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Old 05-29-2020 | 08:04 PM
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Hope all you rover guys are ok
watching Minneapolis Atlanta New York thugs going crazy.
Hope all your rovers houses and business is ok
 
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Old 05-29-2020 | 10:48 PM
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Yeah, the police are going crazy. But I am sure they will be put back in their place eventually.
 
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Old 05-30-2020 | 02:05 PM
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It's a freaking mess!!! They just had a crazy riot in Houston, and then some folks defaced stuff at the Alamo. The officer that started this mess is 100% at fault along with his buddies. However I also think everyone just standing there recording is also to blame. 30+ bystanders could have got those cops off of that man, but instead most remained quite and filmed it... To me that is just as bad as killing the man. Then you have the people upset tear their own city apart..... I mean Wendys, Auto Zone, and Oreillys Auto Parts just to name a few. What did they have to do with it? Then they mention hurting the people... What do they think all that looting, and burning/destroying small businesses is doing??? The PD has to deal with this kind of stuff on a daily basis no doubt and it's an awful job. I think PD around the world should take care of their own and either rotate them around to different duties or have them take like a month off to desensitize. People talk about PTSD for vets, well most of the PD = vets or they get the same kind of damage done to them mentally. I'm not saying that is what to put the blame on, but the PD = human beings dealing with the bottom end of the food chain 24/7, 365 days a year = it ad's up on a human beings mental state.

The country wide riots reminded me a lot of the 2016 election year. Hitting key cities, and then it finally started to come out that the people doing the riots and damage = weren't even from that state!!!!!! I'm sorry, but any true Texan worth a damn would NEVER in a million years lay a hand on the Alamo!!!! I think this stuff is being brought on and spread to just tear us apart!

When I first saw the video with the man with his knee on the guy on the ground I instantly thought = guy is an *******. Then I instantly thought = guilty of murder no question about it. I never once thought of race/color/creed/sex. I just saw a man killing another man plain and simple. Then the looting of the target = get a life... Target had nothing to do with it.

I guess during the next awful hurricane I can run down to the Houston LR dealership and drive out the showroom glass window in my now well deserved 2020/2021 Defender????? Then stop by a boat store, and steal a 75K ski boat, while leaving a trail of burning gas behind me because well I deserve those things??

Then it instantly turns political..... Which once again has absolutely nothing to do with this situation....

All I know is if I was driving down a street and all the sudden I'm surrounded by 50+ people trying to harm me or my family it's not going to end pretty for some folks. I'm going to drop my LR into 4Lo, and just hit the tall skinny pedal while I reach for my firearm (TX has the castle law and my wife has her CHL). I would not just raise my arms and watch my family get beat up or worse right in front of my eyes over something I had absolutely nothing to do with!!
 
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Old 05-30-2020 | 02:41 PM
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It's a freaking mess!!! They just had a crazy riot in Houston, and then some folks defaced stuff at the Alamo. The officer that started this mess is 100% at fault along with his buddies. However I also think everyone just standing there recording is also to blame. 30+ bystanders could have got those cops off of that man, but instead most remained quite and filmed it... To me that is just as bad as killing the man. Then you have the people upset tear their own city apart..... I mean Wendys, Auto Zone, and Oreillys Auto Parts just to name a few. What did they have to do with it? Then they mention hurting the people... What do they think all that looting, and burning/destroying small businesses is doing??? The PD has to deal with this kind of stuff on a daily basis no doubt and it's an awful job. I think PD around the world should take care of their own and either rotate them around to different duties or have them take like a month off to desensitize. People talk about PTSD for vets, well most of the PD = vets or they get the same kind of damage done to them mentally. I'm not saying that is what to put the blame on, but the PD = human beings dealing with the bottom end of the food chain 24/7, 365 days a year = it ad's up on a human beings mental state.

The country wide riots reminded me a lot of the 2016 election year. Hitting key cities, and then it finally started to come out that the people doing the riots and damage = weren't even from that state!!!!!! I'm sorry, but any true Texan worth a damn would NEVER in a million years lay a hand on the Alamo!!!! I think this stuff is being brought on and spread to just tear us apart!

When I first saw the video with the man with his knee on the guy on the ground I instantly thought = guy is an *******. Then I instantly thought = guilty of murder no question about it. I never once thought of race/color/creed/sex. I just saw a man killing another man plain and simple. Then the looting of the target = get a life... Target had nothing to do with it.

I guess during the next awful hurricane I can run down to the Houston LR dealership and drive out the showroom glass window in my now well deserved 2020/2021 Defender????? Then stop by a boat store, and steal a 75K ski boat, while leaving a trail of burning gas behind me because well I deserve those things??

Then it instantly turns political..... Which once again has absolutely nothing to do with this situation....

All I know is if I was driving down a street and all the sudden I'm surrounded by 50+ people trying to harm me or my family it's not going to end pretty for some folks. I'm going to drop my LR into 4Lo, and just hit the tall skinny pedal while I reach for my firearm (TX has the castle law and my wife has her CHL). I would not just raise my arms and watch my family get beat up or worse right in front of my eyes over something I had absolutely nothing to do with!!

not a bad idea. Don’t wait for the next hurricane I would try that tonight no cops around. Get a car drive in and get that defender lol jokes


the only thing I liked was when they were at the cnn building. They should have burned that ****ty organization down
 
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Old 05-30-2020 | 02:48 PM
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Haha no doubt! I think the LR North dealership still has a Trek Discovery sitting in the showroom haha. Grab that for the wife what the hell right?
 
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Old 05-31-2020 | 03:19 PM
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The looting today is crazy. I would imagine some riot low life people got some nice stuff from melrose and rodeo drive
 
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Old 06-03-2020 | 08:31 AM
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I’ve been waiting for this to happen.
Since the last unrest there have been several cases of unnecessary use of force by the police and investigations would clear them despite clear video evidence showing the police lied about the circumstances. It was inevitable this would happen eventually.

As for the looting and violence, those doing it don’t care about the cause, they just want free stuff and to vent their anger at how much their own life sucks due to their own failure. Scum are scum the world over, the protests are just a cover for them.

The police need to get a handle on things though, having 5th Ave Stores in NYC being looted is a sign they’ve lost control. I couldn’t care less if the scum burn their own neighborhoods though, leave them to it I say.

I feel sorry for the small business owners who’ve lost money due to the necessary shutdown and as soon as opening up starts they get their restaurants and stores vandalized and looted.

As I now live in Texas looks like I’ll be getting my first firearm...
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Old 06-04-2020 | 11:42 AM
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I hear you Here in Canada 🇨🇦 we have what’s called siu to investigate cops but they are pretty useless.
I find cops are put in a bad spot. Most crimes are committed by black people. Here in Canada we have a shooting everyday and it’s 95 % black kids. The organized Italian crime hits they never find the killer. Been a few here in the last few years

some cops do use too much force. But most don’t comply and what does a cop do when you don’t comply ??? He’s gonna get you.
 
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Old 06-04-2020 | 01:05 PM
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I'm 20 minutes south of Liberty University.
The idiots here are after Jerry Falwell Jr. now(school president, founder's son).
Because he said if he had to wear a face mask, per governor's order, that he would only wear a face mask with our pos Va governor Ralph Northram on it...Northram's medical yearbook photo...with a blackface and klansman in it.
I understand that those 2 images are upsetting, but he posted it because pos Ralph, pulled alot of state minority funding from L.U, and to remind people Northram is a racist.
But, now they destroyed things in Lynchburg for a couple days, and had 2 main highways blocked around L.U last night.
Ridculous, Jerry Jr is no racist.
Alot of businesses in downtown Lynchburg(Va) were damaged Sunday night. Including a classic car museum, with a Hemi-Cuda, and split window Vette to name a couple...all now dented with smashed windsheilds and windows.
George Floyd's death is trajic, pointless, and evil, but Antifa and thugs have hijacked the peaceful protesters and are just out for destruction.
 
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