Cops posts on facebook to run over protestors

[Ackmed]

No issue at all with public protest. I do have an issue with mobs blocking traffic whenever they feel like it, inconveniencing and endangering people in the process. They should all be arrested and tossed in jail.

If you want to protest in front of the state house or whatever public area, have at it, but blocking traffic (blocking the road for people who have nothing to do with your protest) is not OK.

I agree. This cop should never have posted what he did and should be punished for it. However, blocking roads is idiotic. Blocking interstates is even more so. Blocking an interstate, thus blocking an ambulance from taking a level 1 trauma crash victim to making to the hospital should NOT be accepted. Yet some BLM members did just that. What if they died? Obviously they don't give a shit about anyone but themselves. All the cops having to deal with them were taken from other areas.

You want to protest? Go ahead, it is your right. What is not their right is to infringe on others. Go to court house steps, parks, etc. Blocking roads that could lead to a death of someone else is selfish. Taking others peoples time is selfish. They are not helping anything, just making people who may have had no problem with them, start to have a problem with them. That goes for all protests and all races.

 

[JackBurton]

This is good advice.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

What is the issue with public protest?
The US has a long history of such events by a number of different social groups.

and don't forget these fine, upstanding citizens

 

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What does one do when driving down I-94 at 65 mph and coming across a protest blocking the road?

Good question. But the cop advised running over people on Marshall street, which has turn offs in both direction practically every block. Also note he advised this ahead of time, so if you were to read his comments you would also know when & where not to drive in the first place.

 

[Spungo]

What does one do when driving down I-94 at 65 mph and coming across a protest blocking the road? Turn around and drive the wrong way down the freeway?

Mow them down then sue their families for damages.

http://jezebel.com/woman-runs-kid-over-with-suv-sues-family-for-1-35-mil-1568091274

Sharlene Simon, An Ontario woman who struck three teenagers with her SUV while speeding, killing one, is suing the dead teen, his parents, his deceased brother, the families of the other teenagers and the county for $1.35 million, citing that she has suffered from depression, anxiety, irritability and post-traumatic stress since the accident.

lol Canada. Winning so hard.

 

[Rakehellion]

What is the issue with public protest?
The US has a long history of such events by a number of different social groups.

Because "I'm 15 minutes late for work" takes precedence over "the cops beat the hell out of me for walking down the wrong street at night."

 

[Victorian Gray]

No issue at all with public protest. I do have an issue with mobs blocking traffic whenever they feel like it, inconveniencing and endangering people in the process. They should all be arrested and tossed in jail.

If you want to protest in front of the state house or whatever public area, have at it, but blocking traffic (blocking the road for people who have nothing to do with your protest) is not OK.

As well as a history of civil protest that goes back to the days before the American Revolution, your country also has a history of violent suppression of public/civil protest.

This is effectively what you are calling for:

 

[WackyDan]

Is that where uppity and Black was once a hanging offense?

I felt the same way about the occupy protesters impeding traffic as well.. And most of them were white. Nice try. We have laws for a reason. Selectively enforcing them is bullshit.

 

[waggy]

I felt the same way about the occupy protesters impeding traffic as well.. And most of them were white. Nice try. We have laws for a reason. Selectively enforcing them is bullshit.

agreed.

I'm all for what BLM is trying to accomplish (though i do think it should be ALL lives matter, the police are out of control). I do not agree with the tactics.

Messing up the flow of traffic is not the way to do it. blocking people just trying to get ot work or whatever is not the way to get them onyour side. Sure it hits the news but it does not help.

I would have no issue with them being arrested for that.

IF they want to protest go in front of the capital, in front of court houses, or even better police departments.

 

[x26]

Heck of an assumption about the general public. The logical thing for a rational person to do is to just not drive down said street, and if they get there accidentally to simply turn around.

Having seen these protests (from a distance) first hand, these aren't scary angry mobs out killing people. Just a bunch of folks standing around.

Reginald Denny thought they were Peaceful protesters as well until the Beat him until his skull was Crushed--Just a bunch of folks standing around.

You Must be Crazy.

 

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Reginald Denny thought they were Peaceful protesters as well until the Beat him until his skull was Crushed--Just a bunch of folks standing around.

You Must be Crazy.

Once again a different scenario. Denny (accidentally) drove into riot central. Fearing for his life would be a perfectly valid response.

But, once again, in this case, BLM protesters who are a small group standing in the street, surrounded by cops, quite non-threatening, in a location you know in advance that they will be - these are not people you need to proactively advocate running over.

It wasn't a public service announcement, this guy wasn't telling anyone how to save themselves. "Keep traffic flowing and don't slow down for any of these idiots...".

 

[nickqt]

I agree with the cops.

Summary Vehicular Execution is definitely a reasonable form of punishment for any and all pedestrians who have the tenacity to get in my way while I'm piloting a 4,000 pound piece of metal.

I mean, just because there are crosswalks and laws giving pedestrians the right of way is no reason for me to avoid murdering a fellow human with a 4,000 pound piece of metal if I don't feel like it that day.

Because freedom.

Also: Benghazi.