a well-regulated right wing response, being necessary to the security of a free state
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 August 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
I must admit to getting a cynical chuckle out of this comment (from one of the stories linked ITT)
Curious how all those 2nd amendment supporters aren't out there fighting literal jackbooted tyranny.
― ODB's missing grammy (bernard snowy), Thursday, 14 August 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
this shit really puts the lie to the 2nd Amendment imo
xp
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 August 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I mean, we've already established that this one small town police force is more well-equipped than the U.S. military in a war zone.
― The Ape In The Outhouse (Old Lunch), Thursday, August 14, 2014 10:50 AM (40 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well, more heavily equipped than a single rifle company anyway...
the difference in LEO response to bundy ranchers vs ferguson protestors boils down to race, not their respecive loadouts imo
― goole, Thursday, 14 August 2014 15:55 (ten years ago) link
do you think Dixie cops wd've used drones on SNCC?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 15:55 (ten years ago) link
to do what, photograph them?
― goole, Thursday, 14 August 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link
BTW I don't think it's been posted here yet but apparently MO governor is stepping in to "relieve" local police of duties
― ODB's missing grammy (bernard snowy), Thursday, 14 August 2014 15:59 (ten years ago) link
I mean an armed one, like the cops will be using routinely in about ten years xp
Shakey, it wd have to be assymetrical warfare
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
Xpost to self: I guess this is still at the rumor stage. Gov. Nixon is is headed to Ferguson today but as of an hour ago
St. Louis Co police say they are not aware of reports that they are being relieved of duty in #Ferguson probe. #MikeBrown
― ODB's missing grammy (bernard snowy), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:03 (ten years ago) link
made the mistake of looking at the FB page of one of the shooter's buddies. him & all his bros very much up on the "he was a THUG" angle & openly racist about p much everything.
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
POTUS statement upcoming here
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-makes-statement-22
― heck (silby), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:12 (ten years ago) link
i can only assume that's the default setting for cops (unapologetically and openly racist and hateful)
if you want to depress yourself even more, google "S3cond C1ty C0p" and read the blog, run by a current (maybe former) Chicago PD and frequented by tons of current cops. the racism on display has always been horrifying.
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:12 (ten years ago) link
Anonymous twitter account suspended, apparently for posting the killer cop's real name :/
― ODB's missing grammy (bernard snowy), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
There's 53 police officers on the force. The killer cop has been there for six years. He hasn't punched the clock since Saturday. How hard was it going to be to hide this guy's i.d. anyway?
― pplains, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-14/st-louis-county-police-to-be-removed-from-ferguson-clay.html
― the one where, as balls alludes (Eazy), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link
*applause*
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
― pplains, Thursday, August 14, 2014 10:20 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link
@TheAnonMessage2
backup back up
― andrew m., Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0)
my cousin (a gay republican chiPD vice cop of all things) is a fan of that blog iirc. : /
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
If the cops have lost NRO, then...
If we take seriously the idea that political power ultimately resides in the people, then for the people to do their job and oversee the activities of the representatives they have elected to take care of their affairs, they need information. They are entitled to know the details of the case, including the identity of the officer and the details of his professional history. It is wrong to withhold that information. The investigation of the shooting cannot be evaluated in the absence of that knowledge.
The behavior of the Ferguson and St. Louis County police in this matter is illuminating. They are ridiculously militarized suburban police dressed up like characters from Starship Troopers and pointing rifles at people from atop armored vehicles, i.e. the worst sort of mall ninjas. They are arresting people for making videos of them at work in public places, which people are legally entitled to do, a habit they share with many other police departments. Protecting life, liberty, and property — which is the job of the police — does not require scooping people up for making phone videos; in fact, it requires not scooping people up for making phone videos.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/385391/name-and-name-not-kevin-d-williamson
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
whoah
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
looks like the President's statement has been pushed back to 12:40 EDT
― crüt, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
wow xxp
― sleeve, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
Ted Cruz's statement on Facebook brought out some real winners. People are willing to say some crazy shit under their real name these days:
Debra Goudy What happened ?. The same thing that happens everyday, young black men behave as though they can abuse, harass, rape, rob, sell drugs and kill because they FEEL like it.HUMAN RIGHTS the black community needs to start teaching their children that they are not the only people on the earth with rights.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
oh my fucking god the governor is joking about taking pictures of himself
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
young black men cops behave as though they can abuse, harass, rape, rob, sell drugs and kill because they FEEL like it
fixed
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
this is the worst public speaker I've seen in months
looks a little blue
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
oh look it's the dudes i see at jimmy john's every thursday
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
http://38.media.tumblr.com/fa08cd5548bad2311b5c76a886561a69/tumblr_na79r4cBTX1qjk3vuo2_500.jpg
― fit and working again, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
Obama leading with Iraq mission
― heck (silby), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
that has been going around and repeatedly described as fake xp
― j., Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
christ that military action in Iraq is the good news
xp ah ok my bad.
― fit and working again, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
lol williamson's very next line is:
These confrontations are a reminder of the eternal question: Who? Whom? Who is to protect and serve whom here? Is government our servant or our master?
yes, this police action strikes me as very much leninist, wouldn't you agree *sips tea*
― goole, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:57 (ten years ago) link
dunno if Barack Hussein Obama is the president I want to hear defend journalists' right to exercise First Amendment
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
O has gone so grey
― heck (silby), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
that was such an uninspriing damp squib of a "speech", why even bother if you've got nothing to say beyond "children, behave"
― lex pretend, Thursday, 14 August 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
that's pretty much what he always does iirc
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 14 August 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
Rand Paul's piece includes both Cato Institute and Heritage Foundation concern about militarization of police, related to that NRO quote.
― the one where, as balls alludes (Eazy), Thursday, 14 August 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/tFqIWGN.png
― 龜, Thursday, 14 August 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/10-insane-numbers-ferguson-killing
http://i.imgur.com/gZOJFEa.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/J2AaNIa.jpg
― 龜, Thursday, 14 August 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
he couldn't resist blaming it on "big government" rather than the perhaps more-accurate "big defense" but man, what's going on in the world
xp infographics are a scourge
― heck (silby), Thursday, 14 August 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
On the other hand, I think these stats indicate that, as a white person, my chances of operating a rolling meth lab in Ferguson probably are pretty good! Thanks infographic!
― fields of salmon, Thursday, 14 August 2014 17:18 (ten years ago) link
― heck (silby), Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:16 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
Heh
― 龜, Thursday, 14 August 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link
did O's mewling at least include the line "Don't arrest journalists, prosecute them"?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
sadly part of the problem in this scenario is that the african american community in ferguson doesnt vote.. hence all the white people runnin/ruinin shit
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 14 August 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
There are still three of the original agencies operating in Ferguson, and nobody is in charge and nobody is accountable. Sigh.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 14 August 2014 17:31 (ten years ago) link
there is probably a lot on the ground to discourage that from happening xp
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 14 August 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
Last time I checked police officers weren't elected
― 龜, Thursday, 14 August 2014 17:37 (ten years ago) link