Decent digest (including all the vids/photos) of the events surrounding the armed teenager Kyle Rittenhouse who shot two in Kenosha. IMO self defense.
https://www.nationalistreview.net/20...to-murder-him/
Seems to be working after a temporary blip. Now the kid's being charged with 1st degree murder... he should be getting some kind of medal and a tour of the white house.
Teenage Suspect In Kenosha Shootings Charged With 1st Degree Murder, Trump To Send In The Feds "To Restore Law & Order" | Zero Hedge
All you said, aside from the hilarious pun, was;
"The executive branch is not supposed to be the top."
and
"the US model is supposed to be a division of powers. Not a hierarchy."
To which I responded that the president IS at the top, in terms of leadership, and he's not proposing a change to division of powers of the branches of government.
It's very simple. No straw manning on my end, I responded directly and specifically to your 'points' which were not themselves about the actual proposal. You're the one responding to a proposal about how to select candidates as though it's an overhaul of the entire system of government, you're the one straw manning.
If you don't have anything substantive to say about the actual proposal, that's okay. Not everybody has to have an opinion about everything. But if you don't have anything to say, you know, don't say anything.
I just moved back to the Milwaukee area a few weeks ago so this hits pretty close to home. Kenosha is less than an hour down the highway.
Scary stuff, but it's making me very glad I finally got my hands on an AR-15 and few dozen rounds of ammunition. "No one needs a 30 round magazine" my ass.
Good on this kid for defending himself, but showing up to these riots with a gun is just asking for trouble. Much better to return fire from the cover and comfort of your own home.
To Rowe's point, and perhaps a little bit of police officer perspective:
In this thread there is already a reference to the following incident, but here's the full scene, with tasers and all:
Dash cam video shows a shootout that injured a Pennsylvania cop - YouTube
Training is clearly an issue (cops need to learn to fight and shoot effectively for one), but as soon as that guy reached in, they should have lit him up. They paid a big price for not doing so.
If you're on officer, and you've seen this video or heard this story (perhaps as part of training), then why wouldn't you shoot someone that had been resisting and then reaches into a vehicle? What else would he be reaching for other than a weapon? By the time a firearm is deployed and pointed at you or your partner (which is the point where you'll actually see it's a firearm), you can't stop at least a few rounds that are going to be headed towards you. And if the guy is skilled, you are likely gonna be dead before you get a round off. This is the reality officers are faced with.
Incidentally, I suspect the core group of BLM "activists" are criminals themselves and simply have an ax to grind with law enforcement. Viral media has given them an opportunity to do that.
Dumb fuck brought a skateboard to a gun fight. Darwin’s Law.
Maybe don’t chase people and threaten them with physical violence when they’re armed with an assault rifle? Do these people live in reality?
Regarding police training - I firmly believe that strength training and brazilian jiu jitsu multiple times per week should be mandatory. Officers not willing to spar can still drill and practice fundamentals. If they are not physically capable of doing these things, then they should be considered incapable of effectively policing the community and assigned to a different role.
I see that the impeccable Don Lemon slipped a bit in showing his worry that the mostly peaceful protests are harming Biden in the polls (fuck American(’s) business(es) though.)
What’s the over under on when the entire Democratic Party starts to condemn the riots out of desperation?
What the hell did people think was going to happen when the levee of patience from real Americans breaks?
Will anyone wake up to the fact that liberal media in their OMB hysteria are explicitly complicit and bear responsibility in what has and will go down if these riots continue?
They realize they are extremely limited in spinning the self defense shooting by the guy chased by the mob. But if it doesn’t stop, it will continue...
It would in fact be an overhaul of the US Constitution. It would require a Convention of the States, and at least one Amendment to the constitution.
And just saw this: NEW VIDEO — Jacob Blake had ‘curved karambit knife’ in left hand when shot by Kenosha police… – CITIZEN FREE PRESS
If this pans out, the cops may have a good shooting done very badly on their hands. Except for the fact that if they knew he had the blade in his left hand, why did the cop walk up behind him and touch him on the left shoulder, knives being dangerous and all?