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JoePhilly

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34. When a police officer came to my home a few months back ...
Thu Apr 17, 2014, 04:57 PM
Apr 2014

... he did so because there had been break-ins in the neighborhood ... and on this particular night, my next door neighbor's alarm had gone off.

There was no one home at their house, and everything seemed fine, but he noticed lights and movement at my house ... so he knocked to make sure we were ok. I called my neighbor to let him know the police had come. He was on a trip. We talked to the cop for a little while. Nice guy. At no point did I feel the need to "convince" him to stop being part of a "private army".

Perhaps I should I have considered him to be one of the "thugs" you speak of? Or, maybe I'm one of the oligarchs.

And as for the events in Nevada ... why do I get the impression that if those "law enforcement officials" got into a shoot out with those nut jobs, you'd be screaming ... POLICE STATE!!!!

But more importantly ... if the law enforcement officials that went to Nevada are actually part of some secret army, whose only job is to maintain the status quo ... then why did they need to go to Nevada at all?

I mean, why go and start to take that idiot's cattle, if the PLAN of the oligarchs is to let him do whatever he wants anyway? Why not just ignore him completely. Send no one. He'd been grazing on that land for years. Its not like anyone was going to notice or care.

So, if the goal is to keep things quiet, maintain the status quo ... they might as well ignore this guy, its not like he's part of "occupy", right?

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Isn't that an actionable crime? Has this guy been arrested? nt ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2014 #1
I would think it would be chargeable as "assault" with a deadly weapon on a LEO... steve2470 Apr 2014 #16
So is stealing cattle. nt clarice Apr 2014 #31
Who stole cattle? nt ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2014 #36
I don't need to imagine he is black or any other color Egnever Apr 2014 #2
I notice seated next to him is a justhanginon Apr 2014 #3
Police would drop a 4 pound bomb on the roof of a row house they're holed up in. MohRokTah Apr 2014 #4
Exactly Tom Ripley Apr 2014 #32
He probably feels like a big man sharp_stick Apr 2014 #5
The job of law enforcement is to keep everything exactly the way it is... dogknob Apr 2014 #6
I'm intrigued by your use of the word "we" throughout that post. JoePhilly Apr 2014 #8
You're not intrigued and leaders get removed... dogknob Apr 2014 #19
YOU seem to be claiming WE are going to take up arms. JoePhilly Apr 2014 #21
If you believe the Kochs and the Adelsons of this world are going to go without bringing the thugs.. dogknob Apr 2014 #23
Then WE would be pointing our guns at ... JoePhilly Apr 2014 #25
They are "thugs" when they are slapping Occupiers around... dogknob Apr 2014 #30
When a police officer came to my home a few months back ... JoePhilly Apr 2014 #34
The money they would have gotten for his fines... dogknob Apr 2014 #37
Oh, I'm sure that's not true. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #24
Apparently ... JoePhilly Apr 2014 #35
Post removed Post removed Apr 2014 #7
Proper Response From Police, Sir, Would Have Been to Kill Him The Magistrate Apr 2014 #10
... "unarmed citizens?" You do see the guy with the rifle, right? JoePhilly Apr 2014 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author onethatcares Apr 2014 #14
Aww look, he's playing army boy with his little gun. Kingofalldems Apr 2014 #9
As it is, the right will cheer him on Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #11
They shake the crazy tree and wait for some nuts to fall out. JoePhilly Apr 2014 #13
Looks like felony branishing of a deadly weapon. 99Forever Apr 2014 #15
Typical of today's gun fanciers who think sniping is cool in non-war zones. Hoyt Apr 2014 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author SQUEE Apr 2014 #22
Post removed Post removed Apr 2014 #18
If he were black, or obviously Muslim... n2doc Apr 2014 #20
I think that would depend... penultimate Apr 2014 #38
I just know d_r Apr 2014 #26
Yesterday, I saw footage of this on MSNBC Politicalboi Apr 2014 #27
Legal Question bpj62 Apr 2014 #28
Think about the ridiculous rise in gun sales after each mass shooting IronLionZion Apr 2014 #29
Just another poster boy for the cause of regulating guns in this country. Paladin Apr 2014 #33
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