Posted on 05/29/2015 10:32:28 PM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode
A lot of people tag along with the “evil” gangs and yet never participate in the crime they organize. They just want the “badass” vibe.
SWAT was formed to go after violent political groups during the 1960s.
Still preferable to the thought of ø.
It was also formed to go after gangs that were armed with heavier weaponry, and drug houses said gangs did business out of.
If you’re driving I don’t think you want to tell the Orang “left turn.”
Just sayin!’
Then, Vegas came along......
A lot of people tag along with the “evil” gangs and yet never participate in the crime they organize. They just want the “badass” vibe.
... and the gangs are more than happy to market that and otherwise leave their tag-alongs alone; it’s another revenue source for them.
I could wish that our Obama administration was so laissez-faire. Instead, when he dives into wrongdoing, there goes America with him.
The Texas Dept. of Public Safety didn’t mention them.
Clyde knows the rules. Left Turn means a right fist out the window.
The Black Widows Motorcycle Club, while it might carry a looming scary name, is actually the fictitious group from a Clint Eastwood movie “Every Which Way But Loose“.
There is no actual Bike Gang called “The Black Widows” anywhere in the South or Southwest.
REPEAT: It was a movie !
But like clockwork the MSM picks up on the CNN/Perez story and they’re off: ...”
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Not drug houses,the armed political gangs of the 1960s.
It wasn’t formed for that purpose only of course, it’s just that it was formed to fight them, of course over the years SWAT was used for other threats, such as anyone else that wanted to take on the police in full battle, and then over time, it became what it is today, serving arrest warrants on a guy with a wife and kids that could have been arrested by two uniforms.
“The special weapons and tactics concept originated in the late 1960s as a result of several sniping incidents against civilians and police officers around the country. Many of these incidents occurred in Los Angeles during and after the Watts Riot. Upon critical examination of how each incident was managed by police, the leadership of the LAPD realized that an effective response to these dangerous situations was virtually non-existent. Officer John Nelson presented the special weapons and tactics concept to a young inspector by the name of Darryl F. Gates. Inspector Gates concurred and approved the concept of a small group of highly disciplined officers utilizing special weapons and tactics to cope with these unusual and difficult attacks.
The first Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Unit consisted of 15 four-man teams. Members of each team, who volunteered from the ranks of patrol and other police assignments, had specialized experience and prior military service. Each unit was activated for monthly training or when the need for special weapons personnel actually arose. These units, known as “station defense teams,” provided security for police facilities during civil unrest.
In 1971, the SWAT personnel were assigned on a full-time basis to Metropolitan Division to respond to continuing action by subversive groups, the rising crime rate and the continuing difficulty of mustering a team response in a timely manner. Metropolitan Division, which had a long-established reputation as the tactical unit of the Department, was organized into “A”, “B” and “C” Platoons. The Special Weapons And Tactics Unit was given the designation of “D” Platoon, and at the same time formally adopted the acronym SWAT.
Of course it was a right turn.
You’ll only forget that once after you get your own orangutang. lol
I messed it up. I’ll let it go.
I did well with the pic though.
The article doesn't mention them.
Ridiculous comment.
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