Hey if they are rioting against the militarization of the police that may not be such a bad idea.
Hey if they are rioting against the militarization of the police that may not be such a bad idea.
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I’m torn about this whole protest/rioting thing. I for one am up to HERE with the militarization of the cops. (We’ve certainly been talking a lot about “jackbooted thugs” here on FR the last two or three years, and it may well be that this Michael Brown thing is yet another example of that — though we really don’t know yet.) OTOH this rioting and stealing TVs etc. is simply a big excuse for a party — a thug-infested party — and does no one any good.
I’d like to see a Conservative-led movement against excessive police militarization, but I don’t know what that would look like, or maybe if there’s an organization that’s already working on it. Thoughts, anyone?
Riiigghhttt.
You do know this has nothing to do with cops shooting a black guy right?
This is about the Dems playing this up to get their base out to vote in the upcoming elections.
The cops are being used by the black panthers, Sharpton, the left , the socialist, communists, the cop haters, and the Dems as an excuse.
I agree that peacefully demonstrating against militarization of police may not be a bad thing if it can change behaviors. Blacks are not the only victims of a warrior culture by some that needs reigned in. My belief in this has changed over recent years. I do not want to live in a country where citizens are seen as the enemy.