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In reply to the discussion: Police Departments Retaliate Against Organized "Cop Watch" Groups Across the US [View all]jmowreader
(51,162 posts)119. I'm not sure Libertarians and Sovereign Citizens are all that far apart
I've been thinking: if you wanted to commit a crime and you wanted the cops as far away from that crime as possible, sending out seven or eight cop-blockers to detain the cops as long as possible would do it.
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marmar
Oct 2014
OP
They certainly do seem to be lusting for the big decisive battle, don't they?
Populist_Prole
Oct 2014
#9
Authoritarian Totalitarianists never rest. They are Abusers and Abusers never ever rest.
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2014
#36
We need a law enforcement enforcement force to protect us from law enforcement,
valerief
Oct 2014
#13
I believe that task will fall to the people, to those being oppressed & abused.
CaptainTruth
Oct 2014
#94
I would note, much of the organized "Cop Watch" membership are Sovereign Citizens.
MohRokTah
Oct 2014
#15
Ah, so you think that some cops that are out of control warrants randomly killing cops.
MohRokTah
Oct 2014
#18
Sovereign Citizens have been randomly murdering cops for more years and years.
MohRokTah
Oct 2014
#21
Well you may want to go read your post over again, because that is how I perceived it.
MohRokTah
Oct 2014
#23
"You may want to edit to make it clear you do not support Sovereign Citizens."
sibelian
Oct 2014
#104
Thanks for the heads up on "Sovereigns" I'd lost track of that fringe hate group...
FailureToCommunicate
Oct 2014
#27
Yep, the CopWatch movement had better disntance themselves from the Sovereigns
MohRokTah
Oct 2014
#28
No, I mean like a group that has at least 1/3 of it's members being terrorists.
MohRokTah
Oct 2014
#61
Never heard of it before. It's a good idea. I can see why authoritarians would hate it.
zinnisking
Oct 2014
#42
I think people who go out and stir up shit with the cops just so they can video it are punks
jmowreader
Oct 2014
#121
which of the people quoted in the article are "open carry activist wingnuts" ?
CreekDog
Oct 2014
#44
our police state is doing more harm than good, since 9/11 cops have become a
whereisjustice
Oct 2014
#53
ummm, don't they keep telling us that, "if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to
niyad
Oct 2014
#56
Thank you. This poster is either ignorant or deliberately try to spread disinformation.
U4ikLefty
Oct 2014
#75
I don't give a damn if the cop watchers are in the sovereign citizen mvmt. or not
bluestateguy
Oct 2014
#71
Nice to know you support the single most dangerous domestic terrorist organization in America.
MohRokTah
Oct 2014
#72
Nice to know that you support the single most horrible president in US history, GWB,
GGJohn
Oct 2014
#100
Highlights again the type of personalities often drawn to police work. There needs
RKP5637
Oct 2014
#97