Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

GloomyMelons t1_j9us13h wrote

Reply to PSA: Watch out for gray market "THC" vape cartridges by jlevnhv

You should not buy thc carts from strangers. Flower and edibles are one thing, but concentrate and carts should be avoided unless you know the distributor. There are reputable vendors from the high bazaar days that will likely be able to source good quality product for you; otherwise, I would go to Mass or Maine for your concentrate needs.

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buried_lede t1_j9urxip wrote

Reply to comment by Form684 in Rocky Hill suing apartment complex owner, its top taxpayer, over conditions by mas90guru

“Century Hills is a subsidiary of JRK Property Holdings of Los Angeles, which owns 80,000 residential and business rental and hotel units in 30 states. “

JRK is based in LA

The founder also serves on the boards of Union College and Cedars Sinai Hospital. I believe he’s the chairman of the board of Cedars Sinai, one of the best hospitals in the country.

Oh how these PE firms insulate themselves from the reality of their slumlording. Upstanding, prominent, community minded, advisors with excellent business skills. Cut to buckets in the lobby catching rain in Rocky Hill

In New Haven, most of the biggest apartment owners are PE firms mostly investing overseas money (Mandy, Pike) and the subject of endless complaints. They are considered slumlords by New haven city hall.

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Badgercakes7 t1_j9up6ld wrote

Reply to comment by Soggy_Affect6063 in bridgeport firefighters catalyst converter stolen at fire dept by Technical_Success987

Dude. Are you serious? Our police are trained (to some extent) to obtain”positive id” of wrong doing prior to using deadly force and guess what? They get it wrong not infrequently. And those are people who do this for a living and are trained, quite specifically, in doing this. And you want to empower some dumbass whose only training is an afternoon sitting through a PowerPoint on gun safety and firing 3 rounds in a gun range to try and do the same thing?

You are so hung up on the idea that people would only use deadly force if the are 100% sure of wrongdoing but that completely isn’t the case. Look at Ahmaud Arbery. Those guys killed him, thinking he was a threat, because he was jogging in the “wrong” neighborhood. People make mistakes, especially when they believe themselves (correctly or incorrectly) to be in a life or death situation. In the case of the kid with the pear, the cop asked the kid to put his hands in the air. He did and he happened to have a pear in his hands, the cop thought it was a grenade so he shot him. Our trained professionals get this wrong, which is the entire reason they are given qualified immunity, and you expect someone without their training to do better? This isn’t some Hollywood movie, you’re not a superhero.

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