Rifle-toting Oregon militia hunts wrongdoing in the woods

[S_O_Laban]

I wonder what their motivation is," said Lane County Sheriff Jan Clements

I wonder what Sheriff Jan Clements motivation is? Hmmmmm


I also wonder if some of these Leos that make statements like the one above do so out of fear of publicly supporting something they can't control, but deep down are pulling for this sort of thing? Any of you Leos want to comment on that?

 

[gunsmith]

made badges?!? NOT!!

They have bought uniforms, made badges and carry weapons to protect themselves. But they have no more authority than any other citizen.

I will bet a box of donuts the media got it bass ackwards
One of the volunteers owns a security guard company,they have badges! probably official security guard badges! ...I am an Armed guard myself,but I leave the badge at home as I would rather NOT be mistaken as a cop.
If I wanted to bust people I would never make it home to watch the SIMPSONS !(DOH!) SF,CA is like that...everyone is breaking the law In cases like this you can be sure the media is screwing it all up,I bet the reporter misquoted the cops and the volunteers

 

[Art Eatman]

Historically, the U.S. has always had a relatively low density of LEOs per X-thousand citizens, when compared to many other countries. We just didn't need a cop on every corner.

LEO budgets come from tax dollars, and we all know how folks feel about paying out more tax dollars. (Forget the arguments about allocation of tax monies, okay?) So, there is only so much that any LEO agency can do.

But we already know that.

So the gripe is not with the rank-and-file LEOs. They do all they can do in the time they have--and get little thanks. The gripe is with the political types who have bought into the Big Nanny view of government, with the implicit belief that they, and only they, are competent to deal with our various social problems. Ya gotta include sheriffs, police chiefs, mayors and those sycophants, the mediahcrities.

Art

 

[Nightfall]

Awww, is the po-po scared that their job security is being threatened by people actually taking responsibility for their community welfare? That's just too cute.

Though I can think of better ways to spend time than busting some fellow growing pot in the woods.

Some of the rangers say they have been trained as Army Rangers or Navy Seals and in SWAT-team tactics.

Riiiiiiiiight...

 

[HABU]

Clements, the sheriff, says that when it comes to a group of citizens hunting for marijuana operations or other illegal activity, "I'm not going to endorse that."

Of course not. Stadank is afraid that the Rangers might find his stash or otherwise affect his ability to score.