounds a lot like a right wing coup "I want my america back" style and the producers didn't want to be called "liberals" by continuing that arc, but that's just me!)
Whatever the reason, they 're choosing to make it a bland, neutral White House procedural, introducing indeed THE MOST ANNOYING CHARACTER IN TELEVISION!!? that NOBODY NEEDED THERE; and who would have been punched in the mouth from the start before getting fired!