The latest faux outrage at the DUmp. Police look scary.
LTX (858 posts) http://upload.democraticunderground.com/10025397873
This is the perfect example of the halloween costume party that policing in America has become.
What in the living hell is chuckles dressed up as here?
He's wearing desert camouflage pants on the streets of a St. Louis suburb (presumably to blend in with the asphalt, fire hydrants, light poles, parked cars, and post office boxes); That is actually MARPAT, or Marine Pattern Cammies. NOT in desert pattern, btw. Silly to wear in an urban envio? Maybe. comfortable? Yes. Personally I'd rather see the police in police blue as I think the cammo SWAT guys look silly--- but that's my opinion.
He has a combat helmet on (as if someone, anyone, is going to be firing mortar rounds at him); people had been throwing rocks, paving stones, full bottles of water, Molotov cocktails...and last night someone took a shot at the police... it is a ballistic helmet to protect the head.
He has super-cool, high-lace tan boots as if he's going to be wading into quicksand or a jungle stream (for christ's sake, a pair of ******* sneakers would be infinitely more logical); the difference between regular police boots and these? The color. OOOOooo.... scary tan boots...
He has those mean-ass looking black gloves (because you never know when desert sand-storms, rain-forest downpours, snakes or scorpions are going to interfere with your trigger finger); I wear gloves all the time. It protects my hands from harm. Mine are lined with kevlar because you never know when he scumbag is going to have a needle in their pocket when you have to do a patdown.
He has the affected, squinty-eyed demeanor of Clint Eastwood in a 60's western; Um... the sun is in his eyes, ****wad. If he had shades on you'd bitch at that.
And he has a sniper rifle and scope on a tripod (because, I guess, you never know when might have to pick off Uncle Bob and Aunt Judy in the next block over for jay-walking). Steady aim and sniper oversight of the area. Standard tactics for police in a mob situation. You'd rather he spray bullets around the crowd uncontrolled?
You have to figure it took this guy the better part of two hours to put on this dumb-ass costume (which, of course, included the half-hour in front of the mirror striking poses and muttering "yippee-kai-yay mother-****er"). If it takes you two hours to get dressed you might be a DUmpmonkie.
Just put on a Captain America costume and be done with it
So many people bitch about the militarization of the police in this country. Look at what we are now dealing with! In this Missouri town open rioting over the death of an 18 year old thug who assaulted police after robbing a store. The officer had to go into hiding. Why? Because the guy was black and now the leftists and criminals are using it to push their agenda and rob loot and steal anything they can.
THAT is what police have to deal with every day.
Voice for Peace (10,961 posts)
12. This OP deserves some kind of award. I hope you don't mind if it mysteriously
goes viral. It's just too excellent to be hidden away on DU.
Just too stupid more like.
JEB (1,616 posts)
15. Riot gear and camo has replaced hoods and robes.
Of course. Racists.
Moostache (1,782 posts)
16. Where are the open carry asshats now?
Why are the militias standing down in the face of the jack-booted thuggery in Missouri????
WHERE ARE YOU AT NRA ACTIVISTS???
Do those scary black people make it too dangerous to support the gun rights movement?
Are there too many Negroes out there for you to feel strong and point your guns at the clown on the tank?
Or is that behavior just for show when Fox News has an aggrieved racist white man around?
Maybe because in Missouri it isn't about government overstepping onto peoples rights and trying to force them off their land, but rioting and looting by people PROTESTING the death of a thug who assaulted a police officer after robbing a store...
AND, of course...racists.
billhicks76 (1,338 posts)
32. NRA=KKK
Where are these cowards? Why aren't they defending Americans from tyranny?
RoccoR5955 (7,280 posts)
50. They only get training on how to operate the surplus gear
They get no training on WHEN and WHERE to use it, so they use it at their "discretion."
Which is of course, bullshit. But that never stopped the DUmp from spreading the lies.
tulsakatz (3,105 posts)
29. they forgot.......that they are supposed to be protecting the people!! The message in this picture is very clear, they think the people are the enemy!!!!
Tell that to the shop owners the peaceful demonstrators looted over the last few nights.
Half-Century Man (2,697 posts)
37. Just sitting there so cocksure of himself.
Perfectly silhouetted against the blue sky behind him. The exquisite sharp contrast between the colors of his skin of his arms and face, and the drab hues of his uniform. You could not make it easier to calculate body position at a glance. His weapon stabilizer is bulky, difficult to reposition, and prone to falling over when he moves.
This guy is a counter sniper's wet dream.
TiT speaks up. Of course... the guy isn't hiding. If he was you'd bitch about that.
toddwv (2,241 posts)
40. It's an intimidation tactic.
He is highly visible on top of that truck that is usually parked within eyesight of protestors. The dumbest possible place for a true sniper.
Such a tactic serves no purpose other than to terrorize the "enemy" into complying, plain and simple.
Another tactical genius heard from.
leeroysphitz (10,032 posts)
52. Very good question and very good rant. Perfectly on-point.
I was in the Army and never believed that the U.S. Army could be used to oppress American citizens on American soil. At least not the guys I served with. But local police? Oh yeah.
It seems that municipalities across the country have allowed their police departments to embrace some sort of Para-military style of policing and if I know cops they would like nothing better than to be "let off the leash" so to speak and be free to crack a few heads playing with all of their shiny new toys.
And now that they have these toys you KNOW they aren't just going to give them back just because of a little public outrage.
