3w ago

UPDATE on town hall chaos: Woman who was dragged out speaks, police chief condemns security, name of security firm confirmed

cdapress.com UPDATE on town hall chaos: Woman who was dragged out speaks, police chief condemns security, name of security firm confirmed

A legislative town hall organized by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee devolved into chaos Saturday when unidentified, plainclothes security personnel dragged a Post Falls woman from the Coeur d’Alene High School auditorium for heckling legislators.

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3w ago

UPDATE on town hall chaos: Woman who was dragged out speaks, police chief condemns security, name of security firm confirmed

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Stay strapped people. This shit is just the beginning. Let's see these jackboots do that while staring at the barrel of a rifle.
Arm yourselves, the nazis already have.
- If this was in Idaho, odds are pretty good that most of the people at that meeting are Nazis.
  
  So why show up under armed? Firearms make everyone equal. You think those thugs would have dragged this woman out if they had force being presented? Not a fucking chance.
- As bad as this was, fuck you for suggesting that a shootout with probable fatalities would not have made things worse.
  
  That's right, passive resistance, trust the process, right this way, it's been a long ~~train~~ CyberBus ride, just step into the shower room... ✌️💀 🚿

I checked Idaho laws and, while I don't think this clears the security firm from all wrongdoing, they actually allow regular citizens to "arrest" other citizens when they observe an "offense" was committed.
This whole section is FUBAR: https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title19/T19CH6/SECT19-604/
- Coeur d’Alene city code requires security agents to wear uniforms “clearly marked” with the word “security” in letters no less than 1 inch tall on the front and no less than four inches tall on the back. The security personnel at Saturday’s town hall were in plainclothes, with no visible sign they were security.
  They were officially contracted as security, no just average citizens effecting a citizens arrest. They are legally required to identify themselves as security.
  Despite multiple opportunities and requests; they actively refused to do so.
  IMO that lady had every right to violently defend herself from these unidentified assailants attempting to assault her.
  
  That is not attempted assault. She's gonna be a millionaire, come the lawsuit.
- What would the offense be?
  
  I wouldn't know enough about their statutes, but either way this sounds like the legislature is inviting citizens to assault other citizens so long as they think a law was broken.
  
  eating a meal. a succulent chinese meal.

Unidentified? You'd think not knowing just who the hell these guys are someone would be right in kicking and punching their teeth right the fuck in, because otherwise, they are just people assaulting you and your rights.

Oh Cœur d’Alene. Never change.
Actually, change everything (besides the scenery). Maybe start with the white nationalists and go from there.
- Kid I grew up with became a sheriff in California. He moved there when he became a Trumper. We're no longer friends. He's a racist POS.