Anyone Going to Watch "Armed in America" on PBS?

[Kirk Freeman]

Anyone going to watch "Armed in America" tonight (9PM EDT) on PBS?

I am very confused by the topics. PBS wants to talk about "gun violence" but the first episode is "Peace Officer" about the use of SWAT/SRT teams in law enforcement and those who question their application.

The next episode on Tuesday is "Armor of Light", a seemingly theological discussion about Christians (no other religions are advertised) and the use of deadly force in self-defense.

I mean, I guess I understand the topics, but neither has anything to do with "gun violence". It's as if the producers grabbed the bit and jumped the fence and ran off the farm completely.

Peace Officer | Documentary about SWAT and Militarization of Police | Independent Lens | PBS

 

[vitamink]

F no.

 

[sparkyfender]

Most "documentaries" I've seen are anything but........... They all seem to have an agenda.

I can only imagine what the slant on this one will be. Maybe I will be proven wrong.

 

[padawan]

Most "documentaries" I've seen are anything but........... They all seem to have an agenda.

I can only imagine what the slant on this one will be. Maybe I will be proven wrong.

HA! I wouldn't hold your breath. Its PBS (Propaganda Broadcasting System) were talking about here...

 

[Mgderf]

PBS is anything but objective.
They try to appear ambiguous, but fail miserably.

No, I won't watch.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Its on my DVR schedule. Im not holding my breath.

There is supposed to be a town hall/forum tomorrow after the shows. THAT should be interesting. And I'm guessing they'll stack the panel toward the anti side.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I would but I have to um, wash my hair. Yeah, that's it. I'm washing my hair.

 

[gloxrok]

About the only thing decent on PBS is This Old House, and even that is getting to be more liberal and progressive than I can stomach.

 

[RobbyMaQ]

I'll watch. left leaning friends will surely spout the drivel to be discovered therein.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I am not really sure what I just watched. It focused on 2 police actions.

The first was a less than optimal (ok, the cops lied about it) SWAT deployment against a post-DV standoff in Utah.

The second was a drug search warrant against a dope grow operation, the Matthew Stewart debacle.

Nothing about "gun violence" as in the first case all the gun violence was done by the police and in the second situation the cops would be exempted from any gun control laws.

It may have been a piece on SWAT teams and whether they should exist but "gun violence"? Simply moronic.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I am not really sure what I just watched. It focused on 2 police actions.

The first was a less than optimal (ok, the cops lied about it) SWAT deployment against a post-DV standoff in Utah.

The second was a drug search warrant against a dope grow operation, the Matthew Stewart debacle.

Nothing about "gun violence" as in the first case all the gun violence was done by the police and in the second situation the cops would be exempted from any gun control laws.

It may have been a piece on SWAT teams and whether they should exist but "gun violence"? Simply moronic.

Tonight sounds like a preface for tomorrow nite, which is the meat of the issue for them. Tomorrow is supposed to be about the gun issues in general. This sounds like PBS' way of being "fair and balanced". Tonite they railed on LEOs. Tomorrow they rail on us. Way to be balanced.

 

[RobbyMaQ]

I am not really sure what I just watched. It focused on 2 police actions.

The first was a less than optimal (ok, the cops lied about it) SWAT deployment against a post-DV standoff in Utah.

The second was a drug search warrant against a dope grow operation, the Matthew Stewart debacle.

Nothing about "gun violence" as in the first case all the gun violence was done by the police and in the second situation the cops would be exempted from any gun control laws.

It may have been a piece on SWAT teams and whether they should exist but "gun violence"? Simply moronic.

I sorta got that from the preview. But haven't watched yet. thanks!

Kinda makes you wonder who they think might need disarming, no?

I'm guessing religionism has little to do with ownership & use of firearms also (tomorrow). Can't wait to be shocked and awed there either.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I sorta got that from the preview. But haven't watched yet. thanks!

Kinda makes you wonder who they think might need disarming, no?

I'm guessing religionism has little to do with ownership & use of firearms also (tomorrow). Can't wait to be shocked and awed there either.

HINT: Its PBS, so EVERYONE needs to turn in their guns. Even LEOs are too dangerous to have them.

 

[STEEL CORE]

I watched, pretty much a dig on US Police action SWAT shootings, in Utah and were pretty one sided. Tonight's episode will focus I bet on crazy Christians and their love affair with their guns. The town hall lasted about two minutes with me, I saw the panel, and said, time for bed.

 

[KittySlayer]

Rarely watch Independent Lens as they are so poorly done by the social justice warriors with a camera, plus the one sided slant usually makes me mad. May try to watch a bit of tonight's broadcast if I can stay awake and not break the TV.

Couldn't sleep last night and stopped on Tavis Smiley [STRIKE]interviewing[/STRIKE] having a conversation with [STRIKE]journalist[/STRIKE](*) Katie Couric. She was promoting some feature piece on whatever third rate internet stream she spews her crap on. I am surprised she was not wearing a cheerleader outfit with MDA on the chest as she was spouting every line from Moms Demand Action and talking about her buddy Bloomberg. Tavis could barely get her to acknowledge the Chicago death trap as her mantra was all about pretty little white girls and boys. Save the children.


[STRIKE]journalist[/STRIKE](*) Katie Couric - she never has been a journalist. Pretty enough to be a weather babe but too lazy to learn meteorology so she just became a couch babe on the morning [STRIKE]news [/STRIKE]talk shows.

 

[chipbennett]

So, a "documentary" about "the nation's rising gun violence" (which is a fiction, as unambiguously proven by crime statistics), focuses on the 0.01% of police officers and the 0.001% of otherwise law-abiding citizens who contribute to said fictional "rising gun violence", while not talking at all about the actual source of real gun violence: gangbangers and drug dealers.

Gosh. I'm shocked.

 

[indy1919a4]

Also its easier and safer to get in some in the grill of some LEOs and Christians face and be all judgemental then track down some Violent Gang Banger and drug kingpins. Also the PBS guys like Gangbangers and drug kingpins better.

 

[Beowulf]

Not that I particularly trust the source material (PBS isn't exactly unbiased), but this country really does need to have a conversation about the militarization of our law enforcement agencies, which has been going on since the 60's.

If you want to read something not coming from an anti-gun source, try this:

http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Warrior-Cop-Militarization-Americas/dp/1610394577

 

[femurphy77]

Nope, won't watch it. Of course we don't have t.v. in the house so that made it an easy decision!

 

[jrm400]

I think it's probably more propaganda. America is being groomed for some future action effort.....