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Postby New haven america » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:04 am

Cetacea wrote:And now heavily armed mercenaries are patrolling washington with no identifying insignia

Is that even legal?

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/unid ... &r=US&IR=T

They're not mercs, they're Barr's prison riot swat teams, you know, people trained to deal with prison riots and not peaceful protests.
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Postby Rojava Free State » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:04 am

New haven america wrote:
Cetacea wrote:And now heavily armed mercenaries are patrolling washington with no identifying insignia

Is that even legal?

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/unid ... &r=US&IR=T

They're not mercs, they're Barr's prison riot swat teams, you know, people trained to deal with prison riots and not peaceful protests.


Basically special ops.
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Postby Slavakino » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:05 am

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Shame shame shame. We need trust and stability among everyone in a time of Pandemic not Anarchy.


Maybe the police need to stop seizing masks from protesters then.

Not like surgical masks can protect you from the 'Rona. P2 mask is the minimum safety, max is a literal oxygen tank
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Postby Slavakino » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:07 am

Rojava Free State wrote:
New haven america wrote:They're not mercs, they're Barr's prison riot swat teams, you know, people trained to deal with prison riots and not peaceful protests.


Basically special ops.

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Postby Esternial » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:09 am

Cetacea wrote:And now heavily armed mercenaries are patrolling washington with no identifying insignia

Is that even legal?

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/unid ... &r=US&IR=T

This is starting to sound more like the American version of the Euromaidan.

I hope, for everyone's sake, I'm wrong.

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Postby Heloin » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:12 am

New haven america wrote:
Cetacea wrote:And now heavily armed mercenaries are patrolling washington with no identifying insignia

Is that even legal?

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/unid ... &r=US&IR=T

They're not mercs, they're Barr's prison riot swat teams, you know, people trained to deal with prison riots and not peaceful protests.

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Postby Gormwood » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:15 am

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NLM is a bit too broad considering that you have white guys who are counted as native and not white guys as well

Indigenous Lives Matter.
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Postby Gormwood » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:23 am

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The algorithm has been shilling hard for him.

Police shouldn't be defunded. It should be disbanded.

All for cracking down on police brutality, but disbanding police? Expecting biker gangs or The Purge fanboys to take up law enforcement?
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Postby Aclion » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:27 am

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Postby Caracasus » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:28 am

Gormwood wrote:
Liriena wrote:The algorithm has been shilling hard for him.

Police shouldn't be defunded. It should be disbanded.

All for cracking down on police brutality, but disbanding police? Expecting biker gangs or The Purge fanboys to take up law enforcement?


There's probably an alternative besides rule by druglord/warlord and the police.

And yes, the police as an institution in the US have proven themselves beyond reform. It's time to disband them.
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Postby Rojava Free State » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:29 am

Gormwood wrote:
Liriena wrote:The algorithm has been shilling hard for him.

Police shouldn't be defunded. It should be disbanded.

All for cracking down on police brutality, but disbanding police? Expecting biker gangs or The Purge fanboys to take up law enforcement?


Remember all the weirdos in Mad Max? Those guy would be everywhere.

I wanna reform policing. But if your idea is "end police as a concept," you're either a naive idealist or you're crazy and have a death wish for mankind.
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Postby Rojava Free State » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:30 am

Caracasus wrote:
Gormwood wrote:All for cracking down on police brutality, but disbanding police? Expecting biker gangs or The Purge fanboys to take up law enforcement?


There's probably an alternative besides rule by druglord/warlord and the police.

And yes, the police as an institution in the US have proven themselves beyond reform. It's time to disband them.


What if someone murders somebody though? How do we catch the murderer without any police?

Like who would stop me from going and kicking people's asses? The pope?
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Postby Rojava Free State » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:32 am

Aclion wrote:https://twitter.com/Eric_Schmitt/status/1268195075953176576


Even the guys who burned down the Indian restaurant, built after years of hard work?

Bullshit, there is never an excuse to destroy other people's stuff because the police wronged you. The police are the problem, not the florist.
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Postby Rojava Free State » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:33 am

Esternial wrote:
Cetacea wrote:And now heavily armed mercenaries are patrolling washington with no identifying insignia

Is that even legal?

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/unid ... &r=US&IR=T

This is starting to sound more like the American version of the Euromaidan.

I hope, for everyone's sake, I'm wrong.


America is overdue for some book burning and blood letting.
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Postby Aclion » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:34 am

Rojava Free State wrote:
Caracasus wrote:
There's probably an alternative besides rule by druglord/warlord and the police.

And yes, the police as an institution in the US have proven themselves beyond reform. It's time to disband them.


What if someone murders somebody though? How do we catch the murderer without any police?

Like who would stop me from going and kicking people's asses? The pope?

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Postby Ifreann » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:35 am

Rojava Free State wrote:
New haven america wrote:They're not mercs, they're Barr's prison riot swat teams, you know, people trained to deal with prison riots and not peaceful protests.


Basically special ops.

Have you seen these guys? They're not special ops. They have plainly spent more time in the canteen than the gym.


Aclion wrote:https://twitter.com/Eric_Schmitt/status/1268195075953176576

In a stunning development, our office has learned that every single one of the St. Louis looters and rioters arrested were released back onto the streets by local prosecutor Kim Gardner.

You love to see it.

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Postby Aclion » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:40 am

Ifreann wrote:
Aclion wrote:https://twitter.com/Eric_Schmitt/status/1268195075953176576

In a stunning development, our office has learned that every single one of the St. Louis looters and rioters arrested were released back onto the streets by local prosecutor Kim Gardner.

You love to see it.

Well we can be sure these guys weren't white supremacists from it. If they had been no way they would have been released.
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Postby The Alma Mater » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:42 am

Rojava Free State wrote:
Caracasus wrote:
There's probably an alternative besides rule by druglord/warlord and the police.

And yes, the police as an institution in the US have proven themselves beyond reform. It's time to disband them.


What if someone murders somebody though? How do we catch the murderer without any police?


Looking at Arbery, you don't catch them with police either.
Social media seems to be more efficient.
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Postby Rojava Free State » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:50 am

The Alma Mater wrote:
Rojava Free State wrote:
What if someone murders somebody though? How do we catch the murderer without any police?


Looking at Arbery, you don't catch them with police either.
Social media seems to be more efficient.


So what do we do when we catch them? Like does an angry mob just lynch them basically?

I dont like this idea of not having any police. We need something
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Postby Agarntrop » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:54 am

Rojava Free State wrote:
The Alma Mater wrote:
Looking at Arbery, you don't catch them with police either.
Social media seems to be more efficient.


So what do we do when we catch them? Like does an angry mob just lynch them basically?

I dont like this idea of not having any police. We need something

It fits their agenda, you see.
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Postby The Alma Mater » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:58 am

Rojava Free State wrote:
The Alma Mater wrote:
Looking at Arbery, you don't catch them with police either.
Social media seems to be more efficient.


So what do we do when we catch them? Like does an angry mob just lynch them basically?

Is that different from how it is now ?
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Postby Agarntrop » Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:00 am

The Alma Mater wrote:
Rojava Free State wrote:
So what do we do when we catch them? Like does an angry mob just lynch them basically?

Is that different from how it is now ?

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Postby Rojava Free State » Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:02 am

The Alma Mater wrote:
Rojava Free State wrote:
So what do we do when we catch them? Like does an angry mob just lynch them basically?

Is that different from how it is now ?


Yes it is. It really is even if the police are flawed.

Are we abolishing prisons too or only the cops?
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Postby The Alma Mater » Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:02 am

Agarntrop wrote:
The Alma Mater wrote:Is that different from how it is now ?

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Your streets are on fire and shops are being raided because people feel that way. Laughing is not going to solve that ;)
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Postby SangMar » Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:03 am

London’s having it’s 3rd protest right now, and Manchester’s having its 2nd.

The London protest a few days ago had 13 arrests.

Hopefully though, everything remains peaceful - though I am cautious - especially for London, since it appears that the main protest is gathering at Whitehall, and that one or two of the scuffles that occurred last time were because of protesters there.
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