‘People showed up looking for a fight’ Fort Collins Chief to announce more charges in weekend brawl

KDVR ^ | Aug 10, 2020 | Alex Rose

[Lurker]

Keep your mouths shut. Don’t say a word to the cops.

Not one word.

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[NativeSon]

If the police & gubmint will not protect citizens & property, the people will.

[P.O.E.]

Because no matter what you say, there’s a bureaucrat or other opportunist hiding behind them waiting to sucker punch you for political gain.

[\/\/ayne]

The anti-police are the troublemakers.

[zipper]

Maybe if the cops had bothered to show up at the “protest” one block from the precinct in the first place.....

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Plus the jerkwad “protestors’” future plans will most likely not include Fort Collins. Notice how that even in red states they pick the most liberal areas to throw their tantrums.

[allendale]

Look who politically controls Fort Collins. Democratic politicians protect Antifa and as in all places the “police chief” is a political creature.

[real saxophonist]

I was laughing at the people in this thread praising Ft. Collins for being a 'conservative community'.

Denver, Boulder and Ft. Collins are the reasons Colorado has become the trash heap it is today.

[Sirius Lee]

And if the antifa/blm terrorists were tearing up the neighborhood the police would just stand back and let them.

I don't know why anybody at this point still believes cops are the good guys.

[Uncle Miltie]

"putting on a t-shirt that says I support police, and then going out and breaking the laws and getting in fights, we don’t want that kind of support,” Swoboda said. “We don’t need it. Don’t come.” Put that man on a jury! At least he hasn't made up his mind about guilt, eh?

[real saxophonist]

These are the three that were arrested:

They look more like Antifa than pro-police.

[cdcdawg]

Maybe I’m reading him wrong, but it sounds like the chief can’t tell his friends from his enemies. I’m guessing the antifas won’t be the ones who end up in trouble.

[cld51860]

“Swoboda hopes the focus is more on productive conversations between rally goers and protestors, which did take place last Saturday, before the fight broke out.“

Somebody get the memo to this guy that the time for “productive conversation” is long gone.

[Zathras]

The police are there to enforce the law.
They are not there to judge.
Fort Collins is one of the towns Obama visited back in 2012.
You would have thought the GOP-e was on vacation considering their response.

Businesses were waiting for Romney-Ryan to show up.
They never did but for sure they hit us up for donations.

[bankwalker]

I’ll take the one in the middle please.

[AndyJackson]

Fort Collins Police Chief Jeff Swodoba

Why don't you stand up for rule of law. First, who had criminal intent here? Why don't you go after those guys. It's easy if you put principal above trying to go with the flow when you get run over by a tornado.

[Texas Eagle]

Simply putting on a t-shirt that says I support police, and then going out and breaking the laws and getting in fights, we don’t want that kind of support,” Swoboda said. “We don’t need it. Don’t come.”

Well, there you have it. As far as the police are concerned, the pro-police people are the problem.

[rockrr]

And that’s the main reason why I steer clear of such events. If one enters the fray the cops won’t necessarily err on the side of “but I had the best of intentions” would-be allies.

[Texas Eagle]

Yes they do. Maybe the whole thing was staged?