Posted on 05/12/2015 10:20:59 AM PDT by John Semmens
The American Civil Liberties Union demanded an end to the use of government drone aircraft to “spy” on those looting and burning buildings in Baltimore.
“Persons walking the streets should not be faced with such an intrusive violation of their privacy,” declared ACLU spokesman Bertram Petty. “Officials need to present a ‘probable cause’ case to observe a specific individual suspected of a specific crime. They have no authority for a general surveillance of an entire city.”
Petty also questioned whether the looting and burning would even qualify as crimes, per se. “The title to the property being removed from the businesses is unclear,” Petty argued. “Some of the ancestors of the current white business owners were surely slaveholders. The wealth passed down to them was obtained by the exploitation of the ancestors of some of the current looters. On top of this, any pain they may have suffered from seeing their businesses burn can’t possibly exceed the pain suffered by slaves who were whipped or worse by their white masters.”
President Obama endorsed the ACLU move. “The unrest in places like Baltimore and Ferguson are the natural consequences of white indifference to the plight of Black men,” Obama asserted. “Shut out of lucrative employment by racial discrimination Black men have no alternative but to resort to crime just to make a living. Taking the initiative to sell drugs or steal property puts them at risk of being shot by police. This perpetuates the racial injustices that have stained America’s history.”
The president issued a call for “a nationwide mobilization to reverse inequalities and redistribute the nation’s wealth more fairly among all its people. If victims of injustice could have confidence that the government would redistribute wealth they would have no need to attempt an ad hoc redistribution through looting.”
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http://azconservative.org/2015/05/09/state-department-declines-to-pursue-influence-peddling-allegations/
Wonderful headline!!
Classic!
He tried to claim that the law entitled him to be nekkid in his own house. The sensible judge ruled that standing before an open window was the same as if he'd done it on his front lawn. If he wanted to use the right to privacy defense, then he should've done it behind a drawn curtain. They threw the book at him.
AHAHA psychopaths do the darnedest things!!
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