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VTL: Graham publicly stated that he had been assured by police that a murder charge would result from the investigation. That doesn't qualify as prosecutorial discretion. Outrage misplaced. ...

I'm just not contesting the number of tasings suggested above, primarily because I couldn't find a better one. Let me know if you see reliable numbers. The comparison to executions should still stand...

Nookie: I stand corrected. The numbers I'm looking at are definitely higher than yours (350 or so since 2001), but not radically so. Guesty: Not sure that's true. The use of force continuum seems to ...

using proportionate force. if he pulls out a dangerous weapon, by all means, use a dangerous one in return. but don't kill 1 in 100 people who push your arm and attempt to flee. that's a lot of p...

BMJ agrees. Helmets reduce injury. http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/43/Suppl_1/i56 And Injury Prevention says helmet laws increase helmet use. http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/8/1/42...

Helmets do help. NEMJ says "riders with helmets had an 85 percent reduction in their risk of head injury." http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/320/21/1361? There's lots and lots of data on ...

But, MH, that would be providing *context* and *history* for a piece in the newspaper. It might have required a minor in american history, having read Jane Jacobs, and possibly having glaced at demogr...

Second that, Kev. DCist, I expect you'll let us know if there's a public memorial service for Mr. Johns?...

Seriously, what part of you're a block from my house alone in an SUV approaching two sequential red lights and a traffic jam, I'm in a crosswalk don't speed up it's a f*ing felony to hit me knowingly ...

Managed to catch one driver's first trip from Woodley up to Columbia Heights. Driver was exceedingly polite as he explained the new route to people; the trip was about 25 minutes. Pretty good time. ...

Baitullah Mehsud was born in the early 1970s in Landi Dhok village in the Bannu District of the NWFP, which lies some distance from the Mehsud tribe's base in the South Waziristan Agency. He hails fro...

Nah, there's a brothel at Perry and 14th, a block south of this punching incident. I can't prove that, because I don't go in. But I'm pretty sure....

Yay! And: anyone know if they can take the gun amendment out in committee?...

Yeah. They should swing by. I'm sure they'd feel a lot safer walking home, knowing that criminals will now feel the need to shoot first and ask for money later....

Reid -- Thanks for a great reply. Very much in agreement with your comments about public perception and whether DC needs to "earn statehood". At the very least, though, would you concede that the s...