The Rittenhouse verdict is a victory for violent elections. In the Philippines bodies are counted with votes. Philippine style elections by bullet are coming. Democratic committee people, candidates & county election officers need active shooter training.

 If you have street smarts keep them at the top in you mind wherever you go. Watch & study the FBI training video below. Use it anytime you are in a public place, a store, political rally or at the polls to vote.

“Kyle Rittenhouse’s gun can veto the bullhorn. We have to act: It should be clearly illegal under federal law to menace protestors while armed. The right to keep and bear arms must not obliterate the right to peaceably assemble. We have to consider this an act of political intimidation on its face moving forward, if the ballot is meant to prevail over the bullet.”

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Kyle Rittenhouse’s Acquittal Sets a Dangerous Precedent. But That’s Not What Was on Trial.

Jurors are asked to uphold the law as it stands. We don’t ask jurors to make the law. That’s on us.

George Chidi

November 19 2021, 4:25 p.m.

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At Philippine elections bodies are counted with votes.

At least 33 people have been killed and 19 others wounded in several poll-related incidents ahead of Monday’s nationwide local elections in the Philippines, the country’s police chief said.

Police chief Oscar Albayalde said on Monday that 18 incumbent local officials, four candidates, three former elected officials and eight civilians were among the dead since the campaign season kicked off on April 14.

ALJAZEERA

Philippines: Election-related violence leaves 33 dead

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In this FBI training video, customers at a bar are caught in an active shooter event. By employing the run, hide, and fight tactics, as well as knowing the basics of rendering first aid to others, they are prepared, empowered, and able to survive the attack.

https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/active_shooter_booklet.pdf

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"Newswise — A new report published in the academic journal Pacific Affairs authored by Dr Tom Smith from the University of Portsmouth and Dr Joseph Reyes from Lund University investigates election violence in the Philippines. It is the first academic research published on the issue in 23 years and evidences increasing violence, the armed groups involved and murky role of state security forces across the massacres of journalists, assassinations of candidates and attacks on voters and campaign groups.

• Election Violence in the Philippines has worsened since 2004, contrary to claims by government and previous research.  

• Election Violence in the Philippines is largely perpetrated by unidentified assassins and fruitful investigations are rare.  
  
  • The Duterte administration has fostered vigilante violence in its ‘war on drugs’ and risks further fuelling another violent election.
  
  • Media reporting on the election and the violence around it is increasingly dangerous,  journalists are murdered and media networks under threat.
  
  • Election Violence is hard to monitor and currently falls between the cracks of various international election monitoring initiatives."

Violence in the upcoming Philippines election will be the bloodiest ever

30-Sep-2021 3:55 PM EDT, by University of Portsmouth