Oops, my bad. Well then at least this one suspect should know NC law on firearms and public protests, so I wonder what the out of stater’s excuse will be.
Or, you know, they knew they were.
Notice that the KKK has adopted Trump’s MAGA slogan?
Maybe the cops were too mesmerized by the hillbilly beards to see the guns.
And why the hell didn’t the cops search them when they were on the picket line? The KKK is historically known as a violent extremist organization. They have a clear history of violence and threat. There is nothing benign about their presence in an otherwise peaceful community.
Take off the kid gloves. These are bad people. Treat them as such.
Actually, it’s Reagan’s slogan. Trump never had an original idea in his life.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the KKK got it from Reagan and Trump got it from the KKK considering the Trump family’s connections with the KKK.
I still giggle when I think about what the very prim and proper Robert E Lee would say to these people who think they represent him. The Old South for good or ill was all about refinement and sophistication for anyone worth paying attention to. People dressing this slovenly would be ignored or carted off to jail as a nuisance, or maybe placed on the front lines to soak up enemy fire.
I think the genius/nefariousness of the Confederacy elite class (i.e. Lee) was that they made their priority of slavery the priority of the poor whites who made up most of the troops–kind of like the modern GOP and prosperity gospel preachers who get their base to really believe that they will have power and wealth just like them if they believe and defend them.
Well, except that the point of the law forbidding guns at public demonstrations is to not have guns at public demonstrations.
Imagine if this had been a gathering of Muslims in traditional garb, how quickly arrests would have been made for… well, anything they could think of.
I must disagree, for every loon who does this and gets sway with it two more will feel empowered to press their luck the next time.
Wyatt Earp: “Boys, just give your guns to the deputy. We don’t allow guns in Dodge.”
Outlaw: “Marshall, we’ll keep our guns, and you can arrest us after we leave town.”
Wyatt Earp never said: “Oh. Well, OK then. You boys enjoy your stay.”
"If police had seen the weapons at the demonstration, Blackwood said, “officers would have made arrests.” In the words of the brave and inspiring students from Parkland High School - I call bullshit. Even though I am an old white man, I don’t trust cops at all any more.
And remember, kids. Cops will only arrest you if they’re in a larger group than yours. Therefore, you should always travel in large gangs to keep yourself safe.
So it’s better for LEO’s to wait and see if anyone complains about guns being present before they take any action? It appears from the reporting that’s exactly what they did and would not have moved at all without complaints.
I cannot be grateful enough that you posted that picture. The crocs are just perfect.
7th highest cause of death for Black males is police shooting.
For white males, police shootings rank right below “fell off ladder while trying to finally out-do the neighbor’s Christmas decorations.”
That photo is giggle-inducing, to say the least.