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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 04:32 PM Jul 2020

Anyone can stencil "POLICE" onto their chest. Without more, this gives them zero [View all]

authority to do anything coercive to any citizen. They are simply a part of a large number of people who are "UNIDENTIFIED".

If an unidentified person attempts to lay hands on you or detain you or assault you or threaten you with a firearm, you have the right to defend yourself.

You can strike them with your hands, feet or any object you can swing.

If you possess a legal firearm or knife, you can use it to defend yourself against an attack by an unidentified armed individual.

Is this dangerous? Yes, but so is meekly submitting to being kidnapped by "WHOM?" and transported to "WHERE?" and detained for "HOW LONG?" and for "WHAT REASON?"

It is time to let Trump's mercenaries know that we intend to treat them like the thugs they are.

This is the "nice" version of what I want to say. I left out all the "hair, teeth and eyeballs" aspects.

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