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Maybe a few of their cars aren't up to code. Wouldn't be the first time that has ever happened. And it's also hard to tell from the screenshots you provided, since they're from a top down angle from a helicopter. Also, I might be able to provide a little insight since I'm a lighting designer. When amber lights reach the end of their lifespan, their brightness is drastically reduced and the result is a dim red. Given that it's a crown Vic that's over a decade old, it would make sense that the lighting equipment on the car is in need of being replaced.

I would rather err on the side of environmentalism than consumer choice, but that's my personal opinion. Its all about priorities.

Yeah, those are all reasons why we need to invest in clean energy (except for the last one, I'm doubting that a little bit. And even if its true, its pretty sad that exhaust will be cleaner than the air we breathe). The disadvantage electric cars have in the marketplace is because of lack of subsidizing, I don't see that as an argument for not subsidizing them. The other reason that conventional vehicles out-perform electric vehicles is that electric vehicles are a far newer technology, and do not have the same decades of advancement and subsidization that conventional vehicles have enjoyed. Regardless of how well Teslas perform currently, it would be absurd to describe Chevy Tahoe as the "car of the future" instead of a Tesla. The government should act in the best interest of the people, and obviously the best interest of the people is combating and reducing climate change. If Republicans really want a free market and capitalistic society, they'd stop subsidizing Big Oil (and clean energy), and let clean energy naturally (and gradually) beat Big Oil in the marketplace. But I don't want a true capitalistic society, I want my government to be looking out for us and investing in our future.

Sounds good to me. That scenario would only happen if electric cars were able to out-perform conventional vehicles in the marketplace. I'm not sure who loses in that scenario, because everyone benefits from reducing our carbon footprint.

Of course not. Its all about financial incentives/disincentives for energy companies and car manufacturers, mostly through subsidizing clean energy providers. Our politics have swung so far to the right that subsidizing clean energy has become a progressive's wet dream. We will never ban gas guzzlers in this country.

Of course, gas guzzlers are a lot of fun. But pretty soon, we're going to have to trade in the fun of a purring engine for the fun of having a planet.

Gotta keep that oil money hitting the veins.

Airlines need to stop overbooking flights, its a ridiculous practice. People PAY for their seat, and they overbook in case people don't show up. But you don't get your money back if you don't show up to your flight, so why overbook? The airline is getting their money regardless. They're screwing over people to make an extra buck.

Would hardly call those riots. Armed white people do intimidating demonstrations all the time. No no no. Let me redirect you back to when you were listing all the things the "justice system didn't" do. Why would you go on that rant if you cared so deeply about addressing police brutality? Be straight with me. You and I have very different priorities and that's not a terrible thing. Thank you for the links. I never doubted the facts you presented, I just wanted you to prove them. Guns have a tendency to not stay exactly where they're sold. You can't JUST do gun control in the inner cities, which knuckleheads try to use Chicago as an example for why gun control doesn't work. Great! Lets cut our out of control spending on the military, legalize and tax marijuana, and increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Y'know, the three major solutions progressives have been arguing for for almost two decades. Maybe news travels slow where you live? I absolutely agree. Dude. You're joking right? Let me spell it out for you. When a woman takes birth control, and then has sex with a man, it helps her prevent an unplanned pregnancy in the first place. The less unplanned pregnancies, the less black fathers run away from their unplanned children. HOW do you not understand that? Or do you think that black men are genetically predisposed to be bad parents? What the hell is wrong with you, man? If I'm not worth your time, then shut up and stop responding to me. Of course rioting is a stupid activity. Its a visceral reaction, made only by people who have been wronged so categorically that they are angry enough to take it out on the streets. You and I have never been put in the position where we were angry enough to do that. And of course we should address the prominent problems, but we should address the problems in the justice system as well.

What incident are you referring to? All I've found is a story ran by Breitbart about a fairly ordinary scuffle between cops and an angry mob. White people pointed guns at BLM officials and cops at the Bundy ranch not too long ago, were you outraged? Did you post on here about how outraged you were? Did you reply to someone's comment when they weren't as outraged as you, or empathized with the Bundy family's cause? No, just an observation. So we shouldn't talk about discrimination because black people have high rates of single parents? Are you aware of how much of a racist prick that makes you sound like? We are ALWAYS responsible for what is implied by what we choose to say. Also if you're gonna say "pure statistics", maybe try linking to them. You're bordering very closely on the line of thinking of "they deserve their discrimination", and I don't think that's a road you wanna go down. Great. Then lets fund it even more, and help people that need it sign up for it. Of course its not a solution, that's why its one of like 20 things I listed. SNAP being a support institution doesn't make it any less important. Its an absolutely vital program for millions of people. And I love how you make fun of my empathy for people who are different from me, that really says a lot about you. No, we haven't. The number of guns in circulation has skyrocketed over the past 20 or so years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/10/05/guns-in-the-united-states-one-for-every-man-woman-and-child-and-then-some/?utm_term=.f927425d670b Huh...? Improving people's ability to receive family planning, such as contraception and birth control isn't a good argument for reducing unplanned pregnancy? Offering affordable sexual healthcare and abortion services wouldn't be helpful..? Are you daft? Did you not pay attention in 8th grade health class? As an adult, you sometimes have to empathize with people you disagree with. And of course I agree with you, I just fail to see why you can't just connect the dots. When you see disenfranchised people that have been discriminated against their entire lives (according to the DOJ) riot, you need to take a step back and look at the reasons that have driven them to that point. You need to address those issues, which in the cases of Ferguson and Baltimore were decades of police abuse, profiling, and discrimination. I had to explain it because you didn't understand, and I'm still not sure if you do.

Yeah, you're gonna wanna read those investigations again, "bud". Wait....WHAT? Did you think I meant that the riots happened as a result of the investigation? That's idiotic. The investigations had found racial bias rooted in both departments, and decades of profiling and discrimination. The black populations of both cities had been experiencing that profiling for DECADES. For some of them, their ENTIRE LIVES. They weren't happy-go-lucky until the investigation happened, they were furious for the decades beforehand. It doesn't matter if Michael Brown had his hands up or not, that shooting was only the spark in the powder keg. To you, the riot seemed like it came out of nowhere because no have no empathy and didn't care or didn't believe the people of Baltimore and Ferguson were being discriminated against for decades beforehand. Um...I'm pretty sure there weren't any riots in Hempstead, Texas after she hung herself. You're oozing with venom with the whole "so idiotic that it hurts", but you don't really seem to be informed on the issue. The repetition of "its not the justice system's fault" is catchy, but it makes your argument completely incoherent. It kind of seems like you have a lot of disdain for black people, and you're just listing all the things wrong with "the other". I'm sure you have plenty of black friends. When did I ever blame the justice system for EVERY problem facing the black community? People who twist other people's argument are either dumb or lying. There are plenty of problems within the black community, no one has ever denied that. Every race has problems within it. Whether or not you're factually correct on all of your claims is a whole seperate issue. "Black on black crime" was actually invented by right wing media as a distraction. Every race is mostly killed by their own race, because America is fairly segregated in terms of what races live in what neighborhoods. If you actually care about improving the quality of life for black Americans, I commend you! Lets fund their schools, lets end tough-on-crime, lets legalize drugs, lets put more funding into food stamps and medicare. Lets make sure they all have healthcare, lets end Republicans efforts to keep them out of voting booths. Lets make sure they don't have lead in their water. Lets do gun control and reduce the number of guns in inner cities. You're worried about the absence of black fathers, then lets fund planned parenthood and lower unplanned pregnancy rates. I could go on, but I can already tell you're interested in almost NONE of those things. You just want them to stop complaining so much. Your confidence is hilarious to me. Even re-reading my post, there's absolutely no justification for rioting. I explained the social psychology of people who riot, I didn't condone rioting. I have empathy. I disagree strongly with rioting, but I can still understand WHY people do it, and want to improve their lives. You have no empathy, at least not for people different than you.

You don't really follow the news, do you... Both Ferguson and Baltimore were investigated by the DOJ, and they found deep routed systemic racial bias within the departments. Read the investigations yourself if you don't believe me. And in the case of Sandra Bland, an FBI investigation found that the jail had violated their own policy and did not perform the necessary mental health checks. They also settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $1.9 Million. At no point did I justify rioting, that's you twisting my words because you don't actually know any real facts. We need to UNDERSTAND the sociological factors that spark riots, instead of being ignorant and complaining about rowdy people in the streets that don't wait for all the facts. Do you live in the real world? Do you really think that a population that has been systematically oppressed their entire lives (according to the DOJ) is going to sit around twiddling their thumbs waiting for the biased internal investigation to tell them that the officer who gunned down an unarmed man is NOT to blame, then pack up and go home? Riots are not the problem, they're the symptom.

Or, yknow, we could punish offenders of police brutality, so that the public learns to trust the police and is not driven to enough outrage to spark a riot. But that's a wild idea, right? Its almost as if the actions of the police and the way our justice system treats cops is the reason riots are sparked in the first place.

This is cringy as fuck.

Props to the Miami PD for not being defensive meatheads.

No, that's how capitalism works. Companies don't advance technology unless there is a profit motive. The risk of losing government contracts is a profit motive.