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Rand Paul: Police Militarization Makes Americans, Esp. Blacks, Feel 'Gov't Is Targeting Them'
breitbart ^ | 8/14/14 | t lee

Posted on 08/15/2014 12:21:32 PM PDT by bestintxas

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Paul proved to be insufferable upon saying this. What kind of message are you sending when he essentially tells teenagers its ok to smart off to authorities?

"Paul said that had he "been told to get out of the street as a teenager, there would have been a distinct possibility that I might have smarted off. But, I wouldn’t have expected to be shot.""

1 posted on 08/15/2014 12:21:33 PM PDT by bestintxas
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It a message felt by a growing number of Americans.


2 posted on 08/15/2014 12:22:56 PM PDT by DManA
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Hey Rand... STFU already.


3 posted on 08/15/2014 12:28:48 PM PDT by Common Sense 101 (Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
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I wouldn’t have smarted off. I’d have gotten out of the street.


4 posted on 08/15/2014 12:29:04 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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Where in the article does it say "especially blacks"
5 posted on 08/15/2014 12:31:50 PM PDT by onona (meh)
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"I wouldn’t have smarted off. I’d have gotten out of the street."

That's crazy talk...laws are for crackers - E. Holder

6 posted on 08/15/2014 12:32:17 PM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: bestintxas

The target of the “militarized police” is any group that would resist the upcoming “crackdown” from the fedgov on any that oppose it.


7 posted on 08/15/2014 12:33:57 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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Rand Paul - disgustingly blind pandering


8 posted on 08/15/2014 12:36:39 PM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: Common Sense 101

‘Hey Rand... STFU already.’

Beg to differ: Keeping talking, Rand! Display your idiocy for all to see so we never further your political career!

Just say’n.


9 posted on 08/15/2014 12:38:21 PM PDT by WestwardHo
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Amen. It’s a shame that we get nervous when we see a cop when we haven’t done a damned thing but breath in public.


10 posted on 08/15/2014 12:39:13 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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Rand, the stopped clock, is right again!


11 posted on 08/15/2014 12:39:32 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Let me knock over liquor stores in peace man, stop treating me like a criminal or something


12 posted on 08/15/2014 12:40:00 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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Reality check for Randy Paul: “More Policemen were injured in Ferguson, Mo. last night, than in all the last 4 previous nights.” Quote from a St. Louis DJ on FOX’s Gretchen show today.

Body armor protects the Police, - - - - DUH!


13 posted on 08/15/2014 12:40:27 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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Amen

Leave bo doubt
Let it all hang out!


14 posted on 08/15/2014 12:41:22 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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"Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts by using federal dollars to help municipal governments build what are essentially small armies—where police departments compete to acquire military gear that goes far beyond what most of Americans think of as law enforcement."

What supporter of small government could possibly disagree with this?!

15 posted on 08/15/2014 12:46:00 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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Some people won’t get it until it’s their door that is begin kicked in. And probably not even then.


16 posted on 08/15/2014 12:51:35 PM PDT by Wolfie
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Good heavens! Surely he doesn’t include things like Forest Service and HUD swat teams in this! Or the EPA? Or Dept of Education? Or, or, or ...


17 posted on 08/15/2014 12:58:41 PM PDT by Vesparado (The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard --- HL Mencken)
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Whew! Re-read article and realize he’s talking about LOCAL police, not the various (and very, very numbers) Federal swat teams (or, “Special Weapons ASSAULT Teams” as they were originally called). So, Cliven Bundy can still expect a visit from the Feds, during which visit his dogs will be killed, his gold fish will be flushed and perhaps he and family members gunned down...

Feel much better now!


18 posted on 08/15/2014 1:02:44 PM PDT by Vesparado (The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard --- HL Mencken)
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Message To Rand Paul: If black thugs were threatening to torch your car or your business — maybe with you in it — you might appreciate the presence of some scary looking cops nearby. While some cop-hating reporters might have gotten pushed around more than necessary, the main threat to freedom in the USA is from the leftist politicians that the black hoodlems are supporting, not from cops overloaded with weapons.


19 posted on 08/15/2014 1:23:22 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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The main threat to freedom is the politicians who control the militarized police.


20 posted on 08/15/2014 2:20:01 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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