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annabanana

(52,805 posts)
Tue Aug 18, 2015, 12:37 PM Aug 2015

Oath Keepers To Arm Blacks In Ferguson And Dare Cops To Shoot Them [View all]

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Source: crooks & liars

The Oath Keepers are using black citizens in Ferguson to make their own political point about guns.

The leader of the group's local chapter told Red Dirt Reportthat the event would likely be held before the end of this month to protest an order last week by law enforcement officers to Oath Keepers to put away their rifles while in city limits.

"Every person we talked to said if they carried they'd be shot by police," said Sam Andrews, head of the Oath Keepers chapter in St. Louis County. "That's the reason we're going to hold this event, and it will be a legal demonstration. I'm sick and tired of law enforcement who doesn't think they have to abide by the law. They're narcissistic and that guy (the county police chief) discredited my men."

He said other Oath Keepers members would surround the black demonstrators as protection.

Read more: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/08/oath-keepers-arm-blacks-ferguson-and-dare?utm_source=Crooks+and+Liars+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=718385d291-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d4904be7bc-718385d291-326546605



wtf?

this could end very badly indeed
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When the shit hits the fan over this, those Oath Keepers will be long gone. Paladin Aug 2015 #1
Exactly. Oaf Keepers are the guys who hold your coat and encourage you to fight. kairos12 Aug 2015 #7
Very very bad strategy! lark Aug 2015 #2
oathkeepers come up with another KKK like scheme to get black men killed. nothing new here msongs Aug 2015 #3
That's what's needed! MOAR GUNZ!!! Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #4
Jesus H. Christ on a mountain dividing fish and loaves packman Aug 2015 #5
That's "Oaf Keepers" to you KamaAina Aug 2015 #6
You beat me to it. "Oaf Keepers" n/t FSogol Aug 2015 #8
Loaf droppers Erose999 Aug 2015 #25
A big ring of armed ignorant white guys surrounding black folk Android3.14 Aug 2015 #9
"discredited my men" < They talked to you as if you were a citizen of Ferguson? Didn't jtuck004 Aug 2015 #10
How utterly disgusting. potone Aug 2015 #11
me too . . . . n/t annabanana Aug 2015 #12
This may be the only time SCVDem Aug 2015 #13
Rob Williams would approve, which gives me pause before condemning them Exultant Democracy Aug 2015 #14
well said, my initial reaction was similar Amishman Aug 2015 #15
Thanks, a baby step forward is better than a slap in the face. Exultant Democracy Aug 2015 #19
Need more info MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #22
I thought exactly the same thing. hollowdweller Aug 2015 #16
It is a hard one for me because I am so strongly against guns. Exultant Democracy Aug 2015 #20
very interesting heaven05 Aug 2015 #24
I kind of had the same annabanana Aug 2015 #21
"...if they carried they'd be shot by police," BumRushDaShow Aug 2015 #17
Oh, this will end well... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #18
These oath keepers are going to do background checks? douggg Aug 2015 #23
They're trying to set up a fireworks show with live ammunition. The Oaf Keepers are a sick bunch.n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #26
More proud graduates of the University of Duh shenmue Aug 2015 #27
Please repost in GD. Aerows Aug 2015 #28
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