Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
Doesn't give "The Man" the right to go over the line with their "law enforcement" tactics. Exactly what laws were they breaking? If they were breaking so many laws, why did this go on as long as it did?
Just quit while you are behind. It went on for as long as it did because these "protesters" threatened an armed and deadly conflict if any cops showed up to remove them or arrest them. And since the country has zero tolerance for another Waco or another Ruby Ridge type incident, the Fed's hands are tied. They have modified their tactics, smartly so, to reduce the likelihood of bloodshed. When someone or a group of someones threatens to shoot up agents, you listen to them. You dont just barge in their with a SWAT team and hope for the best. The cops are actual people too, you know. They have families that depend on them and love them, and they just want to go home without getting shot. They also DO NOT want to shoot a bunch of protesters, contrary to your very ill-informed and nonsensical "opinion". So the best option in these cases, as the govt has found, and is doing, is to wait em out, starve em out. No new supplies go in. No food or water goes in. Eventually they will give up. Win win for everyone.
Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
"Law enforcement" were obvious planning and setting up a situation like this to force the situation to become deadly.
Oh you bet your behind they set this up. They planned this operation to a T, the remote location, the armored vehicles, the warrants already signed, the SWAT team there to affect the arrest, a camera drone overhead to record and document the incident, the roads precisely blocked off etc. As with all police operations, they hope and pray for a peaceful resolution. Arrest warrants in hand, they conducted a felony stop and hoped for compliance. Did they get compliance? No, the criminals fled and attempted to escape. And then suicide by cop idiot jumps out and reaches for his pocket despite being ordered to surrender and put his hands up. The dead guy is 1000% responsible for his death, no one else. He knew he would be shot for reaching into his pocket, and he got exactly what he asked for. It was a classic suicide by cop. Everyone else in that truck complied with officers. Lo and behold, they were arrested without incident and not shot to pieces.
Also, those SWAT cops were briefed before that operation. They knew the magnitude of the event. They were also aware that the entire incident would be recorded overhead by a drone. When you tell a cop that everything will be recorded, that the incident will be HIGHLY SCRUTINIZED, they tend to go by the book. They were fully aware that if anyone of them violated the civil rights of the "protesters", or unnecessarily shot them down in a hail of gunfire, they would be arrested and charged by the just-us dept and face a 20-30 year prison sentence. Cops tend not to want to go to prison for 20-30 years. And they tend to follow the law when the whole world is watching and scrutinizing.
Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
The drone video proves nothing
Actually it proves quite a bit. And the social justice warriors and BLM activists have been screaming for more body cameras on cops. And when they/you don't like the footage, they change the narrative and facts to fit their agenda. You/me/everyone else can clearly see the criminals fleeing, bailing out of the car, reaching into his pocket. That's as cut and dry a good police shooting as you will find. Period.
Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
Some people analyzing the drone video closely say that he might have been shot before he even put his arms down (as the women in the truck both claim) and supposedly reached for a weapon.
Yeah people with an agenda offer 100% reliable, factual testimony, 100% of the time. Sounds legit.
