Posted on 05/02/2014 8:19:32 AM PDT by PaulCruz2016
Metro officers deal with large crowds all the time, but nothing like this. The crowd included former military men and ex-cops, people with various motives, their fingers poised just above the triggers of powerful weapons. With so much firepower in so many hands, a small incident could have set off a bloodbath and left nearly two dozen officers dead.
Assist. Sheriff Joe Lombardo:"We were outgunned, outmanned and there would not have been a good result from it."
I-Team reporter George Knapp: "A lot of scenarios could have played out that would have left a lot of dead officers."
Assist. Sheriff Joe Lombardo: "If you just have a backfire, somebody pops a firecracker, then it's over. We're done. We are going to lose that battle that day."
(Excerpt) Read more at 8newsnow.com ...
"I don't know his name. He was wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey. I'll never forget that," he said.
Better never forget that question. These Constitutional showdowns are coming again, and spoken or not, that question will also be hanging in the air again.
I recommend studying what happened in 1775. Do you really want to die being on the wrong side, as the British soldiers were?
“If you just have a backfire, somebody pops a firecracker, then it’s over.”
It took only three firecrackers at Kent State to get things rolling.
” ... their fingers poised just above the triggers of powerful weapons.”
Unlikely—journo-histrionics unless the people were ready to pull the trigger on the feds.
Molon labe baby.
Never, never forget that our gummint will use whatever means it can to try to intimidate us. They backed down this time because THEY were intimidated. Expect helicopters, APCs and maybe even tanks from the Feds next time.
Unlike at Ruby Ridge or Waco where the feds got to murder citizens indiscriminately and without consequence.
Never again.
Read his comment again and you’ll see that the ‘peasants’ don’t matter to him.
And a lot of dead peasants, as well.
Peasants, what peasants? Didn't you hear dingy harry, they were terrorists! Only in the liberal's version of America is a Citizen standing against injustice a terrorist, while a terrorist is a freedom fighter.
“....there were several Navy Seals that recently left the service showed up....”
Some of them there “extremists”?
We can't really do anything about the proliferation of those vehicle to local communities.
We can do something about our reactions and attitudes.
I recommend beginning to think of those vehicles as resources for our side.
Warms my heart and brings a smile to my face.
Nobody wants bloodshed, but this is exactly why the Second Amendment was added.
Dude seems really focused on “how many dead officers” there would have been.
That’s all I need to know.
If you got a Steelers bumper sticker now, the Feds will run your plate.
Yes, this was a near disaster for the American people.
We must remember, but not for Timothy McVeigh in 1995, Bill Clinton would never have been re-elected in 1996, and this “Bundy” incident came very close to being a crisis from which the Democrats could have greatly profited in the coming mid-term election.
I can almost assure you, if such an incident doesn’t spontaneously occur between now and November, the Democrats will create one.
“An armed society is a polite society.”
Read the comments at the original story link. The JBT cheerleaders are out in force. These anti-American people who still get to vote are the reason we’re in this mess now. Time to start taking names.
There were several ex-Navy SEALS in the “militia”? How did they know that? Oh, perhaps they were recognized by the “private contractors” the feds had hired on their side. Traitors!
“If one tiny mistake had been made, the community might be attending funerals for slain police officers, law enforcement officials said. Dozens of people could have been killed if shooting had broken out.
The I-Team has learned that those who were involved in threatening the lives of officers are not off the hook, even if it takes a year or more to resolve.”
Time for the OathKeepers to step forward.
Do not ever think that MRAPS are invincible. They have known weak points. And a certain type of cocktail doesn’t discriminate by vehicle type.
King Obama, when you make your overthrow plans take notice. When Americans wake up you will fail.
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