Michigan sheriffs and police refuse to enforce state government ban on guns at polling places (WSWS.org)
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In a move that raises questions as to which political institutions hold power in the state of Michigan, police leaders announced Monday they would not enforce a recent order by the elected secretary of state banning guns at polling places.
By stating they will ignore orders from elected officials, police in Michigan are declaring themselves a law unto their own. The decision raises further questions about the connection between fascist county sheriffs and the 14 militia members, who plotted to kidnap and kill Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
On October 16, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced a new guideline prohibiting open carry of assault rifles, long guns and handguns within 100 feet of polling places. The guidance makes clear the state government believes the threat posed by militias for election day violence remains ongoing:
“The presence of firearms at the polling place, clerk’s office(s), or absent voter counting board may cause disruption, fear or intimidation for voters, election workers and others present.”
There has been good reason why the police in the USA have been referred to as fascist pigs.
If you cannot dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit WC Fields
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October 20, 2020 at 2:52 AM #370025
one person should not be allowed to change the law – and this is a guideline, not the law. I can’t find Michgan statues, but from https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2016/11/michigan_election_officials_br.html
‘Michigan law is silent on the issue of guns at polling places, and there is a question of whether schools and churches designated as “weapon-free zones” have to loosen their rules during voting hours.’
If you want to change the policy, change the law that defines the policy.
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October 20, 2020 at 3:04 AM #370029
The men of Charlottesville had to come out on Sunday morning to tell the police, we pay your salary. We and you, our police force, are going to run Richard Spencer and his white supremist and hate group followers, out of town.
2020-2024 Campaign Season: We the People are in the fight for our lives and livelihoods.
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October 20, 2020 at 4:53 AM #370050
If you cannot dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit WC Fields
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October 20, 2020 at 3:37 AM #370038
This kind of thing has been ongoing for awhile, and not just in Michigan. In Virginia, many police and local governments are refusing to follow new gun control rules passed by the state.
We also see it with the COVID restrictions. Some law enforcement agencies are just ignoring the orders.
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October 20, 2020 at 4:30 AM #370048
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October 20, 2020 at 6:14 PM #370159
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October 20, 2020 at 4:33 AM #370049
Should be interesting, indeed.
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October 20, 2020 at 6:04 AM #370065
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2016/11/michigan_election_officials_br.html
don’t know if you saw the update, but it says the Ypsilanti city attorney said the law only allows people with concealed carry permits to carry at a polling place
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October 20, 2020 at 10:45 AM #370084
Probably the local sheriffs and police will back down if the State Police show up. But what if they don’t? Cops shooting cops? Probably not; most are cowards. If the State Police are insistent and show a willingness to use force, that’s probably all it will take.
Still, this shows how unchecked and arrogant our police have become, and why we need an entirely new system of policing, not to mention new police or whatever we call who replaces them.
It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.--Eugene Debs
Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook.--Harry Truman
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October 20, 2020 at 4:08 PM #370133
@mrdmk Here are a group of stories about the actions with Richard Spencer, American Neo-Nazi and white supremist leader (see link below). Please feel free to do reminding research about the other actions that went on that weekend which included a hate group member running down a woman on a second street over from the permitted rally. I do not know the story about how they got a permit and how they got the police to stand down and back, but it might be key to the disorderly character of city and county officials in Michigan that seem to be setting up and allowing this. The FBI needs to make sure to stop this and protect the Governor. (The Governor may need to leave the state for a time.)
Richard Spencer says that Charlottesville, VA would never have happened without Trump.
https://heavy.com/news/2019/11/richard-spencer-charlottesville-rant-leaks-audio/
These links are just the tip of the ice burg.
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