Posted on 05/02/2020 5:33:54 PM PDT by jazusamo
Colorado does NOT have a state police force; when you search for “Colorado State Police”, here’s what you get: a gazillion hits for Colorado State Patrol
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b&ei=1lWvXsyxGtTQtQaij6WoCQ&q=”Colorado+State+Police";
“CSU has a contingent of Colorado State Police officers”
indeed ... that’s the name of their campus police force, and the reason the name is “Colorado State Police” is because the name of the university is “Colorado State” ...
That movie and the lengths the government will go to to coverup.....says it all.
How about an 'order' that merely follows the chain of command?
What movie was that taken from?
Do not mess with the Colorado State Police at CSU as they are sworn in by the City of Ft. Collins, Larmier County, State of Colorado and Sworn in by the Federal government because campuses are in those locations. They sure have a lot of authority for not being “State Police”.
The chain of command is subordinate to the Constitution.
There are limits on what the chain of command may legally order.
Why do you think the oath always includes the words "uphold and defend the Constitution"?
In the Military it is not only the Constitution but includes "regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice". You are obligated NOT to obey an order that is contrary to those things.
yep, colorado state highway patrol to patrol highways (and protect gov and state capital) plus the CBI, which provides forensic support for various LEO departments, but NO state police force that has state-wide arrest powers ... period ...
in colorado, criminal arrests are performed by county sheriffs, municipal LEOS and highway patrol for stuff that happens on highways ... that’s it ... no state police ...
“I’m getting a little touchy over the mask hate because people are being targeted and threatened for wearing them.”
All I see is the opposite: people like myself, who don’t want to wear a mask are the victims here. We are the ones being threatened.
We get dirty looks, are barred from entering places - we get lectured by bureaucrats and LE - we are even called killers by all sorts of Karens and chicken littles who suddenly think obeying the the state is the highest virtue.
These good little social distancers of 2020 remind me of the loyalists of the 1770’s. They hated the patriots who dared to fight for freedom. Many ran off to Canada and I hope the masks wearers of today follow them there.
I’m sorry, but I know who is a Democrat and who is a Republican in my small PA town - and I can tell you, the Democrats were the first ones to put the masks on, and they will be the last to take them off.
This is all a political ruse - every Democrat wants to exaggerate this virus as much as possible right up to the election in November. They are hoping the economy looks bad so Trump loses. Then the day after the election, the masks will come off - both literally and figuratively.
It has been the opposite here. Almost all of the people wearing masks here have been elderly. Most people here are Conservative and they are the ones that are threatening people. Nobody is threatening people not wearing them. It’s all directed at the elderly or people like me, with a medical condition that could be deadly with any respiratory virus. I wear one every flu season. I’m not wearing it only because of COVID. I don’t care if people wear them or not and most of us don’t. I’m not taking off a mask that I wear EVERY FLU SEASON just because some people don’t like it.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
So city police take care of the cities. The sheriff officers take care of counties so you say that the rest of the state I lawless?
Sounds like you should move to Pennsylvania, and I should move to Tennessee.
“The sheriff officers take care of counties so you say that the rest of the state I lawless?”
there is no “rest of the state”: all territory is fully covered by county sheriffs and/or muni LEOs ...
You don't get harassed here for not wearing a mask. I don't care if a person wears one or not. I just keep my distance from those. I figure that if they don't care about their own health they surely won't care about mine. These people aren't libs either. My County is mostly Conservative. I know masks aren't perfect but they are a few layers between you and somebody else and are better than nothing.
My sheriff will not enforce laws in another county or sate wide there are a lot of state laws Sheriffs will not enforce.
When the sh*t hits the fan, you quickly identify your friends and your enemies.
“....far right extremists vigilantes...”
You are on FR and call yourself “Tennessee conservative”, but I have to say it’s kind of odd that the only people you have a problem with are “far right extremist vigilantes”.
Around here, the only people who would even use a phrase like that are the Lefties.
Like I said, it sounds like you would get along better with the Lefties up here in Philadelphia, who all love wearing masks (and lecturing those who don’t), and I would get along just fine with your “far right extremist vigilantes”.
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