tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post5200947550103392560..comments2024-03-28T00:27:14.676-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Remember: when seconds count, the DC copsFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-67029040897258222192017-05-19T17:36:35.855-07:002017-05-19T17:36:35.855-07:00You're probably right. I seriously chaps my a...You're probably right. I seriously chaps my ass for thugs like that to get away with behavior like thisFirehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-66301975999216216542017-05-19T13:11:02.876-07:002017-05-19T13:11:02.876-07:00I know what you're saying, but it probably doe...I know what you're saying, but it probably doesn't matter. Erdogan will insist that they were protecting the Embassy, therefore they are covered by diplomatic immunity. In my experience (and I have some), the State Department won't argue otherwise. The State Department's default position is always to cover for the "guest" country, and Tillerson won't change it. Old 1811https://www.blogger.com/profile/09079719195789200332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-11875285093822329932017-05-18T18:19:21.140-07:002017-05-18T18:19:21.140-07:00Except from what I've read, they left the emba...Except from what I've read, they left the embassy property and attacked these people in a park across the street.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-57303137276872094632017-05-18T16:18:00.694-07:002017-05-18T16:18:00.694-07:00The Turkish thugs are employees of the Turkish Emb...The Turkish thugs are employees of the Turkish Embassy and have varying degrees of diplomatic immunity. (Lower-level employees like these guys only have immunity for actions they take in performance of their official duties; wanna bet that Erdogan and his pals would claim that they were protecting the Embassy as part of their official duties?) <br />Blasting someone with diplomatic immunity is in fact "dicey," and doing it on the Embassy lawn (legally Turkish territory), where some of the DC coppers were, is technically an act of war. <br />So you can't compare this with a DC permit violation. <br />I have my problems with DCMPD, and this is probably the only time in my life I've ever defended them. But on top of all their other problems, they have to deal with crap like this all the time. Old 1811https://www.blogger.com/profile/09079719195789200332noreply@blogger.com