Environmentalist wackos get Rip Wheeler "biker" treatment from Rangers.

[NorrinRadd]

It's a beautiful sight.

[Diogenes]

Beautiful.

Since words are violence, their signs constituted weapons of mass destruction (to feelings) so they weren't being non-violent as they claimed. Also, they were subjecting the tube to colonial/invader aggression. In all, the response was adequate for the insurrectionist violence shown on the video.

[Ronson]

That one whining redhead chick was pretty funny. Spoiled brats making people wait in long lines in traffic need to realize that they can be inconvenienced, too.

My only complaint is that the rangers seemed more concerned with showing force than getting traffic moving again. I would have been directing traffic around the sides.

[rogue06]

Most news sources keep referring to them as "Nevada Rangers" although a few do mention that they're tribal rangers -- or to be more exact, members of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal police

[Starlight]

US police forces psychotically overusing force seems barely worth commenting on at this point. Do the job adverts say "must be a complete psycho to join" or something?

Kinda scary that you guys seem to be well past the point of saying "constitutionally protected free-speech political protest" and have just gone full Nazi to the point of cheering on violence against your perceived political enemies even when they are just sitting there.

[Diogenes]

US police forces psychotically overusing force seems barely worth commenting on at this point. Do the job adverts say "must be a complete psycho to join" or something?

Kinda scary that you guys seem to be well past the point of saying "constitutionally protected free-speech political protest" and have just gone full Nazi to the point of cheering on violence against your perceived political enemies even when they are just sitting there.

Words are (allegedly) violence and violence is not constitutionally protected speech. The were also occupying indigenous lands with violence.

Also, assuming tribal sovereignty, the Constitution would not apply on tribal lands.

Furthermore, I didn't see you object to a woman being arrested for silently praying in her head in the UK so why you're concerned about police actions is odd as it's not as if any "rights" were violated.

[rogue06]

Words are (allegedly) violence and violence is not constitutionally protected speech. The were also occupying indigenous lands with violence.

Also, assuming tribal sovereignty, the Constitution would not apply on tribal lands.

Furthermore, I didn't see you object to a woman being arrested for silently praying in her head in the UK so why you're concerned about police actions is odd as it's not as if any "rights" were violated.

Let's not forget that tribal governments, including their police departments are not beholden to any state law or authority but to federal government only. That would be, if I'm not mistaken. old Joe's DOJ.

Suddenly the aggressive tactics aren't as mysterious. They're just following the feds lead.

[Gondwanaland]

Actually disappointing to see the applause of police blatantly putting people in danger for the 'crime' of non-violent protest and speech. Indeed, many are the same who were quite enraged at some Christians on a loudspeaker getting arrested (with much less potential harm to them at that). I was more than happy, even as an atheist, to speak up against the latter. Sad that some Christians don't seem to be able to hold their standards outside of their cult.

EDIT: even more comparable, most of you all giddy over this were the same ones outraged at Canada's treatment of Truckers blocking the roads...... Hypocrisy at its finest.

[Ronson]

US police forces psychotically overusing force seems barely worth commenting on at this point. Do the job adverts say "must be a complete psycho to join" or something?

Kinda scary that you guys seem to be well past the point of saying "constitutionally protected free-speech political protest" and have just gone full Nazi to the point of cheering on violence against your perceived political enemies even when they are just sitting there.

Constitutionally protected speech is not the same thing as obstructing the free movement of others. Blocking a highway is not free speech. What if someone in that long line of cars had a fatal heart attack while stuck in the middle of nowhere?

The cops seemed typically aggressive to me and they certainly could have toned it down, but I didn't see any abuse (unless I missed a portion of it).

[Gondwanaland]

Constitutionally protected speech is not the same thing as obstructing the free movement of others. Blocking a highway is not free speech. What if someone in that long line of cars had a fatal heart attack while stuck in the middle of nowhere?

The cops seemed typically aggressive to me and they certainly could have toned it down, but I didn't see any abuse (unless I missed a portion of it).

Were you saying the same thing about the Canadian truckers?

[Ronson]

Were you saying the same thing about the Canadian truckers?

If they were blocking the streets and traffic, I would have said the same thing.

Were they?

[NorrinRadd]

If they were blocking the streets and traffic, I would have said the same thing.

Were they?

I was not aware of them blocking roads or streets. Like you, I do not approve of that tactic. I would have supported their removal, and the use of force if they did not quickly comply.

[Gondwanaland]

If they were blocking the streets and traffic, I would have said the same thing.

Were they?

Yes, they were. They literally blocked the bridge between the US and Canada in the area, messing up commerce for days. Instead you were writing letters to the authors of articles talking about the Truckers blocking roads and expressing doubt instead of doing research. (hint: I already knew how you responded to the Canadian Truckers because I used the search function to find your double standard, I just wanted to see if you'd fess up to it or try to tell us fibs like you did in the post above):

I wrote a nasty email to the author of that Reuters article. She's an amateur partisan hack who probably got her job through close association with Jeff Zucker, because she doesn't appear to have any credentials.

[Gondwanaland]

I was not aware of them blocking roads or streets. Like you, I do not approve of that tactic. I would have supported their removal, and the use of force if they did not quickly comply.

It's not like this wasn't international news or something.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americ...ng-2022-02-08/

[Ronson]

Yes, they were. They literally blocked the bridge between the US and Canada in the area, messing up commerce for days. Instead you were writing letters to the authors of articles talking about the Truckers blocking roads and expressing doubt instead of doing research. (hint: I already knew how you responded to the Canadian Truckers because I used the search function to find your double standard, I just wanted to see if you'd fess up to it or try to tell us fibs like you did in the post above):

Hint: Try reading what I wrote instead of making assumptions. I was asking for confirmation because the Reuters article was obviously written with extreme bias - and not only claiming the truckers were blocking streets but were waving Nazi flags. Absolutely nowhere was I condoning blocking traffic. In your zeal to prove yourself right you fell on your face.

Plus, there is nothing in my linked Reuters article about that bridge.