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Or how MPs, RCMP, CN/CP rail police are all ‘peace officers’ for federal statutes, but don’t have provincial statute authority in Ontario for, eg, traffic offences, mental health act, etc. Nor do they come under provincial oversight for misconduct complaints, or serious injury use of force situations. No surprise there are similar divides in the U.S.
Rail Police have limited geographical jurisdiction at present to within 500 metres of railway owned property and right of way. Transport Canada has put forth a proposed change to the Railway Safety Act to extend their jurisdiction province wide within the province in which the constable is employed.

CP Police, now Canadian Pacific/Kansas City Police are a special animal as they are employed in both CA and the US.
 
You get the daily award for incorrect takes.

I guess if you believed every media lie since 2016 it would make sense you have this view.
Well I wouldn’t suggest your take is significantly better.

The biggest issue is that ‘Veterans’ is a huge group down here, and there are subsets of they population that have little overlap outside of the one common bond of service.

The other issue is DJT himself jumps all around issues so at times one will be supporting him, and then even potentially on the same issue vilifying him.

It’s clear that combat wounded members especially amputees make POTUS47 very uncomfortable, and at times he says and does things that are offensive and worse.
He then does something to help them and…
 
Definitely a FAFO moment... and a damned good shot IMHO
If that officer can articulate that the guy holding a cell phone and not doing anything else was posing a threat of grievous bodily harm or death to the officer or others. I’m guessing that’s going to be a stretch.

It seems there are some LEOs down there who are banking on a presidential pardon for excessive force.
 
You can probably bet that head shots, even with less-than-lethal rounds, are not sanctioned by any police force. I would suggest that a head shot could transform the round from less-than-letal into lethal quite quickly.
 
You can probably bet that head shots, even with less-than-lethal rounds, are not sanctioned by any police force. I would suggest that a head shot could transform the round from less-than-letal into lethal quite quickly.
It certainly can. Less lethal training emphasizes aim points. But sometimes you miss.
 
I never understood how he had veterans groups on his side to begin with. The man is anti-military to the core. Insulting combat vets, very likely faked his medical to avoid doing his service in Vietnam, pardoning war criminals and then ordering the military to take them back, etc.
A lot of Veteran groups were deeply pissed at the Democrats. In their view Trump was the least worse option and I think that holds true for many in the US. Most don't think or know about foreign relations or trade agreements and don't get how those things can bit the US.
 
Definitely a FAFO moment... and a damned good shot IMHO

Damned casual attitude for FAing, hand in pocket and using his phone probably videoing whatever is happening below.

A grainy twenty second clip doesn't provide a lot of context. What about the twenty seconds before, or the sixty seconds, what would that show? Despite a claim of "footage from multiple civilian perspectives in Los Angeles" in the caption to the clip, that's the only footage he's posted.

But perhaps he comes with a bias.
. . . a former Marine Corps infantry machine gunner and Purple Heart recipient with 8 years of experience in ground combat operations across multiple combat deployments in support of the Global War on Terror. He is currently based in Texas and specializes in combat footage analysis and digital marketing.

Tried finding additional film of that particular incident, but googling "LA riot rooftop 2025" mostly brings up references to the idiot son of Trump.

Does the guy hit by the round look Asian?
 
It certainly can. Less lethal training emphasizes aim points. But sometimes you miss.
True enough. Sometimes you zig and they zag.

Still not sure how a less-than-lethal round to a major muscle group is justified on someone a fair distance away filming the action on a cell phone. It is a short video missing context beforehand, though I still have a tough time justifying that force, unless the officer missed his target completely and hit the wrong guy. I am unfamiliar with the accuracy of those weapons so have no idea if the officer was shooting from a reasonable distance. I’m open to being educated though.
 
Former Guardsman and Member of Congress Adam Kinzinger has some thoughts on the contradictions of a state controlled militia under the Second Amendment that can be easily federalized against the state’s wishes.

 
The contrast in statements between what the President said, and what the Army spokesperson and Secret Service said is... something. At least there are still some adults in the room for now.

 
Brad, I think you are missing the Venn Diagram where a significant portion the MAGA supporters are diametrically opposed to US Military personnel conducting operations (even physically site security if it is off post ) CONUS.

This is where you get things like the Army of Texas and California…
Because no one at the grass roots actually likes Fed Gov overreach even when it’s against the other side.
Idk man, MAGAs are so far up the President's ass they'll use the time honoured mental justifications to convince themselves regular Marines in the streets is a good thing, they've already started. It was never about liberty for them, it was always about power.
 
The contrast in statements between what the President said, and what the Army spokesperson and Secret Service said is... something. At least there are still some adults in the room for now.

How powerful would the imagery be if a few protesters just ran out onto the route and simply stood in front of an Abrams? It wouldn’t last long, but they only need a photo.
 
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