Moore: Disarm the Police, Release Black Drug Offenders from Prison

Posted by jarmans 9 years ago to News
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— Michael Moore April 30, 2015
“Here's my demand: I want every African-American currently incarcerated for drug "crimes" or nonviolent offenses released from prison today.

And the rest who are imprisoned- I don’t believe 50% of them did what they're accused of. Lies. Greed. A modern day slave system. Poor whites also.

Next demand: Disarm the police. We have a 1/4 billion 2nd amendment guns in our homes 4 protection. We'll survive until the right cops are hired.

Local cops now militarized. Founding Fathers said NO army policing on our soil. Why do cops have tanks? Oh, right - the Enemy: The Black Man”
— Michael Moore April 30, 2015

We need an national Blue-Flu epidemic.
48-60 hours of EVERY Law Enforcement Officer to be out sick. We have spilt our blood, risked our lives and friends have paid the ultimate sacrifice to an EXTREMELY ungrateful public. I didn’t do the job for a pat on the back but I didn’t think every tour would be a trip into an enemy zone.

They think they can do better, step up in our absence.

The essence of John Galt and his plan to stop the motor of the world: tell men of the mind, like himself, to go on strike against the collectivistic system that thanklessly exploited them.

“Happiness is possible only to a rational man, the man who desires nothing but rational goals, seek nothing but rational values and finds his joy in nothing but rational actions.”
― Ayn Rand




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  • Posted by $ sjatkins 9 years ago
    There is no justification for telling adult persons what they may or may not consume. There is no justification for the laws against [some] drugs nor the draconian attacks on freedom and BoR protections that have resulted. It is completely immoral that over 2 million Americans are in prison and that nearly 60% are there for owning, growing or selling a weed.

    Anyone that says otherwise need to from first principles show that legitimate government has any ethical justification for such laws and practices.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 9 years ago
    Ah yes... Michael Moore. He is the personification of a one-percenter the left loves to hate, except they don't. He has made a fortune exploiting the ignorant masses by taking their money and offering negative value in return. If Bernie Madoff had scammed the people ala Michael Moore, he wouldn't be in prison and the swindled losers would love him for it.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years ago
    After or perhaps before James Carville the first or perhaps second liberal for hire announces a new movie. Sorry Comrade....you are now in second place after Al Bore for cRap.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 9 years ago
    If Moore's call for people to be freed were limited to those who did victimless crimes, I'd agree with him on everything he says here. But thieves, even if nonviolent, need to stay in prison. And the victims of overcriminalization and police brutality are no longer nearly all black, though they once were.

    I have doubts about the authenticity of the quote, though, because MM is not a 2nd Amendment supporter, and he knows very well that most Americans who have guns at home are not on his side. If Ferguson or Baltimore had happened after the police were disarmed, I believe the property owners would have killed the looters very quickly -- and I'd be all in favor of that result, but Moore would not.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 9 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I would be more inclined to believe that last line if the police used Tasers and pepper spray only to defend lives (which is what they're supposed to be for) rather than as ways of torturing anyone who argues with them. Legitimate cops don't punish "contempt of cop" unless it occurs after they've told the suspect he's under arrest.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 9 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree with Wm and CG on SWAT raids, but I do not agree with folks on demilitarization of police. We need better police, with better ethics and better relations with the people they are protecting. Then we need to give them all the military toys they would like.

    We live in a world where terrorists are turning up on every streetcorner. In France, many of the police do not even have guns. In the USA, I want the police to have All the Toys their little hearts desire so that they can act as local forces to put down people whom I consider to be enemies.

    The trick, of course, is to limit 'enemies' to that definition.

    Jan
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  • Posted by $ jlc 9 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree. Removing everyone from jail who is there due to non-violent activities relating to drugs would do a lot to reduce the people incarcerated to a reasonable number. We should rationally precede that by making 'drugs' per se 'not a crime'. Then we let people go; do not expunge their records, just make it a policy that non-violent drug arrests are irrelevant.

    Jan
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  • Posted by NealS 9 years ago
    It's almost like Michael Moore is begging for someone to break in and rob his mansion. Everyone knows it would be pretty safe to do as the police probably wouldn't respond, at least not in a very timely manner. It might take them a week to respond to an alarm.

    Then again, I wonder what he's got in armed body guards hanging around. It's so ironic, they yell fair share, then don't pay their taxes. They want everyone to disarm, but have armed body guards. They want the government to force us to share the wealth, yet they do little for charity themselves. As long as it's someone else's money they contribute. Look at the Clinton Foundation, what a great place to work, good pay and benefits, little goes to the cause and majority of the bucks go to benefit the founders and their hand selected staff of friends and relatives.
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  • Posted by Eyecu2 9 years ago
    I intensely dislike Mr. Moore; however, I will support one small part of his demands. Local cops do not need tanks. In general there should be a large reduction in the amount of SWAT teams and military hardware that police have access to.
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  • Posted by peterchunt 9 years ago
    Only a moron gives any credence to the ramblings of Moore. A typical progressive hypocrite.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 9 years ago
    A modern day slave system, Big Mike?
    To succeed, a slave system would have to turn a profit.
    That may work by exploiting North Korean citizens.

    http://thelawdictionary.org/article/what...

    As a corrections officer, part of my annual advanced training consisted of ways to keep the Alabama DOC and myself from getting sued.
    Personally, I was sued three times within my 21 years..
    Fortunately, the local federal court tossed out all three as frivolous before I had to show up anywhere.
    Psst! One inmate sued me for having the audacity of writing him up after he kicked me in the butt while I had my hands full struggling with another inmate.
    How terrible of me!



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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years ago
    Yes, look carefully at this rant. There are some nuggets of goodness in here, but he is so simplistic and seemingly touchy feely that he would let out the baby with the bath water and then blame the bathtub company. This whole mess is a result of s systemic collapse brought on by frustration of cops with idiot politicians and lawyers and judges, and dumbass laws that become so complicated and smeared by "case law" and "interpretations" that they mean nothing but what they want today, resulting in unequal treatment, and latent racism on the part of said politicians, lawyers, prosecutors and judges. Go fix that Big Boy.
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  • Posted by RonC 9 years ago
    "Geez Wally, I wonder if Mr. Moore notice the outcome in Garland TX; police 2, terrorists 0!"

    "I don't know Beav, maybe he thinks mass killing of free speech devotees is a good thing."
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  • Posted by $ blarman 9 years ago
    I can't wait until the day Michael Moore's money doesn't protect him from reality. Karma is often the best reality check.
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  • Posted by gilmorehome 9 years ago
    Irrational and rational thinking is clear in these statements. Thanks for this post. My vote for the rational thinkers.
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  • Posted by woodlema 9 years ago
    I think that is a great idea personally, With ONE provision.

    Every one released must live with Moore, and Moore is 100% accountable and responsible for them financially for one year after their release. AND if they commit a crime, Moore must spend time in each ones cell until they do their time.
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 9 years ago
    The result would play well for the wealthy, and physically fit / martially competent and the gun owners.

    The unprotected, the liberals and poor, would be met with widespread looting and oppression.

    Doesn't seem like a typical Moore objective, but please do let it play out with full authorship from teletubby-boy, along with addresses and maps to his homes. (I may need some new furnishings)
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  • Posted by wiggys 9 years ago
    MAYBE MOORE'S HEART WILL GIVE OUT SOON DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE IS OBESE.
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  • Posted by Technocracy 9 years ago in reply to this comment.
    The proposition was drug crimes OR non violent offenses.

    People have a second amendment right. That does not mean a particular jurisdiction respects that right. Failing to acknowledge that many areas have disarmed the law abiding populace through regulation is ignoring REALITY. The solution to that is not disarming the police, that only leads to ONLY the non law abiding having guns.

    Calling any vehicle with armor a tank is hyperbole, plain and simple. They are not even close to being tanks. If the police were going around in tanks it would be all over the news. Not to mention tearing up the roads, damage which is not something easy to hide or overlook.
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