Intensive riot training preps officers for DNC

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: WSOC TV

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Almost every day, police in Charlotte are getting ready for the Democratic National Convention.

Almost every one of Charlotte-Mecklenburg's 1,700 officers are going through three days of intensive riot training. Police allowed Channel 9 a behind-the-scenes look at how they're doing it.

“It's a very controlled, measured response with a lot of practice,” Deputy Chief Harold Medlock said.

Medlock is overseeing the training, which also includes hundreds of officers from nearby police and sheriff's departments.

Read more: http://www.wsoctv.com/news/29518486/detail.html

[fasttense]

1. Riot training in preparation for our political season.

Are we a third world country yet?

[watrwefitinfor]

2. It used to be called "crowd control".

Now they've dropped the pretensives.

Wat

[Courtesy Flush]

3. There ought to be massive protests at the DNC

Protesting the RNC would be a waste of energy.

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. Well, that worked so well in 1968

[Le Taz Hot]

7. Yeah, how dare all those young people

exercise their free-speech rights and demand to be part of the political process. Daley and his goons started that shit -- it was peaceful up unti then. And '68's downfall started with the murder of TWO of our pacifist leaders within 3 months of each other -- THAT'S what threw everything into turmoil GOING INTO the convention.

[Freddie Stubbs]

12. Perhaps they would have accomplished more by protesting the Republican convention

[FailureToCommunicate]

13. He may not be blaming the protesters, it was the media replaying the disturbances

over and over into middle American voters' eyeballs that gave Richard Law and Order Nixon the election.

Sadly, the media is even more biased in 2012.

[FailureToCommunicate]

5. Ditto.

That worked out so well in Chicago in '68.
(Not)

[rpannier]

8. It might have had the Chicago Authorities not gone into hysteria mode

Though they had Mayor Dad Daley calling the shots

[Courtesy Flush]

11. Seriously?

Let's not protest because it might piss off those in power? Maybe I don't understand the point of protesting.

[FailureToCommunicate]

14. see post #13. Of course it wasn't the protesters fault how things

turned out.

[Enrique]

6. there will be

I'll be there if there are. As soon as I heard it was in Charlotte I wanted to go there. Also the RNC convention is right here in my backyard so I'll probably be there as well.

[scentopine]

9. Of course, the most important thing in democracy is to suppress all protest by any means

instead an individual is expected to buy a congressman on the open market, competing fair and square with Goldman Sachs and GE.

[rbixby]

10. I'm more curious about the RNC

But I imagine they'll surround Tampa with shipping containers so nobody can even see the streets.

[groundloop]

15. If anything happens at the DNC I'd expect it to be at the hands of right wing instigators

I'm sure the right wing would absolutely love for there to be trouble, and then have their media puppets latch onto it like in '68.

[iamthebandfanman]

16. Maybe youre an instigator.

because all dissent is a right wing plot eh?

wow DU is getting more sad to visit by the day.


Im starting to think the instigators are right here on DU, and im typing to one.







see, isnt fun being called something youre not just for voicing your opinion.

[madrchsod]

18. they are there in every crowd....

[madrchsod]

17. the ruffing up of the cbs crew by daley`s thugs

was another great moment in democratic parties history. putting the convention in a right not to union state will be another shining example of the leadership of the democratic party. well at least they learned not to ruff up the media inside the hall. they`ll do that outside.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

19. Are they predicting that the protesters are not going to be satisfied with being

corralled into a pen, far from public view, during this convention? I wonder what gave them that idea?