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Video of fully armed MAGAts outside FBI offices. (Original Post) Progressive Lawyer Aug 2022 OP
how hard can it be to round these clowns up, they wear f'ing uniforms. mopinko Aug 2022 #1
Unfortunately they're not doing anything illegal, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #9
doesnt mean local leo cant keep and eye on them. mopinko Aug 2022 #12
Oh I've no doubt that the FBI knows exactly who these MAGAt's are MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #13
all four of them? spanone Aug 2022 #2
gun humping COWARDS Skittles Aug 2022 #3
Meal Team 6 is ready for battle. GoCubsGo Aug 2022 #4
Meal Team 6 AggressiveCanary Aug 2022 #43
I think it was Malcolm Nance who came up with that one. GoCubsGo Aug 2022 #44
They have no idea how stupid they look, do they? nt BlueLucy Aug 2022 #5
Arizona? They get to play dress-up again. sinkingfeeling Aug 2022 #6
A city the size of Phoenix and only a couple dozen MAGAts can show up doc03 Aug 2022 #7
Post removed Post removed Aug 2022 #40
Not the city of Pheonix the couple dozen doc03 Aug 2022 #49
They need Freedom Fingers orthoclad Aug 2022 #8
82nd Chairborne Division reporting for duty........ MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #10
"Chairborne" Roland99 Aug 2022 #15
Whoever made the banner must be an FBI plant CanonRay Aug 2022 #11
Yeah, like the Nazi Brownshirts thought... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2022 #14
I wish the agents in the building would get on a loudspeaker DFW Aug 2022 #16
Sooner Or Later, Sir, That Will Have To Happen The Magistrate Aug 2022 #17
It is unfortunate DFW Aug 2022 #19
You're right. About the Michigan Capitol. n/t shrike3 Aug 2022 #27
Uhhh, you do know that open carry is perfectly legal here in AZ? MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #18
At some point, a line is crossed DFW Aug 2022 #20
Again, what laws are they violating? MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #24
What law? A congregation of armed men, with anti-FBI posters and assault weapons DFW Aug 2022 #33
And once again, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #34
ARS 13-1202 is an AZ state law, not a federal one. ShazzieB Aug 2022 #46
Look, the reason the cops didn't move in is because the MAGAt's weren't breaking the law, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #48
I Expect A Federal Statute Could Be Rustled Up From the Books, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2022 #23
They're not on Federal property, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #25
They Menace Federal Officers, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2022 #26
And guess what MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #29
Not Immediately, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2022 #30
I never said anything about local police shooting it out with the FBI, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #31
Indeed, consider it rustled. DFW Aug 2022 #35
You just don't get it do you, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #36
I would have no problem with these scumbags being "disappeared". roamer65 Aug 2022 #21
they seem nice WarGamer Aug 2022 #22
They should fly a couple of those armed drones over them. JanMichael Aug 2022 #28
I just see a bunch of mal-adjusted anti-socialists. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2022 #32
If you want an example of how "effed" up our gun culture is maxrandb Aug 2022 #37
Willingness to die for a con man is Emile Aug 2022 #38
So tired of these dupes. BSdetect Aug 2022 #39
i will not live in fear! HAB911 Aug 2022 #41
OMG - don't these idiots have any idea how stupid they look? Vinca Aug 2022 #42
Fools, all of them idiotic fools. Owl Aug 2022 #45
What a bunch of flea-brained thugs. 😠 ShazzieB Aug 2022 #47
khaki pants, white shirt and camo mask... looks like Patriot Front, only armed this time n/t AntiFascist Aug 2022 #50
Target practice for the FBI sharpshooters. roamer65 Aug 2022 #51

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,060 posts)
9. Unfortunately they're not doing anything illegal,
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 10:56 PM
Aug 2022

here in AZ, we have "constitutional and open carry" so they're not breaking any laws.

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,060 posts)
13. Oh I've no doubt that the FBI knows exactly who these MAGAt's are
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 11:04 PM
Aug 2022

and there are FBI snipers watching them very closely.

GoCubsGo

(34,914 posts)
44. I think it was Malcolm Nance who came up with that one.
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 11:46 AM
Aug 2022

At least, he's the first one I heard using it.

They might have steak, but I suspect that their diets consist of white bread, potatoes, and processed crap.

doc03

(39,086 posts)
7. A city the size of Phoenix and only a couple dozen MAGAts can show up
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 10:47 PM
Aug 2022

Last edited Sun Aug 14, 2022, 04:19 PM - Edit history (1)

for their protest. What a bunch of losers.

Response to doc03 (Reply #7)

DFW

(60,186 posts)
16. I wish the agents in the building would get on a loudspeaker
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 11:09 PM
Aug 2022

I wish they would tell the Trumpanzees to disarm and disperse, give them 5 seconds to comply, and then take out each one with a gun with sniper fire if they don't. it's only a matter of time before some of these nut cases turn out to be a deadly menace to the public nearby, who have every right to expect law enforcement to protect them from armed thugs.

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
17. Sooner Or Later, Sir, That Will Have To Happen
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 11:30 PM
Aug 2022

Put bluntly, it ought to have happened at the Michigan Capitol two years back. We'd not be near where we are if it had.


"Kill one, warn one hundred."



DFW

(60,186 posts)
19. It is unfortunate
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 11:35 PM
Aug 2022

But I agree fully.

We don't bring heavy firearms to a debate. They do. They have now started demonstrating that some of them intend to use them.

Even one is one too many.

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,060 posts)
18. Uhhh, you do know that open carry is perfectly legal here in AZ?
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 11:34 PM
Aug 2022

You would have FBI agents shooting citizens for doing something that's legal under AZ law?

I understand your frustrations, but shooting law abiding citizens is not the answer.

DFW

(60,186 posts)
20. At some point, a line is crossed
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 11:47 PM
Aug 2022

Even in open carry states, unprovoked threats to the public and against law enforcement are not perfectly legal. What these people were doing goes beyond peaceful bearing of arms. It is a direct threat against the Bureau.

Driving a car is perfectly legal in Arizona. Driving a car into a crowd of people is not. Driving a car in a reckless, seemingly threatening manner is not. It is one thing to be prepared in case of trouble. It is quite another to be the instigator of that trouble. It doesn't take a PhD in criminology to distinguish between the two. If a guy is carrying an assault rifle on the street in downtown Phoenix, no assumptions can be readily made. If he steps into an elementary school with it, assumptions CAN be made. These clowns were not casual passers-by whose paths just happened to converge in front of a Bureau installation at the same time.

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,060 posts)
24. Again, what laws are they violating?
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 11:58 PM
Aug 2022

The law is the law and here in AZ, open carry is legal, I live here in AZ, this is not unusual to see and suggesting the FBI give them 5 seconds to disarm, which again, would be unlawful, or they will be shot would be murder, especially if all they're doing is protesting.

I wouldn't worry too much about those jackwagons, I'm quite sure the FBI is keeping a close watch on them and are ready for any attempted attack upon the building.

DFW

(60,186 posts)
33. What law? A congregation of armed men, with anti-FBI posters and assault weapons
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 01:13 AM
Aug 2022

I'd say there is a good case for a violation of A.R.S. section 13-1202, "threatening or intimidating"

This would be the SAC's judgment, of course, but in light of recent events in Ohio, this would be fresh in his/her mind.

Again, this was not a coincidental gathering but a deliberate confrontation. If I were SAC and saw that outside my building, knowing the threat was directed at me or my subordinates, I would not automatically assume they meant no harm. Especially these days.

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,060 posts)
34. And once again,
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 01:19 AM
Aug 2022

the Feds have no jurisdiction over them, they are on public property, not Fed. property, this is for local police and they can't do anything other than watch them, cops can't even make them show ID, AZ is not a stop and ID state.

As long as those jackwagons remain on public property protesting, they are well within their right to protest and there's nothing local police or the Feds can do about it.

What part of they're not breaking the law do you not understand?

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,060 posts)
48. Look, the reason the cops didn't move in is because the MAGAt's weren't breaking the law,
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 04:16 PM
Aug 2022

but you can bet the farm that they were ready to move in in force if they did break the law.

This whole convo started because one member here wanted the FBI to get on a bullhorn and order them to drop their weapons and if they didn't comply withing 5 seconds, then they would be shot,
which would result in the agents being charged with various crimes and the resulting unrest it would cause and it would give the repukes in Congress a golden gift just before the mid terms.

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
23. I Expect A Federal Statute Could Be Rustled Up From the Books, Sir
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 11:54 PM
Aug 2022

It needs only the color of law for immediate action, and the vainglory of the 'militia' can be relied on to provide pretext for deadly force.

This is going to have to be broken. A state which cannot enforce and maintain a monopoly on legitimate use of violence for political purposes is not a state at all, merely one more competing interest.



"Mad or sane, rebels must hang. Your Excellency knows this."



MarineCombatEngineer

(18,060 posts)
25. They're not on Federal property,
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 12:00 AM
Aug 2022

so the Feds have no jurisdiction over them, it would be up to local police, and they're not going to do anything except watch them, because again, these jackwagons aren't violating any state law.

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
26. They Menace Federal Officers, Sir
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 12:05 AM
Aug 2022

Besides, the point, as it so often is, is simply to do it, and make the enemy catch up to what's happened.

Federal officers emerging under arms from the building, commanding dispersal, will not be resisted by local police, and if resisted by the insurrectionists, can break the resistance.

For make no mistake, a body gathered under arms to menace a government facility and personnel are engaged in insurrection.

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,060 posts)
29. And guess what
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 12:12 AM
Aug 2022

If armed Feds came onto state property, IE public property and dispersed them by force, then they can be arrested and sued civilly for violating their civil rights, it has happened quite often with the Feds/officers being reprimanded and or fired and criminally charged.

And I can pretty well guarantee that if the Feds came out to state property and tried to disperse them, the Phoenix Police would intervene and tell the Feds to get back on their own property and leave law enforcement to local police, the Feds are not very well liked here in Phoenix.

Heres a question, suppose the protesters refused to leave PUBLIC PROPERTY, then what? The Feds can't arrest them, they don't have jurisdiction.

I know, i live here.

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
30. Not Immediately, Sir
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 12:20 AM
Aug 2022

And no, local police are not going to shoot it out with Federals. That's the kind of big man down the bar bluster that needs to be punctured.

It's the immediate effect which matters, consequences can be managed, even made to go away, when they are incurred in the government's interest.

What is necessary is to show these people nobody's playing anymore, that their cosplay ends in blood. Takes the fun out of the thing. Weeds the amateurs out, leaves just a few ugly clots of hard core exposed without a trace of cover.

It's going to have to be done sooner or later, and the longer it is put off, the worse will be the head it comes to.


"Violence solves very little, but what it does solve nothing else can."



MarineCombatEngineer

(18,060 posts)
31. I never said anything about local police shooting it out with the FBI,
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 12:27 AM
Aug 2022

that's ridiculous, but the local police here in AZ would tell the FBI agents to get back on their property and leave local law enforcement to them and the Feds couldn't do jack shit about it, just like they can't do jack shit about the protesters on public property, which these jackwagons are on.

The FBI can't even get ID's from the protesters, and neither can the local cops as long as no laws are being violated.

DFW

(60,186 posts)
35. Indeed, consider it rustled.
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 01:20 AM
Aug 2022

A.R.S. section 13-1202

It is somewhat vague, and could be interpreted in a number of ways, one of which could be that the armed thugs "meant no harm." But the congregation of similarly armed people in the same place blaring the same message does not exactly inspire a sense of security in the ones inside the building. The incident in Ohio is certainly fresh in the mind of every senior Bureau installation chief, and the armed gang outside had to know that, whether or not they feigned ignorance about the incident.

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,060 posts)
36. You just don't get it do you,
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 01:23 AM
Aug 2022

they're NOT ON FEDERAL PROPERTY, the Feds have no jurisdiction over them, they're not breaking any AZ law.

JanMichael

(25,725 posts)
28. They should fly a couple of those armed drones over them.
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 12:10 AM
Aug 2022

Just to let them know what's up if they want to fuck up.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,133 posts)
32. I just see a bunch of mal-adjusted anti-socialists.
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 12:44 AM
Aug 2022

We used to help them back in the 60's with medicines to deal with their anti-psychotics incidences.

maxrandb

(17,427 posts)
37. If you want an example of how "effed" up our gun culture is
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 06:09 AM
Aug 2022

or, if you want to see what is wrong with this shit, light a box of firecrackers and toss it near them.

Vinca

(53,994 posts)
42. OMG - don't these idiots have any idea how stupid they look?
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 08:04 AM
Aug 2022

Big, bad tough guys strutting around with their weapons. Young women Trump would deride as fat skanks. Old people who are living off demon socialist Social Security. What a bunch.

roamer65

(37,953 posts)
51. Target practice for the FBI sharpshooters.
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 04:34 PM
Aug 2022


My money is on the people in the black helicopters with sniper rifles.
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