Anyone wanna guess how this is gonna go...

If this really happens, I only see it going one way....bad. Thoughts?

Black Lives Matter plans armed 'peace officers' in 'war on police,' NY leader says

 

I would have to agree with you. War chest?? So that’s what I’ve been putting together for the last 30 years!!

 

Haha yeah me too!

"The “blueprint” for the way forward will be unveiled in Times Square in New York on Sunday at 12 p.m. and delivered to communities across the country."

The "way forward" huh?? I'm sure this will help all kind of relations...

 

Some of you will remember that back a few months ago, Virginia counties were mustering militias. Someone (not necessarily a member on here) will try to draw a similarity to this article and the militias....

When Virginia had the 2A rallies at the state capitol, most of the attendees were armed, many well armed. No craziness, no shenanigans, no looting, no rioting, no destruction. When the rally/protest was done, they even cleaned up after themselves. It was said that NO rally/protest group had ever left the place cleaner than they found it, like the 2A group did.

For some reason, I cant imagine a gun toting group associated with the current protesters being on the same "level"....

 

IMO the cops won’t want to respond to calls in those neighborhoods where BLM vigilantes “patrol”.
Violence/crime within the community will go unchecked and will implode on itself. After awhile of lawlessness , residents will want the vigilantes out and the cops back

 

That sounds like it would be a better outcome than what I was envisioning. If it goes that way, I imagine the cops will still get blamed for the further demise of the communities... and then have even more chit to try to clean up in the end.

 

This mess makes me ill. Covid, Riots, extremist, lies. I know one thing for sure. Urban living is nothing I want any part of. I was in it when the military sent me there, but when able to exercise my choice, I chose to go rural. I don't know where this is all headed, but I feel for sure that I am in a better position to deal with it living here.

 

It sounds like they plan on acting on their 2nd amendment rights, and their rights to self-defense.

Not the way I would like to see it done (I am a pacifist), but the 2nd ammendment does allow it.

 

That is true. And I am a firm believer in the 2nd.

And as we're all aware, their freedom of free speech and freedom to assemble, to peacefully protest, is guaranteed/ protected under the first amendment.

We see how that's going....

 

Maybe the should set up in Chicago. See if they can stop the killing there

 

Always somebody looking to take advantage of a situation, damage is being done by rioters not protesters, huge difference. Peaceful protesters should go home when the crap starts and leave easy pickens for law enforcement.

 

The problem with this is the extremist. When they start shooting at legit police actions. Police officer gets shot by the patrol while trying to arrest a wife abuser. Now what? Not all cops are bad not all vigilantes are good. Its the few that will everyone in either group a bad reputation.

 

Exactly. Bad apples spoils the whole bunch. But there's a whole lot of bad apples in this "bunch".

And it seems to me that the basis of most of the response lately, is that cops are bad. This action is obviously to second guess the cops, to police the police. That in itself makes a huge statement that you already have a preconceived notion of the outcome. A certain color person gets wrongfully killed by a certain color cop and the world explodes. Im trying to figure out how that's racism? It seems this thought process only works one way...

 

A little read on what the "peaceful protesters" think....

'Orgy of violence': Ami Horowitz talks to Minneapolis protesters who support looting, killing cops

 

This has "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" written all over it.....on both sides of the issue.

 

Yes it does. Funny you say that, cause that is the phrase that I have said the most in the past few days. That and a combo of wth and wtf....

 

Urban living is nothing I want any part of... ... ayuh... sooooo good to be here in rural Maine...

 

Stinny and savemoney..I agree with both of you...and I'm pretty sure it doesn't want anything to do with me either!