I saw heavily armed NYPD guarding the Morgan Stanley building entrance...

[Gravitycollapse]

In Manhattan. Helmeted and carrying AR15s.

I asked them if they were protecting us from the bank. They didn't seem terribly amused.

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. lol

Cheers!

[annabanana]

2. good on ya

They probably intercepted some angry tweet or something.

[okaawhatever]

3. LOL. Awesome. I was thinking, I hope they're there to serve some friggin' warrants. nt

[donnasgirl]

7. Can't issue warrants

To big to prosecute

[okaawhatever]

9. the cops should have said, they were too big to protect. nt

[donnasgirl]

14. I agree

But with a billionaire as their boss they did not have to much choice.

[kenny blankenship]

28. That's right, our govt doesn't have the computers & computing power to follow the transactions

(because they're too busy analyzing our phone calls with them)

[L0oniX]

4. DUzy

[malaise]

5. Toofreaking good

[MoreGOPoop]

6. : )

Maybe they are there to arrest some bankers, eh?

[MannyGoldstein]

8. Don't worry - they'd do the same for you if you had any perceived threats

They're here to serve and protect all of us.

[Gravitycollapse]

23. ...

Thanks for the laugh.

[MannyGoldstein]

24. Then we're even!

[backscatter712]

32. The Sarcastic Side of the Force is strong with you! n/t

[freshwest]

10. No RVSP for the Revolution?

[DeSwiss]

11. That picture brightened my day!!! :-D n/t

[Matariki]

13. Oh, that is awesome.

[freshwest]

18. Pictures make DU fun even people can't agree on other stuff.

I considered The Storming Of The Bastille as a wardrobe malfunction, but...

[DeSwiss]

12. If you're standing next to a fan.....

...move.

- K&R

[alfredo]

15. Ha!

[pasto76]

16. "heavily armed" huh. if you call that 'heavy' you dont know what heavy is

ooh, they were wearing helmets. are hockey players heavily armed too?

you want to know what heavy metal is, go see your recruiter. Then you will realize how dopey _most_ of these 'militarized police' posts are.

[freshwest]

17. But, but! AR15s! Sounds like the Federales! Wonder what it was all about, really...

If they had a bomb scare, that would not have helped. Who were they expecting to come to visit them? Huh, huh?



Kinda seems like a waste of $$$.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

20. Your logic needs a little touch-up.

You know they can be less armed than say the US Army and still be heavily armed, yes?

You know they can be militarized without being as armed as the US Army, yes?

Talk about dopey.

[Twofish]

29. No. That is not heavily armed.

And militarization is a factor of training, not equipment.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

30. What is not heavily armed?

The other poster made a reference to "these 'militarized police' posts" so the scope of the conversation was expanded beyond a couple cops standing around with AR-15s.

I was commenting on the ridiculous statement that police aren't heavily armed or militarized until they are AS heavily armed as the US Army.

[Twofish]

31. Police with AR15s are not heavily armed.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

36. Yes. Duh.

[byeya]

37. Yes heavily armed is right. Not community based policing is it?

Bloomberg has referred to the NYPD as his army.

[woo me with science]

35. Oh please. You mean compared to everybody else on that street?

Yeah, when I see someone on an AMERICAN CITY STREET with that kind of outfitting, I'd consider them "heavily armed," too.

I know some here would like us to adjust to a new normal of domestic surveillance and TSA gropings and jackbooted police guarding the One Percent's banks, but I say to hell with this suggestion that anything less than what a MILITARY recruiter would show you is no big deal.

[Gravitycollapse]

38. Thank you.

[jtuck004]

19. That's pretty funny .

But they are just guarding an annex of the U.S. Treasury.

[IDemo]

25. Wait a minute..

I thought Treasury was an annex of Goldman?

[jtuck004]

26. There is that... n/t

[corkhead]

21. Be careful, you could annoy them , which may soon be a felony

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/6/untouchables-ny-bill-would-make-annoying-police-fe/#ixzz2VTJG0Pcd

[marmar]

22. Gangsters for Banksters

[kenny blankenship]

27. Good thing you didn't fix them with a "dehumanizing stare"

or you might well have been slammed to the ground and put in a choke hold until you pissed yourself.
http://thegrio.com/2013/05/30/miami-police-put-14-year-old-holding-a-puppy-in-choke-hold-for-dehumanizing-stares/
I expect, though, that sassy questions like yours will soon draw the same kind of gonzo responses out of police. It's something they're putting in their food, I think.

[backscatter712]

34. Steroids. That's what's in their food, or more precisely, their needles. n/t

[backscatter712]

33. QUICK MAN! Post the pic of the cops with the milk jugs! n/t