On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Sunder wrote:
except these cops don't (yet?) have tanks
Actually, in New York, they do. At least they *did* when I lived there,
all the way up to 1985. They had exactly one tank (used to mow down the
Middletown NJ has one also (about an hour from the city by car, YMMV by
On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Sunder wrote:
except these cops don't (yet?) have tanks
Actually, in New York, they do. At least they *did* when I lived there,
all the way up to 1985. They had exactly one tank (used to mow down the
drug houses in AlphabetTown), and an APC. Oh, and the PD helicopters
Um, don't know what you've been smoking but:
a. there is no we, except individuals with the freedom to chose their
own actions.
b. cops have guns.
c. some cops have armor and semi (or full?) automatics along with the
non-lethal weaponry.
d. non-cops don't and aren't allowed to carry the
Wheee! NYC==Police State for the last week for those of you living under
rocks...
Not totally. That cop on a scooter rightfully got the crap kicked out of him
for mowing down demonstrators.
They can gain local, temporary control but if we take to the streets en
masse then there's not much
At 07:46 PM 9/1/2004, you wrote:
This ain't the nice little suburb you do your contract programming in...
this is New York City. We only obey the law because we know there's a
thin line between order and chaos in this town.
Hey, those cops aren't here to create disorder,
they're here to
At 10:55 PM 9/1/04 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
Puerto Ricans in the ethnic neighborhoods along the shore
might get uppity and take over the naval base, which everybody knew
had Nuke-u-lur Weapons even though they'd never admit it,
and the naval base might not be able to defend itself against a mob,
Wheee! NYC==Police State for the last week for those of you living under
rocks...
--Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos---
+ ^ + :Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. /|\
\|/ :They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country
