tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post5062716926842325911..comments2023-06-25T20:42:38.014-07:00Comments on CI-Roller Dude: The 92’ LA Riots, Part II,CI-Roller Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10850472230525879415noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-45790510000427510742010-04-12T14:40:10.222-07:002010-04-12T14:40:10.222-07:00Coffee,
Yep. One thing I tell the public. Police...Coffee,<br />Yep. One thing I tell the public. Police work is like making sasuages...everybody likes the end result, but nobody wants to see how it's done. <br /><br />Mr. West--- speaking of "Panic" and stupid shit...that's what a great deal of my police and army time has been spent on. <br />How about New Years Eve 1999... we had so many extra cops on duty because we were all told that at midnight, the world was going to end because of something called Y-2-K. But nothing happened....never does when we're prepared for shit.CI-Roller Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850472230525879415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-11327405442596227542010-04-12T14:28:57.477-07:002010-04-12T14:28:57.477-07:001. Was in Northern Indiana in April of '68 whe...1. Was in Northern Indiana in April of '68 when Dr. King was killed.<br />2. Major rioting took place in the ghettos in Chicago, Gary and Hammond.<br />3. Our Jr. ROTC detachment maintained an armory that also contained rocket launchers and Colt A4 machine guns -and ammo.<br />4. Some bright light figured out that the Black Panthers or some such were going to caravan down 90 miles and rob our pathetic armory.<br />5. Response: picked six members of the football team who were also in ROTC and had us guard the place in shifts.<br />6. We were issued our M-1 rifles and one eight round clip which we carried in a first aid pouch on our belt.<br />7. About 3AM my partner asks me, "When do you think they'll get here?"<br />8. Hadn't thought about it like that. Answered: "They aren't coming. Most of those SOBs can't drive and they've never heard of this place."<br />9. Fast forward to Germany, late 1972 -a month after the Munich Olympic massacre. Am guarding a motor pool full of gasoline tankers. One troop mans a radio at the gate, the other walks between the vehicles.<br />10. Get a frantic call from the SOG. Arabs in the wire, coming up the hill, lock and load.<br />11. Grab the handset and ask for the OD. Ask if he's coming up the hill. Yes. Does he really want to front a couple locked and loaded troopies? Decides no. <br />12. Same story. No Chicago badasses. No Arab terrorists. Just superiors in panic mode.<br />13. Never been within a country mile of serious rioting. Thank god.<br />V/R JWestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-34125123951961970102010-04-12T13:21:08.306-07:002010-04-12T13:21:08.306-07:00I remember seeing Rodney King on the TV crying and...I remember seeing Rodney King on the TV crying and begging everyone to stop the nonsense.<br />Personally I think he got what he deserved, but the people of LA could of cared less. They just wanted an excuse to break things and steal stuff.Coffeypothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601474604616163167noreply@blogger.com