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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are multiple hotels around the convention center

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

as long as there isn't a Mandalay Bay everything should be fine

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago

For a very long time the strategy around major events like the conventions has been to flagrantly violate the law by rounding up anyone and everyone they deem a threat, throw them in jail for a week, then let them out and drop the charges and eat the resulting lawsuits. "You can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride". Worth reading up on, I want to say the 08 RNC in Minneapolis. If I remember the lore correctly the cops raided some activist group and charged them with having molotovs because there were empty jars, rags, and a can of gasoline in three separate places in the house. The cops play real, real dirty. There's actually a whole fascinating history of this tied back to the cops losing control at the Battle of Seattle in '99 and the "Miami Method" policing that resulted from Seattle, and then that mutated in to modernized military policing as we know it.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I still remember when what's-his-name-the-guy-with-the-cowboy-hat came out and told everyone that "The police cannot help you, buy a gun and defend yourself"

Pissed off all the libs, made me go out and get strapped

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

David Clark

That was his name

Fun fact: He tried to have my friend arrested for menacing because he recognized him on a flight and didn't like how he was looking at him

Probably because my friend is anti-italian-action

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

What even is the point of shilling for cops if you tell everyone they’re useless lol. Like, just pragmatically speaking, if you actually believed in it, is defunding the police not the more sensible course of action because more tax money saved = more money in your pocket = more money to buy guns. Not to mention, if you screw up and kill an innocent person, the city will not pay for your crimes but you will

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Best part?

He was the Chief of Police for Milwaukee county

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

County Sheriff. Police are City, Sheriff's are county.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

useless to protect people. not useless to protect capital.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

And a few years later the same people that praised him were saying, "don"t defund the police! Who's going to save you?"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

governor stupid should give away guns there instead

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

just do it as a prank

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

my sister was in Milwaukee on saturday (for reasons unrelated to the RNC! promise!) and said it was crazy how many riflemen were just walking about, although I think these were all security and stuff. There were even car checkpoints but she said they weren't operational yet. The only thing she could compare it to was when she went to Rwanda on a mission trip. idk maybe it's normal for an RNC/DNC event?