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| Texas cops in tense standoff with six heavily armed men who were protecting a bar owner as she reopened her business in defiance of the state's stay-at-home orders |
| 2020-05-06 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Cops were called to Big Daddy Zane's Bar in West Odessa Monday evening after owner Gabrielle Ellison, 47, re-opened the establishment, violating laws put into place by Gov. Greg Abbott. Upon arrival, cops were met by a group of men who said they were there to support and defend Ellison as she opened the premises back up. Six of the men were wearing armor and were armed with guns. According to OA Online, the men belong to a group named Open Texas. Members travels around the state 'with weapons' and try to help businesses reopen their doors'. Outside Ellison's bar on Monday, police became involved in a standoff with the armed protesters. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #9 These scum bag "Roland Freisler" judges in Texas and across the land are not helping. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-05-06 21:04 |
| #8 This is going to get out of hand, and bloody, very fast. The governors need to back off before this becomes a replay of Bleeding Kansas |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-06 20:28 |
| #7 Texas, local decision like in Blue Arm of Dallas vs. Hair Salon. DM does a good job with ridiculous pics of the arrested, wait until you see The Burger King's Guard. I think that is a lift gate on their MRAP. Stupid prizes all around. Argument seems to be whether the protestors were on private property, silly but legal, or on bar property, where firearms are not allowed at all. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-05-06 15:31 |
| #6 Tinderbox. Our little dictator-gubernators really need to back off now. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-06 14:16 |
| #5 The cops need to smell the coffee. This crap is not going to be tolerated much longer. Next time it could be 20 heavily armed men properly deployed to do an enveloping maneuver. The cops are way outmanned and outgunned in this state. Best for them to stick investigating traffic accidents. |
| Posted by: Phineter Turkeyneck6202 2020-05-06 13:36 |
| #4 Way to make things worse, guys. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2020-05-06 12:17 |
| #3 Unhappily the Mail omitted the action photos of the highly trained, flint eyed local SWAT team. That and the Gofundme page set up to get them a treadmill. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2020-05-06 10:40 |
| #2 It's starting. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-06 08:32 |
| #1 As I mentioned to some friends a few weeks ago some people are going to get killed before this illegal shutdown is ended |
| Posted by: Alistaire Tingle9882 2020-05-06 06:51 |