https://democraticunderground.com/1002136832672 things on this thread.
1. I don't think they understand what being deputized means ... these people would be sworn to uphold the law. Yes, even if they deputized a BLM supporter.
2. I don't think they understand the rioters could well be considered 'vigilantes' because they're saying they're simply 'righting wrongs' ... At least that's my take on it.
babylonsister (164,965 posts)
Florida Sheriff floats deputizing all gun owners in county to battle protests
Florida Sheriff floats deputizing all gun owners in county to battle protests
The three minute video is full of the bluster that traditionally plays well in Clay.
By A.G. Gancarski
on July 1, 2020
A Northeast Florida Sheriff facing a competitive primary used department resources to make a self-promotional video this week under the guise of combatting civil unrest.
The message to would-be protesters: “You’ve been warned.”
(The message to political opponents, meanwhile, is one of the power and prerogatives of incumbency, especially in a crowded field of candidates.)
Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels released Tuesday a red meat video vowing to, if needed, deputize gun owners in the event Black Lives Matter protesters came into the county.
“Somebody has to step up in front of the camera and say ‘enough is enough,'” said Daniels, vowing that “if we can’t handle you …. I’ll make special deputies of every lawful gun owner in this county.”
The warning (not a “threat,” Daniels says repeatedly), is especially interesting, given that Camp Blanding, from which the National Guard could deploy as it did during riots in actual cities, is in the county.
more...
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/345399-deputize-gun-owners-clay
MagickMuffin (10,154 posts)
2. How does he manage to rub his two brain cells together to think this is a good idea?
I guess since he has made this call, he can't discriminate and everyone with a gun gets to be deputized!
Thomas Hurt (6,709 posts)
6. Any armed drunk or stupid Floridaman can roll to put the black folks in their place...
under the color of law. what could go wrong?
Sheriff is a fascist idiot.
The sheriff is black. Racist.
sop (3,160 posts)
9. Cowboy hat-wearing Daniels, Clay County's first black sheriff, says he wants to run for Congress.
The chances BLM protesters show up in rural Clay County are rather slim, but he's staking out the christian law-and-order political platform just in case: "God is raising up men and women just like the folks standing behind me who will have strong backbones and will stand in the gap between lawlessness and the citizenry we’re sworn to protect.”
Daniels is himself under investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement related to an affair he had with a fellow officer back when he was at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and a subsequent false arrest of that officer. Currently Daniels has six challengers in his upcoming re-election bid, he'll probably be out of office soon.
GemDigger (3,151 posts)
17. Why let the Wild Wild West have all the fun.
Let's ride our horses in and have a shoot out right here in the East. Bang, bang, shoot em up.
A lot of this country is turning into vigilantes, 2020 style.
When you're firing the cops, what are innocent citizens supposed to do to protect themselves and their property?
Demovictory9 (13,176 posts)
20. deputizing all gun owners? Even the BLM supporters? The Protestors who own guns? Black people who
own guns? Libs?
Sure. Why not? Are you afraid these people can't uphold their oath? Are you that much of a racist?
KC
