Minneapolis police in the news again

[WLJ]

A scope mounted on the suppressor?  Yeah, that'll work.

It's a shoulder thing that goes up

[RocketMan]

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1270806581970518016

Some guy named Raz Simone has apparently set himself up as a warlord in the "autonomous zone" declaring that he and his crew are the police now.

I'm just waiting for Delta Force to arrive in UH-60s (and for Ridley Scott to make the movie).

Power abhors a vacuum.  Or more appropriately lately, the powerful abhor a vacuum.

[bedlamite]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/figures-democrats-wore-kente-cloth-honor-geoge-floyd-fabric-ashanti-slave-traders/

[bedlamite]

https://twitter.com/Just_Shannah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1267961287977373696&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewshourfirst.com%2F2020%2F06%2F03%2Fantifa-members-get-the-ever-living-daylights-beat-out-of-them%2F

[WLJ]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/figures-democrats-wore-kente-cloth-honor-geoge-floyd-fabric-ashanti-slave-traders/

Whoops 

[WLJ]

Barricade this

[K Frame]

"Oh. I didn't know I was supposed to be shocked that police will shoot you if you try to grab their gun. rolleyes Figured they must be talking about something else."

I wasn't talking about Ferguson.

I said, and meant, St. Louis.

More Googling, less bitching.

[Ben]

So it's interesting to follow this "anarchist warlord" thing in Seattle. While I find the name given to the guy amusing, I of course recognize he's not calling himself that. In in some ways, this is not much different than what the Bundys did in Oregon.

I recall the MSM, many national politicians, and the left (but I repeat myself) calling for everything from military intervention to just wiping out that group of "domestic terrorists", who, if I recall, destroyed nothing while being a thorn in the gov's side. How those same people have changed to supporting a takeover of not a remote facility, but the middle of a large city, is almost amusing, especially considering the accompanying destruction.

Other than in the Bundy incident, a protestor was killed by police and everything was cool - the left (and many on the right) said he deserved it. I'm thinking the MSM might cover it a bit differently if a protestor in this Seattle "zone" is killed in the same way.

[makattak]

So it's interesting to follow this "anarchist warlord" thing in Seattle. While I find the name given to the guy amusing, I of course recognize he's not calling himself that. In in some ways, this is not much different than what the Bundys did in Oregon.

I recall the MSM, many national politicians, and the left (but I repeat myself) calling for everything from military intervention to just wiping out that group of "domestic terrorists", who, if I recall, destroyed nothing while being a thorn in the gov's side. How those same people have changed to supporting a takeover of not a remote facility, but the middle of a large city, is almost amusing, especially considering the accompanying destruction.

Other than in the Bundy incident, a protestor was killed by police and everything was cool - the left (and many on the right) said he deserved it. I'm thinking the MSM might cover it a bit differently if a protestor in this Seattle "zone" is killed in the same way.

It's different because these protesters are black!
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Well, ok, most of them are privileged white boys and girls wanting to be Che Guevara, but they say they really care about black people's concerns!

[Perd Hapley]

"Oh. I didn't know I was supposed to be shocked that police will shoot you if you try to grab their gun. rolleyes Figured they must be talking about something else."

I wasn't talking about Ferguson.

I said, and meant, St. Louis.

More Googling, less bitching.

The guy I replied to said Ferguson.

Don't whine when people ask you what you're blathering about. Which incident in St. Louis are you talking about?

[zxcvbob]

The guy I replied to said Ferguson.

Don't whine when people ask you what you're blathering about. Which incident in St. Louis are you talking about?

I read somewhere on the Internet recently about how St Louis police shoot so many black men.  It sounded vague but truthy.  Here's an article I just found in St Louis Today, and while I have only skimmed it, and if there's a pattern here it's that most of them are probably justified:  https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/officer-involved-shootings-in-the-st-louis-area-during-2019/collection_36cdd778-32ca-5941-bc77-0b8e69868a42.html#39

[Hawkmoon]

I read somewhere on the Internet recently about how St Louis police shoot so many black men.  It sounded vague but truthy.  Here's an article I just found in St Louis Today, and while I have only skimmed it, and if there's a pattern here it's that most of them are probably justified:  https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/officer-involved-shootings-in-the-st-louis-area-during-2019/collection_36cdd778-32ca-5941-bc77-0b8e69868a42.html#39

"... if there's a pattern here it's that most of them are probably justified:"

That's what they want you to believe.

[TechMan]

Watch all the videos.
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/06/11/wanna-make-the-media-go-away-family-guy-scene-hilariously-and-perfectly-sums-up-the-media-in-30-seconds-watch/

[Ben]

I'm getting sick of this "bend the knee" bullshit.

I'm an American, God damn it. I'm a free citizen of the United States of America. I kneel to no man, and neither should any other free citizen.

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/06/11/dallas-police-department-releases-video-urging-its-officers-to-takeaknee-to-end-racism/

[WLJ]

[bedlamite]

Huh, wut?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/starbucks-bars-employees-from-wearing-black-lives-matter-pins-because-it-could-amplify-divisiveness

[WLJ]

Berklee apologizes for perpetuating feelings of oppression, silencing, and marginalization by letting cops use the bathroom
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/06/11/berklee-apologizes-for-perpetuating-feelings-of-oppression-silencing-and-marginalization-by-letting-cops-use-the-bathroom/

[RocketMan]

Huh, wut?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/starbucks-bars-employees-from-wearing-black-lives-matter-pins-because-it-could-amplify-divisiveness

Starbucks is just cutting back on the pieces of flair their employees are required to wear.

[Ben]

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/06/11/if-you-care-about-black-lives-stop-voting-for-fking-democrats-woman-goes-off-on-racist-white-liberals-blocking-the-street-for-black-lives-matter/

We need way more of this. I'm 100% behind this black protest. NSFW language in the video.

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/06/11/if-you-care-about-black-lives-stop-voting-for-fking-democrats-woman-goes-off-on-racist-white-liberals-blocking-the-street-for-black-lives-matter/

[WLJ]

And from another plane of reality

    Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says that the so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone "has been autonomous my whole lifetime."

    "We have had peaceful demonstrations across the city." pic.twitter.com/ESeCB6qKtS

    — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 11, 2020

    I want to acknowledge that much of the violence and destruction, both here in Seattle and across the country, has been instigated and perpetuated by white men.

    — Mayor Jenny Durkan (@MayorJenny) May 31, 2020

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/06/11/this-is-beyond-surreal-seattle-mayor-jenny-durkan-seems-charmed-by-the-autonomous-zone-she-says-has-always-been-there/

[Ben]

So since this started, I have seen NOTHING come from lawmakers that actually addresses the actual issue at hand, without race coming into play.

Rand Paul has just introduced the first piece of legislation that I can actually get behind*, which is banning no knocks. Unfortunately for some reason it only applies to Fed LE and any state and local LE that accepts Fed money. There may be a legal reason for the constraint, but I'd like to see it universal.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rand-paul-justice-for-breonna-taylor-act-barring-no-knock-warrants


*I've heard talk of limiting LE's ability to get stuff like MRAPs, which I also approve of, but am unsure if legislation has been submitted or if it's only talk at this point.

[WLJ]

So since this started, I have seen NOTHING come from lawmakers that actually addresses the actual issue at hand, without race coming into play.

Rand Paul has just introduced the first piece of legislation that I can actually get behind*, which is banning no knocks. Unfortunately for some reason it only applies to Fed LE and any state and local LE that accepts Fed money. There may be a legal reason for the constraint, but I'd like to see it universal.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rand-paul-justice-for-breonna-taylor-act-barring-no-knock-warrants


*I've heard talk of limiting LE's ability to get stuff like MRAPs, which I also approve of, but am unsure if legislation has been submitted or if it's only talk at this point.

I think he wants the non federal LE side of this to be taken care of by states and cities. That would more closely fit his political views

What "triggered"  Paul's actions was taken care of locally

https://www.wave3.com/2020/06/11/breonnas-law-unanimously-passed-by-louisville-metro-council/
’Breonna’s Law’ unanimously passed by Louisville Metro Council

[MillCreek]

^^^I am waiting for the Federal law that removes blanket qualified immunity from LE personnel.  The employing entity should be able to choose, on a case by case basis, using objective criteria, as to if liability indemnification should be extended to the officer.  And if you really want to reduce unnecessary deaths, apply the same principle to driving the squad car and high speed pursuits.  The officer can buy their own errors/omissions/liability insurance policy if they don't want to lose their house in a civil lawsuit.

[makattak]

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/06/11/if-you-care-about-black-lives-stop-voting-for-fking-democrats-woman-goes-off-on-racist-white-liberals-blocking-the-street-for-black-lives-matter/

We need way more of this. I'm 100% behind this black protest. NSFW language in the video.

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/06/11/if-you-care-about-black-lives-stop-voting-for-fking-democrats-woman-goes-off-on-racist-white-liberals-blocking-the-street-for-black-lives-matter/

Is that why you posted the link twice?

Here, I can help too:

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/06/11/if-you-care-about-black-lives-stop-voting-for-fking-democrats-woman-goes-off-on-racist-white-liberals-blocking-the-street-for-black-lives-matter/

[cordex]

^^^I am waiting for the Federal law that removes blanket qualified immunity from LE personnel.  The employing entity should be able to choose, on a case by case basis, using objective criteria, as to if liability indemnification should be extended to the officer.  And if you really want to reduce unnecessary deaths, apply the same principle to driving the squad car and high speed pursuits.  The officer can buy their own errors/omissions/liability insurance policy if they don't want to lose their house in a civil lawsuit.

The impact on already under-policed areas would be interesting.