Posted on 08/16/2014 7:51:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on 08/16/2014 2:08:08 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Looters in Ferguson, Mo., were met with little police resistance Friday night and store owners say they were forced to protect their businesses with their own guns, Fox2Now.com reported.
"I think the first message is to remind all law enforcement that they are hired to serve and protect and if they
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I don’t even know what to say about this non sequitur. Anybody can buy or make ghillie suits & I’ve known hunters to use them. So there’s some video of police snipers in ghillie suits & that means whole police departments were trained as one whole cohesive army by Green Berets to take over the U.S.?
No it doesn’t mean that & you haven’t answered my question:
I’m still waiting on anyone to tell me which military base local cops are trained at to be a military army that will be “taking over America”.
To each state, its own terms. I prefer that the state police be called a Highway Patrol, instead of a bureaucratic “department of public safety,” for example. My preference leans toward remaining with the old terms that respected the principle of enumeration of powers: That you only act as authorized.
“Negroid looters in Ferguson Missouri are living proof that Euro Americans have abdicated their duty to govern.”
How insolent; we whites have been running the country and trying to lift blacks since the first march of Civil Rights. I do know that we’ve tried every single thing, at our own expense, but it just hasn’t worked. They refuse to help themselves. They are throwing tantrums that are more and more violent and costly. They are too unstable and volatile.
Why is it our responsibility to be their keeper?
Thing is, that it’s the rioters causing this mess in the first place.
I agree; no matter what they do or the sacrifices they make, all they get is a slap in the face.
So we have gone from a squad car to MRAP’s, .38spls. and 9mm to full auto MP5’s and M16’s and full military attire, with military tactics but you see no militarization whatsoever?
The military’s job is to kill people and break things and when police start adopting those tactics the results are self-evident and we are witnessing them with collateral damage to anyone who happens to be nearby when a military style raid goes down. Is it the polices job to kill all criminals or to arrest them? Yes they have to kill at times I understand that, but with military training are they not taught to kill the target quickly and efficiently as possible? How is that philosophy conducive with law enforcement?
What’s next drones with hellfire missile strikes on citizens homes? You may laugh but why is this any different that what you are defending, it is military equipment and tactics in action.
I am all for law and order, to protect and serve all citizens and to treat them with respect. Right now I am not seeing a lot of respect for citizens in many cases, but the Us vs. Them attitude. When you treat all citizens as perps eventually they will become a perp voluntarily or involuntarily. Seriously why would anyone want a police officer around if they knew they were being scrutinized for every word, action or deed in their presence?
If I wanted to live in a police state I would move to North Korea and sadly my country is become a monstrous police state the Stasi would envy.
Looters in Ferguson, Mo., were met with little police resistance Friday night and store owners say they were forced to protect their businesses with their own guns, Fox2Now.com reported.
I don’t mind protecting myself with my own guns as long as liberal idiots don’t interfere.
I don’t care enough about you or this topic to follow up. You have access to the same Internet that I do. Do your own research.
Who said they are going to take over? Frankly with the border as it is now, plus the muslims living here, I want the cops to be able to take on terrorists armed with AK’s. And almost every reservist, if not all have fired a 5.56 mm. Once anyone has fired an M14 or M16 or any automatic rifle it is very easy to fire the rest.
This is your opinion. The news and the lady who wrote the book on this subject that has the media talking wrote about the EQUIPMENT. No one is saying they are trained as an entire unit much less by the military. Special units such as SWAT train as a unit. No the military does not train them. I know many retired SF types who could train anyone with basic military skills to be very effective.
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