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Charlotte Cops Preparing For Potential Riots Ahead of Dem. Convention
The Blaze ^ | October 20, 2011 | Becket Adams

Posted on 10/20/2011 12:21:33 PM PDT by Baladas

Police forces in Charlotte, NC, are preparing for unruly crowds when the 2012 Democratic National Convention comes to town, according to recent reports.

“Charlotte’s police department is already stocking up on riot gear and training officers in riot-control techniques in preparation for the event,” Newser reports.

Although the city already has a few hundred trained riot police, they have decided to recruit almost every one of them for intensive riot training—just in case.

So what goes into “intensive” riot training?

“It’s a very controlled, measured response with a lot of practice,” said Deputy Chief Harold Medlock. Medlock is overseeing the training, which also includes hundreds of officers from nearby police and sheriff’s departments, according to WSOCTV.com.

“The point of some of the tactics and the maneuvers that we use is to allow folks to have the time to do what we’re asking them to do,” Medlock said in the report.

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: dnc2012; riots
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To: Baladas
I hope North Carolinians get rid of that idiot Bev Perdue while they’re at it

Your lips to God's ears. I can't even stand to listen to her speak; she sounds like a querulous, vascillating old lady.

She runs in any year OTHER than 2008, and gets her head handed to her.

21 posted on 10/20/2011 1:14:41 PM PDT by wbill
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To: cripplecreek

Voter fraud??? (gulp) Your state is still making more “progress” to normalcy than mine, at least you got rid of your idiot governor.


22 posted on 10/20/2011 1:18:08 PM PDT by Baladas ((ABBHO))
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To: Baladas

Rick Snyder is a liberal republican but he is signing the things the legislature sends to him without a fight.

He just signed a partial birth abortion ban a few days ago.


23 posted on 10/20/2011 1:21:10 PM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: dfwgator

The whole world’s watching.
The whole world’s watching.
The whole world’s watching...


24 posted on 10/20/2011 1:32:46 PM PDT by JusPasenThru (HEY UNION MEMBER: INVEST IN YOUR OWN DAMN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A CHANGE!)
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To: Steely Tom
If there's so much as a single TEA Party sign within 50 miles of Charlotte, every violent incident will be blamed on the TEA Party.

Well...I'm just gonna have to make that happen.


25 posted on 10/20/2011 1:32:53 PM PDT by moovova (Report my sarcastic, fear-mongering lies to www.AttackWatch.com by clicking HERE.)
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26 posted on 10/20/2011 1:34:51 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: cripplecreek

Pba bill? (barf) Okay, I retract that comment, but you could get rid of this RINO by getting him to replace Joe Biden OR (the unthinkable) have Mitt Romney tap him for his runnning mate if the GOP jumps the shark forever.


27 posted on 10/20/2011 1:37:32 PM PDT by Baladas ((ABBHO))
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To: cripplecreek

Pba bill? (barf) Okay, I retract that comment, but you could get rid of this RINO by getting him to replace Joe Biden OR (the unthinkable) have Mitt Romney tap him for his runnning mate if the GOP jumps the shark forever.


28 posted on 10/20/2011 1:37:51 PM PDT by Baladas ((ABBHO))
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To: cripplecreek

Pba bill? (barf) Okay, I retract that comment, but you could get rid of this RINO by getting him to replace Joe Biden OR (the unthinkable) have Mitt Romney tap him for his runnning mate if the GOP jumps the shark forever.


29 posted on 10/20/2011 1:37:54 PM PDT by Baladas ((ABBHO))
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
The Dems never, ever support unionized public service employees.

You are confusing the union bosses with the union proles.

Free Mumia!

30 posted on 10/20/2011 2:06:48 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it. (plagiarized))
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To: cripplecreek

Both houses in Mississippi are RAT?

Whoulda thunk?


31 posted on 10/20/2011 2:58:22 PM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik ("The trouble with internet quotations is that you don't know if they are true"-Abraham Lincoln.)
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To: Baladas; All

Wouldn’t be surprised to see riots at the Republican convention either . Also would not be surprised to see attacks/attempted murder against Republican convention goers either . The Democrats are stirring up the useful idiots & the true believers of socialism in its assorted flavors & when someone on their side does something stupid they will tell the press one thing while encouraging the useful idiots to keep on doing what they are doing , the goal being voter intimidation ala the New Black Panther party scam only on a nation wide scale.

Also remember that pepper spray is both a vegan & green product and is therefore politically correct to use against the idiots.


32 posted on 10/20/2011 5:27:22 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (.308 reach out & thump someone .50 cal.Browning Machine gun reach out & crush someone)
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