Armed patriot Oath Keepers patrol streets of Ferguson with assault rifles as police chief says their presence is ‘inflammatory’
“But the presence of the group, which describes itself as an association of current and former U.S. soldiers and police who aim to protect the U.S. Constitution, was described as ‘unnecessary’ amid high tensions.”
I’d be interested to know what % are former mil and or LE. Two, I fail to see how their presence helps either the LEOs or citizens in that situation. They claim to be there to protect a specific media entity. I’m also unclear how their being there protects the US Const, which is supposedly their goal. If they parked themselves in front of businesses that had been looted/were in the line of the looters (with the business owners permission) than I could see some utility there to the community and would be a defense position to help protect those honest shop owners who want to protect their living.
Other then that, this seems more like people looking for their 15 minutes and yes, likely more an ‘inflammatory’ effect than anything else on that scene.
Ah, yes. The MSM narrative has crystallized.
Read the article carefully and you will notice this:
John, the group, whose members wore bulletproof vests and carried sidearms in addition to combat-style rifles, said they had come to protect a journalist from the conservative ‘Infowars.com’ Web site.
Alex Jones and is merry band of retards.
Ah, note I did say “They claim to be there to protect a specific media entity.” I didn’t see it was that entity. Ugh
No problem- I’m willing to participate as a fellow supporter from out of town, as long as you help me sling a few crates of ammo in the back of my car when we’re done. :laugh:
I’ll second that, and if I recall, there was a little of that last event in Ferguson- at least I remember a couple pictures of such.
Would do a hell of a lot more good for the community, and the OK/gun owner image than escorting some conspiratorial media clown.
Apparently, there’s two sides to every story:
Despite the fact that the Oath Keepers immediately began educating Ferguson demonstrators on their constitutional rights and having constructive conversations about how the movement should be about unity and not race hate, the media jumped on their presence and instantly turned it into another opportunity for race baiting and division.
I didn’t see anything there that would change my mind. Considering the source, it carries no weight. The “Black Ferguson business owners begged Oath Keepers to help them last time” claim is without any proof other than a pretty lady of color and some white dude pic. I don’t think they were there with any racist intent nor their to actively stir trouble, but that may still be the results as they work on getting that 15 minutes they crave. It’s legal, and it’s their Right (capital R) but that does make it the smart or right thing to. Ergo, the Common Sense Clause is invoked.
If they helped out the residents and biz owners, and that was the general consensus of the residents and biz owners, great. I’m far from convinced of that from that source…
Jones is a nut for sure.
I’m just not quite as quick to jump on the “hate on Oathkeepers” bandwagon.
If I was there, or if the OK’s were interviewed, I might be able to reach a conclusion.
Currently, all we have to go on are two opposite ends of the spectrum, as far as “objective” reporting goes.
I would be disappointed to find out the OKs were running PSD for TINFOILFOR.
I don’t wish to condone or condemn the Oathkeepers at this point for a litany of reasons.
I will say that whenever Asians start putting on red headbands and peer calmly from rooftops in black pajamas with side folder AKs or middle aged, well lived veteran types take to the streets projecting a ‘don’t F with me or my AO’ aura; everyone clamors to ask if their guns are loaded, if the guns are registered, do the police know, can they Actually do this, etc… All while riotous crowds are burning and destroying. And I know why.
It’s because the aforementioned have EVERYTHING to lose. Businesses, careers, freedom, rights, and so on
They are simply easier to destroy and crucify. Despite their intentions to defend what they have. But yet the crowd is ignored. An urchin goesto jail. He’ll OR bond or just be ‘detained’. Even if he does a few weeks it won’t matter. He won’t be homeless or hungry.
It’s almost…Mugabean.
This is why gun rights are under constant assault. Her Honor the mator of Baltimore said it best “we need to give space to destroy”
That means impotent police, unarmed property owners, and a lot of unfortunate implications
I think I gave them the benefit of the doubt about as well as they deserve. Your mileage may vary.
I think I gave them the benefit of the doubt about as well as they deserve. Your mileage may vary.
According to IW, the OK offered to provide an overwatch element for their reporters:
http://www.infowars.com/cbs-news-reports-fake-story-on-infowars-hiring-militia/
While I’m no fan of TINFOILFOR, I don’t discount the media, and its tendency to sensationalize/demonize gun owners.
It all sounds like spin, and everyone involved seems to be running with the attitude of, “If it bleeds - It leads.”
Seems like every media outlet has negative things to say about the OKs…
I would be more concerned with the white guy dressed in an Islamic salwar kameez at a “ONLY black lives matter” riot than I would be with the white guys in PCs with carbines serving as a PSD for Alex Jones’ crew.
Considering . . .
Muslim groups seek to co-opt Ferguson protests, says watchdog group
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/11/18/muslim-groups-seek-to-co-opt-ferguson-protests-says-watchdog-group/
#DerkaDerkalivesmatter
I thought the exact same thing when I saw the photo.
For the internet win of the day… :jester:
That makes way too much sense and would just be WRONG to do …:stop:
Religion of Peace, bro.
It’s not just anti-gun it is anti-white.
Check out this hit piece by Scott Malone of Reuters . . .
Heavily armed ‘Oath Keepers’ inject new unease to riot-hit Ferguson
http://news.yahoo.com/heavily-armed-oath-keepers-inject-unease-riot-hit-085709866.html
The appearance of the four men, all white, quickly drew stares in the mostly black neighborhood, which exploded into violence again on Sunday night as protesters marked the police killing of an unarmed black teen a year ago.
So now white men cannot go into "mostly black neighborhoods? God can you imagine if someone in the media objected to four black men going into a mostly white neighborhood lol.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit civil rights organization, has described the “Oath Keepers” as a “fiercely anti-government, militaristic group,”
So wanting to uphold and protect the Constitution of the United States (aka keeping their oath) is "fiercely anti-government? More like anti-tyranny.
. . . and St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar condemned their appearance in Ferguson.
“Their presence was both unnecessary and inflammatory,” he said, adding that police would work with county prosecutors to see if the men had broken any laws
That’s right chief throw your best men on it to see if those honkeys broke any laws while all those community members break multiple laws as they riot oops I mean protest.
“You’re going to bring some uncommissioned citizens, white citizens, into a black community like this? It’s disrespectful,” said Talal Ahmad, 30, who is black and has been a fixture of the last year’s protests,
“Here, in a black neighborhood, we’re already living in a state of terror,” Ahmad said.
Wow, I didn’t know it was “disrespectful” for four white guys to enter into a “black community”. Sounds like old Talal Ahmad is just a tad racist. Also do you think it would make any difference if these four white Oath Keepers were “commissioned” or not considering they hate all sworn LEOs?!? So they live in terror huh, um just who is rioting in their “community”? Just who is committing arson? Who is robbing immigrant businesses and assaulting the owners before attacking white police officers who respond to the their calls for help?
They run in unison with the three percenter movement, they keep the tin foil business booming.