(laughing)
"I told you that I would bury you!"
Posted on 05/02/2013 12:09:35 PM PDT by lowbridge
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw may soon receive $1 million from the state of Florida to set up a new violence prevention unit, but his recent comments encouraging people to turn in their neighbors are causing a firestorm.
“We want people to call us if the guy down the street says he hates the government, hates the mayor and he’s gonna shoot him,” Bradshaw told The Palm Beach Post. “What does it hurt to have somebody knock on a door and ask, ‘Hey, is everything OK?’ ”
“How are they possibly going to watch everybody who makes a comment like that? It’s subjective,” said Liz Downey, executive director of Palm Beach County's National Alliance on Mental Illness. “We don’t want to take away people’s civil liberties just because people aren’t behaving the way we think they should be.”
However, Senate budget chief Joe Negron (R) said he “got assurances from the sheriff that this is going to be done in a way that respects people’s autonomy and privacy, and that he makes sure to protect against people making false claims.”
“We know how to sift through frivolous complaints,” stated Bradshaw.
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Pretty much. Then again there are plenty of ‘law & order’ types right here at FR. They’re ready to open their doors to the govt b/c they have ‘nothing to hide’. Whatever...the part that bothers me is they believe everyone else should go along w/ their lunacy. It seems to be the way of things these days...
We could do a hunger strike the liberal way. You go on your hunger strike for a couple of hours, then another freeper takes over your hunger strike by not eating for a couple of hours and so on.
I hate the government.
Come on by.
I got thisee here First Amendment thingee, and y’all best sharpen up your pens to write me a check for the violation of civil rights you have in mind.
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"I told you that I would bury you!"
Put his name on the list of un-American traitors.
Doncha just hate Stasi-Wanna-Bes like Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw?
Somewhere Heir Himmler is smiling.
Sorry, but that exposes the headline as rather misleading. Doesn't sound to me like they're targeting people who are anti-government, but those who are making direct threats. I fully understand it's open to misuse, but the intent of the program sounds like an attempt to forestall violence.
Rush’s is the house in Miami with the drone flying overhead 24/7/365.
Pray for America to Wake Up
Misleading headline. He wants people to turn in people who say they are going to SHOOT people, not just those who say they hate the government.
I shudder to think what would happen to you if you knocked on Sheriff Bradshaw's door in the middle of the night to ask ‘Hey, is everything OK?’”
And we know how to sift through frivolous claims. That one didn't make it through.
Ok... I can do that...
It’s gonna be a CROWDED prison!
A new 6-minute YouTube video by yours truly and Mark P. Ferri, about the loss of freedom in America.
Not really, because he used the word “and”. All decent American may hate the government, but they do not hate the government AND want to shoot the mayor.
"Hi, is everything okay?"
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