Shaken, not detonated

A couple of our loyal commenters accused law enforcement of “overreaching” during the pre-RNC house raids that uncovered various and sundry household items; asserting that the items uncovered could be used for anything.

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The Star Tribune listed an abbreviated list of said items; conveniently omitting those that tend to be less useful for domestic chores, some of those items included throwing knives, a gas mask and filter, homemade caltrops (everyone that reads this blog surely knows what they are by now), and empty plastic buckets cut and made into shields.

Despite hundreds of arrests and the generous use of mace and teargas, the event went on without making national news for the wrong reason. Clearly this was the result of a conspicuous show of force and a proactive approach on the part of law enforcement.

But it could have been en entirely different story if it weren’t for the aforementioned approach, and as it turns out a little luck.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Two Texas men are charged in federal court in Minneapolis with illegally possessing Molotov cocktails. Authorities say the men planned to target law enforcement during the Republican National Convention.

Twenty-two-year-old David Guy McKay and 23-year-old Bradley Neil Crowder are each charged with one count of possession of firearms that were not registered to them.

The two Austin men are in custody following an initial court appearance Friday.

According to the criminal complaint, law enforcement officers overheard a conversation in which McKay said the Molotov cocktails he and Crowder made would be thrown at vehicles parked in a lot in St. Paul.

The lot was used by law enforcement, and patrolled by U.S. Secret Service and the military.

Just for fun, I would entertain anyone’s offering as to other common household uses for the molotov cocktail. Thank you in advance for your creativity as a liberal to defend almost any behavior as a personal freedom or exercise of free speech.

10 thoughts on “Shaken, not detonated

  1. Mitch, I find the molotov Cocktail to be a great conversation piece for your living room, or even as a centerpiece on your dining room table, only of course if you use a green wine bottle!!!

    Nice too see you Downtown thursday evening, (us guys with the flag). Your right.. the show of force was awesome!! The protestors were dominated and out thought. The positioning of the Police et al, the snow plows, camo, gas masks, riot sheilds, horsemen, and their movements were tactically masterful.

    Keep up the good work, Bill

  2. Bill,

    Nice seeing y’all too!

    I hasten to point out this post is written by JRoosh, my new co-blogger. But he’s right!

  3. “Twenty-two-year-old David Guy McKay and 23-year-old Bradley Neil Crowder are each charged with one count of possession of firearms that were not registered to them.”

    We don’t have registration in this state. How can they be charged with having a gun not registered in their name?

    I am not at all trying to say these guys are innocent or that they shouldn’t face serious charges. Just asking a question.

  4. The hag from something called “Democracy Now” is really brilliant. She orchrestrated her own arrest, and now is milking it huge. It’s like if you want to be a gangsta rapper, you really need to get yourself shot.

  5. Aren’t molotov cocktails legal in Texas?
    Among their legitimate uses are burning the needles off cacti so you can get to the sweet, sweet juice therein & also burning the tramps out of the ‘Bushvilles’ that have sprung up beneath nearly every big-city Texas freeway overpass.

  6. Great question by jpmn. How do you charge someone on the basis of a law that doesn’t exist?

    Maybe the reporter was trying to save words for the real crime of “carrying a loaded handgun in public without a carry permit”?

  7. How do you charge someone on the basis of a law that doesn’t exist?

    Well, it’s been done; an MPD cop, last year, booked a guy in to jail (he’d been pulled over on a DWB) for possession of hollowpoints by a civilian; her notes were that it was a “new law” and she didn’t have the statute handy.

    When it was pointed out to the folks in charge that, well, there was no such law, they kicked the guy loose.

  8. Imprisoned on the basis of TWO non-laws. “cool.”

    One would think that an administration as relentlessly PC as Rybak’s would change the DWB citation to DWWhite–but oops, that would disrupt Hizzoner’s plans with his non-working Prius, wouldn’t it?

  9. I do want to be fair: the guy was pulled over on a DWB, but he wasn’t booked in on DWB. He didn’t have valid insurance on his car — which isn’t okay; I got that, honest — but failure to have valid insurance isn’t arrestable (it’s a ticket and tow).

    But after a search (inventory search; legit for a ticket and tow), when the cop found his hollowpoints (utterly lawful to posses, if you’re not a felon; this guy wasn’t, an in fact had a carry permit, as he worked as a security guard), she either a: was so woefully misinformed as to the law that she was certain that it was a crime, b: was too sure of herself to bother to ask anybody or call in to find out if her opinion had any basis in fact or c: had another, even less delightful motive.

    I’m pretty sure that a: and b: are true; as to c:, well, I dunno.

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