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Craig Cox: Rioters and anarchists should be shot on sight

So what is wrong with the police? Or have they turned into the PC police. Why don’t the police challenge the anarchists roaming our streets throwing fire bombs, rocks and bottles at the cops?

Terrorists with there faces covered riot unchallenged. Have the police become so PC that they have become ineffective and unable to keep the peace? Anyone with their faces covered should be jailed immediately! Sure, you have right to peaceful protest, but the key word is “peaceful.” If you cross that line and start destroying property and throwing rocks and fire bombs at the cops, you’re a terrorist. Period!

The police have the right to shoot them down like the dirty lowlife dogs they are. All looters should be shot on sight! I cannot emphasize this enough! No question. That’s the way it was in the past, and it kept looting to a minimum! You keep looting to a minimum and you keep destruction of personal and public property damage to a minimum. By shooting looters on sight, you eliminate gangs and anarchists looting for personal profit!

Craig Cox, Modesto

This story was originally published June 6, 2016 at 6:52 PM with the headline "Craig Cox: Rioters and anarchists should be shot on sight."

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