Police in Florida warn against riots in wake of verdict

[himher 634]

http://news.yahoo.com/police-florida-warn-against-riots-wake-george-zimmerman-234838100.html

Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger had one message for fellow Floridians about the George Zimmerman trial verdict: Destruction and violence after a verdict will “not be tolerated.”

It was a preemptive warning ahead of what some some authorities worry may be a tinderbox situation. A six-woman jury began Friday to deliberate the case of Mr. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain charged with the murder of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin

Rioting always helps put your community in a good light!

[Penny Lane 8,159]

It's weird how excited some people get at the idea of a riot.

And how most of those people aren't the ones who are predicted to riot.

[himher 634]

It's weird how excited some people get at the idea of a riot.

And how most of those people aren't the ones who are predicted to riot.

You're kidding right? I worked in New Orleans after Katrina. It was a mess.

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[Penny Lane 8,159]

You're kidding right? I worked in New Orleans after Katrina. It was a mess.

Okay.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Didn't they already arrest Adam Koresh? The lemmings have left the arena.

[himher 634]

Didn't they already arrest Adam Koresh? The lemmings have left the arena.

What Adam Koresh did earned him an arrest. One has nothing to do with the other.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It's weird how excited some people get at the idea of a riot.

And how most of those people aren't the ones who are predicted to riot.

I have said all along, there will be no riots in Florida. Period. I can tell you why right now. I am excited, actually, at the prospect of there NOT being any riots.

If GZ is found guilty, his supporters will not riot because they do not riot. I do not expect to see the residents of gated communities come out and burn their own cars and homes or the local pharmacy where they get their geriatric drugs. Does anyone here expect that? Do you think that is what the police are preparing for? Really? Rioters with their "walkers" throwing Molotov cocktails into Cadillacs with vinyl roofs? Blue haired old women with short shorts and tank tops, and tramp stamp tattoos peeing on police cars?

The supporters of TM will not riot in Florida because the concepts of self defense and stand your ground will have been upheld. TM supporters in CA may riot...such things happen in gun free zones. Not in Florida. This case will reinforce that they could be shot.

It is prudent for the police to prepare but it will not be needed other than as a "show of force"

The lack of riots will be further testimony that the arming of citizens is a good thing. The hoplophobes that wish to use this case to springboard their attempts to oppress Americans will be disappointed that there are no riots.

I expect and predict a decade or more of legal troubles for GZ as the racists and hoplophobes meltdown and seek any way possible to punish the concepts of of self defense. Someone's got to do it. The NRA Civil Rights Legal Defense Fund (501 c 3) will help him out and I expect in the end that there will be some ground gained in protecting our rights...as usual.

[himher 634]

I have said all along, there will be no riots in Florida. Period. I can tell you why right now. I am excited, actually, at the prospect of there NOT being any riots.

If GZ is found guilty, his supporters will not riot because they do not riot. I do not expect to see the residents of gated communities come out and burn their own cars and homes or the local pharmacy where they get their geriatric drugs. Does anyone here expect that? Do you think that is what the police are preparing for? Really? Rioters with their "walkers" throwing Molotov cocktails into Cadillacs with vinyl roofs? Blue haired old women with short shorts and tank tops, and tramp stamp tattoos peeing on police cars?

The supporters of TM will not riot in Florida because the concepts of self defense and stand your ground will have been upheld. TM supporters in CA may riot...such things happen in gun free zones. Not in Florida. This case will reinforce that they could be shot.

It is prudent for the police to prepare but it will not be needed other than as a "show of force"

The lack of riots will be further testimony that the arming of citizens is a good thing. The hoplophobes that wish to use this case to springboard their attempts to oppress Americans will be disappointed that there are no riots.

I expect and predict a decade or more of legal troubles for GZ as the racists and hoplophobes meltdown and seek any way possible to punish the concepts of of self defense. Someone's got to do it. The NRA Civil Rights Legal Defense Fund (501 c 3) will help him out and I expect in the end that there will be some ground gained in protecting our rights...as usual.

It is interesting that the police are preparing to lose the case LOL but that's not exactly stunning news

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

You're kidding right? I worked in New Orleans after Katrina. It was a mess.

In New Orleans the police actively confiscated firearms from law abiding citizens in violation of the US and Louisiana Constitutions. They were later fined and ordered to return the confiscated firearms. Subsequent state legislation has made any such future attempt to disarm the populace a felony. They did not confiscate firearms from criminals. Where citizens retained their firearms there were no riots.

There were no riots in Mississippi, an area far more devasted than New Orleans. New Orleans had virtually NO damage from Katrina, the damage came from subsequent flooding when the levies did not hold. Had the levies held, life in NOLA would have been back to normal by noon that day. Mississippi was devasted, nearly wiped off the map, and there were no riots, virtually no looting and people were openly armed. There were 31 named storms that year, more than the alphabet could handle...Rita destroyed SE Texas and LA border area...no looting, no riots and no shooting. People openly armed themselves.

Despite all the storms all the devastation and all the areas affected, ONLY in New Orleans, where the police attempted to disarm good people was there any rioting and looting. That year, and Katrina in particular, is one of the most incredible displays of the difference between armed populations and disarmed populations that has ever been witnessed. It has been the supporting evidence for dozens of new laws to protect the rights of firearms owners in the wake of natural disasters and is a very graphic display of how fragile our "civilization" is when a population of people entirely dependent on government for every need in life is deprived of those things even for a few days. One of the most telling of was the contention that the storm came "at a bad time of the month". The 29th. The welfare and food stamps for that month were depleted and everyone had to stay because they had no money, little food and needed to receive their new "recharge" of their EBT food stamps and EBT cash on the 1st of the month. Independent people could simply walk a few hundred yards to higher ground, go to supermarkets a few miles away and buy whatever they need, or drive away in their cars, rent a motel room and come back when it was safe. NOT if you are dependent on government and government vanishes.

The disaster in New Orleans was entirely and completely man-made. It had nothing to do with global warming or a natural disaster, it had nothing to do with NOLA being below sea level...it had everything to do with a dependent population, poor construction due to official corrupton, local officials who passed the buck and ignored their duties to their constituents.

Biloxi, MS was back up, the lights on and the Casinos thriving within 3 months. 5 years after Katrina there were still thousands of people living in FEMA trailers in NOLA. This is the difference between people who believe they CAN vs. people who are told "You CAN'T"

There will be no riots in Florida and I am very excited about that. In fact, I am even more excited about that than in justice being upheld for GZ.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

What Adam Koresh did earned him an arrest. One has nothing to do with the other.

He thinks we care. we don't. we also could not care less what a past NRA president said 43 years before the organization officially voted to change its direction and protect American's rights first. They finally figured out that trying to appease hoplophobes would not work and there is no point in organizing shooting matches if we cannot have guns.

He is irrelevent, but that is a good thing.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It is interesting that the police are preparing to lose the case LOL but that's not exactly stunning news

Yes, but the TMnistas don't figure this out.

However, I do not see it as "the Police losing". The Police never wanted to charge GZ to begin with. Which police officer that testified seemed like he thought GZ was guilty? Police generally support justice and GZ being acquitted will be proper justice.

[Bugs 455]

Kokesh, not Koresh

Although the two are similar in many ways.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Kokesh, not Koresh

Although the two are similar in many ways.

In what ways are they similar. Please list "many"

[Bugs 455]

In what ways are they similar. Please list "many"

Chosing to set up their own set of rules that are illegal in the state they reside in and living by them.

Getting raided for this.

Issues with gun laws.

Extremism, fanaticism, hotheadedness, self-appointed leader of a movement. Etc....