R.I.P. Scout26
A few of my more... liberal... Facebook friends (including a friend from college) are losing their minds over "Trump's Secret Police."
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/07/21/fed-goons-out-of-pdx-scenes-from-last-nights-rioting-in-portland-video/More scenes from last night's riot. In the reporting, they said the Fed's rushed out and attacked the rioters attempting to break in. I had to do some digging, but I actually found some footage of that:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6XicBBN1l4&t=2m26s
I confess I am somewhat flummoxed by the fact that a bunch of these protesters have decided to leave there house for the protest with weapons and they choose.......clubs.I don't think we are really at the point of violent overthrow of the government yet, but these folks clearly do. And they choose.......clubs.I don't get it.
Under no circumstances will I allow Donald Trump’s troops to come to Chicago and terrorize our residents. — Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) July 21, 2020
On a related noteMayor Lightfoot putting her foot down on Trump's troops coming to Chicago because everything is peaches and cream in Chicago right now.https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/07/21/under-no-conditions-will-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-allow-president-trumps-troops-to-terrorize-the-residents/
They might get shot in Chicago. And not by th cops.
Every government that is big enough, and powerful enough to take enough money from enough citizens to give you that free healthcare, and that free college, and that Universal Basic Income, and that Student Loan Forgiveness, and all the other tax-funded "free" stuff that those little Marxist numpties in Portland are screaming for has a KGB, or a Stasi, or a Ministry of State Security.Just as sure as night follows day; as sure as nits make lice; and as sure as Death -- every Socialist Utopia has a Gestapo lurking somewhere.
Hawkmoon - Never underestimate another person's capacity for stupidity. Any time you think someone can't possibly be that dumb ... they'll prove you wrong.
Viking - The problem with the modern world is that there aren't really any predators eating stupid people.
Portland Mayor goes to have a Ted Talk with rioters, it doesn't go well from all sides. Rioters want him to abolish the police and resign from office and the feds tear gas him.https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/07/23/tear-gas-ted-has-to-go-mayor-ted-wheelers-listening-sessions-with-portland-rioters-could-not-have-gone-worse-video-thread/
Portland Mayor goes to have a Ted Talk with rioters, it doesn't go well from all sides. Rioters want him to abolish the police and resign from office and the feds tear gas him.
The rioters also allegedly graffitied the building, blocked roadways, and lit several fires in the area.According to Cline, when officers responded to put out the fires, lasers that can cause permanent blindness were shined in their eyes."We have three officers who currently have eye injuries and they may not recover sight in those eyes from those laser attacks," Cline said in the news conference.
If a rioter is wielding a laser capable of inflicting permanent blindness, is the use of deadly force justified?
In Oklahoma the standard for using deadly force in self defense is fear of death or serious bodily harm. In my mind being blinded falls squarely under serious bodily harm.
He lost his firearms in a sailboat accident.
Three officers may have suffered permanent eye injuries by lasers aimed at them by the rioters:https://www.theblaze.com/news/federal-officers-blinded-by-lasersHoping that their injuries are not permanent.If a rioter is wielding a laser capable of inflicting permanent blindness, is the use of deadly force justified?
