Illegal immigration backers tear down US flag a Post office and hoist a Mexican flag

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jpeyton

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Originally posted by: DJFuji
There's a reason this was done in LA. Can you imagine this happening in like KY or WV? They would be shot before they even got to the flagpole.

Hell, let them come to Camp Pendleton in San Diego and try that sh!t. We're even closer to the border so its more convenient. Please, i personally invite you.

You're right, because only rednecks would be stupid enough to go to prison on murder charges to protect a piece of fabric.
 

Viper GTS

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Originally posted by: MechaSheeba
Leave it to the LAPD to stand around watching with their heads up their asses. Had that been the military there they would've made damn sure that flag never made it up that pole.

What exactly WOULD the appropriate response be?

Is it really worth shooting people to keep them from flying a flag? Particularly with the inevitable public backlash? Intervention would almost certainly lead to an escalating battle. Police say stop? Idiots don't listen. Police break out the batons? Idiots pick up rocks.

IMO the only correct response would be to let them have their fun, then arrest the lot of them for vandalism or some such crime. Oh and deport any that are found to be here illegally.

Viper GTS
 

RiDE

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I really need to move out of this place. It's full of morons.
 

jpeyton

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Originally posted by: KK
Should have shot each and every one of them.

With what? A rubber band?
 

KK

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Originally posted by: jpeyton
Originally posted by: DJFuji
There's a reason this was done in LA. Can you imagine this happening in like KY or WV? They would be shot before they even got to the flagpole.

Hell, let them come to Camp Pendleton in San Diego and try that sh!t. We're even closer to the border so its more convenient. Please, i personally invite you.

You're right, because only rednecks would be stupid enough to go to prison on murder charges to protect a piece of fabric.

Or they are the only ones with a spine.
 

Platypus

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Regardless of where you stand on the issue, that kind of behavior just lacks tact and common sense. However, acts like this shouldn't be the dominating voice in the issue.. I would imagine not all of the would-be immigrants would condone this act either
 

jpeyton

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Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Originally posted by: DJFuji
There's a reason this was done in LA. Can you imagine this happening in like KY or WV? They would be shot before they even got to the flagpole.

Hell, let them come to Camp Pendleton in San Diego and try that sh!t. We're even closer to the border so its more convenient. Please, i personally invite you.

You're right, because only rednecks would be stupid enough to go to prison on murder charges to protect a piece of fabric.

Or they are the only ones with a spine.

Or maybe they like prison sex? I hear Oz is pretty popular in those states.
 

KK

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Originally posted by: jpeyton
Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Originally posted by: DJFuji
There's a reason this was done in LA. Can you imagine this happening in like KY or WV? They would be shot before they even got to the flagpole.

Hell, let them come to Camp Pendleton in San Diego and try that sh!t. We're even closer to the border so its more convenient. Please, i personally invite you.

You're right, because only rednecks would be stupid enough to go to prison on murder charges to protect a piece of fabric.

Or they are the only ones with a spine.

Or maybe they like prison sex? I hear Oz is pretty popular in those states.

If we were a nation of spineless twits like you, we'd be part of canada by now.
 

NFS4

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I saw we all find out where they live and park on their lawns in protest...
 

DJFuji

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Oh the military would find some very creative ways to prevent this from happening to OUR colors. On the other hand, it probably would be legal to shoot them if they came aboard restricted federal property. It is unlawful to come aboard a base without permission of the commanding general.
 

FrequencyX

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Originally posted by: jpeyton
Originally posted by: DJFuji
There's a reason this was done in LA. Can you imagine this happening in like KY or WV? They would be shot before they even got to the flagpole.

Hell, let them come to Camp Pendleton in San Diego and try that sh!t. We're even closer to the border so its more convenient. Please, i personally invite you.

You're right, because only rednecks would be stupid enough to go to prison on murder charges to protect a piece of fabric.

The U.S. flag is only a "piece of fabric" to you? The US Flag represents our freedoms and rights set forth by the U.S. Constitution,Bill of Rights and our Declaration of Independence. You sir are an idiot for thinking our national flag as a mere piece of fabric.
 

rgwalt

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Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: MechaSheeba
Leave it to the LAPD to stand around watching with their heads up their asses. Had that been the military there they would've made damn sure that flag never made it up that pole.

What exactly WOULD the appropriate response be?

Is it really worth shooting people to keep them from flying a flag? Particularly with the inevitable public backlash? Intervention would almost certainly lead to an escalating battle. Police say stop? Idiots don't listen. Police break out the batons? Idiots pick up rocks.

IMO the only correct response would be to let them have their fun, then arrest the lot of them for vandalism or some such crime. Oh and deport any that are found to be here illegally.

Viper GTS


This is why police need good, reliable nonlethal technologies. I'm not talking about rubber bullets... I'm talking about sound and/or light technologies that produce dizziness, disorientation, and nausea when activated. They could have dispersed that crowd quickly without harming anyone, and would have been well within their rights. The crowd was attacking (defacing) government property.

R
 

MechaSheeba

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Originally posted by: Viper GTS

What exactly WOULD the appropriate response be?

Is it really worth shooting people to keep them from flying a flag? Particularly with the inevitable public backlash? Intervention would almost certainly lead to an escalating battle. Police say stop? Idiots don't listen. Police break out the batons? Idiots pick up rocks.

IMO the only correct response would be to let them have their fun, then arrest the lot of them for vandalism or some such crime. Oh and deport any that are found to be here illegally.

Viper GTS

Sh!t, you should see how the South Korean police handle riots, and to their own people. Frankly, I wouldn't give a damn if they had to bust a few heads if it meant keeping that Mexican flag from flying on federal fvcking property. As soon as they chuck a rock or a bottle, you're granted that right.

 

xanis

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How disgusting... They enter our country illegally and think they own the place. Funny how that works, eh? :disgust:
 

NFS4

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Originally posted by: Xanis
How disgusting... They enter our country illegally and think they own the place. Funny how that works, eh? :disgust:

I wonder how the Iraqis feel :D
 

Baked

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Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: Xanis
How disgusting... They enter our country illegally and think they own the place. Funny how that works, eh? :disgust:

I wonder how the Iraqis feel :D

Sodomized w/ rusty pipe.
 

Bateluer

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Thats some bullsh!t. Order them to disperse, its no longer peaceful once the first rock is thrown, and arguably, not peaceful once they brought down the US flag and put the Mexican flag up. If they don't disperse, use tear gas.
 

Kilgor

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Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: Xanis
How disgusting... They enter our country illegally and think they own the place. Funny how that works, eh? :disgust:

I wonder how the Iraqis feel :D

Actually I think we went in legally since Saddam violated the UN treaties. :p ;)
 

KK

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Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
Originally posted by: KK
Should have shot each and every one of them.

you're missing a K from your username. I believe the mods can add it if you ask them.

How original, now get back to your homework.
 

imported_michaelpatrick33

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Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: MechaSheeba
Leave it to the LAPD to stand around watching with their heads up their asses. Had that been the military there they would've made damn sure that flag never made it up that pole.

What exactly WOULD the appropriate response be?

Is it really worth shooting people to keep them from flying a flag? Particularly with the inevitable public backlash? Intervention would almost certainly lead to an escalating battle. Police say stop? Idiots don't listen. Police break out the batons? Idiots pick up rocks.

IMO the only correct response would be to let them have their fun, then arrest the lot of them for vandalism or some such crime. Oh and deport any that are found to be here illegally.

Viper GTS

What is truly funny is that as socially liberal as I am the thought of a Mexian flag being hoisted in our nation (and our colors taken down and stomped on) makes me wish the police/military would intervene and send those jack*sses packing. It may be a piece of cloth to you but when I picture Iwo Jima and then this crap I am just stupified. Maybe an escalation is needed to awaken America to this crap. You are here illegally (illegal immigrants), protesting for your rights as criminals and then dare to stomp on our flag? Unbelievable arrogance. When was the last time that an America flag was forcibly removed and a foreign flags raised in this fashion? To me that is almost a provactive act or declaring of war.

Just ... wow
 

sygyzy

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Originally posted by: Citrix
what the holy hell!!! :|

I can not express how outraged I am over this. Why arent more AMERICANS doing more to stop this kind of crap. Our POS governement isnt doing a damn thing.


http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51746

Backers of illegal immigration at a rally near Los Angeles took down an American flag at a U.S. post office, stamped on it and replaced it with a Mexican flag as police looked on, according to witnesses and a video of the event.

Police officers in Maywood, Calif., Saturday eventually came to the pole to remove the flag but had bottles and rocks thrown at them, a radio listener named Sandra reported to the Terry Anderson show, heard on KRLA in Los Angeles....

I am completely against what these people did but please don't try to flame the fire. I have seen plenty of videos of people getting their ass beat by people like you for flag-related acts. It's unusual that they were able to "get away" with this.
 

dartworth

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Originally posted by: Kilgor


Actually I think we went in legally since Saddam violated the UN treaties. :p ;)


I don't think the United States is the same thing as the UN...