Yea.. I remember having a date in a house under construction during my teenage years, he had set up candles, wine, picnic blanket.. pillows.. he went all out for a 16 yr old. I also remember a party at an unfinished house with about 60 people or so.. I am sure they likely didn't appreciate that either. It is just a "thing" that happens in some areas.
I did a brief stint in construction and yeah people will take a look, especially in the framing stage. Some of them are interested and will ask if the house is going up for sale, what room will this be for? etc
Yep. I can indeed attest to that. My father's work was heavily tied to Real Estate, so he liked to keep an ear to the ground regarding house sales. Many has been the conversations we've had about the housing market, how list prices compared to what the house should be worth, and how long we expected the house to remain on the market at its list price. This also meant that whenever he knew of a home in the [extended] neighborhood that was on sale, he'd have us detour to at least pick up a posted brochure, and in the case of under-construction homes on days when nobody was working we might walk around the property or even inside the house if it was still early enough in the process to be feasible.
This was definitely a thing my friends and I used to do when walking around neighborhoods bored, and we were far from alone in doing it. This was all throughout our teenage years.
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Why wouldn't he assume he was going to be shot? There is a pretty well established history of white dudes with guns, shooting young black men for incredibly flimsy reasons. Hell I'm white and if 2 redneck assholes (like the thousands who live around me and I see every day), came at me with weapons, I would assume I was going to get shot. There is a large percentage of the male population in this country who live in a constant "Action Hero" mindset, and actively seek out reasons to go prove their manliness by shooting someone in a way they think is justified. I hear it nearly every day in my waiting room of my office. The level of gun worship is quite terrifying. They were weened on Dirty Harry and John McClain and Rambo and Red Dawn (a favorite around here), and they LIVE for the chance to reenact that shit.
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... is this normal, it sounds like he didn't have the basic requirements to do much at all as an officer except sit at a desk? Is that all they had him doing for 24 years or did they just ignore his inadequacies...?So it looks like Gregory McMichael was a lousy cop before his retirement.
āA great embarrassmentā: records offer insight into Ahmaud Arbery suspect
Gregory McMichael lost his power of arrest in 2006 after failing to complete sufficient basic law enforcement training
So it looks like Gregory McMichael was a lousy cop before his retirement.
āA great embarrassmentā: records offer insight into Ahmaud Arbery suspect
Gregory McMichael lost his power of arrest in 2006 after failing to complete sufficient basic law enforcement training
This is in the south, so likely he was able to carry out normal duties for a long time before being benched. Hell here in Texas, Sheriffs are elected by the public and have no universal set standard minimum requirements. Some localities may set minimum requirements such as a high school ged or diploma, but there are still jurisdictions that don't have any minimum requirements, especially in rural areas yet they are armed and can enforce the law throughout the county.
He does appear to have has his right to arrest revoked at certain points, so it seems as long as someone noticed he does seem to have been restricted, although the local DA (who allegedly declined to charge him before recusing herself) got him a waiver. He does also claim to have been suffering from two heart attacks and depression for why he'd missed some of the training, although why this resulted in so many annual failures to complete mandatory training is less clear.
The scary thing is, to be a sheriff here, you do not even need any of that.
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One would think that health concerns of such magnitude causing him to miss annual mandatory training so regularly would also impact his ability to perform his other duties...
Somehow I'm not even surprised anymore.
Of course, I would generally support the willingness of employers to protect workers with genuine health problems.
That might be going a bit too far. However, bearing in mind very limited information to make a judgement, my suspicion of is someone who imagines all sorts of exciting fantasies of heroic law enforcement, whilst being complacent about the humdrum basics that the job needs more.
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If the cops actually outsourced their work to this unqualified dingbat, it says nothing positive about them.Apparently, the police asked the homeowner to call his neighbors whenever he got action on his security system according to newly released text messages. I smell a lawsuit for the family.
Also, the homeowner had 2.5k worth of fishing gear stolen from his property but never reported it apparently. Not sure how much I trust them any more but here you go anyhow.
Cops Enlisted Arbery Killer Greg McMichael for Help Months Before Fatal Shooting: Text Message
Local police had asked Greg McMichael, a former police officer, to help keep an eye on the unfinished property Ahmaud Arbery was seen wandering around.
Where are you getting the fishing gear info? And why would he store $2,500 worth of fishing gear at a property with no doors?Apparently, the police asked the homeowner to call his neighbors whenever he got action on his security system according to newly released text messages. I smell a lawsuit for the family.
Also, the homeowner had 2.5k worth of fishing gear stolen from his property but never reported it apparently. Not sure how much I trust them any more but here you go anyhow.
Cops Enlisted Arbery Killer Greg McMichael for Help Months Before Fatal Shooting: Text Message
Local police had asked Greg McMichael, a former police officer, to help keep an eye on the unfinished property Ahmaud Arbery was seen wandering around.
Doesn't matter, does it?
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