Posted on 03/19/2023 11:36:07 AM PDT by Morgana
The Big Apple is ready to batten down the hatches and mobilize 700 riot cops ahead of former President Donald Trump's anticipated arrest early this week.
State, city and federal law enforcement agencies have been meeting in recent weeks to discuss how to deal with expected widespread protests following Trump's arrest, as his supporters have already started descending on Trump Tower.
The New York Police Department is even considering stationing hundreds of riot cops, the Daily Beast reports, fearing that Trump's arrest may cause both MAGA conservatives and anti-Trump protesters to face off outside Manhattan Criminal Court as he is arraigned.
Trump is set to face criminal charges for $130,000 payments his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid to porn star Stormy Daniels towards the end of his 2016 campaign. Prosecutors say the payment violated campaign finance laws, and was made to silence Daniels about an affair she had with the mogul.
Several MAGA fans have now descended on Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in a brazen attempt to prevent his arrest.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
New York City Police will regret the day that they ever moved to arrest POTUS, Trump!!! Trump has a been a life long supporter & champion for all first responders!!! The NYC police union should tell Biden and his NYC DA...”
You Arrest Trump!!!
RE: You can bet some leftist goon wearing a MAGA hat will be carrying a racist sign. Pictures will be taken and the Dems and their media will run with it for years.
Yes, his shiny patent leather FIB agent shoes and FIB barber’s haircut will still stand out.
Wouldn’t surprise me if they are also looking for an excuse to declare martial law so they can attempt to complete the crackdown.
Does Trump still own Trump Tower NY....?
Pundits solemnly reminded the American people that the city riots and burning police cars and looted and burning businesses in cities like Portland, Seattle and more than a dozen more for black protests and CHOP, Antifa, BLM were “part of the centuries old American tradition of free speech and freedom of expression for protest” and panelists nodded seriously and agreed.
Trump’s crackdown in Portland is an attack on free speech
Washington Post
Jul 22, 2020 — Using federal law enforcement to crush protests in Portland misunderstands the First Amendment. Perspective by Jennifer Petersen.
Seattle police end effort to get unpublished media photos and ...
The Seattle Times
Sep 21, 2020 — The Seattle Police Department will drop a subpoena requiring five Seattle news organizations to turn over unpublished news videos and photos ....
Seattle Settles ACLU Lawsuit Over Violation of Free Speech ...
American Civil Liberties Union
Sep 14, 2006 — “Officials must honor the rights of peaceful protesters even when the mayor has declared a state of emergency,” said Aaron Caplan, an ACLU of ....
And this may (but won’t) cause rights of patriot protesters to be upheld (don’t hold your breath)——
https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/freedom-of-expression/
First lines:
Your voice matters. You have the right to say what you think, share information and demand a better world. You also have the right to agree or disagree with those in power, and to express these opinions in peaceful protests.
Exercising these rights – without fear or unlawful interference – is central to living in an open and fair society; one in which people can access justice and enjoy their human rights.
Yet governments around the world routinely imprison people – or worse – for speaking out, even though almost every country’s constitution refers to the value of ‘free speech’.
Or just not go to NY State. Hang out in red states and see what happens ;-)
So it appears that Pelosi is acting as Events Coordinator for NY now. No doubt Alexandra Pelosi’s film crew is en route, and hundreds of undercover Feds are in place ready to enter the stage.
The J6 event was just dress rehearsal.
Except the demoRATS. /s They always get their way.
Nice idea
Cops are cowards. They just follow orders
So, all of a sudden no more mostly peaceful looting of Nike stores and torching squad cars.
is there going to be a ‘live’ thread for this situation?
“Soros’ antifa crowd coming to New York City to mix with the MAGA useless idiots to riot and burn”.
They’re probably already being booked into hotels.
Which requires that they present papers to the Governor wit the indictment charging Trump with a crime. One of the problems is that a lot of the furor is that what they are talking about charging Trump with is not actually a crime. Therefore the warrant could be challenged in Federal Court in say Tallahassee where the FL seat of government is.
God bless his soul.
Is that code for the feds?
August 25, 2022: Gov. Kathy Hochul, who hasn’t proven shy about issuing orders, had one for the state’s Republicans this week — all 5.4 million of them: “Just jump on a bus and head down to Florida where you belong, OK?” she said. “You are not New Yorkers.”
I just love the small of counter-coup in the morning. Smells like victory.
(This Post is for all you FIB lurkers. We know it’s going to be you FIB fake agents provocateurs stirring things up in New York. Because the last two Republicans in Communist New York already moved away to Florida.)
The problem will be that the various state GOPE/RINOs who control the primaries will keep him off the ballot because he’s in jail. It would only take a dozen to a score of states.
They’ll meet and tearfully conclude that they just can’t sully their long tradition of only allowing candidates with “good moral values” to be allowed to represent their party.
Forget innocent until proven guilty, they’ll solemnly opine ... “This just makes us look bad”.
“to mix with the MAGA useless idiots
Is that code for the feds”?
I think that’s what the poster meant.
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