Gonna be a mess - got an excuse to agitate

[MrAK]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbc...2299729/%3famp

2 federal officers guarding a building during protests in Oakland were shot, 1 of whom died. They didn?t contact anyone, struggle with anyone, make racist remarks, just trying to make their neighborhood safe. I wonder when the national protests will be for them?

I thought this was at a federal building, not in a neighborhood.

[Bailey Guns]

Guess those two officers just had it coming. You know, for doing their job. They brought it on themselves and now they're dealing with the consequences. [/sarcasm]

The government no longer fears the people, and that's a problem.

Great. If things are as fucked up as some seem to think they are and the government has no fear what's gonna happen when the government does start to fear the people? Pretty sure that's not gonna end well for anyone. I'm also pretty sure I don't really want to be around for that.

I seriously can't believe ANYONE thinks this shit is justified by what's happened.

Just. Fucking. Mind-boggling.

[MrAK]

Guess those two officers just had it coming. You know, for doing their job. They brought it on themselves and now they're dealing with the consequences. [/sarcasm]




Great. If things are as fucked up as some seem to think they are and the government has no fear what's gonna happen when the government does start to fear the people? Pretty sure that's not gonna end well for anyone. I'm also pretty sure I don't really want to be around for that.

I seriously can't believe ANYONE thinks this shit is justified by what's happened.

Just. Fucking. Mind-boggling.

False equivalencies all around.

Fucking mind boggling that people see no problem with what has happened to our LEO across the county, we are policed by individuals who think themselves as hammers and see every problem as a nail. If conservatives write off the complaints of these “mobs”, then you can expect JFK’s words regarding peaceful revolution to come true, and that’s not a day I’d like to see.

But hey, it’s easier to believe the media, think all of this is looting and believe that this is a race issue as coopted by the BLM.

[Bailey Guns]

Well you obviously haven't been paying attention to what I've said about this. Big surprise.

[VDW]

Last I heard, police departments around the country are constantly hiring from a dwindling pool of people willing to choose LE as a career. If you think you can do better, please apply. Limit the laws being passed that LE are tasked with enforcing? I?m with you there. If your dream is a world without LE, I couldn?t disagree more. Think you can take care of you and your own in the absence of LE? Good for you, not everyone can. Remember the same mobs ready to lynch a cop every time something doesn?t look like something they approve of, will be there ready to lynch you too.

[Bailey Guns]

The young guy that lives behind me just got hired by Altus (OK) PD. He's excited. I wanted to slap some sense into him...but that's not fair. No reason to rain on his parade. He'll find out soon enough what it's like. I can't imagine anyone wanting to go into LE these days. Then again I remember how I felt when I got hired.

[FoxtArt]

People need to stop getting all knotted up. Opinions differ, but perceptions of those opinions are getting overblown.

The cop(s) involved, bad. Seems everyone generally agrees.
Rioting bad. Seems everyone generally agrees, for the most part.

The rest of the debate seems like those annoying married couples that invent reasons to bicker.

[GilpinGuy]

People need to stop getting all knotted up. Opinions differ, but perceptions of those opinions are getting overblown.

The cop(s) involved, bad. Seems everyone generally agrees.
Rioting bad. Seems everyone generally agrees, for the most part.

The rest of the debate seems like those annoying married couples that invent reasons to bicker.

Funny, I wrote a similar post but deleted it. This board is, well, a broken record sometimes. I still love it, but jeeeez. Nobody wants any of this shit to happen on either side. Yet some here find ways to argue regardless.

[MrAK]

Well you obviously haven't been paying attention to what I've said about this. Big surprise.

Yup, I skipped about 12 pages of comments

[BushMasterBoy]

Maybe put the press in uniforms too? I don't think the CO Springs & Pueblo protests turned out to be much of a hassle for the police. Rain pouring down in Pueblo.