What's strange about it....well now that you mention it the truth is often stranger than fiction. Who would have thought blowing up a pressure cooker in someones car would equate to chopping people's heads off?

I can't see any reason to live in fear. If I obey the law I'll probably never have a problem.

Didn't you hear? The Fracking in the US caused the Volcano to erupt.

I had a facebook account up until 3 years ago. It got to be so obnoxious and constant source of Spam that I deleted it. The only thing I've ever found to be a bigger waste of time than playing Solitaire.

Usually they ask around. I don't know if they did or didn't. I remember back in the 80's when I was in Germany there was a woman who drove through a gate on Rhine Main Air Force Base. She ran from the Security Police and ended up at the terminal there. The SP's tried to get her to open her car and when she refused they put charges on the doors and blew them off. When she saw they were serious she tried to get them to let her open it up but they were through playing by then. Cops love to blow stuff up when they get the opportunity. Maybe this incident will bring about some changes in how they operate. I hope so.

I've dealt with a lot of cops over the years. Most of them were okay but there have been a few that were obviously stupid and at least one that was a bully. It happens. I doubt these guys were trying to make anyone afraid. They are most likely just over zealous guys who let their paranoia and the brainwashing they've been given overcome whatever common sense they had. Don't try to make it into something it's not. Years ago, back in the 60's at a place called Kent State the Ohio National Guard shot 4 people to death at a demonstration. It wasn't terrorism either, it was a fuck up by a bunch of scared, half trained guys with poor leadership. Fuck ups happen and that's what this was. Naturally enough, when they realized they fucked up they looked around for a way to cover their ass and saw the guy had a revoked license. Of course they locked onto that. The end result is what you need to look for. This guy will still have his head on his shoulders when he gets out of jail. Don't attribute to malice that which can be blamed on stupidity.

Funny, I'm not particularly afraid of them. Well.....maybe the IRS.

I'll agree with that somewhat. You, unlike the previous idiot, sound like a reasoning individual. I'm all for dialing back the militarization of the police. Too many of those guys lack the training and temperament for the work they do. Part of the problem is the lack of pay. It's hard to hire people of the quality they need for that type of work for the paltry salaries they get. That's why this kind of crap happens so much.

He apparently thinks people have a Constitutional right to commit arson and looting.

And where did I say that dipshit? I said a couple of idiots blowing up a pressure cooker hardly equates to ISIS and their campaign of mass murder. How's that guy that got his pressure cooker blown up doing anyway? Is his head still on? I bet he's out of jail even now and talking to a lawyer about suing the police. How would you like to try that in the Caliphate? I'm sick of people who take our minor problems and equate them to the horror story going on in Syria. I'd bet there are thousands and thousands of people there that would love to trade places with you. I only wish they could.

When is the last time they rounded up people for no reason other than they believed in a different God and cut their heads off on video for the world to see? Mass murder justified, supposedly, by Allah or Jesus or some other deity? "Hey guys! This village believes in Jesuallah. Get the knives and video camera and lets just cut these heads off!" Look around fool. You take a story about a couple of dumbass cops blowing up a pressure cooker because they're paranoia outran their common sense and equate it to a strategy to destroy all religious belief other than an approved one. In the end there will be some kind of discipline meted out and this guy will get out of jail, hire a lawyer and sue the city becoming rich in the process. Fucking get a clue. If you can't pull your head out of your ass get a glass belly button so you can see where you're going.

Block them at the Firewall.

I installed little snitch on a fresh install of Yosemite on my Mac recently. When I started up Firefox and went surfing I had to spend almost 20 minutes blocking tracing sites so I never see the bitches. I do it at that level instead of trusting Firefox to do it. I was amazed how much bullshit is out there.

How about just don't drive at all?

Could be but it seems like a lot of people with a little authority start to get an "the end justifies the means" kind of mentality. They mean well but it creates a lot of hell.