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Capitol Police officers take a knee to cheers of protesters
Fox News ^ | June 03 2020 | Morgan Phillips

Posted on 06/03/2020 2:05:00 PM PDT by knighthawk

Capitol Police officers took a knee on Wednesday, to the cheers of demonstrators protesting police brutality on Capitol Hill following the death of George Floyd.

Protests have swept across the country for nearly eight straight days, and particularly in the Washington, D.C., region.

President Trump has promised to "clamp down" on protesters in D.C. and urged local officials to instruct law enforcement to "dominate."

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To: LostInBayport
“So isn’t that what all of these cops are advocating when they do this?”

Yes but . . .

The kind of tough law enforcement officers you want coming to your side when you are bleeding have retired, been weeded out, or are in jail for posting a humorous tweet about 57 genders.

The culprits are the elected officials who hire the top law enforcement officers who don't like the laws enacted by legislators and who won't enforce laws they don't like.

The worst culprits of all are the voters who elect the officials above.

41 posted on 06/03/2020 3:51:28 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: knighthawk

Worthless cucks.


42 posted on 06/03/2020 3:53:35 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: jonascord

I don’t. I say it’s a massive mistake.

I’m not going to defend everything officers do. Not all
officers are doing that.

I don’t defend everything people from any group do.

Officers are humans just like anyone else.

Those officers on the street over the last five or six days
have put up with far more than I would have.

They in many times work for Leftist chiefs who deny them
any right to take the actions necessary to get this under
control. Their chiefs answer to people who don’t have
the slightest idea how to govern.

It is what it is.


43 posted on 06/03/2020 4:01:09 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Some of the folks around these parts have been sniffing super flu.)
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To: SkyDancer
“The police won’t come and you better not do anything? Like not protect yourself in any manner?”

I'm glad someone is still shocked by the emerging reality.

In some jurisdictions you can still “get away” with using reasonable force. But those jurisdictions are shrinking. And when the next Democrat president is elected, using force for any reason against members of a protected class will be a federal hate crime - or worse.

Right now there are cities and states where defending yourself with a firearm with a magazine capable of holding 10 rounds is a felony. And it is going to get worse.

I'm not advocating this foolishness; just giving an alarmed heads-up.

44 posted on 06/03/2020 4:06:10 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: knighthawk

Show them your neck, what could go wrong?


45 posted on 06/03/2020 4:10:20 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: knighthawk

We now know how thin the line between civil society and anarchy is. Gun sales indicate that Americans are waking up to the fact that when SHTF we are on our own.


46 posted on 06/03/2020 4:28:01 PM PDT by Jvette
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To: knighthawk

There are plenty of deep staters at all levels and branches of the federal government. The deep state is not just comprised of politicians and political appointees.

JoMa


47 posted on 06/03/2020 4:32:31 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks.)
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To: DoughtyOne
200 officers were fired or resigned when Red Ted Wheeler ran the Portland PD. The rest of the thugs are targets. You either drop your badge on the Chief's desk, with a resounding FU, or see if you can find a .308AP proof face mask.

Leftist command structure is an excuse, and a f#cking poor one, at that. Cops HAVE to always do it right. If they can't, and their bros won't flip them, they should burn.

This has been brewing for 50 years. When pigs got Level Three armor, and figured they were immortal, things started to slide. When they buy into "Us vs Them", they need to sweat every traffic stop.

The Left has always relied on the PoPo to stand between them and pissed off Americans. Well, guess what? The PoPo is just another Leftist.

48 posted on 06/03/2020 4:45:12 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: knighthawk

fire them all


49 posted on 06/03/2020 5:05:49 PM PDT by angelcindy ("If you follow the crowd...you get no further ,than the crowd")
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To: knighthawk

Why don’t they just take it in the a—.”


50 posted on 06/03/2020 5:44:03 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Wipe ANTIFA off the face of the Earth. Indict Soros, too...their sugar daddy.)
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To: knighthawk; All

Trump is surrounded by traitors. How else to see it?

I am sickened by what happened to George Floyd. But I think these protestors are even more sickening.


51 posted on 06/03/2020 5:46:31 PM PDT by Crucial
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