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There was a case locally in the news a few months ago and it was on audio but not video. Actually the video was running but the officers were inside of an apartment.
Hearing the exchange, I am almost positive the officers were wrong in that particular case. I saw many social media comments on both sides of that incident. I saw a lot of cop haters that were simply saying things that were not legally correct. The ol', "An officer cannot blah blah", etc. Sorry, yes he can.
The oddest part about it was the police defenders in that case were just as bad. "He is a good guy..." or "The suspect was a liar.." or "The suspect was only looking for money...", etc. Maybe all of that is true however, from what I heard, the officers on scene were legally wrong and made an unlawful arrest and possibly unjustified force. 
It is like a political argument where people are drawing sides based on who they like the most. Kind of like my party is better than your party or Nederland is better than PNG because it is my hometown. There is no rational basis for it and it almost like choosing a favorite color. None of that should enter law enforcement. Bullets has ridden with me enough to know that I do not defend officers that I think or in many case, know are wrong. Some things just cannot be justified. The part that I don't like is that all officer mistakes or maybe most of them are not worthy of criminal charges or termination. Then the other side wants to make the suspects into a hero like the Michael Brown case. Brown committed at least two felonies and was shot charging an officer. Groups like black lives matter have made him out to be a hero and all officers as villains. That even after both the state and federal governments found no wrong doing on the part of the officer and obvious criminal acts by Brown. Even assuming the facts changed and the shooting of Brown was unjustified, he was still a felon. That is the part that I have a hard time with. If one officer makes a mistake then all officers are bad but if a felon is arrested, shot or struck while not complying with police orders which are very likely lawful, he is a hero. 
 

When I played, if a coach said that he was going to put his foot in your butt, he meant it. I am not sure how many times I have had my helmet slapped.
Today we have come to a time that we are playing a sport where kids can slam into each other going full speed in opposite directions that sometimes causes broken bones, torn ligaments and concussions and complain that a coach touched someone.
More pansification of America. 

I agree with this completely. I had a junior high basketball coach that stood under the goal during warm-ups. If you missed a layup you got swatted with his whistle strap. He was huge and believe me you felt it. To me at the time it was normal. Believe me when I say I learned to make layups with both hands very quickly as you had to use left hand on left side and right hand on right side.

When I played, if a coach said that he was going to put his foot in your butt, he meant it. I am not sure how many times I have had my helmet slapped.
Today we have come to a time that we are playing a sport where kids can slam into each other going full speed in opposite directions that sometimes causes broken bones, torn ligaments and concussions and complain that a coach touched someone.
More pansification of America. 

When I played, if a coach said that he was going to put his foot in your butt, he meant it. I am not sure how many times I have had my helmet slapped.
Today we have come to a time that we are playing a sport where kids can slam into each other going full speed in opposite directions that sometimes causes broken bones, torn ligaments and concussions and complain that a coach touched someone.
More pansification of America. 

I thought of the same thing about the Katy, TX teacher in the news wanting the junior high school students to say that God was a myth or fail a test.
Atheism is as much a constitutional right as Christianity. The teacher is wrong for making passing or failing a test based on such a statement but when you allow teachers to make belief or disbelief in a religion part of class, that knife cuts both ways.  

When I played, if a coach said that he was going to put his foot in your butt, he meant it. I am not sure how many times I have had my helmet slapped.
Today we have come to a time that we are playing a sport where kids can slam into each other going full speed in opposite directions that sometimes causes broken bones, torn ligaments and concussions and complain that a coach touched someone.
More pansification of America. 

When I played, if a coach said that he was going to put his foot in your butt, he meant it. I am not sure how many times I have had my helmet slapped.
Today we have come to a time that we are playing a sport where kids can slam into each other going full speed in opposite directions that sometimes causes broken bones, torn ligaments and concussions and complain that a coach touched someone.
More pansification of America. 

Gotta love Vidor's enthusiasm. No matter how many times they are an also ran, they keep up their support of the Pirates!!

I saw this year in the preseason comments and predictions about Vidor that they were returning like 173 letterman and 47 starters and this was the year to finally break lose while Nederland only returned 4 starters total on offense and defense combined and therefore had 18 new starters out of 22. Again, gotta love it!! 
Go Pirates!!!
(I will concede that Neumann will retire one day and at his age and tenure, likely soon. Then the Black Pearl can really rise to the top.) 

I love you too, tvc. I said 160 lettermen and 44 starters. Don't like to be misquoted.....

Gotta love Vidor's enthusiasm. No matter how many times they are an also ran, they keep up their support of the Pirates!!

I saw this year in the preseason comments and predictions about Vidor that they were returning like 173 letterman and 47 starters and this was the year to finally break lose while Nederland only returned 4 starters total on offense and defense combined and therefore had 18 new starters out of 22. Again, gotta love it!! 
Go Pirates!!!
(I will concede that Neumann will retire one day and at his age and tenure, likely soon. Then the Black Pearl can really rise to the top.) 

They sure did. Since that game Nederland has gone on a 6-0 run and Dayton is 4-2. 
Do you keep a team higher because they beat a team ranked lower?  Since the Dayton loss Nederland has beaten two ranked teams including one that was #3 at the time. In the final week of the season Dayton plays Porter who has not won a game in district. If Porter wins, do they jump up above Dayton (and therefore other teams) because they beat them?
One game does not make a season. 

They sure did. Since that game Nederland has gone on a 6-0 run and Dayton is 4-2. 
Do you keep a team higher because they beat a team ranked lower?  Since the Dayton loss Nederland has beaten two ranked teams including one that was #3 at the time. In the final week of the season Dayton plays Porter who has not won a game in district. If Porter wins, do they jump up above Dayton (and therefore other teams) because they beat them?
One game does not make a season. 

I want to thank everyone who has posted their thoughts and prayers for my family the last few days. It is greatly appreciated. I am very blessed to have such loving and thoughtful friends here at SETXsports. Thank you all.
I want to particularly thank Todd Broussard (WOSgrad) for all he has done for me and the site while I was away for awhile. Mucho gracias my good friend.

NEWSFLASH: That makes it extremely dangerous!!
I'm going out on a limb and guessing that being hit by a board (or any other debris) flying through the air at 280 mph is not going to have good results.
 

Love the media and their headlines. It is an "extremely dangerous" Cat 5 hurricane. Is that as opposed to a fairly mild Cat 5 storm?

R13 and game. 
Nederland 63-10 final. 

It doesn't matter how qualified a person is to speak on a situation or how true anything may be.  There might be legitimate gripes, actual abuses by a coach, ulterior motives, favoritism or anything else. 
The problem isn't whether something is true or if it is a valid situation or opinion. It is simply the owner of this forum's opinion that this is not the proper venue for such discussion. There are other places to make such thoughts. SETX Sports wants to keep this site away from that kind of chatter.

Love the media and their headlines. It is an "extremely dangerous" Cat 5 hurricane. Is that as opposed to a fairly mild Cat 5 storm?

Having an opinion is not a problem. Bashing someone is a problem in this forum.
I thought that PNG had some play calls last week that leave me scratching my head.... although thrilled since I am a Nederland fan. I think that not liking a play call or saying that it seemed foolish for running a double reverse inside of the 5 yard line was not a good call when the defense is in a goal line defense is not the issue.
Saying that the coach is an imbecile, needs to get a life, needs to be terminated immediately or other such statements are the issue. 
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Having an opinion is not a problem. Bashing someone is a problem in this forum.
I thought that PNG had some play calls last week that leave me scratching my head.... although thrilled since I am a Nederland fan. I think that not liking a play call or saying that it seemed foolish for running a double reverse inside of the 5 yard line was not a good call when the defense is in a goal line defense is not the issue.
Saying that the coach is an imbecile, needs to get a life, needs to be terminated immediately or other such statements are the issue. 
Here are some of the rules that apply to what this thread pertains to:
4) Keep it civil! You can make your point much more attractive to others by remaining calm and intelligent. You will be banned for flaming or attacking another member!! We will not tolerate abuse upon another member.
8 ) Do not make racial or abusive comments
15) Please do not post unsubstantiated rumors, suspicions or slanderous comments about anyone - this includes non-members of the forums.
18 ) The bashing of any particular coach, player, referee, etc will not be tolerated. This includes issues involving their personal lives, coaching/playing style or performance, past experiences, etc.
 
Suggested reading is the rules of this website.
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Love the media and their headlines. It is an "extremely dangerous" Cat 5 hurricane. Is that as opposed to a fairly mild Cat 5 storm?

Having an opinion is not a problem. Bashing someone is a problem in this forum.
I thought that PNG had some play calls last week that leave me scratching my head.... although thrilled since I am a Nederland fan. I think that not liking a play call or saying that it seemed foolish for running a double reverse inside of the 5 yard line was not a good call when the defense is in a goal line defense is not the issue.
Saying that the coach is an imbecile, needs to get a life, needs to be terminated immediately or other such statements are the issue. 
Here are some of the rules that apply to what this thread pertains to:
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15) Please do not post unsubstantiated rumors, suspicions or slanderous comments about anyone - this includes non-members of the forums.
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It doesn't matter how qualified a person is to speak on a situation or how true anything may be.  There might be legitimate gripes, actual abuses by a coach, ulterior motives, favoritism or anything else. 
The problem isn't whether something is true or if it is a valid situation or opinion. It is simply the owner of this forum's opinion that this is not the proper venue for such discussion. There are other places to make such thoughts. SETX Sports wants to keep this site away from that kind of chatter.

It doesn't matter how qualified a person is to speak on a situation or how true anything may be.  There might be legitimate gripes, actual abuses by a coach, ulterior motives, favoritism or anything else. 
The problem isn't whether something is true or if it is a valid situation or opinion. It is simply the owner of this forum's opinion that this is not the proper venue for such discussion. There are other places to make such thoughts. SETX Sports wants to keep this site away from that kind of chatter.