How would you improve downtown Lawrence?

More surveillance cameras so I can feel safe.

June 13, 2013 at 11:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Homosexuals in Boy Scouts a Bad Idea

How'd I know it would be reasonmclucus?

June 13, 2013 at 11:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Menards plan gets first-round OK from county

Perfect! I don't want to buy a hammer from Home Depot, I want to buy it from Menards! I still won't be satisfied until we've got a Lowe's at that intersection as well.

June 13, 2013 at 11:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU wins NCAA women's track title

Amazing! Congratulations to the team!

June 10, 2013 at 4:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lawrence man charged with stealing motorist's eyeglasses in road rage incident

I'm not saying shooting him is an appropriate response, I'm just saying you made poor assumptions. You're speaking as though the victims response to the above incident would have been to shoot him after the entire incident occurred. (He stole my glasses and slapped me, now I'm going to shoot him.) It stands to reason if the victim shot the robber, they would have done so during the confrontation, in which case they could claim self defense as the robber came to their window and battered the victim in the face. Chasing him down afterward and shooting him would be murder, plainly.

June 10, 2013 at 4:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lawrence man charged with stealing motorist's eyeglasses in road rage incident

You'd only have to explain that if you shot him after he was leaving. If you shot him while he was reaching into the car/touching your face, you'd have to explain why you thought deadly force was necessary to stop what he was doing. There would be no "he slapped the victim, took their glasses, and left" part of the story, because he'd be shot before the leaving part occurred and we could only speculate as to how far the "robber" would escalate the confrontation that the "robber" initiated.

June 10, 2013 at 11:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lawrence man charged with stealing motorist's eyeglasses in road rage incident

The problem here is we're discussing this in hind-sight. If, at the time of the robbery, the driver thought the perpetrator was going to begin punching them in the face, and shot the man, who's to say they weren't justified? Because he only took the glasses and smacked the victim, we can, in hind-sight, say deadly force wasn't required.

As soon as the man breached the vehicle, it was no different from forced entry into your home. I wouldn't take that lightly. Not to say I would have shot the man, but if you flipped him off, it's unlikely he's coming to have a civil conversation with you. To the victim: Don't flip someone off and be surprised when the encounter escalates. After all, you escalated it from tailgating, to road rage by flipping him off. He escalated it from road rage to a physical confrontation.

Also, I thought that police officers could cite drivers for inciting/displaying road rage, but I couldn't find any statutes on the issue.

June 10, 2013 at 11:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lawrence man charged with stealing motorist's eyeglasses in road rage incident

He hit the person and stole their glasses. That deserves a ticket?

June 10, 2013 at 11:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lawrence man charged with stealing motorist's eyeglasses in road rage incident

That's what jafs is saying. In determining facts, they are determining truth, and guilt. Go away, fly.

June 10, 2013 at 11:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Jefferson County woman charged in alleged murder-for-hire scheme

She doesn't look well.

June 5, 2013 at 2:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )