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GrubSprings t1_j7vov4i wrote

Man this case has been on a slow cook for several years. Seems like the walls are closing in on Mr. Banyai. I wonder whether he is going to (1) comply with the court order, (2) go down in a hail of bullets, or (3) disappear from Vermont and hope the courts aren't pissed enough to go looking for him.

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Clamato-n-rye t1_j7xlyxu wrote

Any of the three works for me. 3 is my third choice though.

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GrubSprings t1_j7z3mkn wrote

Unfortunately, I left off option 4, which is probably the most likely: interpose specious legal arguments for the purpose of delay. This strategy has been very effective to date and I am sure he has a couple of appeals left in him.

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Clamato-n-rye t1_j7zhjio wrote

Seems to be the official strategy of the far right. Trump lives and breathes that strategy.

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TheMobyDicks t1_j7vt9jl wrote

Ohhhh, please, please, please pick number 2, Mr. Banyai.

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[deleted] OP t1_j7vtqms wrote

You think that but I have friends who are cops and sending them into a gun fight with kids at home feels unnecessary.

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Kyzer t1_j7w53sm wrote

Where is robocop when you need him!?

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tyguyS4 t1_j7wqq25 wrote

Boston Dynamics has entered the chat

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HumpSlackWails t1_j7xa128 wrote

It's more that... can we trust him not to kill innocent people because he doesn't get his way, has to function within the rules of society, and gets his feelings hurt?

I don't see much about him that makes me trust that.

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[deleted] OP t1_j7vwl8g wrote

Be better and don't sink to his level: Let's not have anyone get hurt/killed. Banyai is a bully; don't let him turn you into one too.

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Eagle_Arm t1_j7vvn6z wrote

Well shit, I didn't expect redditors to volunteer to be the people to go storm his place. Bold move.

....or are you not volunteering for that? You just want to read the news article about cops and others dying because some guy is a lunatic?

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PPOKEZ t1_j7wney6 wrote

Its good to care about dangerous jobs and to help make them safer. I’m glad we can count on you to never order another pizza.

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Eagle_Arm t1_j7wumzu wrote

What?

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PPOKEZ t1_j7x981n wrote

It’s the 7th most dangerous job in the US-wouldn’t want to ask too much of them. Policing ranks 22nd.

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Eagle_Arm t1_j7xyjm3 wrote

Well for one, your original comment was unrelated rambling.

Two, way to site your source. I'm sure the actual stat is transportation/drivers/delivery drivers, which includes a lot more than your everyday pizza delivery guy. I'm sure you're not purposely being misleading.

For another follow-up, a little bit of difference from dying in a car crash vs. actively going after someone with a gun. Dying is dying, but acting like a car crash is the same as people shooting at each other, give me a break.

I generally pick up own pizza though, less waiting and cheaper.

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PPOKEZ t1_j7y7faz wrote

Even if it's just food service they are regularly robbed, and more likely to die of violence than police.

But it is fair to say we don't want this guy escalating and hurting anyone, police or not. I think what you were saying is "think of the police before you wish this guy commits suicide by cop". Which is great. But at a glance it also reads that you'd consider withholding justice to spare the police. Which prompted the "other dangerous jobs" discussion.

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Eagle_Arm t1_j7z6kxb wrote

Food service and everything to go with it, not delivery drivers.....again taking a larger group and comparing it to smaller, but ok.

I wouldn't withhold anything. Send in cops to get the guy, it's their job and part of what they signed up to do, but hoping for that outcome is fucked up.

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Corey307 t1_j7x73s0 wrote

Don’t be stupid, turning some of these nut jobs into martyrs only emboldens more nut jobs.

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Clamato-n-rye t1_j7xljn3 wrote

No shit, right? People are still going on about Ruby Ridge and Waco -- where people pulled guns and told police to FUCK OFF, come and get me copper!

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