Reply #22: The un-American behavior of the police gets worse and worse each

[dmr]

time they feel Americans should be contained and not be allowed to exercise their rights as Americans.

What's even scarier is the round-up of individuals on the 'suspicion to riot'. What the hell is that? Mind reading? I remember reading about an elderly man arrested in Boston in 2004 as he was coming out of a building with his wife. He cried because this was America. This is not suppose to happen. He talked about serving in WW2. He said the police were poor mind readers if they thought he, his walker, and his wife were going to stir up trouble.

Two cents to a donut that those throwing rocks are moles. It's very Nixon-ian. A few decades ago I read a book by (or maybe about, I forget) Myer Lansky who made a deal with Nixon. Nixon would have the DOJ ease up on him in exchange for a bit of violence during what was suppose to be peaceful student demonstrations against the Viet Nam war. Nixon had to keep the public from being sympathetic to the protesters.

To add insult to injury - we, the taxpayer, are funding these police riots against American citizens. We are funding law enforcement of various stripes to perpetuate felonious assaults against American citizens. Who really ought to be jailed, here? After all is said and done, we, the taxpayer, end up spending even more in settlements and court costs.

I'm all for allowing law enforcement to do their jobs. I'm an ex-wife of a cop. I have an enormous amount of caution in protecting all those who serve to keep us safe. Yet, my concern ends when they take their un-needed, seldom-used, new-found Homeland Security riot gear and other various 'tools of trade' out on the streets. In full force, with the power to infiltrate, round-up, abuse, assault, detain and arrest Americans, who have the explicit belief they are protected by the U.S. Constitution. Yet the law enforcement reasoning - it is done all in the name of keeping us safe and keeping the peace.

It sickens me. It saddens me. It scares the beejeebers outa me! As that elderly man I mentioned above said, "If it can happen to me, brother, it can happen to you."

I certainly wish this would be addressed by the Presidential candidates. But I'm not holding my breath.


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