Brandon Darby: Anarchists (Occupy) Plan to Take Down Emergency Medical Services at RNC

Breitbart.com ^ | 25 Aug 2012 | JOHN SEXTON

[Qbert]

Yesterday, I interviewed my co-worker Brandon Darby as he was traveling toward the Republican National Convention in Florida. The interview focused on strategies used by anarchist protesters at the 2008 Republican National Convention and how those strategies will be used once again next week by the Occupy movement.

In addition to trying to shut down bridges to prevent delegates from reaching the convention center next week, Brandon has learned that a subgroup of Occupy is looking to shut down EMS communications throughout the city.

The video that goes along with this interview is one Brandon took at the RNC convention while working undercover for the FBI in 2008. Some of it is a bit jumpy, but you'll see some of the street blocking tactics as well as several instances of individuals throwing items onto a freeway from an overpass.

[Biggirl]

Really?

[JimRed]

...but they’re lucky if it’s a dozen who actually manage to get to the “action”.

Wait a minute...I always found lib chicks to be EASY ACTION! Can the Occu-morons smell THAT bad?

[SECURE AMERICA]

“Well, assuming any of this is actually true, one would also assume that the police know about this as well and are taking appropriate counter measures.”

HUH? What counter measures did the Police take against these occupy thugs in the past year as they destroyed property and business in numerous cities across the nation? Oh that is right. Very little if any at all.

[nascarnation]

Shutting down EMS communications (?) would have little effect on the convention, but would undoubtedly p!ss off those folks in the ‘hood looking for a free ride to the hospital.

[Bon of Babble]

instances of individuals throwing items onto a freeway from an overpass. Motorists in California have been killed by "items thrown onto a freeway from an overpass." I expect the media will ho-hum this as they do all radical left-wing malfeasance directed at "right wing extremists" re: Gas and Shoot. Gas, shoot and SHUT UP.

[catnipman]

“HUH? What counter measures did the Police take against these occupy thugs in the past year as they destroyed property and business in numerous cities across the nation? Oh that is right. Very little if any at all.”

Well, in Colorado, having looked at what OWS had already done earlier in other cities and states, they were virtually completely shutdown here. A brief camp-out at the Capitol before being ejected was about it. They were not allowed to even get started at a number of other locations, including the City of Boulder, where the Boulder County Commission indicated they would vigorously enforce anti-camping restrictions on all County property, including the downtown courthouse lawns.

Given the national exposure of the RNC convention in Tampa, and having had the opportunity to study what worked in places like NYC and other cities once they decided to shutdown and contain OWS, I’ll be surprised if the OWS-types have much success in Tampa this week.

[petro45acp]

Possibly....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2923355/posts

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(hoping to have read the question mark properly...)

[jmacusa]

At what point is this bunch of thugs going to be treated as an organized criminal group and prosecuted under the RICO statues?

[ridesthemiles]

Am I understanding that these OWS fools are trying to start more trouble in a state that ENCOURAGES it’s citizens to be armed????

[jmacusa]

The premise you lay out is exactly what happened after the Russian Revolution and it was precisely the reason the communists were able to consolidate their power. They did it by creating a health care system where none had previously existed . In that way the Party had controlled over who and what group got health care and who didn’t. “Everyone gets sick’’ said Lenin.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

If they do that, they'd better hope that no one in Tampa, outside the Republican Convention has a medical emergency and dies because of their stunt. Couldn't they be charged with a felony, at least manslaughter, if their actions caused a delay in getting medical help to someone?

Using unlicensed transmitters (jamming) can cost you $10,000 a day in fines and jail time for each transmitter used. Doing it on emergency services frequencies ought to bump it up a notch from an FCC beef to DHS "domestic terrorism" even without actual disruption and resultant injury or death. If such disruptions were to cause injury or death criminal prosecutions should indeed be pursued against the organizers of the mob actions. These fools are just asking for a "get into GITMO free" card.

FYI:
Manslaughter is a distinct crime and is not considered a lesser degree of murder. The essential distinction between the two offenses is that malice aforethought must be present for murder, whereas it must be absent for manslaughter. Given the scenario of premeditated disruption of services, I doubt that a prosecutor would even consider anything less than murder.

Regards,
GtG

[SuziQ]

Thanks!