...and in Alachua County (Florida)...the County Sheriffs, seeing all
of the red meat of the hippies in the streets in front of the
University, took off their name tags...and wadded in, flailing their
nightsticks...difficult times for free speech.

On Apr 29, 9:57 am, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yeah, but in mitigation of that type of police force, I lived in
> Berkeley, California and Oakland, California, at two different but
> subsequent times.  This was in the late 70s and early 80s and I saw
> riots and unrest in both cities, and while the Berkeley police were a
> class act -- qualifications for the force included psyche degrees of
> some sort, sensitivity training, and the like -- when the going got
> tough, they had to call in the goon squads from Oakland to help to
> bail them out.  As long as there are goons on one side there have to
> be goons on the other to keep them under control and protect the
> citizens.
>
> But regarding your WSYF team, you mean they're not like the cops in
> Flashpoint?
>
> On Apr 27, 11:16 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I was once given a Special Patrol Group tie at some drunken police
> > bash in London.  It had PIG emblazoned on it - Pride, Integrity and
> > Guts.  For some reason, my Fast Action Response Team and Technical
> > Weapons And Tactics Squad were reduced to the Tactical Aid Group (now
> > the We'll Shoot You First and Ensure No Questions Are Asked Afterwards
> > Team) and no ties were issued in our kit.  The SPG was the forerunner
> > of the Metropolitan Police's new thug group that killed an innocent
> > bystander and slapped a number of women about at the G20 protests.  I
> > may be considered no threat now I'm off the active list, but watch out
> > Slip - I still have that tie! (not really, it clashed with what
> > personality I'll admit to).
>
> > On 28 Apr, 06:50, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I can't help it that I'm a male chauvinist "Pig"!
>
> > > Watch out for Achytas as well, he drinkSwine!
>
> > > On Apr 28, 12:42 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Watch out for Orn and Slip Gertruida - they are being real swines in
> > > > another thread!
>
> > > > On 28 Apr, 01:24, Gertruida <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Thanks you guys for accepting me into your group .I think that I can
> > > > > share a lot to you also- Hide quoted text -
>
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