Interesting

Lifeguards

Can you recognize the child in this video drowning before the lifeguard does?

I did, but that’s only because I was intently watching and knew it was going to happen.  It’s hard.  I watched a few of these and gained massive respect for the job lifeguards do.

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Know your rights

https://aclu-or.org/content/know-your-rights-your-rights-oregon

For Oregon:

If you are approached by state or local police and you are NOT driving a car …

Your Rights

  • You do not have to stop unless ordered by the police to stop.
  • Unless you are ordered to stop, you may leave at any time, but you should ask the police whether you are free to leave.
  • You do not have to answer police questions without a lawyer present. You can tell the police that you want to speak to a lawyer before answering any questions.
  • You may refuse to provide your Social Security number to the police.
  • You may be required to show your green card if it is your only form of identification and you are being detained or arrested for a crime.
  • The police will ask you to identify yourself. It is not illegal in Oregon to refuse to identify yourself; but you should never give the police false identification information.
  • You do not have to consent to any search and/or seizure. If the police threaten to get a warrant, you may tell them to get one. The police may be able to detain you until they obtain a warrant.
  • If the police search you without a warrant, do not resist, simply inform them that you are not consenting.
  • You do not have to leave the vicinity of the stop with the police unless you have been arrested.
  • If any property is taken from you by the police, you have a right to request a receipt.

Police Authority

  • Police can order you to stop if they reasonably suspect that you have committed or are about to commit a crime.
  • Police can also stop you if they have reasonable grounds to believe that you have committed a violation. Police may detain you until they establish your identity.
  • If the stop is for a crime, you may be detained for a reasonable period of time. If you are not a US citizen and you are detained or arrested for a crime, the police may ask you to show your immigration papers.
  • Police may ask for consent to search or inquire about the presence of weapons. The police may pat your clothing down for weapons, without consent, if they have reason to believe that you are presently carrying a weapon.

Remember

  • You should be polite to the police at all times. Anything you say can be used against you.
  • It is a crime to give the police false information about your identity.
  • If you are not a US citizen, under federal law you are required to carry immigration documents at all times.
  • You may ask the police for their names and badge numbers. You may also request business cards.
  • In many situations the police do not have to advise you of “Miranda” rights in order to use your statements in court.
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Bullets Split in half

https://imgur.com/a/zNzs7

Photo 1 –
1. Some flavor of 5.56×45 loaded with a steel projectile in a copper half-jacket to protect the bore
2. 5.56mm XM216 SPIW Flechette
3. 7.62/.220 Salvo Squeezebore

Photo 2 –
1. 9x19mm – looks much like a British 9mm MkIIz
2. 9x19mm – solid brass hollow point – unsure of maker
3. 9x19mm – either a tracer or possibly an explosive projectile. Not sure what that filler is

Photo 3 –
1. 9x19mm Cobra “High Safety Ammunition” – steel darts inside a polymer sabot
2. 9x19mm Israeli riot control – steel balls embedded in amber resin

Photo 4 –
1. 7.62x51mm Plastic short-range training tracer
2. This one is curious – it looks like a 7.62x51mm but the interior looks like a ‘sabotage’ cartridge as it appears to be loaded with a blasting cap and a small amount of explosive.
3. 6.5x55mm wood bullet blank (guessing at the cartridge on that one, it looks right!)

Photo 5 –
1. .450 Adams – the case appears too short and the bullet is too short, the cavity too shallow and it doesn’t have enough grease grooves to be a .455 MkII.
2. .38 Speer Target

Photo 6 –
1. .38 Special Glaser
2. .224 BOZ

Credit for the guesses as to bullet type goes here.

A place for random thoughts.