NY... not far behind Minnesota, Ohio and Florida!

[Ed Hocken]

She looks great for being 50.

Fifty! FIFTY YEARS OLD!

[Lisa]

I'm not trying to be dismissive, just saying in another article I read the events were portrayed much different. She also did not have the drop on the guy, she came right out in front of a guy with a gun and risked herself and the people in the shop. If he had shot and killed her what would stop him from killing all of them? Regardless of gender it was a bad decision. Wait and see if he comes back into the room and have your gun ready so you have the drop on him.

And that she basically failed upward for getting two lucky shots is bad PR. The promotion is straight out of The Wire.

EDIT: let is also be said I am currently re-visiting The Wire so my disenfranchisement with the system is at a high.

- She had the gun hidden behind her leg.

- She had instructed everyone to get flat on the floor in case he started shooting - which he did. If she hadn't protected the other women first, one of them might have gotten hit, because one of HIS shots went through the bathroom wall where he had herded them into. But okay, whatever.

[Ed Hocken]

She's an evidence collector and is probably going to stay in that field. I don't think the promotion means she's going to handle homicides out of Midtown-South.

[Nathan]

[V]

Lisa,

I'm not down on her because she's a woman, nor am I disparaging her courage under fire. All I'm saying is that now, the bar is going to be raised with regard to police expectations in potential shooting scenarios. Especially with the liberal leanings in New York.

I see a bunch of state representatives and senators with (D) after their names lambasting police agencies because their armed response protocols do not include 'trick shooting 101'. It just makes a difficult job that much more difficult.

[Timothy225]

Here's a nice New Yawk story, perfect to start the holidays with. Now THAT'S a buddy!

[Lisa]

See? We're not all douchebags!

[Lisa]

I truly love stories like this. Not only because someone saved another person's life at risk to their own, but mostly because of the pure pragamtic nature of NYers.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...prawled_o.html

"I was thinking, if he gets hit I can't go to work. It's Sunday. I can't miss out. It's a time-and-a-half day", Flores told the Daily News.

I love the quote! LOVE it! It's the quintissential NY attitude of, "Yeah, yeah, I'll drag your ass off of the subway tracks, mostly because I can't be late for work today!"

[V]

I truly love stories like this. Not only because someone saved another person's life at risk to their own, but mostly because of the pure pragamtic nature of NYers.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...prawled_o.html

I love the quote! LOVE it! It's the quintissential NY attitude of, "Yeah, yeah, I'll drag your ass off of the subway tracks, mostly because I can't be late for work today!"

How noble...

It embiggens my heart!

[Lisa]

Little motherfuckers. I seriously hope this haunts these two little assholes for the rest of their lives.

http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-pregna...,6855405.story

[Lisa]

Okay, really, NY Daily News? Really?

So this poor male model guy dies after lapsing into a coma following a surfing accident last month. A surfing accident - keep that in mind, and then see if you can spot the incredibly poor choice of wording:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/..._accident.html

Scroll down to the sixth paragraph, where you'll see that Santa clearly needs to bring the NY Daily News a new proof-reader for Christmas:

DeVoe came to New York in 2004 to pursue modeling and immediately made a splash.

So there you have it, folks - the guy who drowned made a "splash" in the NY modeling scene.

(*Facepalm*)

EDIT: Okay, I suck too, because I confess that I kind of love the person in the comments section who said, "At least he didn't die in a gasoline fight."

[Ed Hocken]

I expect such shit from the Post, come on News.

[Nathan]

What ever happened to that guy that got caught between the subway and the platform?

[Lisa]

What ever happened to that guy that got caught between the subway and the platform?

Not sure which guy you mean, they have a few of those a year. Normally they're reduced to cranberry sauce.

[Nathan]

It was recent. Someone took pics of him. He survived initially but was in a coma.