INSANE: Ferguson “Activists” Deliver Pre-Riot Demands To Police

[davsel]

[Bailey Guns]

No. Thugs and rioters DO NOT get to dictate police protocol, response, equipment used, bond amounts, etc... Police officers DO NOT need to be "tolerant" of "minor" things like throwing bottles...that could potentially present a lethal risk to officers and others. You are out of your freakin' mind if you think those demands are reasonable.

Anyone who thinks that is reasonable should probably be demonstrating with the thugs on the street. FFS.

[kidicarus13]

Great toon.

[Great-Kazoo]

I don't care if this is not with the crowd here. Those ROE are not out of line with any normal expectation. It is a way to not have a riot and specifically go after those that do. If you want to protect the 2nd so much, you have to be willing to protect the 1st. Freedom of speech is not limited to nice tea parties with pink cups. Sometimes they come when people are pissed. If the police feel they can escalate......... So can the people.... To everyones demise. Sometimes you have to let the pressure vent or risk causing the very thing you are trying to avoid.

These demands are not from the local senior center. This SHIT is from a bunch of FSA wanna be thugs who prefer to loot and burn their own neighborhood, in the name of JUSTICE. The parents of Saint Swisher demanded the officer who shot their young adult be sent to prison. Never mind a trial first. PRISON if their demand was not met, They would or could not be responsible for any violence that occurred So please do not say their ROE are not out of line with any normal expectation..
Had the parents and other not Threatened VIOLENCE / RIOTS then maybe review the demands and get back to them.
While i am a staunch supporter of the 1st amendment , threatening violence is not nor does not give them 1st amendment protection.

You feel that way go walk lock step with the folks of Ferguson.

[HoneyBadger]

No. Thugs and rioters DO NOT get to dictate police protocol, response, equipment used, bond amounts, etc... Police officers DO NOT need to be "tolerant" of "minor" things like throwing bottles...that could potentially present a lethal risk to officers and others. You are out of your freakin' mind if you think those demands are reasonable.

Anyone who thinks that is reasonable should probably be demonstrating with the thugs on the street. FFS.

I think some of them were pretty reasonable.... Like #1, #10, and #17. The rest of it is kind of funny. I'm glad we're almost a thousand miles away.

[Hound]

Ya... Throwing a bottle justifies MRAPS, pointing guns at people and possibly shooting people. You would think cops were made of glass themselves, so weak and fragile. You would think that they don't expect to lay down their lives for the communites they protect. No they expect to be in 'CHARGE!!' Respect my ATHORITAAAA. When everybody is 'they' and 'them' the community is the enemy. As long as you comply, law and order are maintained. The British thought this at one time. If you are not willing to be part of the community and in fact be at risk; you should get another job.

A lot of my family are cops (real cops), many of them are even in Missouri (where I grew up) dealing with this. This is personal for me. I worry about them but have also seen how over reaction from those with a badge has caused the problem instead of de-escalting as it should be. Cops need to be Cops again and not think of this as a war zone.... Unless they make it one. Somebody breaks a window, arrest them. Don't beat the hell out of'em and wonder why the rest of the people fight back.

We will see who acts like a thug when the announcement comes out. I hope both sides keep their cool.

No. Thugs and rioters DO NOT get to dictate police protocol, response, equipment used, bond amounts, etc... Police officers DO NOT need to be "tolerant" of "minor" things like throwing bottles...that could potentially present a lethal risk to officers and others. You are out of your freakin' mind if you think those demands are reasonable.

Anyone who thinks that is reasonable should probably be demonstrating with the thugs on the street. FFS.

[Big John]

I don't care if this is not with the crowd here. Those ROE are not out of line with any normal expectation. It is a way to not have a riot and specifically go after those that do. If you want to protect the 2nd so much, you have to be willing to protect the 1st. Freedom of speech is not limited to nice tea parties with pink cups. Sometimes they come when people are pissed. If the police feel they can escalate......... So can the people.... To everyones demise. Sometimes you have to let the pressure vent or risk causing the very thing you are trying to avoid.

I think the people of Ferguson who are not of the thug nature will agree with me in that the protesters have "vented" enough.

This will be more of a lynch mob, hell bent on destruction, than a "protest". They do have every right to protest. They do not have the right to hurt others nor destroy property. I personally do not advocate tying LE's hands with any kind of ROE's.

[Great-Kazoo]

Ya... Throwing a bottle justifies MRAPS, pointing guns at people and possibly shooting people. You would think cops were made of glass themselves, so weak and fragile. You would think that they don't expect to lay down their lives for the communites they protect. No they expect to be in 'CHARGE!!' Respect my ATHORITAAAA. When everybody is 'they' and 'them' the community is the enemy. As long as you comply, law and order are maintained. The British thought this at one time. If you are not willing to be part of the community and in fact be at risk; you should get another job.

A lot of my family are cops (real cops), many of them are even in Missouri (where I grew up) dealing with this. This is personal for me. I worry about them but have also seen how over reaction from those with a badge has caused the problem instead of de-escalting as it should be. Cops need to be Cops again and not think of this as a war zone.... Unless they make it one. Somebody breaks a window, arrest them. Don't beat the hell out of'em and wonder why the rest of the people fight back.

We will see who acts like a thug when the announcement comes out. I hope both sides keep their cool.

[vossman]

No announcement yet???

[Bailey Guns]

How about you let me bust you in the melon with a Coke bottle? Let's see how weak and fragile you are. Better yet, pick up a bottle and threaten your local cop with it. See if that gets a gun pointed in your general direction. Course, you having all sorts of family members in law enforcement makes you an expert and all.

When was the last time one of your real cop relatives said they "expect" to lay down their lives for the community? My guess is never. That's one of the most asinine things you've ever said.

So what's next? The guys that plan the next bank robbery get to dictate their terms to the police? Does the next guy who gets drunk and beats his wife into a coma get to dictate how the cops handle the call? Surely the next child molester can make demands of the cops?

The police are only obligated to act within the law. Period. They are not obligated to concede to these demands nor should they. Their response should be, as long as everyone behaves themselves and assembles peaceably, you won't have anything to worry about from the PD. Break the law and we'll do what it takes to arrest your dumbass.