<p>It’s times like these that I get upset when people speak ill of the police. Sure, there have been some stories of rogue cops in the past involving brutality, racial profiling, and general misuse of authority. But, in general, police officers are heroic public servants and we should give them the utmost respect. We don’t honor law enforcement as much as we should. They keep us safe everyday. That MIT police officer died a hero.</p>
<p>Where did you see criticism of the police in the thread this morning?</p>
<p>And the officer was only 26.</p>
<p>I think the police have been real heroes so far in everything that has happened starting Monday.</p>
<p>Now do we really know what “all hell will break loose” means or how accurately it was translated? Or if a similar expression in Chechyn translates close to that but has a different cultural context or meaning?</p>
<p>“Where did you see criticism of the police in the thread this morning?”</p>
<p>My, my, how refreshing, authority figures are not being skewered today.</p>
<p>@LakeWashington:</p>
<p>I didn’t see any criticism of police in this thread. I was referring to criticism of police in general. It seems to me that every time someone gets pulled over, all they can think is something like “Stupid cops, who needs 'em?”.</p>
<p>Really?
From Post #860: "We need a registry of everyone buying a pressure cooker. "</p>
<p>I know I should just ignore posts like this, but I feel the need to point out that it is ILLEGAL to make/possess a bomb. There are federal laws making it illegal to make or possess a destructive device. This covers practically everything from the pipe bombs you hear about frequently to “molotov cocktails”</p>
<p>Uncle being interviewed on TV. Seems to “get” the values here.</p>
<p>The 19 year old kid could be very evil on his own, or he could be gullible young kid with no real authoritative figure around to properly guide him. Same with his brother. There might be some other radical older group of people that are manipulating them. That is one possible explanation. I hope he comes out alive so we find out and learn a lesson from it.</p>
<p>He’s saying that they put a shame on the entire Chechen ethnicity and he wants the remaining suspect to turn himself in.</p>
<p>ELY: sarcasm</p>
<p>As I said, ELY, this is why we can’t have adult conversations.</p>
<p>The father also declared his son is a “medical school student” so he seems not to be aware of what the kid is actually doing. Maybe his 19-year-old son TOLD him he was in “medical school.” He is actually an undergrad at UMass Dartmouth.</p>
<p>GMTPlus7, that’s my demeanor squares not “rep” squares. 
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<p>The uncle is on air right now saying Chechnyan people are peaceful and pleaded, “Dzhokhar if you are alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness from the victims, from the injured and for those who left. Ask forgiveness for these people…he put a shame on the entire Chechnyan ethnicity…Turn yourself in…”</p>
<p>TatinG: Obviously, but I couldn’t help but detect a political agenda in your attempt at humor.</p>
<p>(Or, maybe I’m just touchy, being from the Newtown area . . .)</p>
<p>Mommusic, that could easily be a misinterpretation of what he said. Medical schools, iirc, don’t work the same way in Europe/Asia as they do in America. He might not understand the concept of pre-med.</p>
<p>I think the father is either far away and confused or there was a bad translation. Pre-med can be considered studying to be a doctor which can be misinterpreted as med school.</p>
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<p>Yes, and we now are quite clear on the fact that Loughner was apolitical, never watch news and never even saw the Palin flyer. He a nut who was way too influenced by the nutty leftists Zeitgeist movie.</p>
<p>There was zero causal connection between Loughner and Palin but that didnt stop people like Keith Olbermann from drawing one. </p>
<p>Thats is my point- people using an new event as a justification for their preexisting policies is not unique to this situation. It goes on constantly.</p>
<p>CBS is reporting that the State Dept. confirmed that the family immigrated legally in 2002. The parents returned to Russia a couple of years ago for the father to seek medical treatment. I think it’s clear that the father’s description of his son being in medical school is a misinterpretation of how the system works here as opposed to in Russia. He spoke to his sons often and as recently as a few days ago.</p>