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Liberal_Stalwart71

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20. No. He was put in charge of settling down the crowds and being the liaison between the community

Reply to frazzled (Reply #18)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 12:01 AM

Aug 2014

and the cops. That's all the responsibility he has. Plus, he's a state trooper and therefore not in his jurisdiction.

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Chris Hayes was just threatened by a cop live on MSNBC [View all] conservaphobe Aug 2014 OP

was the cop on camera, or was there just audio? fishwax Aug 2014 #1

Audio. conservaphobe Aug 2014 #3

wow. fishwax Aug 2014 #8

Uhh... ReRe Aug 2014 #38

They gonna beat his ass on teevee!! alcibiades_mystery Aug 2014 #2

Whoa. That won't end well. I wouldn't think Hayes would back down much, if at all. n/t winter is coming Aug 2014 #4

They are also threatening to shoot cal04 Aug 2014 #5

I was watching... ReRe Aug 2014 #40

Yeah, the Al Jazeera guy just said he doesn't know why the cops showed up so early Warpy Aug 2014 #6

Is This The Missouri Highway Patrol DallasNE Aug 2014 #43

No, members of 3 departments showed up Warpy Aug 2014 #48

Wow. bravenak Aug 2014 #7

is it time for the national guard yet? kcdoug1 Aug 2014 #9

Is there a difference between military and police nowaday? nt valerief Aug 2014 #34

Yep catnhatnh Aug 2014 #47

Absolutely! ReRe Aug 2014 #41

Which is crazy because Chris Hayes is not a person who is threatening in the least davidpdx Aug 2014 #10

Yup. Agschmid Aug 2014 #11

Where is Capt. Johnson in all this? world wide wally Aug 2014 #12

His hands are tied. He has absolutely no power. They are using him as a pawn and a scapegoat. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #15

I thought he was put in command frazzled Aug 2014 #18

No. He was put in charge of settling down the crowds and being the liaison between the community Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #20

Wrong: Highway Patrol was put in charge of all security operations frazzled Aug 2014 #22

"A different approach", my ass. Agree that the guy is very likely being used as a pawn and scapegoat kath Aug 2014 #24

Exactly! Thanks. :) Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #26

How is what I said any different? He was put in charge to guide the crowd, and I'm assuming that Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #25

Crackers f'real 7wo7rees Aug 2014 #31

Or maybe he's more in charge than you think? frazzled Aug 2014 #46

I hope you're right. I hope they are not using this brother for their own selfish ends. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #49

He said on Saturday that he was not told that SWAT was being tblue37 Aug 2014 #33

I really thought he was going to be given a chance to change things. I bet he did, too. freshwest Aug 2014 #27

I'm thinking you're right. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #30

yeah, sounds like he's just a facade. n't bananas Aug 2014 #42

That'll leave a mark flamingdem Aug 2014 #13

I think Chris was radicalized some time ago. grasswire Aug 2014 #29

Listen, there are a lot of black people here just praying and hoping that the cops' aggression Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #14

+1 n/t enigmatic Aug 2014 #17

+1000 gvstn Aug 2014 #19

plus 1000 Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 #21

+1000 more kath Aug 2014 #28

Read ya 5 by 5, citizen The Traveler Aug 2014 #32

too right (nt) shaayecanaan Aug 2014 #35

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2014 #36

Latest tweet from Chris Hayes flamingdem Aug 2014 #16

A brave new world. Curfew time for journalists. Rex Aug 2014 #23

TURNN OFF YOUR CAMERRAAAASSSSSSS Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #37

The new totalitarian states of the USA seems to be emerging. Cleita Aug 2014 #39

These idiots need to ALL be lined up and slapped by a 5 year old girl. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #44

WOW Gothmog Aug 2014 #45