San Diego, CA — When considering how riots start, it is important to note who comes dressed for a riot. All too often, police tactics ostensibly designed to protect and calm citizens end up having the opposite effect. Tactics such as “kettling” push non-violent peaceful protesters to their limits by forcing them into tight spaces where they are surrounded by storm troopers in body armor banging on their shields with batons.
Who wouldn’t take this tactic as an aggressive move meant to provoke?
Many officers know that this response to protests has a stressful, intimidating, and provoking effect on those it’s employed against and this was recently evidenced by a San Diego cop’s Instagram post during the Donald Trump protests over the weekend.
The cop posted an image of herself in riot gear, with the caption: “Waiting waiting waiting!! Just riot already people!!! #waitingsucks.”
The officer, whose name is being protected by NBC San Diego, was policing Friday during Donald Trump’s rally at the San Diego convention center.
“It sends a really bad image for the San Diego Police Department and we want answers,” Trump protester Michaela Glover said.
“It looks like they were taking that as a joke, and our lives are not a joke. Our safety is not a joke,” exclaimed Glover.
Three hours after she made the post, around 5 pm, the officer got what she wanted as supporters began to mix and fights broke out. Police then declared an unlawful assembly and began to drive out the crowds.
“They post ‘come on riot already so we can use this equipment against you,’” said Cathy Mendonca of United Against Police Terror. “That’s pretty much what the message was.”
San Diego police Lt. Scott Wahl said the department was made aware of the photograph and assures the public that they “are looking into this matter.”
Capt. Ray Lewis, who retired from the Philadelphia Police Department in 2004 after serving 24 years and was present during the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests, said undercover provocateurs frequently engage in inciting violence.
“That’s the easiest way to destroy a movement,” he stated. “Let’s say you have Occupy. Either the police, Homeland Security or corporate America – Wall Street – will hire one of their security officers to go out there and burn the American flag, so now you have one of these guys burning an American flag and he’s not an Occupier, he’s not with the protestors, but guess what gets shown all across America?”
“All mainstream America, sitting at home in their middle-class neighborhoods, see this one guy burning an American flag or another one urinating on a police car who is also an undercover agent and then think ‘oh my God, that whole protest – that whole movement – is corrupt and I don’t want anything to do with it.’”
“So they never learn anything about it,” he added. “You can kill a movement that fast with provocateurs.”
The government can also use provocateurs to stir up violence at otherwise peaceful demonstrations to justify a draconian response to the protest and the militarization of local law enforcement. And now, thanks to this San Diego cop’s honesty about her intentions to want violence, the people know exactly what to expect during demonstrations.
#1: Deckard To: Gatlin, GrandIsland, misterwhite, cop worshipers (#0)
*******
Effing yella journalism!
Everybody knows that cops have the highest ethical standards and would never post an instagram begging protestors to riot. This is just more leftist agitation written by the FTP and that commie Matt Agorist
Nah, the cops are far too professional to pull a stunt like that and I can't wait until Donald Trump is elected so he can sue the shit out of libturds who post such blatant lies about our heroes in blue!.
Oh, wait a minute - you mean this story is being reported by mainstream sources?
SDPD Officer's Trump Protest Instagram Post Sparks Controversy
Deckard posted on 2016-05-30 13:28:47 Reply Private Reply
#2: buckeroo To: Deckard (#0)
buckeroo posted on 2016-05-30 13:31:24 Reply Private Reply
#3: Deckard To: buckeroo (#2)
I'm guessing both he and the Army potato-peeler who lives a life of delusion will team up on this one.
Deckard posted on 2016-05-30 13:44:38 Reply Private Reply
#4: Gatlin To: Deckard (#1)
Oh, wait a minute - you think most Americans believe the lie that the mainstream media is “fair and balanced” and is looking out for the interests of average Americans. Well, that simply is not true. The mainstream media lies and they have journalists who have an agenda and pump out yella media as bad or worse that thefreethoughtproject.
Good Motto: Read Everything ... Trust Nothing, until you have verified it.
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-30 14:05:33 Reply Private Reply
#5: Gatlin To: Deckard (#3)
A clarion CALL TO ACTION!!!
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-30 14:06:41 Reply Private Reply
#6: GrandIsland To: buckeroo (#2)
Hopefully LE is ready for the angry Paultards, Black shit matters and the illegal shitbags. Failing to prepare is like preparing to FAIL.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-05-30 14:07:48 Reply Private Reply
#7: GrandIsland To: Deckard (#3)
So, F*ck off this Memorial Day. I'm gonna twist off the cap of a cold IPA.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-05-30 14:12:37 Reply Private Reply
#8: Gatlin To: Deckard (#1)
You called this one right, sport.
Effing yella journalism = thefreethoughtproject.
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-30 14:14:33 Reply Private Reply
#9: buckeroo To: Gatlin (#5)
buckeroo posted on 2016-05-30 14:14:59 Reply Private Reply
#10: Gatlin To: buckeroo (#9)
I am living testimonial that the Canary Clan is alive, well and kicking Paultard asses.
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-30 14:16:57 Reply Private Reply
#11: buckeroo To: Gatlin (#10)
Hmmmm ... where?
buckeroo posted on 2016-05-30 14:19:14 Reply Private Reply
#12: Deckard To: Gatlin (#4)
Did the cop post the instagram or not?
I'm gonna go with "she did", since ...a San Diego Police spokesman said the department will investigate the incident "immediately," adding they are thankful "for bringing the private social media post of one of our officers to our attention."
Yeah - why would the cops be "investigating" if the incident was made up?
The mainstream media lies and they have journalists who have an agenda and pump out yella media as bad or worse that thefreethoughtprojectth
What's the agenda here - making a cop look bad?
Seems to me that the cop is doing a pretty good job of that with her instagram post.
Deckard posted on 2016-05-30 14:21:01 Reply Private Reply
#13: Gatlin To: Deckard (#12)
You don't know ... I don't know.
Of course you will ... that is no surprise.
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-30 14:51:39 Reply Private Reply
#14: Gatlin To: buckeroo (#11)
Hmmm ... on LF, all the time.
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-30 14:52:58 Reply Private Reply
#15: buckeroo To: Gatlin (#14)
buckeroo posted on 2016-05-30 14:59:24 Reply Private Reply
#16: calcon To: Gatlin, buckeroo (#10)
Not really, the canary was made to be the Joke of the internet and his destruction still warms my heart.
The "outing of yuktard can be revisited here
www.pdf-archive.com/2011/...-comes-out-of-the-closet/
calcon posted on 2016-05-30 14:59:53 Reply Private Reply
#17: Deckard To: Gatlin (#13)
Right - the police department is investigating an instagram post that was made by one of their own.
And you claim it doesn't exist.
Your idiocy never ceases to amaze me.
Deckard posted on 2016-05-30 15:46:21 Reply Private Reply
#18: Gatlin To: Deckard (#17)
I didn't say that, I made no such claim ... you just said that.
You don't even know your own mind!
Your stupidity never ceases to marvel me.
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-30 15:55:40 Reply Private Reply
#19: Gatlin To: buckeroo (#15)
What the fuck you think you have become ... my social secretary.
You are not my secretary, but I bet you think you do look good is ladies' skirts.
Wear them with pride ... GAY PRIDE!
ROTFLAMO @ U ....
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-30 15:59:09 Reply Private Reply
#20: Gatlin To: calcon (#16)
Nah, that pure unmitigated bullshit you are excreting, calcoon.
The Canary Clan is imperishable and everlasting, to be remembered and celebrated through all time.
Long live freedom of speech, long live the Canary Clan and God Bless America!
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-30 16:06:14 Reply Private Reply
#21: buckeroo To: Gatlin (#19)
Due to your increasing demensia condition, I am concerned about your health; not for yourself, mind you ... but for publick safety concerns.
buckeroo posted on 2016-05-30 16:07:16 Reply Private Reply
#22: Gatlin To: buckeroo (#21)
Suchk an overused retort as a weak comeback, hardly worthy of my noble reply.
Surely you can do better … please try.
Obviously you can do no better because I have burned you more times than a bootleg DVD.
Haven’t you grown tired of being cut down worse than an African rainforest by me?
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-30 16:37:04 Reply Private Reply
#23: buckeroo To: Gatlin (#22)
So, why are you outperforming yourself based on your own decrepit standards? Rhetorically, it is your own demensia.
buckeroo posted on 2016-05-30 16:43:48 Reply Private Reply
#24: Gatlin To: buckeroo (#23)
Factually, I am surpassing my usual high point in excellence with my acute, sensitive, alert, and penetrating high quality mind.
But then, you already know that … admit it to yourself.
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-30 17:50:57 Reply Private Reply
#25: buckeroo To: Gatlin (#24)
Do you gaze in a looking glass mirror while complimenting yourself with those haughty platitudes? And do you acknowledge yourself as well, such as kissing the mirrored surface of the looking glass?
buckeroo posted on 2016-05-30 18:14:17 Reply Private Reply
#26: Gatlin To: buckeroo (#25)
Nope. I have no time for self-adulation and even if had the time, there is absolutely no need for servile flattery.
I don’t need the use of a mirror to vividly and accurately reflect my super strengths and brilliant successes because my daily accomplishments stand as a monument in providing a “complete picture” of my great performances.
But, thank you for asking and I hope my answer to your questions has in some way satisfied your intense curiosity.
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-30 18:55:52 Reply Private Reply
#27: buckeroo To: Gatlin (#26)
So how do you remain calm and composed with objective opinion about your many, life accomplishments without any feedback from anyone? Do you have another set of eyes looking into your cranium replaying your life accomplishments as though running a movie projector?
buckeroo posted on 2016-05-30 20:48:05 Reply Private Reply
#28: calcon To: Gatlin (#20)
Oh yeah but where's your buttboy Yukon. He's still hiding in fear like the little pussy he is.
calcon posted on 2016-05-30 22:21:05 Reply Private Reply
#29: Hondo68 To: calcon, nutless canaries (#28)
Yes, they're nutless.
Hondo68 posted on 2016-05-30 22:25:47 Reply Private Reply
#30: Gatlin To: calcon (#28)
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-31 00:46:12 Reply Private Reply
#31: Deckard To: Gatlin, buckeroo, hondo68 (#27)
I've found that those who have an obsessive need to brag about themselves have deep-seated insecurity issues.
Also in your case as we all know, your so-called "accomplishments" are a figment of your delusional mind
Deckard posted on 2016-05-31 08:31:29 Reply Private Reply
#32: Gatlin To: Deckard (#31)
Yea, I have found that too. I noticed that you pinged buckaroo and hondo68. Maybe after you have called this to their attention, they will become more passive and subdued in the future … ya think so?
I’ve also found that someone who forms and expresses an unsophisticated judgment of a another person mistakes confidence as bragging … and their constant mistakes subject them to fears, doubts, uneasiness and anxiety when they deal with a man of great stature.
Gatlin posted on 2016-05-31 12:51:06 Reply Private Reply
#33: calcon To: hondo68 (#29)
don't count the ones, either resting on their chins, or butt cheeks as they get pounded.
calcon posted on 2016-05-31 17:36:45 Reply Private Reply