lots of these in my hometown this week!!! DNC is too close for me.

[tarheelsman71]

I live in a wee lil town about 40 miles north of Charlotte, NC. These funny looking trucks started showing up last week, and the most that I have seen is 26. This is a motel parked next to the mooresville, nc applebee's. Saturday, my tin foil hat was way loose and I negelcted to take a picture of the 90+ hummers that rolled thru the same town and went south of the interstate heading to Charlotte. ma deuce's and mark 19's adorning the roof tops. I am sure it was just a show of force patrol, but ....

protest started at 1230 and by 1235 there had already been an arrest. I truly hope there is not a crisis that THEY can exploit. DNC is too close to home.

[1Admin]

As long as it's all over by Friday....

[WiseOwl]

can anyone confirm the same presence for Tampa?

[qrprat77]

Spock was in the neighborhood, he can tell his stories :D
From what I saw, there was a distinct uptick in police show of force, but I did notice several riot guns with florecent orange furniture. I don't know if these were special "less lethal" round enabled shotguns, or if they were orange just so that people would know "This is MY shotgun" but they were orange, and obviously so.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Spock was in the neighborhood, he can tell his stories :D
From what I saw, there was a distinct uptick in police show of force, but I did notice several riot guns with florecent orange furniture. I don't know if these were special "less lethal" round enabled shotguns, or if they were orange just so that people would know "This is MY shotgun" but they were orange, and obviously so.

Orange or green is typically LTL

[Spock]

yeah I was working at a resort on the south end of tampa bay last week. that number of cop cars is nothing. i counted nearly 100 marked and un marked LEO vehicles there. I estimate 200-300 LEO stayed at that resort. I saw city kities from as far away as daytona beach , county mounties from all up and down the west coast of florida. marine units from several sheriff's depts including land locked counties. had national guard and 20-30 coasties too.

[Spock]

can anyone confirm the same presence for Tampa?

the deputies I talked to said they had made a hand ful of arrests. their opinion was NC was going to be a mess. Issac chased off the fair weather communists from coming to tampa.

[1Admin]

the deputies I talked to said they had made a hand ful of arrests. their opinion was NC was going to be a mess. Issac chased off the fair weather communists from coming to tampa.

Somewhere some rich kid is sitting in dirty clothes next to a handwritten poster board on a stick going "yeah man, like it's going to be a long hard struggle to fight the powers that be man but we have to stick with it and not be corrupted by capitalism man.... let nothing come between us and the cause man..." Then someone says "it's raining in Tampa." "Damn man, let's cancel it and do an online protest." LMAO

[tarheelsman71]

Somewhere some rich kid is sitting in dirty clothes next to a handwritten poster board on a stick going "yeah man, like it's going to be a long hard struggle to fight the powers that be man but we have to stick with it and not be corrupted by capitalism man.... let nothing come between us and the cause man..." Then someone says "it's raining in Tampa." "Damn man, let's cancel it and do an online protest." LMAO

That is hilarious. but sadly, probably, true!! Heaven forbid something be hard or require effort or the younger generation doesnt want any part of it. Heck if it doesnt require effort, then chances are it isnt worth doing or having. Unless I win the lottery...

[Matt In Oklahoma]

yeah I was working at a resort on the south end of tampa bay last week. that number of cop cars is nothing. i counted nearly 100 marked and un marked LEO vehicles there. I estimate 200-300 LEO stayed at that resort. I saw city kities from as far away as daytona beach , county mounties from all up and down the west coast of florida. marine units from several sheriff's depts including land locked counties. had national guard and 20-30 coasties too.

Good deal glad they were there so our way of life, even though somewhat messed up, can continue. Theres lots of real, as in non internet chat room imaginary, bad guys out there taht hate ALL of us Americans