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Obama Calls Out The SWAT Riot Control Platoon To Confront Tea Party

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-04-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Ummm, Obama is head of the Armed Forces, not the local SWAT.
He has the right to order around the MILITARY, what incompetent allowed this stupidity to happen?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-04-29 00:48|| 2010-04-29 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 what incompetent allowed this stupidity to happen?
RJ, How many guesses do I get and why did you limit the description to the singular, surely there must be more than one....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2010-04-29 01:20|| 2010-04-29 01:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Who gave the order to call in the riot police on protesters? Word is that Secret Service from inside the venue and the presidential team pressured local law enforcement, who were against the idea. Local cops were overruled, Im told by various sources, including a few members of local press. Moore reported that she overheard Secret Service telling the riot squad to push them back, out of sight.

Who gave the Secret Service their orders? Via InstaPundit.

Posted by ed 2010-04-29 01:46|| 2010-04-29 01:46|| Front Page Top

#4 As peace comes to the Mexican border, Barry's very own Sturm Abteilung parade in rebellious, riot torn Quincy, IL. How reminicent of Germany in the 1930's. Thank you Mr. President. That video is sure to play during the run up to the November election and again in 2012. Next time do it up Waco style, bring in tanks and the ATF.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-04-29 02:10|| 2010-04-29 02:10|| Front Page Top

#5 This ends up looking a lot more like Kent State than Waco.

Whether or not the Secret Service asked for this it couldn't have happened without their knowledge. And nobody said, "Are you out of your mind?"

Combine this with the herding of the press when protesters were removed from the White House fence and the collapse of the Michigan militia case you've got a president who's looking pretty paranoid and law enforcement that's looking like the enemy of the people crossed with Barney Fife.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-04-29 03:29|| 2010-04-29 03:29|| Front Page Top

#6 It's all rehearsals for November elections, boys.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-04-29 03:46|| 2010-04-29 03:46|| Front Page Top

#7 #6 It's all rehearsals for November elections, boys.

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/

Posted by BrerRabbit 2010-04-29 04:28|| 2010-04-29 04:28|| Front Page Top

#8 I find it interesting that the linked page uses the title 'Team Obama Calls Out The SWAT Riot Control Platoon To Confront Tea Party', but this was changed to make it seem like Obama personally took a time out so that he could order a SWAT team to deploy and...not really do much of anything, for the purpose of...uh...being a big jerk.

Posted by Gaz 2010-04-29 06:24|| 2010-04-29 06:24|| Front Page Top

#9 but this was changed to make it seem like Obama personally took a time out so that he could order a SWAT team to deploy and.

The thing is, Gaz, the "team" would not have done so had they thought President Obama would have disapproved. I don't recall such things happening when previous presidents were in office. Both presidents Bush and Clinton were greatly inconvenienced by protesters, as I recall.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-04-29 07:44|| 2010-04-29 07:44|| Front Page Top

#10 Obama is looking more and more like his heroes. Stalin and Castro. I just hope he leaves peacefully after he is voted out.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-04-29 07:59|| 2010-04-29 07:59|| Front Page Top

#11 I mean this: This video is scary. The people have the right to peaceably assemble. They were not breaking windows, lighting fire to property, or vandalizing. ERGO THERE WAS NO REASON TO CALL OUT A SWAT TEAM. Two cops WITHOUT weapons could have controlled that crowd. Someone up the chain needs to explain this to the public.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2010-04-29 08:52|| 2010-04-29 08:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Barry is a brilliand mind, a genius and national treasure. He would have never authorized or condoned such action. I blame the mostly Aryan Secret Service. Barry was SET UP! Just ask Leon!

Posted by Besoeker 2010-04-29 08:59|| 2010-04-29 08:59|| Front Page Top

#13 Deliberate provocation aimed at triggering a media cycle which will paint the Tea Party as violent and dangerous.

Keep cool, boys and girls. Don't take the bait.

Posted by lex 2010-04-29 09:25|| 2010-04-29 09:25|| Front Page Top

#14 BO is waging war against Joe Plumber and granny. I'm surprised granny wasn't taken down and handcuffed and read her Miranda rights. Election day November can't come fast enough.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-04-29 09:35|| 2010-04-29 09:35|| Front Page Top

#15 It must be a challenge to serve on the Secret Service these days.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-04-29 09:36|| 2010-04-29 09:36|| Front Page Top

#16 Time to borrow a page from the Yippie playbook and add a little absurdist street theatre. Maybe Granny could serve tea to Darth Vader's phalanx. Or offer some extra Depends coupons she clipped from the Quincy Picayune-Tatler.

Posted by lex 2010-04-29 09:37|| 2010-04-29 09:37|| Front Page Top

#17 What with all the dangerous grannys running around.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-04-29 09:38|| 2010-04-29 09:38|| Front Page Top

#18 Two cops WITHOUT weapons could have controlled that crowd. Someone up the chain needs to explain this to the public.

One cop would have been more than sufficient.

A phone call would have been more than sufficient.

But this?

Put it on youtube.

Posted by gorb 2010-04-29 09:42|| 2010-04-29 09:42|| Front Page Top

#19 Didn't Barry talk about creating a corp of citizen police across the country during his campaign? Is this next in heading towards Obama's socialist paradise?

Posted by JohnQC 2010-04-29 10:08|| 2010-04-29 10:08|| Front Page Top

#20 It is on YouTube.

Posted by Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2010-04-29 10:08|| 2010-04-29 10:08|| Front Page Top

#21 Two cops WITHOUT weapons could have controlled that crowd. Someone up the chain needs to explain this to the public.

The video I saw had some comments going back and forth between the cameraman and a local officer. The "crowd" was already under control -- was never OUT of control.

I'd put money on the responsible party being a local or state politician who actually believes the negative press about the Tea Parties.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2010-04-29 10:26|| 2010-04-29 10:26|| Front Page Top

#22 this was not fear on the part of Obama. It was Censorship. There is to be NO dissent at any of his events. If you try to exercise your Free Speech rights, SWAT teams will deal with you. This link has details of Obama's Censorship policy.

Posted by Land Owner 2010-04-29 11:08|| 2010-04-29 11:08|| Front Page Top

#23 OMG I missed it earlier! Clearly BO wants to round up the elderly and retired. Why you ask? Ever see a movie called Solent Green? If Nabisco comes out with a new Protein Cracker we should have it examined by an independent lab.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2010-04-29 11:25|| 2010-04-29 11:25|| Front Page Top

#24 And that's why Nancy Pelosi had so many face lifts...

Posted by JohnQC 2010-04-29 11:28|| 2010-04-29 11:28|| Front Page Top

#25 While this is profoundly stupid, it is not necessarily sinister. My former business partner was a Beverly Hills cop who was assigned to protect then President Clinton.

The Secret Service takes a notoriously extreme view to contingency planning, and the local police tries to be extra accomodating. It would not surprise me if the idea originated with the Secret Service.

My friend spent his time standing behind a bush outside a Hollywood estate. I asked him if he was protecting Bill from Monica. He responded he was protecting Bill from himself.

You're right. The SWAT probably felt stupid.

Posted by Frozen Al 2010-04-29 12:09|| 2010-04-29 12:09|| Front Page Top

#26 Jeebus peopleget a grip. Whether its really SWAT or simply rank and file popo in riot gear, (which really isnt clear) its called crowd control. Further, to insinuate the O-Team instigated this is reminiscent of howls from provocateurs at a WTO protest. At times, Brietbart can really come off as a dipshit.

Posted by DepotGuy 2010-04-29 12:42|| 2010-04-29 12:42|| Front Page Top

#27 Tanks are crowd conrol as well. In this case, it's not clear that SWAT was ever necessary. Is it common practice for SWAT to be 1st responders in such cases? This was done in order to further the narrative of the Tea Party being and extremist / racist organization, and was done with full and active support of some in the media that were present that day.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2010-04-29 13:22|| 2010-04-29 13:22|| Front Page Top

#28 Frozen Al, that story sounds believable to me. I had to help out with traffic control during one of President Clinton's visits to Phoenix.

The Secret Service got all agitated about an ancient abandoned car within view of the motorcade for some reason. One of my duties was to stand next to it. (There had been a tow truck brigade through the area earlier but for some reason they left that one alone. Maybe because it didn't have wheels, was missing a door, etc.) What I was supposed to do with the car, considering I was an unarmed civilian, was never made clear but they were very insistent that someone "secure" it.

I don't think Oblahblah demanded the SWAT response, but I wouldn't put it past one of the security detail he flies with.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-04-29 15:03|| 2010-04-29 15:03|| Front Page Top

#29 Is it common practice for SWAT to be 1st responders in such cases?

Rex, the answer to that question isno. Which means theyre just regular cops on routine assignment in riot gear. Local police dispatched for crowd control may not be as provocative of a headline but, in this case, its certainly more accurate.

Posted by DepotGuy 2010-04-29 16:57|| 2010-04-29 16:57|| Front Page Top

#30 Yeah, for a "SWAT" team, they sure do lack all that fancy SWAT firepower. And why waste a highly trained asset on routine crowd control?
It's Presidential Security. My father in law worked a few of those details for the BPD. Secret Service runs the show. He said if they tell you they want something done, it gets done.
Brietbart give me a headache sometimes.

Posted by tu3031 2010-04-29 17:09|| 2010-04-29 17:09|| Front Page Top

#31 I believe that the capability of phones and other devices to provide and immediately broadcast video is in the process of changing public life as we know it. Breitbart's $100,000 challenge will soon result in more fully staged incidents. Infiltrators will be filmed yelling epithets in false flag incidents to change public opinion. Pictures of the agent provocateurs will be tracked back to their actual identities swinging public opinion back in the other direction. In the end the truth will out as the pictured grandma's will like exactly like what they are to objective observers. Rathergate will be the norm.

Posted by Super Hose 2010-04-29 21:41|| 2010-04-29 21:41|| Front Page Top

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