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Gun advocates arrested carrying rifle into Dearborn police stationJames 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...
Warpy
(111,359 posts)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.
JudyM
(29,280 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)To thin out the gene pool.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Uh-huh.
brooklynite
(94,745 posts)...it was 34 deg on Sunday; wearing a ski mask is just common sense.
Bettie
(16,129 posts)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
(86,803 posts)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
(33,034 posts)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)Calling cops "Jack Boot pieces of shit", "dickweed", etc.
progressoid
(49,999 posts)jmg257
(11,996 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)The picture of those asshole cops gunning down a 12 year old boy without getting out of their car still haunts me.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)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.
oasis
(49,410 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)And some loudly say there is no White privilege in American, those two fools still being alive is valid proof.
JudyM
(29,280 posts)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)Calling cops "Jack Boot pieces of shit", "dickweed", etc.
Ha and apparently the stop was justified.
onethatcares
(16,188 posts)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)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.
Initech
(100,104 posts)MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)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
(9,115 posts)Fascist crime trumps law enforcement, law enforcement trumps Minority rights.
IronLionZion
(45,540 posts)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.