Seen any “rainbows” over your way?
Reminds me of Kent State...the crowd provoked much of the violence.
And, it's not just the Forest Service. Every tin-pot local police and sheriffs department is now armed to the teeth. Watch what happens when they come after law-abiding citizens: http://www.nra.org/Multimedia/MMPlayer_Set.aspx?ID=105
Yea, that'll certainly do it........I learned at a young age to keep my mouth shut and do what I'm told. My dad was a cop......
It is a real shame that the government vehicle was damaged. I hope it does not cost the taxpayers too much to get it fixed.
I click on thinking that a lesbian convention was rioting somewhere.
Move along folks, nothing to see here....
Get 'em boys!
Then move your kids, stupid!
Terrorists always seem to put their kids in the line of fire and then bitch like dogs when they're hit.
I remember when my old friend Ryan used to go to Rainbow Gatherings in the 80s, mainly to do drugs and get laid. They were always very peaceful, and the park service just knew to stay away from the area until they were done, and then send in the garbage patrol. They didn’t even have guns or anything. This seems like a post-9/11 overreaction. A real shame we have lost our innocence because of those diaperheads.
Here is the REAL cause of the "riot". WTF did they need to confront a pot smoker for? It's a park. FOUR officers? Talk about jackbooted thugs. I think they wanted a confrontation.
ahhh yes... the children of Vito Paulekas.Jack-booted thugs, indeed. When hippies can’t smoke dope in the privacy of the forrest, there can’t be much civilization worth defending.
Ranger Rick came looking for a fight - and he wasn’t going to leave till he found one.
TOugh call, I don’t like hippies, but I really despise the “parking permit Nazis” of the FOrest Service.
Ten officers were escorting the detained subjects when about 400 Rainbows surrounded the squad, and more officers were requested, according to the news release.
"The mob began to advance, throwing sticks and rocks at the officers. Crowd control tactics were used to keep moving through the group of Rainbows," the news release said.
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The crowd was lucky that real bullets weren't used.
US Forest Service... aren’t those the guys who spot forest fires and do smoke jumping and the like? (silly foreigner question)
What are they doing with shock troops? Philosophically I have a great deal of difficulty accepting the idea of the cops having SWAT teams and pretending like they are marines. Now the Forest Rangers are doing the same???
I dunno about these Rainbow people, they sound like hippies. But I sure don’t like the sound of Forest Rangers playing at being soldiers.
Have I got it wrong maybe?
Both sides are at fault I’d have to say.