Watching the Chief of Police of Ferguson, Missouri.
He's full of shit!
First we got word of airspace restrictions. The reason? Supposedly police helicopters were getting shot at. News media did not report any such thing. Additionally he just said that Molotov cocktails were thrown at police last night. Again, news media reported no such thing.
We're seeing a common playbook emerge for how police deals with things.
1. Cut off airspace so new helicopters can't record events.
2. Make outlandish claims about what they're facing.
3. Restrict news media to certain locations so that the story can't get out of police over reach.
We're living in a chilling time.
ISIS is bad, but one on one or even a group of them wouldn't stand a chance against armed citizens. The bigger threat is out of control police forces.
He's full of shit!
First we got word of airspace restrictions. The reason? Supposedly police helicopters were getting shot at. News media did not report any such thing. Additionally he just said that Molotov cocktails were thrown at police last night. Again, news media reported no such thing.
We're seeing a common playbook emerge for how police deals with things.
1. Cut off airspace so new helicopters can't record events.
2. Make outlandish claims about what they're facing.
3. Restrict news media to certain locations so that the story can't get out of police over reach.
We're living in a chilling time.
ISIS is bad, but one on one or even a group of them wouldn't stand a chance against armed citizens. The bigger threat is out of control police forces.
Around 10 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday night, a St. Louis County police line demanded that a crowd of protesters turn off their cameras and stop filming them. Apparently a few reporters were also arrested for taking video of Ferguson police and detained for a while: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/reminder-you-have-a-right-to-record-the-police-94721403794.html
ReplyDeleteThat article is also a good reminder that we have right to film any on duty police officer.
Yeah, I think our police force is equipped to deal with ISIS, but I'm wondering if they are able to deal with citizens which is far more important.
The problem is the police is acting like they are the military and the people are Isis.
DeleteISIS is bad, but one on one or even a group of them wouldn't stand a chance against armed citizens. The bigger threat is out of control police forces.
ReplyDeleteMost of the local militias in Iraq and eastern Syria are getting their asses kicked by ISIS unless backed by the Iraqi or Kurdish military.
from what i've seen they're doing more running than fighting. during the initial push is when they didn't have heavy arms and they rolled over the Iraqi Army. its about the fighting man. don't get it twisted. ISIS comes to the US and attacks targets here you can bet that you're gonna see the real ugly American. its gonna be nasty but if you're even suspected of being Muslim under those conditions you're gonna get your cap peeled. its ugly but the truth. attack here and its gonna be hell to pay.
DeleteThe Police Officer who did the shooting has not been Identified, what are the chances and what effect would it have if the Officer is a woman?
ReplyDeleteWhat effect would it have if the officer was black or the kid white?
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