Subj : Re: Floyd To : Gregory Deyss From : Dale Shipp Date : Sat Aug 08 2020 01:46 am -=> On 08-07-20 13:24, Gregory Deyss <=- -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Floyd <=- DS> The point was and is that blacks are killed by police at a higher rate DS> than whites. Stop trying to deflect to other arguments if you cannot DS> address that point. GD> I am deflecting anything but did provide the actual facts that prove GD> that 1. I am not deflecting You are deflecting when you attempt to present some other argument. GD> 2. I have proven that your statement is inaccurate. My statement is taken from a link you supplied. DS> It depends. If it were always a deadly weapon, then why bother using it DS> instead of a gun? It is only a deadly weapon in some situations -- and DS> this was not one of them. GD> Because Dale. Brooks ... did ... have ... a ... gun ... Really? That is not in any of the reporting. Enlighten us all as to your evidence that he had a gun during the incident that led to his being shot in the back. GD> There is no area of confusion or no ability to twist either, when it GD> fits your narrative. You can't have it both way when it suits you. GD> The District Attorney ruled that the use of a taser "IS" a deadly GD> weapon. Quote the ruling. When is a taser a deadly weapon? I do not believe that it can be considered as such when discharged randomly in the air from a considerable distance. Site the ruling that shows I am wrong. DS> I did not see or hear that in the video -- show me the time spot where DS> it occurred. GD> Again the video can be found at GD> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5QEnGkIbzA GD> 1:34 and then from there it shows in detail what those charges were. OK since it was not on the video in question, you dug up some other video by a youtube blogger. I'm sure that if one searches enough they can come up with some source to say anything they want to say. In any case, looking at time 3:12 the blogger goes on to claim that the DA has declared that a taser is a deadly weapon. He presents a chart from the GA code that he claims supports his statement. However, it explicitly outlines conditions under which an object might result in a charge of aggravated assault. That article doe not mention a taser, and for the case in question the taser as discharged by Brooks does not fit the definition in the statue. It was not discharged in a manner that did or could result in serious bodily harm. Try again if you can come up with a credible source. Dale Shipp fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net (1:261/1466) .... Shipwrecked in Silver Spring, Maryland. 02:10:43, 08 Aug 2020 ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 --- Maximus/NT 3.01 * Origin: Owl's Anchor (1:261/1466) .