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		<title>96 Percent Of Americans Expect More Civil Unrest In U.S. Cities This Summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2015 02:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Are you ready for rioting, looting and mindless violence in major U.S. cities all summer long?  According to a brand new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, 96 percent of all Americans believe that there will be more civil unrest in America this summer.  That leaves only 4 percent of people that believe that everything will [...]</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://amzn.to/1du0mKn"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8678" src="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Baltimore-Riot-2015-YouTube-Screenshot-300x300.jpg" alt="Baltimore Riot 2015 - YouTube Screenshot" width="300" height="300" /></a>Are you ready for rioting, looting and mindless violence in major U.S. cities all summer long?  According to <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/05/03/u-s-split-along-racial-lines-on-backlash-against-police-poll-finds/">a brand new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll</a>, <strong>96 percent</strong> of all Americans believe that there will be more civil unrest in America this summer.  That leaves only 4 percent of people that believe that everything will be just fine.  In this day and age, it is virtually impossible to get 96 percent of Americans to agree on <strong>anything</strong>.  So the fact that just about everyone agrees that we are going to see more civil unrest should really tell you something.  The anger that has been building under the surface for so many years in this country has finally started to erupt.  If you have been following my website for a while, you know that this is something that I have been warning about <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/tag/civil-unrest">for a very long time</a>.  Many people may have thought that I was exaggerating when I talked about the civil unrest that was coming to American cities.  But I was not exaggerating at all.  In fact, if anything I was downplaying it.  In the years to come, we are going to see things happen in our cities that are going to absolutely shock the world.</p>
<p>Ever since the violence first erupted in Baltimore, what has surprised me more than anything has been the level of hate that I am seeing all over the Internet.  I am seeing white people openly proclaim how much they hate black people.  I am seeing black people openly proclaim how much they hate white people.  I am seeing things said about the police that are absolutely horrifying.  Yes, there has been a tremendous amount of police brutality in this nation.  In fact, I have been one of the leaders <a href="http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/why-have-police-in-america-turned-into-such-ruthless-thugs">in writing about it</a>.  But most police officers are just trying to serve their communities the very best that they can.  So why is there so much hate for anyone that is a police officer these days?</p>
<p>If all of this hate continues to grow, it is going to eat our nation alive.  Why can&#8217;t we just learn to forgive one another, love one another and work together to rebuild our once great nation?</p>
<p>I know that what I just said is going to mostly fall on deaf ears.  But it needs to be said.</p>
<p>I wish that we could change course as a nation and avoid all of the rioting, looting and senseless violence that is coming.  Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t see that happening, <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/05/03/u-s-split-along-racial-lines-on-backlash-against-police-poll-finds/">and neither does the rest of the country</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Americans are bracing for a summer of racial disturbances around the country, such as those that have wracked Baltimore, with African Americans and whites deeply divided about why the urban violence has occurred, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found.</p>
<p><strong>A resounding 96% of adults surveyed said it was likely there would be additional racial disturbances this summer</strong>, a signal that Americans believe Baltimore’s recent problems aren’t a local phenomenon but instead are symptomatic of broader national problems.</p></blockquote>
<p>What happened in Ferguson set the precedent, and now what has happened in Baltimore has provided the spark for a national movement.  Similar &#8220;demonstrations&#8221; are popping up all over the nation, and a number of them have already turned violent.</p>
<p>For example, check out what happened <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/baltimore-unrest/may-day-protests-demonstrators-march-major-cities-amid-freddie-gray-n352216">in Seattle</a> on Friday night&#8230;</p>
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<p id="ember836" class="ember-view">Demonstrations turned violent in Seattle after night fell, with police reporting that protesters hurled rocks and wrenches at officers and damaged 25 vehicles. Police reported that an &#8220;explosive device&#8221; was thrown at officers, and a trash bin was pushed down a hill toward police.</p>
<p id="ember837" class="ember-view">Three officers were injured, two seriously enough that they were taken to a hospital, Seattle police said on Twitter. At least 16 people were arrested Friday night, police said.</p>
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<p class="ember-view">And just down the coast <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/baltimore-unrest/may-day-protests-demonstrators-march-major-cities-amid-freddie-gray-n352216">in Portland</a>, we also witnessed some very ugly violence&#8230;</p>
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<p id="ember889" class="ember-view">One Portland, Oregon, police officer was injured by a protester, according to police. Portland Police reported on Twitter that protesters were throwing &#8220;projectiles&#8221; and &#8220;incendiary devices&#8221; at officers.</p>
<p id="ember890" class="ember-view">Police used pepper spray on protesters who tried to march on a bridge Friday afternoon and later sheriff&#8217;s deputies used stingballs, filled with tiny rubber balls, on protesters who were throwing chairs at police, according to the department.</p>
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<p>These protesters are just copying what they saw in Baltimore.  And things would not have ever gotten so bad in Baltimore if the police <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/its-official-police-were-ordered-to-stand-down-and-let-the-baltimore-riots-rage-out-of-control">had not been ordered to stand down</a> and let the riots spiral out of control.  Now, we have learned that many police officers were so outraged by this <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2015/05/01/source-baltimore-police-officers-want-to-oust-the-mayor-video/?utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed">that they want Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake</a> to immediately resign&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>During a Baltimore-based radio talk show on Thursday, a man who identified himself as a Baltimore police officer named “Jeff” called into the program and said fellow police officers were organizing to push out the city’s mayor.</p>
<p>“<strong>There is right now over 50 of us officers who are immediately asking for [Baltimore Mayor] Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to step down for what she did to us Monday</strong>,” the caller told WBAL radio host Derek Hunter.</p>
<p>The Baltimore mayor has denied giving “stand down” orders and blamed the media for misinterpreting her comments about providing “a space” for protesters to loot.</p>
<p>“Any other time in my career, if somebody were to throw a brick or a block at me, we would take immediate actions to pull our weapons on them. <strong>Numerous times on Monday when our officers were being injured, our commanders are telling us ‘stand down, stand down.’  You had no idea what it did to us as police officers to sit there</strong>,” said the self-described “21-year veteran” of the Baltimore police department.</p></blockquote>
<p>Scenes of protesters attacking police were broadcast all over the nation, and it was inevitable that we would start to see &#8220;copycat attacks&#8221; against the police start to happen.  In New York City, a plainclothes police officer <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-police-officer-shot-rushed-to-hospital-in-queens-2015-5">was shot in the head</a> on Saturday&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>A plainclothes New York City police officer was shot in the head and critically injured while in an unmarked police car Saturday as he and his partner attempted to stop and question a man they suspected of carrying a gun, officials said.</p>
<p>Officer Brian Moore and his partner, Erik Jansen, noticed Demitrius Blackwell “walking and adjusting an object in his waistband” when they pulled up on him in their car, exchanging words with him before he turned and suddenly fired at least two rounds into the car, police Commissioner William Bratton said.</p>
<p>“The man immediately removed the firearm from his waistband and turned in the direction of the officers and deliberately fired several times at the vehicle, striking Officer Moore in the head,” Bratton said at a press conference at a Queens hospital. The 25-year-old Moore was undergoing surgery but listed in stable condition.</p></blockquote>
<p>We are seeing the same thing when it comes to racially-motivated violence.  This is something that we witnessed in Baltimore, and now all over the nation people are being attacked just because of the color of their skin.</p>
<p>For instance, one young man in California attacked a random passerby <a href="http://ktla.com/2015/04/29/fontana-man-charged-with-hate-crime-in-alleged-unprovoked-baseball-bat-beating-in-rialto/">with a baseball bat</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>A Fontana man accused of beating a passerby with a bat in an apparently random attack in Rialto, leaving the victim with life-threatening injuries that he was not expected to survive, was charged Wednesday with attempted murder allegedly committed as a hate crime.</p>
<p>Jeremiah Ajani Bell, 22, was <a href="http://ktla.com/2015/04/28/man-arrested-in-alleged-random-attack-on-passerby-with-baseball-bat-in-rialto/" target="_blank">arrested Monday</a>, a day after a daylight assault on 54-year-old Armando Barron, who was walking down the street when he was attacked.</p></blockquote>
<p>So why did this happen?  Well, apparently it was because the passerby <a href="http://ktla.com/2015/04/29/fontana-man-charged-with-hate-crime-in-alleged-unprovoked-baseball-bat-beating-in-rialto/">had the wrong skin color</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>“It appears he was targeting anybody who wasn’t black,” Rialto police Detective Sgt. Paul Stella said Wednesday.</p></blockquote>
<p>We witnessed an even more disturbing example of racially-motivated violence just the other day <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2015/05/9-1-1-terror-as-black-mob-rampages-in-charleston/">in South Carolina</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Witnesses and police say a mob of 60 black teens took to the streets of Charleston, South Carolina, to unleash attacks <strong>on unsuspecting drivers and pedestrians</strong>, all but one of whom were white.</p></blockquote>
<p>And of course police in some areas of the country are also using unnecessary violence.  Just consider what happened to a group of peaceful protesters <a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/shocking-video-shows-paramilitary-police-dousing-protesters-with-pepper-spray-in-denver-threatening-them-with-assault-rifles.html">in Denver</a> on Wednesday&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>With much of the nation focused on the police abuse protests happening in Baltimore and New York City, the Denver police and their actions against a group of protesters on Wednesday has largely gone unnoticed.</p>
<p>But police were dressed for war. Paramilitary style. And they weren’t going home without using a few cans of pepper spray and filling up a paddy wagon.</p>
<p>Video that surfaced shows a group of about 100 protesters walking the streets of downtown Denver where they were met with line of motorcycle cops who forced the group on to the sidewalk.  One overzealous officer can be seen breaking away from the pack chasing down pedestrians, using his motorcycle as a large weapon.</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s war on the streets of America, and this is only just the beginning.</p>
<p>As we enter the next major <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/16-signs-that-the-economy-has-stalled-out-and-the-next-economic-downturn-is-here">economic downturn</a>, people are going to become angrier and even more desperate.  And desperate people do desperate things.  The next few years are not going to be a good time to be living in urban areas.  Even if you only have peace and love in your heart, that doesn&#8217;t mean that you won&#8217;t get caught in the crossfire as the violence escalates.</p>
<p>For years, most of our politicians have been preaching hate and division.  For years, the mainstream media has been preaching hate and division.  For years, Hollywood has been preaching hate and division.</p>
<p>Now we have a nation that is deeply, deeply divided and that is filled with hate.</p>
<p>Things didn&#8217;t have to turn out this way, but they did.  I hope that you are <a href="http://amzn.to/1du0mKn">getting ready</a> for what comes next.</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Official: Police Were Ordered To Stand Down And Let The Baltimore Riots Rage Out Of Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>We now have official confirmation that the rioting in Baltimore on Monday was purposely allowed to spiral out of control.  Up until now, there had been some unconfirmed reports that police in Baltimore had been ordered to &#8220;stand down&#8221; during the riots, but nobody had been willing to come forward and go on the record.  [...]</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.prophecyclubresources.com/ECONOMIC-COLLAPSE-WWIII-DEATH-OF-AMERICA-MICHAEL-SNYDER/productinfo/MS-ECW01/"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8669" src="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Baltimore-Riot-Police-Public-Domain-300x300.jpg" alt="Baltimore Riot Police - Public Domain" width="300" height="300" /></a>We now have official confirmation that the rioting in Baltimore on Monday was purposely allowed to spiral out of control.  Up until now, there had been some unconfirmed reports that police in Baltimore had been ordered to &#8220;stand down&#8221; during the riots, but nobody had been willing to come forward and go on the record.  Now that has all changed.  Michael Lewis is the Sheriff of Wicomico County, Maryland and what he has to say is absolutely jaw dropping.  When he saw what was happening in Baltimore, he gathered up some of his fellow officers and drove down to the city to help.  But when he got there, he says that all of the police were being ordered not to take any action and to let the rioters destroy property.  Lewis made this astounding claim during a discussion <a href="http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/04/30/sheriff-michael-lewis-on-the-stand-down-orders-given-to-city-officers/">on a Baltimore radio station</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>A Maryland sheriff who traveled to Baltimore to help law enforcement stop Monday’s riots told 105.7 The Fan that <strong>he was stunned when officers alerted him of the orders to stand down</strong>.</p></blockquote>
<p>Lewis says that he never heard the mayor give any particular orders, but he is very clear about the fact that the police were being instructed to &#8220;stand down&#8221; and to &#8220;<a href="http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/04/30/sheriff-michael-lewis-on-the-stand-down-orders-given-to-city-officers/">let them destroy property</a>&#8220;&#8230;.</p>
<blockquote><p>“I was sick to my stomach like everybody else. … This was urban warfare, no question about it. They were coming in absolutely beaten down. The [city officers] got out of their vehicles, thanked us profusely for being there, apologized to us for having to be there. They said we could have handled this, we were very capable of handling this, <strong>but we were told to stand down, repeatedly told to stand down</strong>,” he said. “I had never heard that order come from anyone — we went right out to our posts as soon as we got there, so I never heard the mayor say that. But repeatedly these guys, and there were many high-ranking officials from the Baltimore City Police Department … and <strong>these guys told me they were essentially neutered from the start</strong>. They were spayed from the start. <strong>They were told to stand down, you will not take any action, let them destroy property</strong>. I couldn’t believe it, I’m a 31-year veteran of law enforcement. … <strong>I had never heard anything like this before in my life</strong> and these guys obviously aren’t gonna speak out and the more I thought about this, … I had to say a few things. I apologize if I’ve upset people, but I believe in saying it like it is.”</p></blockquote>
<p>The claims made by Lewis seem to be confirmed by &#8220;a senior law enforcement source&#8221; quoted by Fox News.  And this &#8220;senior law enforcement source&#8221; says that the order to stand down <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2015/04/29/fox-report-baltimore-mayor-ordered-police-to-stand-down-and-let-them-loot-video/">came directly from the mayor</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Fox News is reporting — citing a senior law enforcement source who spoke with correspondent Leland Vittert — that <strong>Democratic Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake ordered police to allow rioters to loot stores Monday night, saying, “Let them loot, it’s only property</strong>.”</p>
<p>“This is coming from a very senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the orders that were given by the mayor and by her police commanders, down to the very core of the police riot units,” Vittert said on “Your World with Neil Cavuto” Wednesday afternoon. “What I am quoting now from him is, quoting the mayor, ‘<strong>Let them loot, it’s only property</strong>.’”</p></blockquote>
<p>If this is true, this is not just a minor scandal.  If what these law enforcement officers are saying is accurate, this is a scandal of monumental proportions.</p>
<p>And could it be possible that the scandal goes even higher?  Did Rawlings-Blake speak to anyone before making this decision?  Could the Obama administration be involved somehow?</p>
<p>In a previous article entitled &#8220;<a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/12-unanswered-questions-about-the-baltimore-riots-that-they-dont-want-us-to-ask">12 Unanswered Questions About The Baltimore Riots That They Don’t Want Us To Ask</a>&#8220;, I noted that Rawlings-Blake has very close ties to the Obama administration.  Could it be possible that Rawlings-Blake was told to order the police to stand down by someone in the White House?</p>
<p>What we do know at this point is that after public schools were let out on Monday afternoon, high school kids were <a href="http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/are-we-being-psychologically-conditioned-to-accept-martial-law-in-america">forced to get off of buses</a> and herded into the Mondawmin mall area where the &#8220;purge&#8221; that had been hyped on social media was supposed to take place.</p>
<p>We also know that police dressed in full riot gear were waiting for them.</p>
<p>But then once the rioting started, the police pulled back and let it rage wildly out of control.</p>
<p>This all seems very orchestrated to me.</p>
<p>And were they specifically ordered to not even defend their own police vehicles?  On Monday afternoon, there were lots of police vehicles conveniently parked along the streets right in the middle of the riot zones.  But the police officers that those vehicles belonged to were nowhere to be seen.  So why didn&#8217;t the police protect their own vehicles?  This all seems very strange.</p>
<p>Dramatic images of police vehicles being smashed and burning wildly have now been seen by hundreds of millions of people all over the planet, and those images send a very powerful message.</p>
<p>Of course the biggest victims in all of this are the impoverished African-American communities where the worst of the rioting took place.  The police were ordered to stand down while these African-American neighborhoods were vandalized, looted and set on fire.  Many businesses that were destroyed will choose to never rebuild, and many others that did survive will flee as soon as they can.  In the end, those neighborhoods will be much worse off than they were before.</p>
<p>So did mayor Rawlings-Blake (or someone above her) purposely betray those communities?</p>
<p>The American people deserve some answers, because this is a very big deal.</p>
<p>First we saw this happen in Ferguson, and now it has happened in Baltimore.</p>
<p>When riots and looting break out where <strong>you</strong> live, will the police be ordered to &#8220;stand down&#8221; as well?</p>
<p>Chaos has come to America, and it is only going to get worse.  I hope that you are getting prepared for what comes next.</p>
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		<title>Why I Wouldn&#8217;t Want To Be A Police Officer In America Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 02:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/why-i-wouldnt-want-to-be-a-police-officer-in-america-today/police-public-domain" rel="attachment wp-att-8453"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8453" src="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Police-Public-Domain-300x300.jpg" alt="Police - Public Domain" width="300" height="300" /></a>Can you imagine going to work each day knowing that there are lots of people out there that would love to see you dead?  Despite what a lot of Americans may think, it takes real courage to be a police officer in this country today.  Every time you put on that uniform and walk out the front door, it might be the very last time that you ever see your spouse and family.  Yes, there is a whole lot of needless police brutality in the United States in 2015, and I am going to address that later in this article.  But most police officers are just regular people that are trying to do their jobs and serve their communities.  And on Wednesday, we got a reminder of just how dangerous those jobs can be.  At around midnight on Wednesday, two Ferguson police officers were ambushed.  A 32-year-old officer named Webster Groves was shot just beneath his right eye, and another 41-year-old officer was hit in the shoulder.  Sadly, this is probably only just the beginning.  Racial tensions continue to escalate, and we are <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/guess-what-happened-the-last-two-times-the-sp-500-was-up-more-than-200-in-six-years">on the verge of a great financial crisis</a> which will cause economic conditions in our cities to deteriorate rapidly.  By the end of this decade, I fully expect civil unrest, rioting, looting and mindless violence to become commonplace in large cities all across America.  In such an environment, it will be extremely dangerous to be a police officer.</p>
<p>The good news for the two police officers that got shot in Ferguson is that it looks like they are going to be okay.</p>
<p>But the same cannot be said for many other police officers that have been ambushed over the past year.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/30/justice/officer-ambush-attacks-increase/">CNN</a>, the number of police officers that were shot to death increased <strong>by more than 50 percent</strong> in 2014&#8230;</p>
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<p class="zn-body__paragraph">The number of law enforcement officers shot to death in the line of duty is up by more than 50% this year, and the leading method of those shootings was ambush-style attack.</p>
<p class="zn-body__paragraph">That&#8217;s according to the nonprofit Washington-based National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, which released <a href="http://www.nleomf.org/assets/pdfs/reports/Preliminary-2014-Officer-Fatalities-Report.pdf" target="_blank">its findings Tuesday</a>.</p>
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<p>And like I said, this is probably only just the beginning.</p>
<p>Sadly, a whole lot more police are going to die before this is all over.</p>
<p>You can try to blame this latest incident in Ferguson on a &#8220;deranged individual&#8221; if you want, but I think that the reactions that we saw on social media to these police shootings say a whole lot about where we are as a country.</p>
<p>In the immediate aftermath of the shootings, a lot of people <strong>were actually celebrating</strong>.  The following is a sampling of comments  <a href="http://www.infowars.com/ferguson-supporters-celebrate-shooting-of-police-officers/">from Twitter</a>&#8230;</p>
<p>-#ChiefJackson steps down and two pigs get shot? Best day #Ferguson has had in years</p>
<p>-im glad 2 pigs wounded in #Ferguson lol</p>
<p>-#Ferguson kill the pigs</p>
<p>-serves those two pigs right, i hope organized public militancy continues #ferguson</p>
<p>-#Ferguson pigs shouldnt grab ppl; thugs deserved it. Wish it was #DarrenWilson. Sound familiar? #MichaelBrown #VonderittMyers #AntonioMartin</p>
<p>-Racist cops shot not gonna cry 4 pigs #Ferguson</p>
<p>-I heard two pigs in #Ferguson got shot? We&#8217;re they left on the ground bleeding out and dead like Mike Brown?</p>
<p>-hopefully they&#8217;ll be off the street for a long time. two less pigs out harassing &amp; kidnapping people. #Ferguson</p>
<p>Could you imagine trying to be a police officer in Ferguson in this kind of environment?</p>
<p>And it isn&#8217;t as if we didn&#8217;t see this coming.  Just consider an excerpt from an article that I authored a while back entitled &#8220;<a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/war-streets-america">It’s WAR On The Streets Of America</a>&#8220;&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>The mainstream media and many national leaders on the left end of the spectrum have been stirring up strife and division for months on end.  So now a toxic environment has been created <strong>which is inevitably going to lead to even more violence</strong>.  At some recent “protest marches”, we have heard demonstrators enthusiastically chant extremely threatening slogans such as this: “<a title="What do we want? Dead cops!" href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/12/13/al-sharpton-leads-thousands-in-saturday-march-on-washington-dc/" target="_blank">What do we want? Dead cops!</a>”  And when news broke that Ismaaiyl Brinsley had brutally murdered two NYPD police officers, lots of very twisted people on Twitter <a title="were actually celebrating" href="http://dailycaller.com/2014/12/20/monsters-people-take-to-twitter-to-celebrate-nypd-murders/" target="_blank">were actually celebrating</a>.</p></blockquote>
<p>The sick thing is that there are a lot of people out there that actually want to turn this into a full-blown war.  Some want a race war, some want a &#8220;war on cops&#8221;, and others just seem to want a general excuse for crime, looting and mayhem.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, if I am right, this is just a small preview of what we can expect in the years ahead.  Just like we have witnessed in Ferguson, I anticipate that we will eventually see a number of our larger cities burn.</p>
<p>And it never had to be this way.</p>
<p>Why can&#8217;t we all just love, respect and honor one another?</p>
<p>Yes, police brutality in the United States is wildly out of control.  In many areas of the nation, police officers are actually <strong>trained</strong> to bark orders, act like thugs and physically abuse people at the drop of a hat.  Our entire culture of policing needs to change.</p>
<p>I think that John W. Whitehead put it very aptly <a href="https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/youre_either_a_cop_or_little_people_the_american_police_state_in_2014">in one of his recent commentaries</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>For those of us who have managed to survive 2014 with our lives intact and our freedoms hanging by a thread, it has been a year of crackdowns, clampdowns, shutdowns, showdowns, shootdowns, standdowns, knockdowns, putdowns, breakdowns, lockdowns, takedowns, slowdowns, meltdowns, and never-ending letdowns.</p>
<p>We’ve been held up, stripped down, faked out, photographed, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/01/17/nsa_surveillance_reform_every_scary_weird_thing_we_know_the_agency_can_do.html">frisked, fracked, hacked, tracked, cracked</a></span>, intercepted, accessed, spied on, zapped, mapped, searched, shot at, tasered, tortured, tackled, trussed up, tricked, lied to, labeled, libeled, leered at, shoved aside, saddled with debt not of our own making, sold a bill of goods about national security, tuned out by those representing us, tossed aside, and taken to the cleaners.</p>
<p>As I point out in my book <a href="http://amzn.to/1NQIVRW"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State</em></span></a>, we’ve had our freedoms turned inside out, our democratic structure flipped upside down, and our house of cards left in a shambles.</p>
<p>We’ve had our children burned by flashbang grenades, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.change.org/p/ardmore-police-department-justice-for-cali?share_id=mSaXZTnlHU&amp;utm_campaign=autopublish&amp;utm_medium=facebook&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;v=control&amp;x=%7Eopen_graph_autopublish_experiment">our dogs shot</a></span>, and our old folks hospitalized after <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/swat-raid-casualties">“<span style="text-decoration: underline;">accidental” encounters with marauding SWAT teams</span></a>. We’ve <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://rt.com/usa/court-upholds-laptop-border-searches-041/">been told that as citizens we have no rights within 100 miles of our own border</a></span>, now considered “Constitution-free zones.” We’ve had our faces filed in government databases, our <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140916/09090628533/fbi-rolls-out-biometric-database-schedule-accompanying-privacy-impact-assessment-still-nowhere-to-be-found.shtml">biometrics crosschecked</a></span> against criminal databanks, and our <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/technology/when-no-one-is-just-a-face-in-the-crowd.html">consumerist tendencies catalogued</a></span> for future marketing overtures.</p></blockquote>
<p>Now a large segment of our population either detests the police or is extremely fearful of ever dealing with them.</p>
<p>Is that a recipe for a healthy society?</p>
<p>Police brutality has become a permanent part of our culture, and that has <strong>got</strong> to change.  If it doesn&#8217;t, protests against the police are going to get worse and worse.</p>
<p>But what most protesters don&#8217;t seem to understand is that we actually <strong>need</strong> the police.</p>
<p>Without the police, our society would descend into utter chaos very rapidly.  Thanks to unchecked illegal immigration, there are approximately 1.4 million gang members roaming our cities now.  And the moral decay that we see all around us is getting worse with each passing year.  We are a nation that is absolutely teeming with addicts, sickos, perverts and psychopaths.  I don&#8217;t even want to imagine what our society would look like without police.</p>
<p>Like I said, most police officers are just average people that are trying to do their jobs and serve their communities.</p>
<p>Unfortunately for them, their jobs are becoming a lot more difficult and a lot more dangerous.</p>
<p>So what do you think?  Please feel free to share your thoughts by posting a comment below&#8230;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Make no mistake &#8211; there is now a state of open warfare on the streets of America.  Earlier this year it was being reported that the number of police officers killed on the job was up 40 percent in 2014, and that was before all of the civil unrest caused by the deaths of Michael [...]</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/war-streets-america/its-war-on-the-streets-of-america" rel="attachment wp-att-8139"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8139" src="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Its-War-On-The-Streets-of-America-300x300.png" alt="It's War On The Streets of America" width="300" height="300" /></a>Make no mistake &#8211; there is now a state of open warfare on the streets of America.  Earlier this year it was being reported that the number of police officers killed on the job was up <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/06/15/number-police-officers-killed-on-job-up-40-percent-over-last-year/">40 percent</a> in 2014, and that was before all of the civil unrest caused by the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.  At this point, attacks on police officers are becoming a frequent occurrence all over the country, but no incident has stunned the nation as much as the &#8220;execution-style&#8221; murder of two NYPD officers on Saturday by a radical Islamic gunman identified as Ismaaiyl Brinsley.  Just prior to the attack, Brinsley posted a message on Instagram in which he declared that he was &#8220;putting wings on pigs today&#8221;.  Many would like to dismiss this as an &#8220;isolated incident&#8221; and pretend that everything is just fine in America, but that is not the truth.  The reality of the matter is that anti-police sentiment in this country is at an all-time high, and the level of anger and frustration in our increasingly radicalized urban communities has reached a boiling point.  As economic conditions <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/hope-understanding-great-economic-collapse-coming">continue to deteriorate</a> and police tactics become even more brutal in the years ahead, the kind of rioting, looting and senseless violence that we witnessed in Ferguson is going to become commonplace in major cities all over the United States.</p>
<p>The mainstream media and many national leaders on the left end of the spectrum have been stirring up strife and division for months on end.  So now a toxic environment has been created which is inevitably going to lead to even more violence.  At some recent &#8220;protest marches&#8221;, we have heard demonstrators enthusiastically chant extremely threatening slogans such as this: &#8220;<a href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/12/13/al-sharpton-leads-thousands-in-saturday-march-on-washington-dc/">What do we want? Dead cops!</a>&#8221;  And when news broke that Ismaaiyl Brinsley had brutally murdered two NYPD police officers, lots of very twisted people on Twitter <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2014/12/20/monsters-people-take-to-twitter-to-celebrate-nypd-murders/">were actually celebrating</a>.</p>
<p>We are moving into a period of time when it is going to be extraordinarily difficult to be a police officer in America.  I couldn&#8217;t even imagine going to work every day knowing that you could become the next target at any time.</p>
<p>Yes, there have been lots of abuses.  In fact, I have written dozens of articles <a href="http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/category/big-brother">about the emerging Big Brother police state in America</a>.  In many areas of the country today, our police officers are actually being trained to be physically brutal, to bark orders at ordinary citizens and to treat everyone around them like dirt.  This culture of brutality and oppression filters down from the very top, and so ultimately the root of the problem is at the federal level.</p>
<p>But most police officers that are serving our local communities are just average people trying to do their jobs.  Without the police, crime would be wildly out of control.  So I am very thankful for the police in my local area.  I sleep better at night knowing that they are there.</p>
<p>And the reality of the matter is that we have made their jobs so much tougher.  Thanks to unchecked illegal immigration, there are now approximately <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/gangs">1.4 million members</a> of criminal gangs living in our cities.  And the Obama administration is allowing the UN to import <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/u-n-sending-thousands-of-muslims-to-america/">thousands of Muslim radicals</a> to communities all over the nation.  The police have to deal with well-armed threats that they simply did not have to face 40 or 50 years ago.  Our society is becoming increasingly unstable, and the police have to contend with the bleeding edge of that instability day after day.</p>
<p>So Ismaaiyl Brinsley did not appear out of a vacuum.  Even though the mainstream media is playing this angle down, the truth is that Ismaaiyl Brinsley was probably a member of an extremely violent criminal gang, and he was most definitely a radical Muslim.</p>
<p>According to his Facebook page, Brinsley spoke Arabic, and he also posted extreme passages <a href="http://www.infowars.com/nypd-cop-killer-inspired-by-isis/">from the Koran</a>.  The following is one example&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/war-streets-america/ismaaiyl-brinsley-facebook" rel="attachment wp-att-8138"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-8138" src="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ismaaiyl-brinsley-facebook-425x566.jpg" alt="ismaaiyl-brinsley-facebook" width="425" height="566" /></a></p>
<p>And as I mentioned above, his most famous message on social media was actually shared on Instagram&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/war-streets-america/ismaaiyl-brinsley-instagram-post" rel="attachment wp-att-8137"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-8137" src="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ismaaiyl-brinsley-instagram-post-425x637.jpg" alt="ismaaiyl-brinsley-instagram-post" width="425" height="637" /></a></p>
<p>But Brinsley was not just a Muslim radical.  According to <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/did-leftist-gang-send-new-yorks-cop-killer/?cat_orig=us">Aaron Klein of WND</a>, there is also evidence that he was a member of a particularly violent gang known as the Black Guerilla Family&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>The gang to which NYPD cop killer Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley may have belonged, the Black Guerilla Family, is allied with U.S. leftist groups and worked as an ideological partner with Bill Ayers’ Weather Underground terrorist organization.</p></blockquote>
<p>Apparently, this gang <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/did-leftist-gang-send-new-yorks-cop-killer/?cat_orig=us">dominated the prison</a> where Brinsley once spent time&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>The New York Daily News reported investigators went to Baltimore to probe Brinsley’s ties to the Black Guerrilla Family, which dominates the Maryland prison where Brinsley spent time. The BGF is an African-American Marxist revolutionary organization that seeks the overthrow of the U.S. government.</p>
<p>Numerous Baltimore media outlets confirmed law-enforcement officials are probing the BGF link.</p></blockquote>
<p>And is it just a coincidence that the FBI issued a memo on Friday warning that the BGF was targeting <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-co-owings-mills-shooting-20141220-story.html#page=1">&#8220;white cops&#8221;?</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>On Friday, the Baltimore FBI office issued a memo that the Black Guerrilla Family gang was targeting &#8220;white cops&#8221; in Maryland, an agency spokeswoman confirmed. The memo, circulating among officers, said a contact who had given reliable information in the past said members of the gang — connected to the high-profile corruption scandal at the Baltimore City Detention Center — were planning to target white officers to &#8220;send a message.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>There are a lot more radicals out there just like Brinsley.</p>
<p>And thanks to the toxic environment that now exists in this country, it is inevitable that there will be a lot more violence.</p>
<p>As this war escalates, we could eventually see pandemonium in major cities from coast to coast.</p>
<p>If you are not convinced that this is a war, perhaps you should heed the words of the NYPD’s union.  The following is an excerpt from an alert <a href="http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/nypd-union-wartime-dept/2014/12/20/id/614270/">that was just released</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Starting IMMEDIATELY: At least two units are to respond to EVERY call, no matter the condition or severity, no matter what type of job is pending, or what the opinion of the patrol supervisor happens to be.</p>
<p>IN ADDITION: Absolutely NO enforcement action in the form of arrests and or summonses is to be taken unless absolutely necessary and an individual MUST be placed under arrest.</p>
<p>These are precautions that were taken in the 1970&#8217;s when police officers were ambushed and executed on a regular basis.</p>
<p>The mayor’s hands are literally dripping with our blood because of his words actions and policies and <strong>we have, for the first time in a number of years, become a ‘wartime’ police department. We will act accordingly.</strong></p>
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<p>Sadly, I believe that they are right.</p>
<p>In fact, if it wasn&#8217;t for <a href="http://nypost.com/2014/12/21/man-aimed-gun-in-cops-face-pulled-trigger-officials/">an empty gun</a>, a third NYPD police officer would have lost his life this past weekend&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>A third cop narrowly escaped with his life Saturday night when a suspect pointed a gun directly at the officer’s head and pulled the trigger in The Bronx — not realizing it was empty.</p>
<p>Cops went to East 140th Street in Mott Haven at 9 p.m. on reports of a man shooting out windows with a .357 caliber revolver.</p>
<p>They spotted the suspect, identified as Raymond Leonardo, 18, and ordered him to drop the gun. Instead, he took point blank aim at one of the officers, officials said.</p>
<p>When the gun didn’t work, he put it in his pocket and ran. Cops tackled him a few blocks away.</p></blockquote>
<p>Something has fundamentally shifted in this country.</p>
<p>I fear that this is only just the beginning of the war on the streets of America.</p>
<p>Hopefully I am wrong.</p>
<p>But I don&#8217;t believe that I am.</p>
<p>So what do you think?</p>
<p>Please feel free to add to the discussion by posting a comment below&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Ferguson Is A Perfect Example Of How Quickly The Streets Of America Can Descend Into Chaos</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Snyder]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Rioting, looting, burning down stores and shooting police officers &#8211; is this about to become the &#8220;new normal&#8221; in America?  What we just witnessed happen in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri is a prime example of how quickly the streets of America can descend into chaos.  There is so much anger and frustration in this [...]</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/ferguson-is-a-perfect-example-of-how-quickly-the-streets-of-america-can-descend-into-chaos/ferguson-riots" rel="attachment wp-att-7655"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7655" alt="Ferguson Riots" src="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Ferguson-Riots-300x300.jpg" width="300" height="300" /></a>Rioting, looting, burning down stores and shooting police officers &#8211; is this about to become the &#8220;new normal&#8221; in America?  What we just witnessed happen in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri is a prime example of how quickly the streets of America can descend into chaos.  There is so much anger and frustration in this country, especially among our young people, that all it takes is a &#8220;trigger event&#8221; to spark a wildfire.  In this case, it was the shooting of an unarmed black teen by a police officer.  According to the police, 18-year-old Michael Brown got into a physical altercation with an officer and was subsequently shot.  Word spread quickly throughout the community, and protests were rapidly organized.  But the protests didn&#8217;t stay peaceful.  People started chanting &#8220;kill the police&#8221; and throwing rocks and bottles.  Store windows were smashed, the looting began, and people went absolutely crazy.  And it wasn&#8217;t just a few people that were doing the looting.  Huge mobs of people looted stores all over Ferguson.  At one point an ATM was even dragged out of a QuikTrip gas station and a while after that the store was set on fire.  But this is what happens when things descend into chaos.  The owners of those stores didn&#8217;t have anything to do with the shooting of Michael Brown, but the violence got directed at them anyway.  And someday when we see similar scenes erupt in major cities all over the nation, it won&#8217;t matter what your political beliefs are.  You just better not be in the wrong place at the wrong time.</p>
<p>Ferguson is a little town just outside of St. Louis with a population of about 21,000 people.  You wouldn&#8217;t think that it would be possible to see such massive rioting in such a small community.  But that is precisely what happened.  On Monday, millions of Americans were absolutely mesmerized by the images coming out of Ferguson.  The following is how <a href="http://www.kmov.com/special-coverage-001/Reports-Ferguson-protests-turn-violent-270697451.html">one news source</a> described what happened&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Brian Schellman, with the St. Louis County Police Department, said close to 300 police officers from at least 15 different departments were called to Ferguson when angry mobs began smashing windows, setting fires and looting businesses in the area.</p>
<p>Schellman said a St. Louis County officer injured his knee while at a Foot Locker store during the rioting. He said another officer was injured when he had a brick thrown at him.</p>
<p>Throughout the evening, numerous cop cars sustained damage and Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson said someone in a yellow pickup truck fired shots at officers while circling a WalMart parking lot.  Chief Jackson said he got into a cop car to give chase to the truck but the truck got away.</p>
<p>Police said shots were also fired at a police helicopter in the area.</p></blockquote>
<p>But words do not really accurately convey the level of craziness that was unleashed.  I would encourage you to watch some of the videos on YouTube of the rioting and looting that were going on in Ferguson.  The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS3PIRh7SBA">video posted below</a> is just one example&#8230;</p>
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<p>Sadly, this violence might continue for a while.</p>
<p>Just check out what one very angry 30-year-old man told <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/clean-up-calm-monday-morning-after-violent-night-in-ferguson/article_f9d627dc-e3c8-5bde-b2ab-7f0a3d36a083.html#.U-jTsceScBk.facebook">the St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>DeAndre Smith, 30, of Ferguson was happy to justify the looting when a reporter asked him about it Monday morning.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is exactly <strong>what is supposed to be happening</strong> when an injustice is happening in your community,&#8221; he said, adding: &#8220;You have kids getting killed for nothing.&#8221;</p>
<p>Smith, who moved to St. Louis from New York in December, said there could be more to come.</p>
<p>&#8220;<strong>I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s over honestly</strong>,&#8221; he said. &#8220;<strong>I just think they got a taste of what fighting back means</strong>.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Of course this is not the first time that we have seen this kind of thing happen.  Earlier this year, all it took was a snow storm for people in Atlanta to start behaving <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/it-doesnt-take-much-for-people-to-start-behaving-like-crazed-lunatics">like crazed lunatics</a>.  And late last year we saw <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-coming-food-stamp-riots">rioting and looting all over the nation</a> when a technical glitch caused the EBT system to go down for a short while.</p>
<p>Even though the economy has somewhat stabilized (at least for the moment), levels of anger and frustration have continued to grow in this country.  We have been taught to hate one another and to blame one another for our problems, and so now the U.S. is more divided than at any other point in recent memory.  For much more on this, please see my previous article entitled &#8220;<a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/america-the-divided-everyone-knows-we-have-problems-but-there-is-very-little-agreement-on-solutions">America The Divided: Everyone Knows We Have Problems But There Is Very Little Agreement On Solutions</a>&#8220;.</p>
<p>We live at a time when things are so tense that even a small spark can light an absolutely huge fire.  America has become a tinderbox.  Next time it might not be a racially-charged shooting.  Next time it might be <a href="http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/the-one-question-about-ebola-that-nobody-can-seem-to-answer">an Ebola outbreak</a> that sparks looting and panic.  Or it might be some sort of <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-size-of-the-derivatives-bubble-hanging-over-the-global-economy-hits-a-record-high">financial collapse</a>.  We just don&#8217;t know.</p>
<p>But what we do know is that there are lots and lots of people that are willing to riot and loot and commit unspeakable crimes given the right circumstances.</p>
<p>Decades of social decay have gotten us to the point where the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted every single day is wearing dangerously thin.</p>
<p>The truth is that it is not going to take much to push this nation over the edge.</p>
<p>If this kind of rioting can take place in a community with just over 20,000 people, what would a full-blown riot look like in a city with millions of people?</p>
<p>That is a very sobering thing to think about.</p>
<p>Once upon a time in America, you could leave your doors unlocked at night and you could let your kids play in the streets without ever having to worry.</p>
<p>But now we are a sick, decaying nation that has millions of people ready to riot and loot at the drop of a hat.</p>
<p>Is there any hope for us?</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Will the most divisive campaign in modern American history culminate in massive riots in our major cities?  Right now, supporters of Barack Obama and supporters of Mitt Romney are both pinning all of their hopes on a victory on November 6th.  The race for the presidency is extremely tight, and obviously the side that loses [...]</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/will-the-election-results-cause-massive-riots-to-erupt-all-over-america/will-the-election-results-cause-massive-riots-to-erupt-all-over-america" rel="attachment wp-att-4701"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4701" title="Will The Election Results Cause Massive Riots To Erupt All Over America? - Photo by Mikael Marguerie" src="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Will-The-Election-Results-Cause-Massive-Riots-To-Erupt-All-Over-America-250x166.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="166" /></a>Will the most divisive campaign in modern American history culminate in massive riots in our major cities?  Right now, supporters of Barack Obama and supporters of Mitt Romney are both pinning all of their hopes on a victory on November 6th.  The race for the presidency is extremely tight, and obviously the side that loses is going to be extremely disappointed when the election results are finalized.  But could this actually lead to violence?  Could we actually see rioting in communities all over America?  Well, the conditions are certainly ripe for it.  A whole host of surveys over the past few years have shown that Americans are very angry and very frustrated right now.  In fact, a Pew Research Center poll from late last year found that <a href="http://www.people-press.org/2011/08/25/section-4-anger-and-distrust-in-government/">86 percent</a> of all Americans are either angry or frustrated with the federal government.  We have seen this frustration manifest in protest movements such as the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street, but right now things are fairly calm as liberals and conservatives both look forward to November 6th.  Many Republicans started the countdown to the next election literally the day after John McCain lost back in 2008.  All of their hopes of getting Obama out of the White House are riding on a Romney victory.  For many Democrats, Barack Obama is a &#8220;once in a generation&#8221; icon.  Just the thought of Mitt Romney replacing Obama in the White House is enough to push many of them to the brink of insanity.  In recent years we have seen horrible rioting erupt in cities after major sports championship games.  How much worse could the rioting potentially be if this bitterly contested election is decided by a very narrow margin &#8211; especially if there are allegations that the election is &#8220;stolen&#8221;?</p>
<p>The election is nearly four weeks away, and many Obama supporters are already threatening to riot if Obama loses.  The following are some very disturbing messages that were posted on Twitter recently that have been reposted <a href="http://twitchy.com/2012/10/09/new-civility-obama-supporters-threaten-to-riot-if-romney-wins/">on Twitchy.com</a>&#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8220;If Romney wins I&#8217;m Starting a Riot&#8230;.Who&#8217;s WIT ME???&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I Hope The USA Is Well Aware That If In The Event This Character Romney Wins The Election, The People Will Start A Country Wide Riot! #Power&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If Romney is elected president, its gon be a riot its gon be a riot.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If ROMNEY GETS IN THE WHITE HOUSE &#8230;U MIGHT AS WELL KILL ME NOW &#8230;..CAUSE ITS GONNA BE A ************ RIOT !!!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If Romney became President and took away welfare Downtown Cincinnati would become a riot&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If Romney takes away food stamps 2 Chainzz in this bit IMMA START A RIOT&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If Romney wins. (which i highly doubt) THERE WILL BE A RIOT—&#8221;</p>
<p>The following are a few more tweets that I found which threaten a potential riot if Obama loses the election&#8230;.</p>
<p>From <a href="https://twitter.com/joecools_world/status/256475465613733889">@joecools_world</a>&#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Need 2 come up wit a game plan if Romney win&#8230;. Riot all thru Newark&#8221;</p>
<p>From <a href="https://twitter.com/killacate/status/256492402301362177">@killacate</a>&#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8220;I swear on everything I love if Romney wins ima riot. I don&#8217;t even care if its just me.&#8221;</p>
<p>Romney supporters are not really threatening to riot, but many of them are proclaiming that they may leave the country if Obama wins.  Here are some examples&#8230;.</p>
<p>From <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentskiTheBoss/status/253666802998059008">@BrentskiTheBoss</a>&#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8220;If Obama gets reelected I may leave the country&#8221;</p>
<p>From <a href="https://twitter.com/AbbieFickes/status/253651396736450560">@AbbieFickes</a>&#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8220;im sorry but if obama were to win again, i might as well leave the country and live in zimbabwe&#8221;</p>
<p>This presidential campaign has been getting increasingly heated, and individuals on both sides have been committing some despicable acts.</p>
<p>For example, in a previous article <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/28-good-questions-that-the-mainstream-media-should-be-asking">I mentioned</a> that some Romney campaign signs down in Virgina <a title="being smeared with excrement" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/oct/9/romney-signs-defaced-excrement-virginia/" target="_blank">have been smeared with excrement</a>.</p>
<p>Over in Ohio, a huge pile of manure was dumped right in front of Warren County Democratic headquarters <a href="http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2012/10/11/pile-of-manure-dumped-on-an-ohio-democratic-headquarters/">early on Tuesday morning</a>&#8230;.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Volunteers at the Warren County Democratic headquarters, just north of Cincinnati, were shocked and disappointed by a political prank unloaded on them early Tuesday morning – someone dumped a pile of horse manure in the parking lot of the headquarters building on US 42, just north of Lebanon.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>It appears that both sides have resorted to literally slinging crap around.</p>
<p>There is so much hate in America today, and this campaign is bringing a lot of it to the surface.  It is even being reported that a bus driver told a 12-year-old boy that he <a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/10/bus-driver-tells-12-year-old-he-should-have-been-aborted-because-of-romney-sign-in-his-yard/">should have been aborted</a> because his family has a Romney campaign sign in their yard&#8230;.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Belling read a letter from the 12-year-old boy&#8217;s mother, detailing the alleged abusive behavior by the bus driver. </em></p>
<p><em> Apparently, the Romney-Ryan yard sign bugs the bus driver and she&#8217;s been harassing the boy, making rude comments to him related to politics.</em></p>
<p><em> When the driver engaged the 12-year-old boy in a political conservation, he responded by saying that Obama is pro-abortion.</em></p>
<p><em> The bus driver allegedly said to the child, &#8220;Maybe your mom should have chosen abortion for you.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>How sick is that?</p>
<p>You can strongly disagree with someone without being mean and without being hateful.</p>
<p>Right now, the United States is a bubbling cauldron of frustration and anger that could be set off at any moment.  This election could potentially be a &#8220;trigger point&#8221; which could end up unleashing a lot of that anger and frustration.</p>
<p>Already, there have been allegations that the Republicans <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57522694/voter-registration-fraud-claims-singe-gop/">have been committing voter registration fraud</a>.  Democrats are furious about this.</p>
<p>Evidence has also emerged that Democrats have been willing to assist voters in registering to vote in two different states.  The following is from a recent article <a href="http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/caught-on-tape-obama-campaign-staffers-say-its-okay-to-vote-twice_10102012">by Mac Slavo</a>&#8230;.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>When undercover reporters visited various locations across the country they received the same response from Obama campaign staffers – that it’s basically okay to vote multiple times if you happen to be registered in two or more states.</em></p>
<p><em>In Houston, Texas, for example, the <a href="http://www.theprojectveritas.org/" target="_blank">Project Veritas</a> reporter made her intentions known, and rather than being rebuffed for her planned illegal activity, she was provided assistance with obtaining the proper forms to be registered in two states and was told to say “I don’t know” if the double-voting ever became an issue.</em></p>
<p><em>Similar situations unfolded at other DNC funded community organizations.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>It appears quite probable that whichever side loses this election will accuse the other side of stealing the election.</p>
<p>And if millions of Americans feel that the election has been stolen from them, that will make it much more likely that we will see rioting.</p>
<p>Keep your ears open for phrases such as &#8220;voter fraud&#8221; and &#8220;election fraud&#8221; following this election.  People are so angry already that even allegations that someone stole the election could be enough to set the streets of America on fire.</p>
<p>As always, let us hope for the best, but let us also prepare for the worst.</p>
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