Left and right wing militias facing off in Louisville today?
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wrote on 26 Jul 2020, 22:16 last edited by
I don't actually watch American news media. If I want to be condescended to, I try to at least have it be done by somebody who isn't even dumber than I am.
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wrote on 26 Jul 2020, 22:39 last edited by
Here's my take on this...
No knock warrants are needed ONLY when you have an extremely dangerous criminal to catch, you are 100% certain he's inside, 100% certain that any advance notice, even as little as a knock on the door, could result in someone's death. This case seems to not meet those requirements, to say the least. I don't know enough of the details to know why it happened, but I do know that it has taken far too long for anything to be done about it. This makes it look like the police are dragging their feet. People in that community have a right to be upset.
But there are ways to go about this legally and civilly. Having a bunch of hostile, angry at the world black guys show up carrying semiautomatic rifles is not one of those ways. They are the equivalent of a black KKK. If they didn't realize that by doing this they were literally inviting a race war with a group just like them only white, they're stupid.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Left and right wing militias facing off in Louisville today?:
I thought the whole point of having all these guns was so that you could shoot people who broke down your front door in the middle of the night.
Apparently, you need to ask for ID first.
Where were you when the SWAT team came to Roger Stone’s door. Bet you thought that was funny and just.
wrote on 26 Jul 2020, 22:59 last edited by@Loki said in Left and right wing militias facing off in Louisville today?:
Where were you when the SWAT team came to Roger Stone’s door. Bet you thought that was funny and just.
Actually I did. I thought they had actually captured that arch villian, The Penguin!
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I thought the whole point of having all these guns was so that you could shoot people who broke down your front door in the middle of the night.
Apparently, you need to ask for ID first.
wrote on 26 Jul 2020, 23:20 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Left and right wing militias facing off in Louisville today?:
I thought the whole point of having all these guns was so that you could shoot people who broke down your front door in the middle of the night.
Apparently, you need to ask for ID first.
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wrote on 27 Jul 2020, 00:07 last edited by
Ax, what are your thoughts on that letter?
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wrote on 27 Jul 2020, 00:23 last edited by
"Simply put, the legislation gives officers NO ability to safely interned to preserve property in the midst of a large, violent crowd."
IOW, YOYO,MF.
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"Simply put, the legislation gives officers NO ability to safely interned to preserve property in the midst of a large, violent crowd."
IOW, YOYO,MF.
wrote on 27 Jul 2020, 00:29 last edited by@George-K said in Left and right wing militias facing off in Louisville today?:
the legislation gives officers NO ability to safely interned to preserve property
George, I scrolled through the thread but find no reference to a letter (other than Horace's query). What are you quoting from?
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@George-K said in Left and right wing militias facing off in Louisville today?:
the legislation gives officers NO ability to safely interned to preserve property
George, I scrolled through the thread but find no reference to a letter (other than Horace's query). What are you quoting from?
wrote on 27 Jul 2020, 00:34 last edited by@Catseye3 said in Left and right wing militias facing off in Louisville today?:
What are you quoting from?
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wrote on 27 Jul 2020, 01:39 last edited by
So the police want to further militarise themselves in order to deal with the riots, then they act more like military units at other times, which gives oxygen to the people looking for excuses to riot, and the cycle continues.
When Obama was President, I remember a number of people here expressing concern about the continuing militarisation of the police. Seems to me like if it's a problem when the Dems are in power, it's most likely a problem when the Repubs are in power too.
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@Catseye3 said in Left and right wing militias facing off in Louisville today?:
What are you quoting from?
wrote on 27 Jul 2020, 01:44 last edited by@George-K said in Left and right wing militias facing off in Louisville today?:
What are you quoting from?
Thanks.
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@Catseye3 said in Left and right wing militias facing off in Louisville today?:
What are you quoting from?
wrote on 27 Jul 2020, 02:04 last edited by@George-K said in Left and right wing militias facing off in Louisville today?:
@Catseye3 said in Left and right wing militias facing off in Louisville today?:
What are you quoting from?
Chief Best graduated from Northeastern and shares my father's name who was a physics professor at Northeastern. Small world, and my father's brother was a Police Chief. She is probably OK.
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wrote on 27 Jul 2020, 02:28 last edited by
Hopefully those secretly or not so secretly delighting in the protest movement have inside knowledge that the protesters will pull back from the precipice just in time.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 01:50 last edited by
Think they are that smart?