Comments on: Reports of Snowball Fight Gone Bad at 14th and U Streets http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/12/reports-of-snowball-fight-gone-bad-at-14th-and-u-streets/ Welcome to the beautiful life Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:54:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: may http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/12/reports-of-snowball-fight-gone-bad-at-14th-and-u-streets/#comment-169302 may Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:52:14 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=9782#comment-169302 Mount Pleasant is the perfect place for a fun filled(non gun toting-non police visiting) wholesome mid day snowball fight! I'll propose 12 noon this coming saturday 2/6 if the snow comes as predicted. Park/Mount Pleasant Streets? Fungoers only!!!! Mount Pleasant is the perfect place for a fun filled(non gun toting-non police visiting) wholesome mid day snowball fight! I’ll propose 12 noon this coming saturday 2/6 if the snow comes as predicted. Park/Mount Pleasant Streets? Fungoers only!!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/12/reports-of-snowball-fight-gone-bad-at-14th-and-u-streets/#comment-161373 Anonymous Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:04:57 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=9782#comment-161373 HIPTARD... I proudly wear the branding of \28-something hiptard!\ Yes, I am fun-loving, work for a nonprofit, and don't mind trying to talk my way out of problems instead of just sucking it up to authority figures. Nothing wrong with that. The fact that you see my smiling white face, and assume so much about my economic status/background - assume I have an unblemished, happy past - well that is unhelpful to the cause of ending racism in the US. Please, think that I may have been poor, I may have had to struggle, I may not be highly educated, I may not have had a happy childhood. Think all those thoughts. That is the flip-side of racism. All people should \be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.\ Never assume anything about anyone from their appearance. Just get to know them better. HIPTARD… I proudly wear the branding of \28-something hiptard!\

Yes, I am fun-loving, work for a nonprofit, and don’t mind trying to talk my way out of problems instead of just sucking it up to authority figures. Nothing wrong with that. The fact that you see my smiling white face, and assume so much about my economic status/background – assume I have an unblemished, happy past – well that is unhelpful to the cause of ending racism in the US. Please, think that I may have been poor, I may have had to struggle, I may not be highly educated, I may not have had a happy childhood. Think all those thoughts. That is the flip-side of racism. All people should \be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.\ Never assume anything about anyone from their appearance. Just get to know them better.

]]> By: 2Used2Snow2Care http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/12/reports-of-snowball-fight-gone-bad-at-14th-and-u-streets/#comment-153932 2Used2Snow2Care Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:01:20 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=9782#comment-153932 It's dangerous to have a snowball fight in the middle of a busy intersection. It's even more dangerous to take snowball fights personally. Both the throwers and cop were taking too many risks. In the future, large snowball fights should be done in a safe area, and detectives should detect when they're coming close to a snowball fight and avoid it. By the way, why do so many of these responses assume we don't know what it's like when a snowball hits your car? It’s dangerous to have a snowball fight in the middle of a busy intersection. It’s even more dangerous to take snowball fights personally. Both the throwers and cop were taking too many risks.

In the future, large snowball fights should be done in a safe area, and detectives should detect when they’re coming close to a snowball fight and avoid it.

By the way, why do so many of these responses assume we don’t know what it’s like when a snowball hits your car?

]]> By: Casey http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/12/reports-of-snowball-fight-gone-bad-at-14th-and-u-streets/#comment-153849 Casey Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:37:52 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=9782#comment-153849 There's something very important that hasn't really been stressed here. I was a few feet away when the detective stepped out of his SUV. When he walked around the front of his car he had his radio out, and looked annoyed, but not infuriated. When the crowd saw that an authority figure was at the scene, we were all in the spirit of 'Hit everyone, hit everything, hit all the cars, be ridiculous!' So this officer was standing there griping about his car getting hit, and someone beamed in the face with an iceball. Everyone around was like, 'Awww, that had to hurt' kinda thing. Basically it was like someone had chucked a rock or slapped him in the face, which as humans we react to by flipping into battle mode. I don't blame him for pulling his gun under the assumption that things were about to get really out of hand and he was in danger. I do blame him for not realizing this was a friendly celebratory atmosphere and not putting his gun away. This would've calmed things down, but idiots in the crowd, after knowing he was a cop, kept whipping snowballs at the guy's face. It's not quite as black and white as it's being made out to be. I was only feet away for the whole incident, taking photos on my phone and sending them out to people, and several of the videos I've seen don't show the beginning of the thing. He should've put his gun away once he'd assessed the situation. My fellow snowball-fighters should not have acted they way they did. The whole time I was thinking, 'You can't be serious...someone is still throwing things at this armed cop? Fun is fun, but what is wrong with these morons?' There’s something very important that hasn’t really been stressed here. I was a few feet away when the detective stepped out of his SUV. When he walked around the front of his car he had his radio out, and looked annoyed, but not infuriated. When the crowd saw that an authority figure was at the scene, we were all in the spirit of ‘Hit everyone, hit everything, hit all the cars, be ridiculous!’ So this officer was standing there griping about his car getting hit, and someone beamed in the face with an iceball. Everyone around was like, ‘Awww, that had to hurt’ kinda thing. Basically it was like someone had chucked a rock or slapped him in the face, which as humans we react to by flipping into battle mode. I don’t blame him for pulling his gun under the assumption that things were about to get really out of hand and he was in danger. I do blame him for not realizing this was a friendly celebratory atmosphere and not putting his gun away. This would’ve calmed things down, but idiots in the crowd, after knowing he was a cop, kept whipping snowballs at the guy’s face. It’s not quite as black and white as it’s being made out to be. I was only feet away for the whole incident, taking photos on my phone and sending them out to people, and several of the videos I’ve seen don’t show the beginning of the thing. He should’ve put his gun away once he’d assessed the situation. My fellow snowball-fighters should not have acted they way they did. The whole time I was thinking, ‘You can’t be serious…someone is still throwing things at this armed cop? Fun is fun, but what is wrong with these morons?’

]]> By: Texpatriate http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/12/reports-of-snowball-fight-gone-bad-at-14th-and-u-streets/#comment-153689 Texpatriate Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:18:40 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=9782#comment-153689 "They hung me up here five years ago. Every night, they take me down for twenty minutes, then they hang me up again... And if nothing else, it's taught me to respect the Romans." Monty Python's Life of Brian Proper little jailer's pet, aren't we. Seriously, I grow alarmed at the number of people showing signs of Stockholm Syndrome toward rampaging cops. Have you been in captivity so long that you see no limits to how policemen may behave? “They hung me up here five years ago. Every night, they take me down for twenty minutes, then they hang me up again… And if nothing else, it’s taught me to respect the Romans.”
Monty Python’s Life of Brian

Proper little jailer’s pet, aren’t we.

Seriously, I grow alarmed at the number of people showing signs of Stockholm Syndrome toward rampaging cops. Have you been in captivity so long that you see no limits to how policemen may behave?

]]> By: Annon Here http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/12/reports-of-snowball-fight-gone-bad-at-14th-and-u-streets/#comment-153613 Annon Here Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:50:36 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=9782#comment-153613 Your point in posting this address and what "might" be Elmer Baylor's home phone? Your point in posting this address and what “might” be Elmer Baylor’s home phone?

]]> By: AgreeWithE http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/12/reports-of-snowball-fight-gone-bad-at-14th-and-u-streets/#comment-153393 AgreeWithE Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:47:58 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=9782#comment-153393 Throwing snowballs at vehicles trying to navigate snowy streets is just dumb. Why wouldn't the driver react with anger? Yes, the gun was an over-reaction but not being royally pissed off. The snowball throwers endangered the driver, other vehicles on the road, and the crowd of kids acting like idiots. Throwing snowballs at vehicles trying to navigate snowy streets is just dumb.

Why wouldn’t the driver react with anger? Yes, the gun was an over-reaction but not being royally pissed off. The snowball throwers endangered the driver, other vehicles on the road, and the crowd of kids acting like idiots.

]]> By: Annon Here http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/12/reports-of-snowball-fight-gone-bad-at-14th-and-u-streets/#comment-153392 Annon Here Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:42:30 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=9782#comment-153392 To have fun does not equal breaking the law. Throwing snowballs at motor vehicles is dangerous, and stupid. Throwing snowballs at a police detective during a heated exchange, asinine. To have fun does not equal breaking the law. Throwing snowballs at motor vehicles is dangerous, and stupid.

Throwing snowballs at a police detective during a heated exchange, asinine.

]]> By: steve http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/12/reports-of-snowball-fight-gone-bad-at-14th-and-u-streets/#comment-153339 steve Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:34:10 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=9782#comment-153339 not directed at you, but what kind of person throws a snowball at a person AFTER it's been established that the person is pissed and has a gun?? not directed at you, but what kind of person throws a snowball at a person AFTER it’s been established that the person is pissed and has a gun??

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/12/reports-of-snowball-fight-gone-bad-at-14th-and-u-streets/#comment-153298 Anonymous Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:05:05 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=9782#comment-153298 you idiots shouldnt have thrown snowballs at him you idiots shouldnt have thrown snowballs at him

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