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So we have one thread for discussing terrorists of various stripes and another on the ethics of law enforcement. So why not cover crimes that are less specific? Like what an (failed) bank robbery that recently occurred or that recent manhunt in New York?

It probably goes without saying, but anything advocating crimes will get thumped, and "how to" posts suggesting how criminals could be smarter run the same risk.

Edited by Mrph1 on Oct 29th 2024 at 12:54:10 PM

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#651: Jul 13th 2024 at 10:49:28 AM

Why the hell are real guns used for movies?

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#652: Jul 13th 2024 at 10:58:45 AM

If I had to guess it's to create realistic bullet-holes in various surfaces or something like that.

Having said that, I would point to John Wick's director declaring that they have no "real" guns or any use for real guns on-set.

If the John Wick films don't need any real firearms, then...

Edited by Protagonist506 on Jul 13th 2024 at 10:58:59 AM

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#653: Jul 13th 2024 at 4:32:23 PM
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#654: Jul 13th 2024 at 4:45:38 PM
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#655: Jul 13th 2024 at 5:22:05 PM
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#656: Jul 13th 2024 at 5:25:44 PM
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#657: Jul 13th 2024 at 5:36:08 PM
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#658: Jul 13th 2024 at 6:49:04 PM

Please do not use other threads to try to circumvent the lock on the US politics thread.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jul 13th 2024 at 8:49:42 AM

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#659: Jul 13th 2024 at 6:53:50 PM

[up]x8 Real guns can fire blanks, and there's an argument to be made that the realistic weight, noise, and action of the gun is beneficial for the actor. Whether that is outweighed by safety concerns is the question.

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#660: Jul 13th 2024 at 10:37:31 PM

The judge cites the misconduct of police and prosecutors over the withholding of evidence from the defense as the reason for the dismissal.

I am surprised the Prosecution thought they could get away with that.

Edited by Cortez on Jul 14th 2024 at 10:02:40 AM

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#661: Jul 14th 2024 at 1:21:04 AM

I am pretty sure I've heard of this stunt many times before. Even in Swiss courts...

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#662: Jul 21st 2024 at 11:18:54 PM

An Italian restaurant was firebombed with a molotov in Montreal.

The only thing the suspect didn't count on was that the next door neighbor was a local Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal (Basically the firefighting service of Montreal) station. The firefighters quickly put the fire out.

Edited by Ominae on Jul 22nd 2024 at 2:19:10 AM

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#663: Jul 21st 2024 at 11:26:13 PM

[up][up]Brady violations are routine in America; one study (don't have the source offhand) said something like 10% of cases checked had one. Judges hate them and nearly always dismiss or overturn a case if one's discovered, but that's a big "if" because...well, how is the defense going to find out if nobody talks? (Also, a lot of the time the evidence is concealed to coerce a guilty plea, and appealing a guilty plea is also structurally difficult.)

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#665: Jul 31st 2024 at 7:04:20 PM

IGN reports that 14 have been arrested at San Diego Comic Con in a Human Trafficking sting operation.

https://www.ign.com/articles/14-people-arrested-in-human-trafficking-sting-at-san-diego-comic-con

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#666: Aug 1st 2024 at 5:04:16 AM

I remember how we talked about rehabilitation as opposed to punishment in this thread. What about criminals who cannot be rehabilitated?

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#667: Aug 1st 2024 at 6:22:28 AM

[up]The thing with that is, in real life, how can you definitively say someone cannot be rehabilitated? At the very least, a lot of people are written off way too soon.

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#668: Aug 1st 2024 at 7:35:09 AM

We actually have a more distinct thread for that

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16067586770A66718200

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#669: Aug 1st 2024 at 7:46:04 PM

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/07/4535583468ce-japanese-police-seek-info-on-french-woman-who-vanished-in-2018.html

Police in Japan are calling on the public to assist in providing info (if possible) on a missing French woman who went to Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture.

Her brother says that she's likely kidnapped and killed. I heard the UN had to intervene to ask Japan to provide details that they can disclose.

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#670: Aug 1st 2024 at 7:48:57 PM

Note that said woman has been missing since 2018. The family has been trying to get the Japanese government to take the case seriously ever since.

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#672: Aug 1st 2024 at 10:56:33 PM

The UN is asking that same question.

The U.N. committee noted that Japan had not shared any information on plans to search for the woman, seeking a response by Sept. 10, according to the letter dated June 10 obtained by Kyodo News from a source close to the investigation.

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#674: Aug 11th 2024 at 11:45:29 PM

Well...that was a horrifying read.

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#675: Aug 12th 2024 at 3:39:12 AM

@Missing woman: Is it the job of the Japanese government to search for her? I don't know who is responsible for missing persons cases in Japan.

@Serial dog killer: I must have spent too much time reading up on serial killers, as I am getting a deja vu feeling after reading all that. Still, oy...

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