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Thursday's Paranoid Thought of The Day
Wyatt Earp
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All these topics on FEMA camps, the government buying 450 million rounds of ammo, the trend toward militarism of civilian PDs...
Could it be by design? It seems to me that some of the more militant LEOs, who like to get dressed up in their desert camo's when the "battle ground" is a bank parking lot (see link below), and bust down doors during no-knock warrants, would jump at the chance to go full military against citizens in a SHTF scenario. Not most, but I know quite a few who don't give a rat's a## about civilians' liberties and the constitution when it means they get to get dressed up in their SWAT getup and bust some heads.
http://www.kcbd.com/story/17337066/suspect-in-custody-after-2-hour-bank-standoff-2
Could it be by design? It seems to me that some of the more militant LEOs, who like to get dressed up in their desert camo's when the "battle ground" is a bank parking lot (see link below), and bust down doors during no-knock warrants, would jump at the chance to go full military against citizens in a SHTF scenario. Not most, but I know quite a few who don't give a rat's a## about civilians' liberties and the constitution when it means they get to get dressed up in their SWAT getup and bust some heads.
http://www.kcbd.com/story/17337066/suspect-in-custody-after-2-hour-bank-standoff-2
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Not paranoia. Real stuff. Alex Jones says so
All these topics on FEMA camps, the government buying 450 million rounds of ammo, the trend toward militarism of civilian PDs...
Could it be by design? It seems to me that some of the more militant LEOs, who like to get dressed up in their desert camo's when the "battle ground" is a bank parking lot (see link below), and bust down doors during no-knock warrants, would jump at the chance to go full military against citizens in a SHTF scenario. Not most, but I know quite a few who don't give a rat's a## about civilians' liberties and the constitution when it means they get to get dressed up in their SWAT getup and bust some heads.
http://www.kcbd.com/story/17337066/suspect-in-custody-after-2-hour-bank-standoff-2
Not disagreeing with the premise entirely, but I think the link you chose is a bad example. In that case (based on the article) I think the police involved used a great deal of common sense and constraint to resolve the situation without violence and bloodshed.
All these topics on FEMA camps, the government buying 450 million rounds of ammo, the trend toward militarism of civilian PDs...
Could it be by design?
By design? Well hell no it can't be by design. These are all just continuing and covenant coincidences. These guys never formulate a plan or even discuss the effects of their actions. What you are seeing happening in America is just good old fashioned dumb luck.
Now you'll excuse me while I stick my head back in the sand.
quote:Originally posted by Wyatt Earp
All these topics on FEMA camps, the government buying 450 million rounds of ammo, the trend toward militarism of civilian PDs...
Could it be by design? It seems to me that some of the more militant LEOs, who like to get dressed up in their desert camo's when the "battle ground" is a bank parking lot (see link below), and bust down doors during no-knock warrants, would jump at the chance to go full military against citizens in a SHTF scenario. Not most, but I know quite a few who don't give a rat's a## about civilians' liberties and the constitution when it means they get to get dressed up in their SWAT getup and bust some heads.
http://www.kcbd.com/story/17337066/suspect-in-custody-after-2-hour-bank-standoff-2
Not disagreeing with the premise entirely, but I think the link you chose is a bad example. In that case (based on the article) I think the police involved used a great deal of common sense and constraint to resolve the situation without violence and bloodshed.
That story has become a local debate because yesterday, as it was goign down, one local conservative radio talkshow host used the situation to call attention to the militarization of the PD. He made fun of their camo's, which made them stand out like sore thumbs in their environment, and the $250,000 SWAT Team APC driving round and round the bank.
Where the controversy began is when he made the off-the-cuff comment that the Lubbock PD SWAT Team was more likely to shoot one of their own than the bad guy. It was a reference to a Lubbock SWAT Team incident a few years ago where one officer shot and killed another at the scene of an incident. That, as you can imagine, drew the ire of Lubbock cops! While it was a crude comment, statistically speaking, it was factual...the last person shot by the Lubbock SWAT Team in many years, was a fellow team member.
and local FBI boys shoot.
Just stand still and you'll
have nothing to worry about.
Not paranoia. Real stuff. Alex Jones says so
WE watch that video. Netflix had it. Scare the living sheet out of you.
It was very eye opening.
The other issue is the armored APCs. Whats wrong with a van or small bus or a couple of suburbans?
Were there any actual cops there, or were there only people itching to be the one with a body count? Why was there no perimeter and people were walking into the line of fire?
That level of incompetence tells me they have no business carrying guns if they can't even keep the killzone of their deliberate ambush clear of noncombatants.