Preemptive Arrest

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Preemptive Arrest

by Abby Zimet

A year after St. Paul police rounded up and arrested over 200 people who were planning to protest the Republican National Convention - but hadn't actually done anything yet - 27 plaintiffs filed a class action suit against the city on behalf of all those arrested. Police officers used pepper spray, non-lethal ammunition and horses against the protesters, none of whom was convicted of anything except not liking Republicans.
"The city has admitted that people were arrested preemptively in this park," said attorney Robert Kolstad. "They arrested them because they were afraid of what they might do in the future, which is a dangerous path for our government to take. Taken to its logical conclusion, what it means is that the government now believes that they can come to our houses and arrest us because they think that we might do something wrong. Our constitution simply doesn't permit that."
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The paranoia of the right wing tends to rear it's ugly head in such a way now and again. Fear is so entrenched with these folks that under the Bushco administration, many of the freedoms that were and are taken for granted have been set aside.

It's time to wake up from this bad dream and realize that there is nothing to fear but fear itself. It's the perpetuation of some constant danger lurking just outside the periphery that is causing more problems than it solves.

It's time someone took the lead and made the changes that allows freedom to be once again enjoyed by law abiding peaceful people while those who can't let go the fear, need to suck it up.
 
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every day were have fear thrust upon us via mainstream media......fear of a terrorist attack....fear of some trumped up virus wiping us out.....fear of some dickhead with a gun.......fear of an oil shortage......fear of global warming.......fear of iran....etc.......
it all helps to keep the negative enegy level elevated, which is what "they" thrive on......it all helps to keep us distracted from reality.
 
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Stretch said:
every day were have fear thrust upon us via mainstream media......fear of a terrorist attack....fear of some trumped up virus wiping us out.....fear of some dickhead with a gun.......fear of an oil shortage......fear of global warming.......fear of iran....etc.......
it all helps to keep the negative enegy level elevated, which is what "they" thrive on......it all helps to keep us distracted from reality.
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Which makes most of us willing to follow along even when the leaders seem like they don't know what they're doing. Thus a nice little grey area void of checks and balances comes into being. That I think is the intention from the get go.
 
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The psychology being displayed in the above videos is interesting. Everything
designed to be intimidating from the black uniforms and openly brandished
weapons, to the horses and black sun glasses. Did anyone else catch any
violence at all from non-law enforcement? If there was, I missed it.

Why did the police initiate physical violence in the second video? I think it's
an interesting question that ties back to Group Dynamics and the knowledge
that they're armed & armoured, yet facing an unarmed group. Sad really....
 
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