US Politics Mega-thread - Page 4203

On July 08 2016 14:49 NukeD wrote:

I actually thought that in most cases it turns out that the cops were in the right, like 90% of times.

On July 08 2016 14:48 DeepElemBlues wrote:
Dallas police chief said there are at least 4 suspects and they aren't sure that there aren't more. 1 in the parking garage, 2 who drove away in a Mercedes from the scene at high speed and were apprehended, and a woman. The chief said all 4 had rifles and appeared to be working together and had a plan, that it appeared they had foreknowledge of the protest route and at least 2 took elevated sniper positions along the route.

The chief also basically said that he and the mayor are going to be making the decision whether to keep negotiating or to send in SWAT to take the guy out very soon.

On July 08 2016 14:55 oBlade wrote:

The one who sounded psychotic with the "bombs everywhere" talk? If possible, they should flashbang and gas that guy until he passes out so these people can all be skewered publicly by the justice system. I also hope they got the right people in the Mercedes since I guess the open-carry guy from earlier wasn't involved.

On July 08 2016 14:57 DeepElemBlues wrote:
I gotta say I've never seen as much misinformation and stupid things being said on Twitter as I have about this, from media accounts and regular people. It's disheartening because up until now the mix between bullshit and good info on twitter about rapidly developing events has been pretty even in my experience, tonight it's like 90% bullshit 10% facts.

On July 08 2016 14:56 GreenHorizons wrote:



Did I miss him mention that the open carry guy wasn't involved, because I still see his picture on their twitter?

Also F**k Drudge Report.



My feed's just been people correcting media and pop figures bullshit. Suppose it depends on who's in your network.

On July 08 2016 14:56 GreenHorizons wrote:



Did I miss him mention that the open carry guy wasn't involved, because I still see his picture on their twitter?

Also Fuck Drudge Report.

On July 08 2016 15:18 oBlade wrote:

MSNBC has now said that, but I don't know that we've heard from the PD. Though I would think they're probably too busy to bother.

On July 08 2016 15:52 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Okay MSNBC time to sub off Brian Williams the anchor is now claiming an urban army is in Dallas etc.

On July 08 2016 16:09 Wegandi wrote:
This is hilarious. Civies get gunned down, profiled, rights stomped on, and you don't hear much, and if you do there's a ton of victim-blaming and deference to totalitarian asshats. Suddenly, a few get killed and shot, and you hear cries war and mass outrage. Some animals are more important on the animal farm - don't you know? By the way, this goes way beyond any black or white shit. Cops are out of control. How soon we have forgotten how they burned alive Christopher Dorner and how corrupt and criminal the LA guys are. When you militarize the police and subjugate the population it's only a matter of time until something like this happens unless of course your citizens are emasculated (read: gun control).

I wonder how many people would sign up for the NKVD (read: cops) if they all feared not coming home after every stop. There is certainly no political will to reign in the militarization of police in this country and no accountability by local authorities. Perhaps Solzhenitsyn teachings won't go to waste.

Just like Dorner the cops are going to spin this as "fear for your safety!!!!" when the only people they're going after are the police.