Pittsburgh Police on alert after armed Donald Trump supporters say they will confront protesters

[KamaAina]

http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-police-on-alert-after-armed-donald-trump-supporters-say-they-will-confront-protesters/Content

Some Donald Trump supporters appear to be a bit overzealous in the run-up to the Republican Presidential candidate’s visit to Pittsburgh later today.

Yesterday, an open-carry support group posted a message on Reddit saying they would be armed and patrolling outside Trump’s Oakland appearance. The goal was to inhibit potential protesters. Trump is holding a town hall meeting with Fox News’ Sean Hannity inside the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall at 5:30 p.m. A screenshot sent to City Paper yesterday afternoon details plans for a group of 50 people to patrol in loops armed with guns around Oakland blocks to stop potential protesters from starting roadblocks. The screenshot has since circulated on social media but appears to have been removed from Reddit.

The posts says “the majority of us will us will be open carrying sidearms and long arms (AR-15 style preferred, but AK’s and such are fine)... This isn’t gonna be a place to mess around!” The post also states that the group plans to meet at the Mazeroski Field at 12:30 p.m. and to use two-way radios to communicate.

The group does not identify themselves by name, but the post was found on subreddit page of Pittsburgh Reddit and is entitled “Pittsburgh Open Carry Events in Support of Trump” and was posted around noon yesterday.

Note: Oakland refers to the Pittsburgh neighborhood where Pitt and Carnegie Mellon are located, not the home of the record-setting Warriors.

Got fascism?

[Stallion]

1. Sounds Like a Solid Plan

nm

[Initech]

2. The new brown shirts.

[denbot]

3. Provided the New Black Panthers don't show.

If they do, these brave patriots will fade after ten minutes, eight if they can get the van there sooner.