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2014-08-16 -Land of the Free

St. Louis county police officer and his AR

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Posted by badanov 2014-08-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 The Governor of Missouri and St. Louis County got the memo [phone call from Washington]. Lose the 'show of force' optics or we're cutting off funding and moving in Federal Law Enforcement and Homeland Security, your choice.

Had it been a coal miner strike in West Virginia, or other event involving non-entitlement personnel, there would have likely been no phone call from Washington.

As far as the 'nerd with the gear' he wouldn't have lasted long in either Iraq or AFG in a small arms fire incident or complex attack. My personal prejudice involves the wearing of tactical gloves.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-08-16 06:41|| 2014-08-16 06:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, the 'gun bling' thing was alive and well in CentCom. Not just sights, guys would get 100+ rd snail magazines and mount them, before they realized they were going to carry around the weight of 4 or 5 reg magazines on their rifle. The philosophy is "I'll try anything stupid thing once."

Posted by ed in texas 2014-08-16 08:02|| 2014-08-16 08:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Apart from all the other s#!t, why the hell do police need camoflage? They hiding in the grass to shoot unarmed protesters who can't shoot back?

Posted by AlanC 2014-08-16 08:39|| 2014-08-16 08:39|| Front Page Top

No need for black, camo, or OD pickle suits. Better they establish police presence in distinctive police uniforms.

Point of the day. With snark.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-08-16 08:49|| 2014-08-16 08:49|| Front Page Top

#5 ...few if any available donut shops up in that part of the Great White North. Borrow a handful of mid-grade NCOs from the 82nd as test proctors and administer the standard PT test on these guys. Guess on the percentage that could pass?

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-08-16 09:04|| 2014-08-16 09:04|| Front Page Top

#6 15%? Or am I being overly generous ?

Posted by Besoeker 2014-08-16 09:08|| 2014-08-16 09:08|| Front Page Top

#7 All the gun bling aside, he looks like he's been on a shopping trip to 5.11 Tactical. That's where the gloves are from and maybe the watch too. Snort.

Posted by Sonny Glarong6820 2014-08-16 09:36|| 2014-08-16 09:36|| Front Page Top

#8 The whole set up is goofy.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-08-16 13:00|| 2014-08-16 13:00|| Front Page Top

#9 TactiCool Fool. Looks like some wannabe at the gun club.

ProTip - use a spotter, all that shit on your rifle screws the stability of the platform. Well zero'd rifle, one proper scope, and a bipod is all you need if you have a spotter.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-08-16 13:19|| 2014-08-16 13:19|| Front Page Top

#10 What beso said @ 4. Get your own team colors if you are going to play riot suppression. It is causing confusion and ridicule. And as far as the feds, remember the BLM's Special Agent Operator Poundcake's mess?

Looks like a bunch of soccer players putting on spiffy football gear and taking the field, hoping somebody else doesn't take the field, and I mean that as advice. Because:

He looks like a model for Tacticool Magazine. Luv the quintpod doood. If I were wanting to make a steady shot, the last thing I would want is a tag from my gloves tickling my wrist everytime the breeze changed. In fact, I wouldn't want gloves on anyways especially sitting up on top of a vehicle in the middle of the day. Where's your reflective belt soldier? Also missing are sunglasses, goggles, water, trimmed beard, paintball launcher, and around-corners barrel.

I'm sure Ferguson is a charming neighborhood with little picket fences and toy dogs dressed in bows. This looks over-amped, and over-amped makes people stupid.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-08-16 14:05|| 2014-08-16 14:05|| Front Page Top

#11 OK so the guy (or his armorer) is a putz. Considering who he's most likely to be shooting at, would you prefer he be competent?

Posted by Gleating Stalin9879 2014-08-16 15:10|| 2014-08-16 15:10|| Front Page Top

#12 Geardo is the term the E-4 mafia uses sometimes.

Posted by 11A5S 2014-08-16 15:34|| 2014-08-16 15:34|| Front Page Top

#13 Well at least he doesn't have his finger on the trigger... I've seen congresscritters do worse while posing as go called 'experts'.

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-08-16 16:17|| 2014-08-16 16:17|| Front Page Top

#14 Very good point, #11 GS.

Posted by Barbara 2014-08-16 16:45|| 2014-08-16 16:45|| Front Page Top

#15 Poster child of the whole situation. Sure the big kid strong armed a store, without a weapon. Sure the Police came out armed as this is Afghanistan. A witness live Tweeting the actual shooting said the kid was running away from the cop when he was shot twice in the back and then was shot 5 times when he turned around.

Loose, loose situation. No good guys any where in this picture.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-08-16 20:33|| 2014-08-16 20:33|| Front Page Top

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