Ferguson, Racism, Freedom, etc. wrapped up in one intelligent, common sense article

[czac]

Just a few more concerning media quotes from this AM...

"Police were criticized for mass arrests and use of heavy-handed tactics and military gear, which was widely seen as stoking an already volatile situation.

President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the distribution of military hardware to state and local police, a senior administration official said on Saturday."

Really? I thought there was a difference between a real grenade and a tear gas one...and did anyone stop to think that if the Police had wiffle ball bats and teddy bears that the angry mob probably would have overrun them...last I checked those Police Officers were taking gunfire, being hit with rocks and bottles, and even had molotov cocktails thrown at them...all LETHAL...and if my mind serves me correctly the Police only used NON-LETHAL deterrents to disperse the crowd. Doesn't sound to "heavy handed" to me...

But wasn't it Obamas government who just gave a bunch of ex military equipment and tanks and armored vehicles to all these police forces just this year?

Isn't it also the same group of people (Liberal Democrats) who whole heartedly support the Militarization of the police? who in fact, support the police so much so that they have made statements such as "Americans don't need to arm themselves for protection, we have police and we have a military for that"


Now they are trying to flip it like they are going to look into why police are using such tactics? did the government jut, within the last year or so, stock pile millions and millions of rounds of Ammo? didn't each agency like the IRS and the DEP and even the EPA get issued weapons and tons of ammo? why? why do they need weapons and ammo? shoot up some non tax payers or shoot up someone who tries to build a house on some federal wet land or maybe a farmer whos letting his cows graze on federal land that no one is even using? Maybe they wanna shoot up some business owner whos pollution out put is higher than the government standards?

[6speedthumper]

They talk about wanting to de-militarizing the police, meanwhile, they give military equipment to OTHER nations in unrest as aid. Yeah, sounds like the government.

[JTHOMAS]

Life is short! Focus on the things we can fix! Like.....THREE WHEELERS.......

[czac]

ya know if MB and this cop were home rebuilding a trike, this would never have happened!

[JTHOMAS]

ya know if MB and this cop were home rebuilding a trike, this would never have happened!

Give a man a ride on a trike and he happy for a day, sell a man a broken trike and it will keep him busy for a lifetime......just sayin...