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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:00 PM Feb 2017

Filed under: "Shit only white folks can get away with doing"

Gun advocates arrested carrying rifle into Dearborn police station


James Baker had body armor on and a semi-automatic pistol strapped to his hip as he slung a short-barreled rifle over his chest and pulled a black ski mask over his head. His buddy, Brandon Vreeland, a fellow open carry advocate, also had on body armor but left his gun in the car, instead bringing along cameras to videotape the encounter that was about to take place.

The two men wanted to file a complaint about being pulled over earlier by Dearborn police officers, but also saw it as an opportunity to test the suburban Detroit department to see if its officers “honored” the Constitution and their right to carry guns.

When the two men walked into the lobby of the Dearborn Police Headquarters on Michigan Avenue on Sunday afternoon, just about what you would expect to happen happened.

Police officers with guns drawn were waiting, and a tense standoff occurred as the two men initially refused to comply with orders to drop to the ground as they argued they had a right to carry weapons.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2017/02/06/dearborn-police-station-gun-rifle/97544076/



So... Body armor, rifles, ski masks, and they just go rollin' up in a community police station to file a complaint?

Unarmed black folks get shot on sight while these assclowns merely get arrested with a stern talking-to, I guess...
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Filed under: "Shit only white folks can get away with doing" (Original Post) Blue_Tires Feb 2017 OP
That is just completely bonkers Warpy Feb 2017 #1
Darwin Award material. Nt JudyM Feb 2017 #2
The police missed a good opportunity. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #6
And to prove that their shootings aren't racially motivated. Ilsa Feb 2017 #20
I don't understand the problem... brooklynite Feb 2017 #3
34 degrees isn't ski mask weather Bettie Feb 2017 #13
Same here... 2naSalit Feb 2017 #15
those fools are lucky they left alive. The article is worth the read. irisblue Feb 2017 #4
You should see the video of the pull-over...these are dumb fuck no-authority asses. jmg257 Feb 2017 #10
Imagine a Black guy doing that. progressoid Feb 2017 #16
Holy shit - would NOT be good! nt jmg257 Feb 2017 #17
I can't even think about that. DK504 Feb 2017 #19
The police showed pity to the feeble minded mouth breathers. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #5
Ted Nugent's Dumbfuckistan army. nt oasis Feb 2017 #7
Two Black men would be on sale as spaghetti strainers now. Blue_true Feb 2017 #8
...and all they're being charged with is breaching the peace and failure to cooperate. There should JudyM Feb 2017 #9
Watxh the video of the pull-over..these are dumb ass 'fuck authority' ass-holes. jmg257 Feb 2017 #11
these people have no brains. onethatcares Feb 2017 #12
As dumb as they were, they were smart enough ManiacJoe Feb 2017 #14
The Trump effect at work. Initech Feb 2017 #18
The ONLY reason they are alive MontanaMama Feb 2017 #21
Selective enforcement for sure. Mc Mike Feb 2017 #22
Dearborn?!?! IronLionZion Feb 2017 #23

Warpy

(111,277 posts)
1. That is just completely bonkers
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:08 PM
Feb 2017

They're dressed up like paramilitary goons from DAESH and they expect the cops to do nothing.

They're not always going to be that lucky. Their lecture on gun rights to their betters is going to be cut short at some point.

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
13. 34 degrees isn't ski mask weather
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:48 PM
Feb 2017

it's actually pretty warm.

It was 21 today here and I didn't even bother with a jacket for running in an out of places on my errands.

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)
15. Same here...
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 07:19 PM
Feb 2017

I went out to fetch some firewood the other day and I thought it was a little cool without my jacket on so I checked the temperature when I got back in... it was -10F, I wasn't even wearing a hat. Wind would have made the difference.

irisblue

(32,980 posts)
4. those fools are lucky they left alive. The article is worth the read.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:20 PM
Feb 2017

The quote from Baker, 24, "....we were going to file a complaint because we were illegally pulled over. We felt a little afraid we were pulled over, so we figured we better protect ourselves." Ignorant entitled white boy open carry gun humping fool.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
10. You should see the video of the pull-over...these are dumb fuck no-authority asses.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:44 PM
Feb 2017


Calling cops "Jack Boot pieces of shit", "dickweed", etc.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
19. I can't even think about that.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 07:42 PM
Feb 2017

The picture of those asshole cops gunning down a 12 year old boy without getting out of their car still haunts me.

lpbk2713

(42,759 posts)
5. The police showed pity to the feeble minded mouth breathers.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:21 PM
Feb 2017



In some locales it is unlawful to wear a face mask while carrying a firearm in a public place.
Those idiots could have found out real quick a face mask won't stop bullets.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
8. Two Black men would be on sale as spaghetti strainers now.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:31 PM
Feb 2017

And some loudly say there is no White privilege in American, those two fools still being alive is valid proof.

JudyM

(29,251 posts)
9. ...and all they're being charged with is breaching the peace and failure to cooperate. There should
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:40 PM
Feb 2017

be something a little more harsh than that. Public endangerment, at least. Cops shouldn't have to tolerate what looks like a hostile threat. Can't you just see this becoming a trend among this twisted branch of humanity... same branch as the Malheur Refuge takeover aholes.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
11. Watxh the video of the pull-over..these are dumb ass 'fuck authority' ass-holes.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:46 PM
Feb 2017


Calling cops "Jack Boot pieces of shit", "dickweed", etc.

Ha and apparently the stop was justified.

onethatcares

(16,172 posts)
12. these people have no brains.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:47 PM
Feb 2017

their thought process is totally fucked up and they scare the beejesus outa me.

I used to only fear a white guy in a tennis shirt with a cell phone to his ear, but now, this is fucking crazy.

When does another 2nd amendment ammosexual sense fear and begin blasting? Shit, they shoot shoplifters at walmart, and these guys were way more menacing than them.

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
14. As dumb as they were, they were smart enough
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:55 PM
Feb 2017

to make sure they had no weapons in their hands. They did not reach for the weapons.
Since they were not an eminent threat, they did not get shot.
I have to admit I am surprised that they were not tazed.

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
21. The ONLY reason they are alive
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 08:14 PM
Feb 2017

is because they are white. There's a shit ton of people of color dead for doing far less if anything. It pisses me off.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
22. Selective enforcement for sure.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 08:32 PM
Feb 2017

Fascist crime trumps law enforcement, law enforcement trumps Minority rights.

IronLionZion

(45,457 posts)
23. Dearborn?!?!
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 08:38 PM
Feb 2017

If any of their local Arab-Americans tried it, it would be a very different result.

And yes, I realize Dearborn's police chief is Arab-American.

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