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Monday, August 25, 2008
Friday, August 01, 2008
The Sad State of our Liberty
Two very sad articles have come to my attention and both involve the police (thankfully not on our Left Coast, but still this is One Nation With Liberty and Justice for ALL)
The first involves a set up by narcotics officers who in disguise delivered a package (presumably filled with marijuana) to a house in Mayberry (in DC). They then raided the home and SHOT THE DOGS that live there! So sad. Those dogs are dead, and there is no way we can calculate a value for their lives. The trauma inflicted on the residents is also incalculable. What has happened to our police force? For whom are they working? To keep who safe? They have become terrorists.
The second takes place in New York during the Critical Mass event one week ago. A police officer apprehended and held, then arrested and is now charging a rider with disrupting traffic ("Purposefully making cars stop and turn abruptly"), trying to run down the same officer, and resisting arrest (the defendant was then held for 26 hours). Well it was caught on YouTube and the "Officer" will now be paying the price. You can see it here in video, or follow the link and read the article I read. It is clear that the cop singled out the rider, tracked him down (the way you would track down a tackle on the football field (the cop was once an offensive tackle), and took him out in mid pedal. The cyclist goes flying onto the concrete sidewalk and is then arrested and detained. What trauma, for the cyclist, and for OUR NATION!
People! Politicians! Police! Take back our country for the right reasons! Life! Liberty! The pursuit of happiness! Not this FASCIST, AUTHORITARIAN, NIGHTMARISH VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA WE ARE ALL STUCK IN NOW!
[where: Portland, OR]
The first involves a set up by narcotics officers who in disguise delivered a package (presumably filled with marijuana) to a house in Mayberry (in DC). They then raided the home and SHOT THE DOGS that live there! So sad. Those dogs are dead, and there is no way we can calculate a value for their lives. The trauma inflicted on the residents is also incalculable. What has happened to our police force? For whom are they working? To keep who safe? They have become terrorists.
The second takes place in New York during the Critical Mass event one week ago. A police officer apprehended and held, then arrested and is now charging a rider with disrupting traffic ("Purposefully making cars stop and turn abruptly"), trying to run down the same officer, and resisting arrest (the defendant was then held for 26 hours). Well it was caught on YouTube and the "Officer" will now be paying the price. You can see it here in video, or follow the link and read the article I read. It is clear that the cop singled out the rider, tracked him down (the way you would track down a tackle on the football field (the cop was once an offensive tackle), and took him out in mid pedal. The cyclist goes flying onto the concrete sidewalk and is then arrested and detained. What trauma, for the cyclist, and for OUR NATION!
People! Politicians! Police! Take back our country for the right reasons! Life! Liberty! The pursuit of happiness! Not this FASCIST, AUTHORITARIAN, NIGHTMARISH VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA WE ARE ALL STUCK IN NOW!
[where: Portland, OR]
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