HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE FIRST RIOT CONTROL SQUAD OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I AM THE THIRD PERSON from the right. This was a training session that was photographed by a Tampa Tribune photographer.

My usual assignment was behind this line, carrying a rifle, with the assignment of Counter-Sniper.

I really thought we had seen the last of the need for riot control after the close of the Vietnam War. That was before the rioting in Charlottesville, Virginia, last week.

Now I am watching on TV a small "Free Speech" event on Boston Commons which has a counter-demonstration of over 15,000 "Black Lives Matter" and "Antifa" marchers who object to the Free Speech provision of the First Amendment, and are working to OUTLAW FREE SPEECH if they deem it to be "Hate Speech."

I support the Constitution.

Carl in Tampa
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