WTF in America
Dec 2nd 2019, 8:53 am
#7981
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
a man in Illinois who was killed after he opened the door to his neighbour's shed, it had been rigged to fire a shotgun. No one wants their stuff stolen, but stealing a hammer shouldn't attract the death penalty. The shed's owner was charged with first degree murder.
Originally Posted by vespucci
Quite right too. Getting someone killed when you're not even at the scene is more like murder than "keeping yourself safe".
Dec 2nd 2019, 9:52 am
#7982
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by robin1234
I don’t really see how that is first degree murder though, since the Illinois shed-owner wasn’t on the scene, and couldn’t know for sure that anyone would open his shed door. Sounds more like manslaughter or some other lesser offence.
Dec 2nd 2019, 11:36 am
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
He was convicted a couple of months ago, first degree murder. Will be sentenced in a couple of weeks. Here's a piece about booby trap killings, you'll have to excuse me if it's a dodgy source as I don't know anything about American media. I liked the way the journalist wrote though, and agree with most of what he wrote https://chicago.suntimes.com/columni...atko-steinberg
Sun-Times was a great, progressive paper, but sadly diminished in recent years with down-sizing and budget cuts, I believe.
Dec 2nd 2019, 7:18 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Haven't heard this one before. Passenger on a flight from Pensacola, Florida to Miami wanted a bigger seat when her request was turned down by the flight crew, she faked not being able to breathe, flight returned to Pensacola where she then refused to get off the aircraft, police were able to eventually get her to leave and she was detained under the Baker Act which allows police to detain someone in a mental health facility for 72 hours, no criminal charges have been filed as of the writing.
https://globalnews.ca/news/6242908/f...kFTfHzILHBr_mc
https://globalnews.ca/news/6242908/f...kFTfHzILHBr_mc
Dec 2nd 2019, 9:33 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
Haven't heard this one before. Passenger on a flight from Pensacola, Florida to Miami wanted a bigger seat when her request was turned down by the flight crew, she faked not being able to breathe, flight returned to Pensacola where she then refused to get off the aircraft, police were able to eventually get her to leave and she was detained under the Baker Act which allows police to detain someone in a mental health facility for 72 hours, no criminal charges have been filed as of the writing.
https://globalnews.ca/news/6242908/f...kFTfHzILHBr_mc
https://globalnews.ca/news/6242908/f...kFTfHzILHBr_mc
Dec 3rd 2019, 4:38 am
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
Haven't heard this one before. Passenger on a flight from Pensacola, Florida to Miami wanted a bigger seat when her request was turned down by the flight crew, she faked not being able to breathe, flight returned to Pensacola where she then refused to get off the aircraft, police were able to eventually get her to leave and she was detained under the Baker Act which allows police to detain someone in a mental health facility for 72 hours, no criminal charges have been filed as of the writing.
https://globalnews.ca/news/6242908/f...kFTfHzILHBr_mc
https://globalnews.ca/news/6242908/f...kFTfHzILHBr_mc
Dec 3rd 2019, 12:46 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
You have different sized seats on a plane over there? I did not know that was a thing. Or maybe it isn't and that's why they turned her down??? I didn't read the link, I guessed you gave enough of the story to make a comment.
Dec 3rd 2019, 7:40 pm
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Re: WTF in America
First class seats on domestic flights are wider with more leg room, and some airlines like Delta have a premium economy section with more leg room, like 34" inches of leg room vs 31-32" in normal economy. I would assume this lady was trying to get a first class seat if she was looking for a bigger seat.
But looking at the American Airlines website the flight in question was a small regional jet, that isn't going to offer a bigger seat anywhere on that type of aircraft. Maybe she had a panic attack or something, who knows. Regional jets being small and compact affect some people, a few times a year we would have a regional jet operated flight return to gate before taking off because a passenger was too nervous to fly on it. Some people don't do well in small planes.
But looking at the American Airlines website the flight in question was a small regional jet, that isn't going to offer a bigger seat anywhere on that type of aircraft. Maybe she had a panic attack or something, who knows. Regional jets being small and compact affect some people, a few times a year we would have a regional jet operated flight return to gate before taking off because a passenger was too nervous to fly on it. Some people don't do well in small planes.
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
You have different sized seats on a plane over there? I did not know that was a thing. Or maybe it isn't and that's why they turned her down??? I didn't read the link, I guessed you gave enough of the story to make a comment.
Last edited by Jsmth321; Dec 3rd 2019 at 7:45 pm.
Dec 3rd 2019, 7:44 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
But looking at the American Airlines website the flight in question was a small regional jet, that isn't going to offer a bigger seat anywhere on that type of aircraft.
Dec 3rd 2019, 8:11 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
First class seats on domestic flights are wider with more leg room, and some airlines like Delta have a premium economy section with more leg room, like 34" inches of leg room vs 31-32" in normal economy. I would assume this lady was trying to get a first class seat if she was looking for a bigger seat.
But looking at the American Airlines website the flight in question was a small regional jet, that isn't going to offer a bigger seat anywhere on that type of aircraft. Maybe she had a panic attack or something, who knows. Regional jets being small and compact affect some people, a few times a year we would have a regional jet operated flight return to gate before taking off because a passenger was too nervous to fly on it. Some people don't do well in small planes.
But looking at the American Airlines website the flight in question was a small regional jet, that isn't going to offer a bigger seat anywhere on that type of aircraft. Maybe she had a panic attack or something, who knows. Regional jets being small and compact affect some people, a few times a year we would have a regional jet operated flight return to gate before taking off because a passenger was too nervous to fly on it. Some people don't do well in small planes.
Dec 3rd 2019, 9:31 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Could be, hard to know since the articles were not all that descriptive.
Looking at seat guru the ERJ-145 has 3 seats with 33 inches of leg room vs 31" for the other 47, width is 17" in all seats.
Looking at seat guru the ERJ-145 has 3 seats with 33 inches of leg room vs 31" for the other 47, width is 17" in all seats.
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Emergency exit row, maybe?
Dec 3rd 2019, 9:36 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
Could be, hard to know since the articles were not all that descriptive.
Looking at seat guru the ERJ-145 has 3 seats with 33 inches of leg room vs 31" for the other 47, width is 17" in all seats.
Looking at seat guru the ERJ-145 has 3 seats with 33 inches of leg room vs 31" for the other 47, width is 17" in all seats.
Yesterday, 5:41 am
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Re: WTF in America
Mayors promise to meet after Newark sues NYC for shipping homeless families to N.J.
https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/12/may...-families.htmlThe world we live in.
Yesterday, 6:42 am
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Boiler
Mayors promise to meet after Newark sues NYC for shipping homeless families to N.J.
https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/12/may...-families.htmlThe world we live in.
Yesterday, 4:33 pm
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Re: WTF in America
LAPD officer suspended after body-cam footage shows him fondling a dead woman's breasts:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...s-body-camera/
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...-female-corpse
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...s-body-camera/
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...-female-corpse
