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And the perps weren’t even there.
See: “The Pianist” Cue flame throwers
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Ping; TM, too.
Thanks, Las Vegas Ron.
The country is crawling with terrorists. The only way the government can keep us all safe is to move us off into the Camps where they can watch over us 24/7.
The media portrayed the searches in Watertown as completely voluntary. They were not! This is disturbing on every level.
Americans are willing to put aside their Constitution rights for safety and security. That is how it happens folks. Ben Franklin knew what he was talking about!
Pure propaganda.
The searches were constitutional, legal, and done by the book. I haven’t seen any evidence to the contrary, no matter how many of the propagators of this stuff I’ve asked.
Fact is, the folks spreading this stuff around simply don’t know the law. They don’t know the difference between a reasonable and an unreasonable search. They’ve virtually never heard of exigent circumstances, which is the legal criteria.
http://definitions.uslegal.com/e/exigent-circumstances/
http://blogs.findlaw.com/blotter/2013/04/can-police-search-door-to-door-without-warrants.html
Was it really necessary to roust a family from their home at gunpoint, treated like criminals simply for staying put in their own home?
I was home sick on Friday (still feeling under the weather today) and I found the whole scene as it unfolded in Watertown, MA, to be totally surreal and shocking. I understand they were after a dangerous terrorist. He ended up being wounded, hiding in a boat stored in a backyard and found by a regular citizen, despite all of the paramilitary law enforcement show of force, that ended up violating many innocent citizens rights. The sneaking suspicion that came to me watching it all unfold was will we be seeing more of such shows of force? Probably so if/when the SHTF!
This is rather disturbing, but I suspect was rather commonplace in Watertown. I lived in Germany for almost 10 years during the Baeder Meinhoff gang and other terrorist era. Bombings, while not commonplace, happened throughout that period. The German government never did anything like this though they certainly were at work behind the scenes to catch the terrorists. Innocent German civilians were never treated like this. I never thought that I would be making such a comparison.
If the searches of innocent citizens actually went down like this, then a class action lawsuit against the local,state and federal government is in order. If no one has the guts or support to do that...this will continue.
There aren’t enough Feds, including military, to invoke martial law on tiny Mass. let alone the US. There just aren’t the numbers.
Practice makes perfect!
Hard to believe the neighboring State New Hampshire’s motto is “Live Free or Die”! If the government can give you everything it can take it away! Also,all this for an injured 19 year old man? These men in black armor and machine guns have been waiting to play with their toys. Boston Sheeple wake up!
Funny how the ACLU brought up the “militarization” of police about a month before the attack and then went silent and no further mention was made.
Going to be interesting to see what their follow up is now.
If there isn’t any, why did they bring it up in the first place?
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And the irony of it all is that with hundreds (if not thousands) of cops searching with several SWAT teams (I saw/heard of at least 6) they didn’t find the terrorist/perp until they LIFTED the “lock-down” and a guy went out for a smoke is his backyard & noticed his boat was tampered with. I am OK with a polite knock on the front door and “Is everything all right?” or “Have you seen this guy?” but that is about it.
What should worry people is that if you own a gun that has turned illegal...you could be facing a felony due to this search (and don’t expect much sympathy from judges or juries there).
The only thing missing was the shout[s]”Juden Raus!”
In fact, if they were any survivors of the Nazis going house to house in the 1940 and 1939 Germany and Eastern Europe, they would have flashbacks.
They would NEVER do that to the local Mosque those guys attended, under any circumstances. And THAT says it all.