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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Mon Aug 28, 2017, 11:47 AM Aug 2017

Fox anchor praises Trump for giving cops grenade launchers to use on the front lines of protests

Fox anchor praises Trump for giving cops grenade launchers to use on ‘the front lines of protests’
Brad Reed 28 AUG 2017 AT 10:45 ET

President Donald Trump’s decision to lift restrictions on giving police departments access to excess military equipment was given an enthusiastic endorsement on Fox News Monday.

Via Media Matters, Fox anchor Jillian Mele said that Trump’s decision to give police departments access to grenade launchers and armored vehicles was a “major backup for our police officers on the front lines of those protests,” referring to the violent clashes between Trump supporters and Antifa activists that erupted over the weekend in Berkeley, California.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/watch-fox-anchor-praises-trump-for-giving-cops-grenade-launchers-to-use-on-the-front-lines-of-protests/

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Fox anchor praises Trump for giving cops grenade launchers to use on the front lines of protests (Original Post) workinclasszero Aug 2017 OP

So, Jillian Mele will have no problem using grenade launchers against klan rallies right? muntrv Aug 2017 #1

The same cops who didn't give a fuck about a shot going off during the Charlottesville rally? DetlefK Aug 2017 #2

+1 dalton99a Aug 2017 #3

Yeah workinclasszero Aug 2017 #6

The NRA and their minions should be furious SHRED Aug 2017 #4

So it begins.....a tank roll - on US streets..who woulda thunk!!! eom asiliveandbreathe Aug 2017 #5

All we need now is Trump's Reichstag fire event workinclasszero Aug 2017 #7

muntrv

(14,505 posts)

1. So, Jillian Mele will have no problem using grenade launchers against klan rallies right?

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Aug 28, 2017, 11:50 AM

Aug 2017

DetlefK

(16,670 posts)

2. The same cops who didn't give a fuck about a shot going off during the Charlottesville rally?

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Aug 28, 2017, 11:56 AM

Aug 2017

Protesters and counter-protesters beating each other up... and the cops looked the other way.

One Neo-Nazi shot his gun into the ground to scare counter-protesters... and the cops didn't even flinch.

And after the protest? The cops didn't even bother investigating who beat up whom. It took crowdsourcing to identify the perpetrators and public outcry to get the cops to do ANYTHING.

dalton99a

(95,244 posts)

3. +1

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 28, 2017, 11:58 AM

Aug 2017

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

6. Yeah

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 28, 2017, 12:38 PM

Aug 2017

If it wasn't for the public those nazi bastards would have got away clean.

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

4. The NRA and their minions should be furious

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Aug 28, 2017, 12:07 PM

Aug 2017

After all...who do they think will confiscate their guns?

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)

5. So it begins.....a tank roll - on US streets..who woulda thunk!!! eom

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Aug 28, 2017, 12:36 PM

Aug 2017

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

7. All we need now is Trump's Reichstag fire event

Reply to asiliveandbreathe (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 28, 2017, 12:42 PM

Aug 2017

Get those militarized cops in the streets with armored cars, grenade launchers, full auto assault rifles etc.

And the KKK/Nazis will lead the way.

This is how democracies die I guess.

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