Flier at Occupy Phoenix: 'When should you shoot a cop?'

[bonnie]

Flier at Occupy Phoenix: 'When should you shoot a cop?'

According to the Arizona Counter-Terrorism Information Center, copies of an "informational" flier instructing people on when to shoot police officers, were left on a table at Cesar Chavez Park for "Occupy Phoenix" protesters to pick up and read.

The alert issued by ACTIC reads, in part:

The letter is blatantly anti-government and anti-law enforcement in nature. It not only condones but even encourages citizens to kill any “government agent” (i.e. law enforcement officers), who in their perception violates their rights. Examples are given in the document, of “illegal” search and seizure, sobriety and border checkpoints, airport security, etc… In essence this document states that citizens have the right and moral obligation to resist any action by law enforcement that is viewed as a violation of the citizen’s rights, and often-times resistance involves killing officers.

“Occupy” events have drawn protestors for various causes including “Chalk the Police” and “Police Brutality Day”. With emotions running high in regards to law enforcement and government personnel, there is obvious concern this document could incite actions with protestors to take actions they might not have taken otherwise.

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The Arizona Department of Public Safety and ACTIC have confirmed the existence of the memo.

The two-page flier goes on at length about when and why police officers should be shot.

The flier reads, in part:

Pick any example of abuse of power, whether it is the fascist “war on drugs,” the police thuggery that has become so common, the random stops and searches now routinely carried out in the name of “security” (e.g., at airports, “border checkpoints” that aren’t even at the border, “sobriety checkpoints,” and so on), or anything else. Now ask yourself the uncomfortable question: If it is wrong for cops to do these things, doesn’t that imply that the people have a right to RESIST such actions? Of course, state mercenaries don’t take kindly to being resisted, even non-violently. If you question their right to detain you, interrogate you, search you, invade your home, and so on, you are very likely to be tasered, physically assaulted, kidnapped, put in a cage, or shot. If a cop decides to treat you like livestock, whether he does it “legally” or not, you will usually have only two options: submit, or kill the cop. You can’t resist a cop “just a little” and get away with it. He will always call in more of his fellow gang members, until you are subdued or dead.

Basic logic dictates that you either have an obligation to LET “law enforcers” have their way with you, or you have the right to STOP them from doing so, which will almost always require killing them. (Politely asking fascists not to be fascists has a very poor track record.)

An article at The Blaze includes the entire two-page missive, which includes much more of the same vitriol, and concludes:

The next time you hear of a police officer being killed “in the line of duty,” take a moment to consider the very real possibility that maybe in that case, the “law enforcer” was the bad guy and the “cop killer” was the good guy. As it happens, that has been the case more often than not throughout human history.

Ed Morrissey of Hot Air wonders if the Democrat-media complex will give this flier the same treatment it gave Sarah Palin's crosshairs after the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords:

I’m curious to see how the media in Arizona and the rest of the nation approach this development. They went into convulsions retroactive to the Gabrielle Giffords shooting that killed six other people because Sarah Palin used crosshairs on a map once (as had Democrats on a number of occasions), which the media used to paint the Tea Party and conservatives as somehow responsible for the massacre conducted by a madman with no discernibly rational political posture. Will they hold the Occupy movement to the same ridiculous standard? I’m betting …. no.

Considering the media has been silent on the endorsement of the "Occupy" movement by the American Nazi Party, and the silence by the media on the anti-semitic aspects of the protests, one is likely to agree with Morrissey that this memo will also be buried by the left wing press.

Although ACTIC says there has been no specific or credible threats against law enforcement officers, ACTIC asks that anyone who has seen similar literature or has information regarding this issue contact them at (602) 644-5805/5842/5927, or email intelligence@azdps.gov.

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[phkrause]

Pretty sick people out there. :(

[olger]

Liberal confusion at its finest.

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[bonnie]

Liberal confusion at its finest.

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Don't think there is to much confusion in liberals

[olger]

There's not ?

[SivartM]

Nope, we all know that our main goal is to kill law enforcement officers. [/heavysarcasm]

Can we just say that people who advocate shooting anyone are crazy and not generalize it to everyone who shares their political philosophy?

[bonnie]

There's not ?

No,they know exactly what they want. It is the right to do as they please and take that which belongs to others

[bonnie]

Nope, we all know that our main goal is to kill law enforcement officers.

Can we just say that people who advocate shooting anyone are crazy and not generalize it to everyone who shares their political philosophy?

That would be very nice,but very few liberals have strongly condemned the actions of OWS group. Nor was that a request by liberals concerning Tea Party members.

At the least they are destroying businesses near Wall Street,abusing the rights of business owners that are struggling to stay open.