As Clown World Turns...

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I think the NFL actually wants to be soccer. I still love the games but the "fringe"? 'scuse me while I barf.
SB halftime? Bathroom trip, frozen pizza in the oven....and check RT.
 
I'm trying to remember the city where the cops got in trouble for radio chatter overheard by the wrong people.
Coming back from a call in "that" part of town and asked how it went, he says "a real gorillas in the mist" in reference to the Jane Goodall movie.
 
I'm trying to remember the city where the cops got in trouble for radio chatter overheard by the wrong people.
Coming back from a call in "that" part of town and asked how it went, he says "a real gorillas in the mist" in reference to the Jane Goodall movie.


they're not wrong.
 
I'm trying to remember the city where the cops got in trouble for radio chatter overheard by the wrong people.
Coming back from a call in "that" part of town and asked how it went, he says "a real gorillas in the mist" in reference to the Jane Goodall movie.
That is fallout from the Rodney King incident and came out in the case - couldn't remember the details so went and looked it up and it was Powell who said that, here it is :

"Another message of Powell's--one sent shortly before the King arrest--also would prove highly embarrassing to the defense. In his message, Powell described the scene of a domestic disturbance involving African-Americans as right out of 'Gorillas in the Mist.'"
 
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I remember a local talk show DJ getting fired for a similar comment.
 
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