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“Black is an ethnic designation; white merely describes the skin color of people"

 

Wut?

 

Africa being so homogeneous and all.

Argument does not need to make sense for Marxist drones.

 

 

Or maybe the journalists are saying the Blacks have no diversity... hahaha!

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Anyone in the US that you encounter (as a police officer, or as a normal person) could be armed. That likelihood alone tends to make people nervous. It may be that people who regularly do not carry a weapon don't think about this much - but they should, before judging LEOs. Now you could say that "weapons are the problem" but you won't get to push the toothpaste back, so debating "guns" on the fundamental level is a waste of time or an indicator that you don't actually want to debate any hot button topic that has a chance of actually addressing contributing factors.

 

I live in what Americans consider a firearm-intensive AO. I am surrounded by armed people on a daily basis. I'm not nervous about that (especially considering the much more significant carnage on the roads).

 

I didn't say that people should be nervous about the presence of weapons, suspected or known. All I'm saying is, some people, including cops, get nervous about that. And since most interactions between cops and everybody else is at least mildly confrontative - like a traffic citation - that does not necessarily help with a relaxed atmosphere. Then you have rules like "three strikes" where even minor infractions can bring you close to incarceration, so there's a certain percentage of people who have disproportionately much to lose from interaction with the police. That, plus guns, makes the whole mix more volatile than it is in many other countries.

We should also acknowledge that both the Police and the Military attract certain sociopaths that aren't easy to identify who join these services because they look for legal ways to kill or dominate others. They are probably a very small minority, but when you have a volatile mix and you can't get rid of the bad apples quickly (b/c unions) this tends to build up more and more suppressed anger within the constituency.

 

One of the Peelian principles is that successful police work can only be performed with the population, not against it. And again, to make things clear, I fully understand that this is an immensely difficult balancing act. The police does what they can within the given conditions. But maybe the conditions could be bettered. The sad thing seems to be that the whole matter is so politicized that inspection and self-critique are expected only from one side, which can only result in that side becoming defensive, and ultimately more confrontation.

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I think a lot of the people at the ground level of media outlets that monetize by serving one side or the other, are just happy to have a job.

 

Just saw footage of a 7-year-old girl in Seattle screaming in pain and fear after being pepper sprayed.

 

Who brings a child to a street fight against the police?

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I think a lot of the people at the ground level of media outlets that monetize by serving one side or the other, are just happy to have a job.

 

Just saw footage of a 7-year-old girl in Seattle screaming in pain and fear after being pepper sprayed.

 

Who brings a child to a street fight against the police?

 

Same people who sets up anti-aircraft guns at a hospital, or uses a school to launch rockets.

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Ryan, did you ever stop to think that if you have to act like morphine in front of two Jumpy Cops for fear of setting them off, there is something inherently wrong there?

Well in the one instance it was 2am, they were obviously young, I was armed and I was driving the Ferret that looks like it has an GPMG in the turret. I was calm and polite but I was also politely critical when one of them asked if my handgun was "registered". I calmly pointed out that it wasn't and that gun registration attempts by local government was actually illegal in Georgia. They clearly relaxed more once it was clear I was not in a reasonable position to machine gun them down and drive away. The were obviously fishing for something, but knew they had nothing to go on. I was legal and they had no RAS. I wasn't mad about it because a ferret driving around the County Seat at 2am IS kinda odd. I called the next day, spoke to a SGT and left some witty criticism for the SGT who was similarly amused but was also going to have a talk with them.

 

I've also been standing in a parking lot talking with several officers while I had a handgun on my hip, a carbine slung and a bicycle I was using to go to the range nearby. They had had reports of a someone with a large machine gun (haha FS2000) and the Major was also fishing because he thought he could. He had 3 officers and a Lt there as well. Again there, I was polite, firm in my assertion of my rights but I didn't dance around and fiddle with my hip, belt, gun or pockets or behave in a rude manner because I'd been stopped without legal cause. I did object to the Tier II terry, but clearly stated that the tier I that the Lt started it out as was entirely reasonable which.

 

You can stand up for your rights politely and firmly without being a complete asshole.

 

If I ever get pulled over, I want this guy to do it. Which just goes to show, there are plenty of cops out there as steady as a rock.

There are several lessons with the murder of that Deputy.

 

1. he was too afraid to shoot someone who needed shooting.

2. encounters can go sideways badly, some don't always give warning and some that seem like someone who's slightly unhinged can go VERY badly.

3. police work is dangerous. Ignoring those dangers for the cops is foolish.

 

Fair enough, I think any Policeman has the right to be a little shit up at this point. :D

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He's very much trying to fan the flames in CHAZ/Seattle.

So after making all that blah blah in the post above, he defends himself in this form after his name was mentioned on the news that called him "monarch of CHAZ".

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Popular mechanics: How to Topple a Statue Using Science

Bring that sucker down without anyone getting hurt.

By James Stout

Jun 15, 2020

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a32870657/remove-statue-science/?fbclid=IwAR2IIslb7eNFVpsWP2cn2BrnC_cb9KHwjo7aW5xBgoQGeFELILCPPMtdpNw

 

Disappointing to realize that Popular Mechanics, which was once about constructing and building things, has placed itself firmly on the burn-it-all-down side of the culture war. We can add this to the Egyptologist who recently explained in detail how to pull down offending obelisks. The Taliban must be so proud.

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First heard about Raz from one of the talking heads (Fujii Genki) starting at 21:45, which is within 30 minutes of talking about the whole situation goin on with the police, BLM, and all that. Fujii said that after looking into Raz's background that Raz is very rich and is Dubai related and getting much money from extremists groups there. Although I couldn't find Dubai connection myself on google. But FWIW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76UTeuuyYFA&t=1366s

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how long before they topple a statue of Lincoln?

It's not just for being stupid. I'm becoming convinced there is some serious disinformation agenda going on that is taking advantage police related issues and racism issues. They just want the country to destroy itself. So whatever it may be is irrelevant in the end really, they just want it all destroyed by its own action.

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how long before they topple a statue of Lincoln?

It's not just for being stupid. I'm becoming convinced there is some serious disinformation agenda going on that is taking advantage police related issues and racism issues. They just want the country to destroy itself. So whatever it may be is irrelevant in the end really, they just want it all destroyed by its own action.

 

They who? And, whatever one think about Trump, he was able to predict it

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Because the best way to stop racism is to expunge black people from all products. *facepalm*

 

Cream of Wheat launches 'immediate review' of brand's packaging

Their idea is actually not to “stop racism” but to take their products out of potential trouble with extremists (including consumer extremism). Nothing to do with addressing real problems, just ignoring them.

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The single most enduring symbol of racism, from slavery, to the Civil War, to the KKK, to Jim Crow, to filibustering the Civil Rights Act has been the Democrat Party. When will they get cancelled?

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