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Law Enforcement Across America Is Preparing For Massive Election Riots
PNW ^ | 10/22/20 | Michael Snyder

Posted on 10/26/2020 9:52:38 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

The fact that law enforcement officials across the nation are expecting widespread violence following the election should chill every American to the core. As I keep repeating over and over, violence is not going to solve anything, but much of the population is not listening to voices such as mine anymore.

As you will see below, authorities have decided to "plan for the worst" because everyone can see what is potentially coming. But if we can't hold a presidential election without violence at this point, how much longer can our system possibly last? No matter who ends up winning, I think that the election of 2020 will tell us a lot about how far America has already fallen.

Thankfully, officials in most major cities do not have their heads stuck in the sand and have been preparing for massive riots following the election. In New York, the NYPD is literally "training every day" to deal with the riots and protests that they are anticipating...

The NYPD is training every day and deploying hundreds of extra cops as it braces for Election Day and its aftermath, amid fears riots and protests could break out after the results are announced.

In Los Angeles, officers are being told that "they may need to reschedule" their vacations so that they will be available for whatever may happen...

LAPD sent an internal memo to its officers last week that said they may need to reschedule any vacations around election day as the agency prepares for possible protests or other unrest, according to the Los Angeles Times.

In so many instances, law enforcement agencies are pointing to the riots that erupted in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd as the type of scenario that they want to be prepared for this time around.

Even down in Texas, authorities in multiple cities are admitting that "they are planning for potential unrest around the Nov. 3 election"...

Agencies in at least four major cities -- Austin, El Paso, San Antonio and Fort Worth -- confirmed they are planning for potential unrest around the Nov. 3 election. Officials in other Texas cities declined to say whether they're doing the same.

The intent of such preparations, said Tara Long, an Austin Police Department spokesperson, "is to ensure the safety of the community while protecting the rights of people to peacefully exercise their First Amendment rights."

Of course in some cities the violent protests never seem to end.

Four years ago, chaos erupted in Portland when Donald Trump won the election, and the city has been wracked by civil unrest ever since then...

Portland Police say they are preparing for possible unrest on election night after they saw saw riots after the 2016 presidential election.

It was just the beginning of what would be four years of unrest, protests and riots. Now, the 2020 election is just three weeks away and local police is preparing for the possibility of continued unrest.

Over in Minneapolis, shell-shocked officials continue to deal with an unprecedented wave of crime and violence, and the spokesman for the police told the press that their approach for this upcoming election is to "plan for the worst"...

In Minneapolis, where the protests after George Floyd's murder raged for weeks, similar preparations are being made. "We are aware that this may be a flashpoint and have made appropriate plans," Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder. "Remember: Plan for the worst and hope for the best."

I think that is a good word for all of us.

We can continue to hope that peace will prevail, but if you aren't planning for the worst you are definitely making a big mistake.

At this point, even the Justice Department is "bracing for possible civil unrest". The following comes from the Washington Post...

Bracing for possible civil unrest on Election Day, the Justice Department is planning to station officials in a command center at FBI headquarters to coordinate the federal response to any disturbances or other problems with voting that may arise across the country, officials familiar with the matter said.

Though the Justice Department monitors elections every year to ensure voters can cast their ballots, officials' concerns are more acute this year that toxic politics, combined with the potential uncertainty surrounding vote tallies, could lead to violent demonstrations or clashes between opposing factions, those familiar with the matter said.

Personally, I sincerely hope that authorities will be successful in minimizing unrest as much as possible.

Any sort of political violence should break all of our hearts, because that should never happen in this country.

Unfortunately, an increasing number of Americans are convinced that things in this nation will soon take a very chaotic turn. In fact, one recent poll found that 61 percent of Americans believe that we are heading toward another civil war...

The poll, which included results from the "Back-to-Normal Barometer" survey, was conducted by three firms: Engagious, Sports and Leisure Research Group and ROKK Solutions.

The poll results showed that over 61 percent of survey takers believe America is nearing a second civil war, with 41 percent who "strongly agree" with that assessment.

Those numbers are truly shocking, and they are consistent with other surveys that I have seen.

Anger and hatred have been building up in our country for years, and it appears that we are about to reach a crescendo.

I will continue to speak out against rioting, looting and all forms of political violence, and many other influential voices are doing so as well.

But there are also so many voices throughout our society that are just stirring up more anger and more hatred with each passing day.

So I would encourage all of you to "plan for the worst" for the months ahead. It looks like it is going to be a very pivotal time in our history, and the more bitterly the election results are contested the worse the chaos is likely to be.

And when a winner is finally declared, many on the losing side will inevitably feel like the election was stolen from them.

There is still time to avoid a worst case scenario, but right now it is difficult to imagine how all of this is going to end well.

Originally published at The Economic Collapse Blog - reposted with permission.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: america; banglist; election2020; lawlessness; riots; violence
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To: Jane Long

Yes, who is this Chicken Little?


41 posted on 10/26/2020 10:37:08 AM PDT by Bigg Red (#Hunterdidntkillhimself)
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To: qam1

Open season should start next Wednesday. Enough of this BS from The Marxist lunatics.


42 posted on 10/26/2020 10:38:32 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (Just the facts, ma'am......)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

After Nov 03, can we just stack any rioters’ bodies?
Kill ‘em all, get their ID and go looking for their friends and their teachers.


43 posted on 10/26/2020 10:39:07 AM PDT by Little Ray (The Left and Right no longer have anything in common. A House divided against itself cannot stand.)
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To: Dutch Boy; All

Yup. Wanna stop this crap? Hopefully SWAT, DHS, FBI, Special Forces, and US Marshals sniper personnel will be deployed in potential hot spots. Seeing exploding heads will make bad guys think twice about fire bombing a building or police car.


44 posted on 10/26/2020 10:40:12 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: fella

“Pants up, don’t loot.”


45 posted on 10/26/2020 10:41:27 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Once the E.C decides, shoot anyone and everything that has a problem with it.


46 posted on 10/26/2020 10:44:06 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

That’s the DemonRat plan. Also expect attacks on soft targets—utilities, trains, transportation, stores, communications, etc.

I full expect “social media” to somehow just have failures and “hacks” on election day. Just remember, they’ll be the “innocent” bystanders. LOL....right!


47 posted on 10/26/2020 10:47:51 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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48 posted on 10/26/2020 10:51:09 AM PDT by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Speaking of riots, what happened to them? Did all the problems they were protesting get fixed? Or did school start, so most of the rioters had to go back to class? Or are they still happening, but the media stopped reporting on them?


49 posted on 10/26/2020 10:52:34 AM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Years ago- the Black Panthers were armed with semi auto rifles, and stationed outside polling booths, to intimidate voters into voting democrat- No violence actually happened I don’t think- other than intimidation-

But, you can bet the gloves are off this election, and that there will be violence this time by the left against trump supporters- watch the cowards attack women, children and the elderly at the booths


50 posted on 10/26/2020 10:54:12 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: T. P. Pole
Speaking of riots, what happened to them? Did all the problems they were protesting get fixed? Or did school start, so most of the rioters had to go back to class? Or are they still happening, but the media stopped reporting on them?

I choose Door #3, Monty


51 posted on 10/26/2020 10:56:51 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Joe Biden: Barack Obama minus the pretty talk.)
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To: MGunny

Trained, prepared, and equipped in Arkansas. We are ready.


52 posted on 10/26/2020 10:58:33 AM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: Vermont Lt
This isn’t if Biden wins....

Based on that video that was posted of Kama-la-la-la saying the "protests" should not stop if Biden were elected, I'd conjecture that the socialists' plan would be to use the Communist takeover at the top to start a blood-soaked purge, replete with riots in the streets and targeted assassinations at state and local levels. All this could go unhindered by law enforcement, based on orders from those actually in charge of the Presidency.

Those in charge will not include Joe Biden. He would step down soon after being sworn in on some medical pretext and get paid handsomely.

Shortly after that, he would be bumped off himself during a hospital checkup by use of a routine injection--perhaps described as a vaccine against the flu. Which would actually be a vaccine against talking.

The same type of thing could happen to Hunter at a rehab clinic. And Jill Biden, as the Israelis say, "shouldn't buy any green bananas. . ."

('Cuz you won't live to see them ripen.)

53 posted on 10/26/2020 10:58:59 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: Little Ray

Based on ammo sales and NICS data, a large number of civilians have been preparing to give riot folks a very warm welcome also.


54 posted on 10/26/2020 11:14:51 AM PDT by JCL3 (As Richard Feynman might have said, this is reality taking precedence over public relations.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
It better be chaos because I didn't buy all those cans of Hormel tamales and ammo for nothing. 😠
55 posted on 10/26/2020 11:25:41 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: MGunny

I’m in rural area with lots of men within mile who have guns. I only have one gun with thirty bullets. But I think I will be ok.


56 posted on 10/26/2020 12:11:23 PM PDT by Karoo
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Let's be honest for a moment. We will not know who won on November 3rd or even November 10th. This election will be litigated in the courts for weeks, if not months.

So, who will riot? Well if the left don't feel they have won on the night of November 3rd, I do expect riots in some hell holes like Portland, Seattle, NYC, etc. They won't, so yes, there will be riots by the left.

After a week or two of exposure to some of the vote harvesting and fraud that will be pinpointed in the election litigation if it is all Democrat, then I expect some on the right to protest. I expect it will be mostly peaceful protest, but may have a tinge of implicit violence. Like during the Florida Chad recounts when Republican representatives blocked the doors of vote counting to keep people from steeling ballots and tampering with evidence.

But it will be mostly peaceful. Part of why is that the Police (not their city political bosses) tend to respect (and vicea versa) Republican and conservative protesters.

Let's say there when the dust settles and Trump wins will the left go crazy at the thought of 4 more years? Yes, will there be violence? Yes.

If Biden wins and it is clear that there has been massive voter fraud behind his win, what will conservatives, and Republicans do? That is where the civil war could start, but not sure who would supply the leadership for such violence. I can see that happening in isolated cities and/or States, but not a widespread uprising, at least not in the beginning.

57 posted on 10/26/2020 12:19:32 PM PDT by Robert357
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
"Law Enforcement Across America Is Preparing For Massive Election Riots"

Everyone should prepare:


58 posted on 10/26/2020 12:23:11 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: the_Watchman

And unfortunately you cannot conceal carry into a polling place.


59 posted on 10/26/2020 12:25:31 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

AntiFa wears black hoods and BLM, Inc. have the bullhorns.


60 posted on 10/26/2020 2:08:16 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (60 in '20. Now, more than ever! (61, I didn't take into account Mittens.))
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