What kind of sense does this make?
On Monday, protesters once again took to the streets. Late at night, the right-wing armed group arrived.
St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar called their presence “both unnecessary and inflammatory,” according to NBC News.
Journalists and activists at the scene posted photos of the group standing on West Florissant Avenue, the center of the recent protests in Ferguson. It is legal to open carry these types of rifles in the state of Missouri. According to state law, people who have a valid gun permit can “openly display the firearm… unless the firearm is intentionally displayed in an angry or threatening manner.”
And how the fuck are we determining angry or threatening? Most of these ‘roided up losers look pretty threatening to me, and I’m one of their fellow white people. They can carry their guns around, but as long as they smile while they’re doing it? As long as they’re white? As long as they spout Red Dawn-inspired nonsense about government tyranny? WTF does this even mean?
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It means that the PD there are either cowards who won’t confront someone who’s armed, or they’re racists who won’t confront someone who’s white.
I’m not going to suggest an armed black man troll the neighborhood to test the hypothesis, because I think I know what happens there.
There’s a virtual Mulford Act in effect for non-whites. White people carrying guns might be perceived as yahoos or insecure assholes with small penises, but black people with guns are always seen as dangerous.
What does it mean? On the 1 year anniversary the cops union declares Darren Wilson day, and some -heavily armed ‘Oath Keepers’ show up…
I’m going with trying to provoke the protesters.