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Title: Police prepare for unrest on Election Day
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URL Source: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news ... are-for-unrest-2008-10-21.html
Published: Oct 22, 2008
Author: Alexander Bolton
Post Date: 2008-10-22 10:09:57 by christine
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Views: 250
Comments: 15
Police departments in cities across the country are beefing up their ranks for Election Day, preparing for possible civil unrest and riots after the historic presidential contest. Public safety officials said in interviews with The Hill that the election, which will end with either the nation’s first black president or its first female vice president, demanded a stronger police presence. Some worry that if Barack Obama loses and there is suspicion of foul play in the election, violence could ensue in cities with large black populations. Others based the need for enhanced patrols on past riots in urban areas (following professional sports events) and also on Internet rumors. Democratic strategists and advocates for black voters say they understand officers wanting to keep the peace, but caution that excessive police presence could intimidate voters. Sen. Obama (Ill.), the Democratic nominee for president, has seen his lead over rival Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) grow in recent weeks, prompting speculation that there could be a violent backlash if he loses unexpectedly. Cities that have suffered unrest before, such as Detroit, Chicago, Oakland and Philadelphia, will have extra police deployed. In Oakland, the police will deploy extra units trained in riot control, as well as extra traffic police, and even put SWAT teams on standby. “Are we anticipating it will be a riot situation? No. But will we be prepared if it goes awry? Yes,” said Jeff Thomason, spokesman for the Oakland Police Department. “I think it is a big deal — you got an African-American running and [a] woman running,” he added, in reference to Obama and GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. “Whoever wins it, it will be a national event. We will have more officers on the street in anticipation that things may go south.” The Oakland police last faced big riots in 2003 when the Raiders lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl. Officials are bracing themselves in case residents of Oakland take Obama’s loss badly. Political observers such as Hilary Shelton and James Carville fear that record voter turnout could overload polling places on Election Day and could raise tension levels. Shelton, the director of the NAACP’s Washington bureau, said inadequate voting facilities is a bigger problem in poor communities with large numbers of minorities. “What are local election officials doing to prepare for what people think will be record turnout at the polls?” said Shelton, who added that during the 2004 election in Ohio voters in predominantly black communities had to wait in line six to eight hours to vote. “On Election Day, if this continues, you may have some tempers flare; we should be prepared to deal with that but do it without intimidation,” said Shelton, who added that police have to be able to maintain order at polling stations without scaring voters, especially immigrants from “police states.”
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#1. To: christine (#0)
.....and pieces of the bomb used will say MADE IN IRAN and millions of our cerebral-challenged citizens will fall for it.
"The 'uniter' has brought the entire world together - to despise and deride us." lodwick
how? stocking up on donuts?
Many believe in either intelligent design or evolution...but I am opting for unintelligent design, where god is a retarded kid who likes setting army men on fire and leaving his toys out in the rain. Gengis Gandhi, Troubled Genius We come from the land of the ice and snow, On we sweep with threshing oar, Our only goal will be the western shore.
The wit is superb this morning.
...by trading in their tasers for cattle prods and chutes/corrals for the Soylent Green Disposal trucks....
Time for a new Tee Vee....
how? stocking up on donuts? That, and by keeping a set of "civies" in the squad car.
There is no honor in bending one's knee to the banking elites that are robbing the children you claim to love of their future. Soon they'll convince those very same children that you deserve to be eliminated ... and they may be right. Doug Scheidt 10-21-08
Aww. I'm still hoping a sizable portion of the populace will not be ready for digital TV with neither new TVs or digital converters. A large number without signal would scare the beejeezus out of the ptb.
"They should rename 'FreeRepublic.com' 'ABunchOfDumbAsses.org'" -- Scott Horton The upside to hyperinflation is that each and every one of us will become millionaires!
Very astute, noone. I spoke w/a friend who is still on the job immediately post 9-11. He said in the event of a 2nd attack, his detail was to lock down the city. He told me that all the cops had their families on alert so they could get out of Dodge before they locked it down. Most were planning to join them at the 1st available opportunity. So much for heroism in the new AmeriKa.
You're right about the converter. Folks should invest in one and a cheap B&W with rabbit ears.
A part of me can't wait. But a bigger part wishes people weren't so damned stupid and self-centered in the first place. Multi-culti-PC b.s. gutted America and helped bring us this day.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
We are all responsible for this shit ... but we should also realize that the incremental moves towards tyranny have been ever so slowly implemented (until most recently) so as to make it irresponsible to start shooting.
There is no honor in bending one's knee to the banking elites that are robbing the children you claim to love of their future. Soon they'll convince those very same children that you deserve to be eliminated ... and they may be right. Doug Scheidt 10-21-08
Speak for yourself!!
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
Recalling the riots in South Central, and the total absence of the (uniformed) cops until the situation was under Korean shop owner control reminded me to insure my own safety.
There is no honor in bending one's knee to the banking elites that are robbing the children you claim to love of their future. Soon they'll convince those very same children that you deserve to be eliminated ... and they may be right. Doug Scheidt 10-21-08
Please include the whole statement ! but we should also realize that the incremental moves towards tyranny have been ever so slowly implemented (until most recently) so as to make it irresponsible to start shooting. Unless of course you've already started shooting !!!
There is no honor in bending one's knee to the banking elites that are robbing the children you claim to love of their future. Soon they'll convince those very same children that you deserve to be eliminated ... and they may be right. Doug Scheidt 10-21-08
Or not. I'll tell you this, as long as I have cable, that is the only appeal for TV. The air-broadcast channels are almost entirely to be avoided. If air-broadcast is the only option, I wouldn't miss it very much.
"They should rename 'FreeRepublic.com' 'ABunchOfDumbAsses.org'" -- Scott Horton The upside to hyperinflation is that each and every one of us will become millionaires!
#2. To: christine (#0)
Police prepare for unrest on Election Day
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
#3. To: gengis gandhi (#2)
stocking up on donuts?
#4. To: gengis gandhi (#2)
Police prepare for unrest on Election Day...
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#5. To: christine, all (#0)
#6. To: gengis gandhi (#2)
Police prepare for unrest on Election Day
#7. To: Jethro Tull (#5)
Time for a new Tee Vee....
#8. To: noone222 (#6)
That, and by keeping a set of "civies" in the squad car.
#9. To: PnbC (#7)
#10. To: Christine (#0)
#11. To: Rotara (#10)
Multi-culti-PC b.s. gutted America and helped bring us this day.
#12. To: noone222 (#11)
We are all responsible for this shit
#13. To: Jethro Tull (#8)
#14. To: Rotara (#12)
#15. To: Jethro Tull (#9)
Folks should invest in one and a cheap B&W with rabbit ears.
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