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rhett o rick

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33. Great first start, but the bill won't get a single Repub vote. Maybe next session. nm

Reply to abakan (Reply #31)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 03:49 PM

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St. Louis County Police are being relieved of their duties. [View all] kpete Aug 2014 OP

Good news. BillZBubb Aug 2014 #1

Understatement WestSeattle2 Aug 2014 #30

It's about fucking time. n/t eggplant Aug 2014 #2

Probably the national guard chrisstopher Aug 2014 #3

Or the State Troopers? iandhr Aug 2014 #4

Or like following 9/11 all Police employed by the State including National Guard? gordianot Aug 2014 #7

Kent State, Selma, Birmingham, Watts, Detroit, Cleveland? n/t albino65 Aug 2014 #8

The 21st Century version of 1968 comes to mind. gordianot Aug 2014 #9

i keep flashing back to Birmingham. barbtries Aug 2014 #24

Yes this is a police riot. gordianot Aug 2014 #26

a new Fort Sumter? albino65 Aug 2014 #5

Thanks for that. nm rhett o rick Aug 2014 #11

Here, Here!!! Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #16

SWAT teams driving APCs and toting military weapons... Psephos Aug 2014 #6

The National Guard will also come dressed in military garb but they have a reputation as a group jwirr Aug 2014 #23

About friggin' time! PoutrageFatigue Aug 2014 #10

I hope that we can find a just solution in Ferguson. But we must also use Ferguson as rhett o rick Aug 2014 #12

We stop giving them grants for weapons of war. nt abakan Aug 2014 #13

I think that's more difficult than it sounds. Where exactly do the grants come from? And rhett o rick Aug 2014 #15

The grants come from the federal government... abakan Aug 2014 #17

Homeland Security... Blue Idaho Aug 2014 #21

it may have already started abakan Aug 2014 #31

Great first start, but the bill won't get a single Repub vote. Maybe next session. nm rhett o rick Aug 2014 #33

A journey of a thousand miles, begins with a single step. abakan Aug 2014 #35

agreed, abakan! nt hopemountain Aug 2014 #36

The PTB heaven05 Aug 2014 #32

But they will start by turning some of us against the rest. rhett o rick Aug 2014 #34

yep, yep heaven05 Aug 2014 #38

And same to ya! rhett o rick Aug 2014 #39

I wonder if Anonymous helped with this decision? Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #14

I can hear the Posse Comitatus types now screaming that the County is the Sheriff Department... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #18

Ferguson police have exposed themselves to the nation, without further deaths -- so far. Hortensis Aug 2014 #19

You can shoot and kill the locals - but keep your hands off the reporters! Blue Idaho Aug 2014 #20

In this case, a gang that buys its bullets by the gross tangled with a gang that buys VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #28

And the city of Ferguson department? politicat Aug 2014 #22

Disarm the force and then reduce safeinOhio Aug 2014 #25

They also directed fire at Al Jeez era reporters and took down their eqpt after crew ran lunasun Aug 2014 #27

i saw a clip of this on hopemountain Aug 2014 #37

Yes the police took down the camera and lights lunasun Aug 2014 #40

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #29