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In reply to the discussion: "The NMCG just gunned down someone in cold blood at a protest outside the Albuquerque Museum" [View all]Ferrets are Cool
(21,063 posts)20. The FACT that these people can walk around uncontested with "weapons of mass destruction"
is so wrong that it makes me apoplectic.
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Dennis Donovan
Jun 2020
OP
WTH is the NM CIVIL guard? Are they part of the police, a militia group?
SaveOurDemocracy
Jun 2020
#5
What the HELL is that thug carrying? What is that thing around his neck on that chain?
niyad
Jun 2020
#13
That's a good question. Tinfoil covered something hung with swag lamp chain.
Liberal In Texas
Jun 2020
#17
We are officially entering the "Brown-shirts" phase, in our Nazi Germany analogy.
bullwinkle428
Jun 2020
#12
"Aggravated battery" sounds like he got punched, does not sound like he was SHOT IN COLD BLOOD
niyad
Jun 2020
#36
Yeah, not sure I have heard of someone who shot some else being charged with battery
Cosmocat
Jun 2020
#46
My guess is that armed protesters will be treated very differently than "armed friendlies".
Crunchy Frog
Jun 2020
#51
The FACT that these people can walk around uncontested with "weapons of mass destruction"
Ferrets are Cool
Jun 2020
#20
We have hundreds of self-appointed militias like this all over the country.
Lonestarblue
Jun 2020
#28
The Reich Wing answer to defund the police. Look for Trump to praise them at his rally.
jalan48
Jun 2020
#26
This is what happens when people bring guns. It opens the door for this EXACT situation. nt
Quixote1818
Jun 2020
#32
The Wingnuts were "protecting" the Statue of an Hispanic Guy, albeit a White One
Jersey Devlin
Jun 2020
#34
I'm glad to see the WoPo use "unregulated" militia to describe the group. Seems that needs to be the
rainy
Jun 2020
#37
I'm tired of retired cops and family members of cops thinking they are something special. I'm also
dameatball
Jun 2020
#38
Read about this last night, so happy to read the shot protester is expected to survive. Something
iluvtennis
Jun 2020
#39
The sad thing is, that any attempt to rein in these groups will be regarded as
Crunchy Frog
Jun 2020
#53