Posted on 06/03/2020 9:42:12 AM PDT by Zenyatta
A group of about half a dozen suspected looters in Los Angeles was caught on live TV on Sunday as they confronted armed citizens helping the owner of a local liquor store protect their business.
The incident nearly got out of hand as the looters gathered outside a liquor store in Van Nuys and squared off with the owner and armed community members for not letting them break into the store and a nearby gold store.
“There’s a standoff here arguing about why they can’t break into the place,” said Fox 11 TV reporter Christina Gonzalez during a live broadcast of the incident Sunday.
A short while later, several police vehicles arrived at the scene. The situation then got even more confused as officers began arresting and pointing guns at the community members protecting the store.
(Excerpt) Read more at lacortenews.com ...
That’s not the smart message to draw from this-—they were understandably confused at the outset and the situation was rectified.
Yes, see my #21-—a mistake to talk about “blue state police” as if they’re the problem. Unless of course we’re talking about Derek Chauvin and his buddies.
Let them into the store.... Shoot first... Ask questions later...
Yes, since government has turned its power on the civil society, it’s back to the State of Nature.
Criminal police at it again.
JoMa
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