… “The police did not make their presence known,” Watkins said. “They hid on the side of his house. They hid across the street at a neighbor’s house. They did not make their presence known whatsoever. And how was he supposed to know that they were there if they didn’t make their presence known?”

“They could just have simply knocked on the door and let him know, ‘just letting you know, we got a call. They’re trying to tow your truck for whatever reason. Just letting you know that we’re here and we got called to assist.’ If that would have been done, then we wouldn’t even be on the phone right now.” …

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    Damn right, and it’s why I refuse to relent on the second. Anyone wants to repeal or and revoke the individual mandate, they damn well better be advocating for cops to be disarmed first.

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      I agree. If the US populace were ever to be disarmed, the police should be disarmed first. I am more likely to be shot by (or have my dogs shot by) a cop than I am by a gang member or my spouse or some other random person.

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      The prevalence of guns is why they can shoot first, make shit up later.

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        Oh fucking give me a break

        That explains why they murder people in a myriad of ways who very clearly don’t have guns, who they never say had guns and still get away with it, huh?

        Liberals are brain dead on this issue. You have been propagandized to the point of idiocy. I’m sure you think that America has a rash of mass shootings that far outstrip every other country, and a bunch of other myths, as well.

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        Well, that would be nice.

        But we can’t even seem to get our various governmental agencies to do anything useful on a regular basis, and (being honest), cops as they are serve as a better tool of oppression. Let’s face it, that’s the real goal of most governments, keeping the majority in line so we don’t rise up and take back what has been stolen. The only difference between various countries is what tools are currently the preferred tools.

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          In Germany out oppression is bureaucratic in nature. The police however are trained well to handle public disturbances and the like in a peaceful manner.