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Tag Archives: Officer Involved Shootings
Now self-radicalized police act as official lone wolves to kill People of Color
By ann summers Apparently some police officers, each in their own jurisdictions and with disproportionate community representation and oversight have decided to engage in their own stochastic terrorism, where random LEOs have taken it upon themselves to exceed authority and in some … Continue reading
raw Turkey and martial law’s disasters, natural & cultural
By ann summers Shock Doctrines in 2016 are at work in the current historical context and its appeals for “law and order” are more about shock and awe in their discourse, however constructed. Emergencies caused by natural or cultural events … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, 9-11, Austerity, Capitalism, Civil Liberties, Economics, Government, History, Jurisprudence, Media, Police, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Terrorism, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Cliven Bundy, martial law, Officer Involved Shootings, Turkey
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America, “a divided crime scene”, terminated with extreme vetting
By ann summers The GOP seeks a perfect storm to excite their base by scheduling an opportunity for Open Carry idiots to confront Cleveland protestors outside the secure zone in a surreal 8th grade reenactors’ version of Kent State. And … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Free Speech, Government, Jurisprudence, Media, Ohio, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, RNC, Society, Tea Party, Terrorism, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Racism, Republicans
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Expert Discourse and using IEDs to “neutralize threats”
By ann summers So Trumpians, RWNJs, and lesser neoconservatives might be described as the following: “They talk a lot about justice. They talk a lot about freedom. They want to change the society into a positive direction. They believe that they’re doing … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Equal Rights, Free Speech, Government, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Media, Murder, Police, Terrorism, Terrorists, Texas, Uncategorized, War on "Terror"
Tagged Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Racism, Terrorism
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Hate gets a pass…racial profiling as political correctness
By ann summers Because of a “mouth-feel” like styrofoam peanuts, I hate baked Cheetos or their generic imitators even as I definitely like fried Cheetos. So much for common sense about what is healthy snack food— fortunately it probably isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Crime, Equal Rights, Government, Homosexual Rights, Law Enforcement, Media, Politics, Presidential Elections, Racism, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Gun Violence, Guns, Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, profiling, Racism, Republicans, Terrorism
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Tennessee Sheriff proves beyond all shadow of doubt that Beyoncé is a stochastic terrorist
By ann summers Another minor public official in Tennessee has decided to support the Bundystani Soverign Citizen wardlordism using county sheriffs as the dupes of anti-government libertarianism. Now the false equivalence of RWNJ sovereignty protests applies where not only is … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Democracy, DHS, Equal Rights, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Free Speech, Government, information Technology, Internet, Justice, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Libertarians, Local Government, Logic, Media, Murder, Music, Nazis/Nazism, Neoconservatives, North Carolina, Progressives, Propaganda, Rock and Roll, Short Video, State Government, Tea Party, Television, Tennessee, Terrorism, Terrorists, Treason, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Guns, Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Republicans, Terrorism
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The beginning of Turner Diaries II(I) or the end of the Bundy insurgency
By ann summers “Avenge me…” the Red Dawn protagonists’ father cries out, and with his passing, will LaVoy Finicum’s legacy be a 2015 novel that could become The Turner Diaries for a new generation of RWNJ. Finicum’s 241-page apocalyptic cowboy thriller … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Breaking News, Conservatives, Conspiracy, Courts, Crime, DHS, DOJ, environment, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, FBI, FFS Update(s), Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Green, Justice, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Libertarians, Literature, Local Government, Media, Nazis/Nazism, Oregon, Police, Political Science, Politics, Progressives, Propaganda, Racism, State Government, Tea Party, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized, United States, War
Tagged Cliven Bundy, Guns, Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Racism, Terrorism
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Spree Killings in Colorado Springs & San Bernardino: 2 types of not dissimilar political extremism
Let’s be clear: These spree killings are all, in their own ways, acts of terrorism. Certain kinds of weapons, like the slightly modified combat rifles used in California, and certain kinds of ammunition, must be outlawed for civilian ownership. It … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, 9-11, Biology, California, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Colorado, Conservatives, Crime, Democracy, DHS, DOJ, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, FBI, Government, Islam, Justice, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Libertarians, Media, Mental Health, Murder, Police, Presidential Elections, Progressives, Propaganda, Terrorism, Terrorists, United States, War on "Terror", Women's Rights
Tagged Congress, Ferguson (MO), Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Racism, Republicans, Terrorism
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Another Update in the Tamir Rice Case: The Police Officer Who Killed Him Last November Still Hasn’t Been Interviewed by Investigators
By Elaine Magliaro Mother Jones and Daily Kos have reported that Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback, the two officers involved in the shooting of Tamir Rice, “still have not been interviewed by investigators from the sheriff’s department.” Loehmann is the officer who fired … Continue reading