Posted on 05/31/2010 7:38:16 PM PDT by TokuMei
Dunno. Did he work for the Clinton Admin?
Good job. This guy is the biggest POS. I cannot believe this company employs him.
Let me make sure I have this straight: white Supremeist nut job who once threatened to kill Pres. Reagan and who brainwashed his son to point where son killed a Federal Agent enforcing a lawful arrest warrant, refused to surrender to police, and thereafter had his pregnant wife hold open door instead of at least letting her surrender and at least getting her out of harms way, and agent was following order to shoot armed male and actually did shoot armed male (Harris) bullet went through his shoulder and killed women who never should have been there in first place. Agent is the bad guy. Okay. Now I know why people think the “right” is nuts.
I can’t believe the shooting community hasn’t forced HS to kick this guy to the curb. Maybe it just isn’t that widely known.
Ok, I see who Potts is.
Maybe you need to re-read what really happened. They came on their land, killed the boy’s dog, the kid had no idea who they were and shot back.
Still you sound like someone who can raionalize shooting a woman holding a baby. Go away.
My plan too. I’ll let them know why tomorrow.
Look at his name. They can rationalize anything if they are ordered to do it.
Very good, I’ll pass this on.
The biggest issue was that the Federal government changed the rules of engagement to what was essentially a “shoot to kill” rule. Between the outrage over that and Waco, Federal law enforcement hasn’t changed the rules of engagement since then. A few incidents that could have ended in bloodshed since then (The Freemen in Montana, the arrest of Warren Jeffs of the Polygamist Mormons) were handled very professionally.
Government can easily slide into abuse of their power unless people are vigilant. It’s true that Randy Weaver and David Koresh were not the most sympathetic of characters. It is a great credit to conservatives that they looked past the personalities involved and seized on the important issue and thus gave a warning to the government about going too far.
From your screen-name, I presume you blindly approve anything the FBI does. This guy isn’t exactly the Efrum Zimballist, Jr. character.
Potts was in charge of Ruby Ridge and also at Waco.
http://www.davekopel.com/waco/arts/rrprosec.htm
“Consider Larry Potts, the Washington FBI headquarters man in charge of Ruby Ridge.
The prosecutors investigated Larry Potts for approving the dramatic change in the “rules of engagement” for the FBIs siege of the Weaver familys remote Idaho cabin in August, 1992. According to the official FBI guidelines, deadly force is allowed only when necessary to protect someone against immediate danger. The rules of engagement are not based on the whims of FBI officials, or even on the acts of Congress. Instead, the limits on deadly force are implicit in the Constitution, and therefore decreed by the Supreme Court.
At Ruby Ridge, Idaho, the normal, constitutional rules of engagement were changed; the new rules were orders to kill any armed adult male seen on the Weavers property. The non-prosecution of Larry Potts is based on a disputed fact: it cannot be proven that Potts approved the order saying FBI agents “can and should” shoot. “
But you don't. So you're just another a**hole with a misinformed opinion.
Just damn! I’ve spent a lot of money with all of those outfits over the years ... no mo!
It goes wayyyyyyy back before that. Weaver held unpopular views. So why was he set up to begin with?
That does it for me.
Thanks, I didn’t realize that.
From what I can tell it sounds like Potts later on may have also had some involvement in Filegate although his role was never fully investigated. Sounds like another real seedy character.
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