Note: This was friendly territory, Chicago.
Posted on 07/31/2009 5:30:13 AM PDT by curth
Expect more of this kind of thing as affirmative action fascism enters its desperate phases.
Note: This was friendly territory, Chicago.
people's eyes get real big when they see stuff like that. we have a small team of fully outfitted ESU cops (SWAT team) literally standing on Wall St. every weekday outside the stock exchange.
you can imagine the reaction of the tourists, while the stock brokers just stroll on by not even noticing anymore. it's all a matter of perspective as i am sure you are aware.
Dharapak/APU.S. Secret Service Counter Assault Team member has his assault weapon at the ready while sitting in the rear of a motorcade SUV as Barack Obama arrives at meeting in the Chicago FBI building.
thank you! that is exactly what i am talking about. i know that is just one moment in time, but that is what i have seen every time i have been in contact with a SS team.
Chicago, IL - Obama's Secret Service Draw Guns On Couple Driving To Close To Motorcade as they should have in this case.
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I've seen exactly that many times, guns visible in the Secret Service SUVs. I've also seen it when it wasn't the POTUS being protected (foreign diplomats). It is a fairly common sight in NYC.
” I dizzy with fear”
Oh please.....
I have been near President Bush, VP Cheney (different occasion) various candidates for President and Vice President and have never seen the secret service with pulled weapons. There must have been something going on or the Little Dictator is simply paranoid as well.
Thanks for proving my point. There are just too many conspiracy threads here these days.
btw...I was one of the 6,000 lay-offs thirty years ago. I didn't go back on like a lot of guys did. No regrets.
Kind of curious that we have this story on the heels of a previous story of the lead SS agent being fired for ostensibly complaining about certain comments being made.
Certainly there are a number of dots to connect, but .... a novelist could come up with a scenario that said that there was change of SS policy and someone didn’t want to go along, so he was shown the door.
Kind of things that make you go hmmmmm.
The only time I can remember seeing SS agents with their weapons drawn was after President Reagan was shot. I thought most of the time they try to keep a low profile and not draw attention to themselves. They are supposed to be watching you, not the other way around.
The times I have protested Clinton, no guns were shown. But there was a heavy police presence.
While we were protesting, a van ran the police cordon and had to be stopped. Scared the crap outa me. I can’t imagine what would have happened post-911.
lulz, if true, this is hilarious.
Barry been in office for how long now?
Long way to go there Barry......
By the way, I didn’t mean to be disrespectful in any way of your service as a police officer. You have a difficult job and I commend your willingness to do it.
while this was no such cop-bashing thread, i felt the need to talk about what i have seen. thanks for your service as well.
This is not SOP!
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