Posted on 08/15/2017 11:57:06 AM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
When protesters, angry over the deadly incidents in Virginia this weekend, decided to take down a nearly century-old statue of a Confederate soldier in North Carolina on Monday, law enforcement stood back and watched.
At no time did officers with the Durham Police Department or deputies with the Durham County Sheriff’s Office intervene as activists brought a ladder up to the statue and used a rope to pull it down, according to multiple media reports.
No one was arrested Monday, however, a day later, Durham County Sheriff Mike Andrews announced investigators were working to identify the protesters and planned to bring criminal charges against them.
“We decided that restraint and public safety would be our priority,” Andrews said in a statement posted on his agency's website. “As the Sheriff, I am not blind to the offensive conduct of some demonstrators nor will I ignore their criminal conduct.”
Protesters celebrate after toppling a statue of a Confederate solder in Durham, N.C. Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Activists on Monday evening used a rope to pull down the monument outside a Durham courthouse. The Durham protest was in response to a white nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. (Casey Toth/The Herald-Sun via AP)Expand / Collapse Protesters celebrate after toppling a statue of a Confederate solder in Durham, N.C. Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Casey Toth/The Herald-Sun via AP)
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What happens to the statue? Why not arrest them during the crime?
They will lock up the statue for five years in an ‘evidence locker’. The case will drag on forever — Problem solved.
Sought. Applied? We’ll see. Look! A squirrel.
They had better be prosecuted.
They will lock up the statue for five years in an ‘evidence locker’. The case will drag on forever — Problem solved.
There isn’t much to lock up except a pile of rubble!
Except you did...
Day late and a dollar short.
I think cops are so afraid of becoming media fodder - suppose one of the little darlings hurt him/her/itself and blamed the cops? Since the police receive no support from city or other elected officials against the BLM/Antifa/college student whiner crowd, I think they are very reluctant to act. You need to have the political part of the city supporting them again, but in most cases, the politicians either want to ditch the cops at the first sign of trouble, or even spend their time actively demonizing them.
The Sheriff is an ass. How about enforcing the law? Protecting the PEACEFUL citizens? Isn’t destruction of public property some sort of wrong in NC? Evidently not.
The Sheriff is an ass. How about enforcing the law? Protecting the PEACEFUL citizens? Isn’t destruction of public property some sort of wrong in NC? Evidently not.
Sounds like an awful lot of tax money could be saved if we replace beat-cops w/notary-publics.
If they’re they’re only going to act as professional witnesses, we don’t need to pay that much for it.
Barrack Obama is overseeing all this. First he funneled 10p’s of millions to radical groups now he’s directing the whole Coup operation.
The statue was destroyed.
Yhis appears to be well organized and setup that seems to have been coordinated with other similar events.
In one of the earliest postings on this a FR contributer identified the organizer of this event as: Loan Tran.
Described as a LGBT activist employed by “Southernvisions” who appears to be a 2nd generation Viet Namese
I think cops are UNION THUGS, working in league with their Democrat socialist master and Union bosses.
Good point.
Yep.. In my best David Spade voice.. Ya kinda did.
Thanks.
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