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[WedgeX]

trying to file a complaint. This damn county.

Courtesy the Detroit Free Press.

James Baker had body armor on and a semi-automatic pistol strapped to his hip as he slung a short-barreled rifle over his chest and pulled a black ski mask over his head. His buddy, Brandon Vreeland, a fellow open carry advocate, also had on body armor but left his gun in the car, instead bringing along cameras to videotape the encounter that was about to take place.

The two men wanted to file a complaint about being pulled over earlier by Dearborn police officers, but also saw it as an opportunity to test the suburban Detroit department to see if its officers “honored” the Constitution and their right to carry guns.

...

Police officers with guns drawn were waiting, and a tense standoff occurred as the two men initially refused to comply with orders to drop to the ground as they argued they had a right to carry weapons.

"Put it on the ground or you are dead," one of the officers screams in the video that was live-streamed on the Internet via cell phones by Baker and Vreeland as the confrontation unfolded. "I will shoot you. I will put a round in you. What the hell is the matter with you?"

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“I find this behavior totally unacceptable and irresponsible," Police Chief Ronald Haddad said in a statement Monday afternoon. "This is not a 2nd Amendment issue for me. We had members of the public in our lobby that fled in fear for their safety as these men entered our building."

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Baker is charged with breaching the peace, failure to cooperate with police and masking his identity by obscuring his face when he walked into the station. He has not been arraigned on the charges, which are misdemeanors.

Vreeland is charged with breaching the peace, obstructing police and failure to cooperate. Both men are free on $1,500 bond while they await arraignment on the charges.

Video here.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

"Do not move, sir". Fucking amazing. Must be nice to be able to do shit like this and live...

Meanwhile carrying a BB gun in an open carry state would get me lit up.

 

[jack_package_200]

Jesus christ

 

[BronsonLee]

When keeping it real goes wrong

 

[Sunster]

what do they want cops to do in that scenario?

 

[Hierophant]

what do they want cops to do in that scenario?

Compliment them on their huge dicks

 

[frontovik]

They got their expected reception.

"PUT IT DOWN ON THE GROUND"
"I WILL PUT A BULLET IN YOU SIR"
"PUT THE GUN DOWN"

 

[jellies_two]

It's wonderful that white guys can still do that and get called Sir as well.

 

[Kayhan]

Identifying dumb. Yup, that is dumb.

 

[Ghost is Bad]

Honestly, if I was a cop and I saw people walking in with a fucking assault rifle, body armor and ski masks on, I'd just drop them in the lobby.

 

[Kensation]

"What's the worst that can happen?"

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Wonder what would happen if two black guys tried the same thing.

I.

Wonder.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Why is it I knew the people involved weren't POC, when read the thread title?

They wouldn't have made it up the steps, much less inside the police department dressed like that and holding those weapons.

 

[BronsonLee]

It's wonderful that white guys can still do that and get called Sir as well.

These cops were nice enough to not accompany that Sir with a round

Honestly, if I was a cop and I saw people walking in with a fucking assault rifle, body armor and ski masks on, I'd just drop them in the lobby.

They should be thanking their lucky stars they didn't get dropped

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Wonder what would happen if two black guys tried the same thing.

I.

Wonder.

They'd assume it was a BLM terror attack and open fire without hesitation. There would not have been a negotiation.

 

[Count Dookkake]

So much for the constitution!

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

test the suburban Detroit department to see if its officers ”honored" the Constitution and their right to carry guns.

the fuck does this even mean?????

nevermind the fact that you walked into a POLICE DEPARTMENT while wearing body armor and openly carrying a rifle. I honestly want to know what was going through their heads. What was their best case scenario?

 

[Boke1879]

At least they got to live.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Free on $1500 bail...

Meanwhile, black families teach their kids to live in submissive, petrified terror of a badge and a gun lest they fail to come home alive from a drive out.

 

[Forerunner]

What did they expect?

 

[jellies_two]

Arnie can still rescue Sarah Conner from police lockup - confirmed.

 

[QuiteWhittle]

Wonder what would happen if two black guys tried the same thing.

I.

Wonder.

Imagine if they were Arab.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Wonder what would happen if two black guys tried the same thing.

I.

Wonder.

Good god just thinking about it has me feeling some way.

 

[The Technomancer]

White privilege in America

 

[ant_]

Fucking idiotic. The right to carry doesn't give you the right to be an idiot.

 

[WedgeX]

They'd assume it was a BLM terror attack and open fire without hesitation. There would not have been a negotiation.

This being Dearborn, its not an unfair assumption. Sadly.

 

[Kadin]

*Walks up to police station*

"... we felt a little afraid for our lives when we were pulled over so we figure we have to protect ourselves"

*walks into police station armed with a mask on*

yeah this doesn't compute for me at all

 

[Basketball]

I would shoot them anyway for being complete dumbfucks

 

[Strimei]

The fuck was the point of the masks?

I mean, the weapons and body armor itself doesn't give a great impression, but wearing masks just makes things worse.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

This might be the dumbest thing I have ever seen.

 

[Anth0ny]

 

[barik]

what do they want cops to do in that scenario?

"Game recognize game, good sir."

and then they all salute maybe?? I don't know how gun culture works

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I'm sorry

what do you have to go through in life and how much paint thinner do you have to inhale to think to think that WALKING INTO A POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH GUNS TO MAKE A STATEMENT is a good idea?

 

[Hankodank]

yep - 1st thought was, "if they were minorities they would have been shot without questioning..."

unbelievable. and Dearborn is 30 min. from where I live. outstanding.

Wasn't there another Michigan/Detroit Area nutjob who walked up and down outside a school while carrying a rifle...?

 

[Slayven]

How did i know they were not black from the title?

Wonder what would happen if two black guys tried the same thing.

I.

Wonder.

https://youtu.be/e5GP48xEz5Q?t=791

 

[BronsonLee]

*Walks up to police station*

"... we felt a little afraid for our lives when we were pulled over so we figure we have to protect ourselves"

*walks into police station armed with a mask on*

yeah this doesn't compute for me at all

They wanted to troll and thought since it was open carry they would've been fine

 

[Phu]

HAHAHAHA, did you guys check the follow up video from the dude who reupped the stream video? Literally the stereotype.

Stupid motherfuckers!

 

[jellies_two]

The cops could literally have shot them in the head and got a bravery medal.

Because a Chinese guy who can't speak much english playing pokemon go in a van, is murdered by a security guard, with no license to carry a gun, and this security guard will get off with a lame "self defense / fear for my life" argument.

 

[adj_noun]

Wonder what would happen if two black guys tried the same thing.

I.

Wonder.

It'd be something like the ED-209 drop your weapon scene in Robocop merged with the guns blazing scene from Predator

 

[spazchicken]

White privilege at it's finest.

LOL "I will put a round in you sir!"

I've never heard a polite death threat before.

"Would you like cheese with your chest wound sir!?"

 

[commedieu]

Must be so fucking nice

 

[Bakercat]

Didn't watch, but I assumed they're white since they're still alive.

 

[AlexBasch]

tfw you press the action button instead of open menu

 

[akira28]

I...

just can't. I mean the stones. the balls.. the entitlement. the blatant exhibition of first citizen versus second citizen status.

They should be dead men, not "sirs" charged with disturbing the peace and wearing masks. They should be literally cadavers on the news, right?

 

[ultratruman]

These people think they're in a fucking movie

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

It'd be something like the ED-209 drop your weapon scene in Robocop merged with the guns blazing scene from Predator

But, would they calls them sirs before opening fire?

 

[maquiladora]

Wonder what would happen if two black guys tried the same thing.

I.

Wonder.

.

 

[Arttemis]

 

[Caelus]

Both men are free on $1,500 bond while they await arraignment on the charges.

This country's justice system is an absolute fucking joke, smfh

 

[ryutaro's mama]

"What's the worst that can happen?"

That is an understanding that the police will ALWAYS give you what they will often fail to give their PoC counterparts in the exact same situation:

The Benefit Of The Doubt

People have no idea how big of a difference that receiving or not receiving that can be in just about any everyday encounter: Going to the store, standing at a bus stop, being pulled over, swimming at a pool party, getting into a car wreck in in a neighborhood and looking for help, sitting in your car, etc.

All of those seemingly innocuous things resulted in the deaths of PoC...meanwhile these guys can wall into a police station, fully armed and be called sir while the police make every effort to defuse the situation without bloodshed.