Posted on 08/20/2017 9:08:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Houston area. This same thing happened to a woman in the Dallas area around the same time. A short time later they passed the law against this procedure. It’s a sad state of affairs that they would even have to pass a law against cops doing this.
"No, but I saw three Marines in a jeep smoking cigarettes."
"No, but I saw three Marines in a jeep smoking cigarettes."
Driving with a black woman in the front seat with a white man used to be "against the law", too.
Fireworks are "against the law" on the Fourth of July.
You want "the Law" to be honored? Try not making Tyrannical law then.
Tyrannical law should be resisted—held in disdain, even.
Only a slave submits to arbitrary law.
Law which is created to control or subjugate people—when they're not infringing on anyone else's Rights—is Tyranny, and I spit on it.
"I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." - Thomas JeffersonEver hear of the Stamp Act? Look it up. Being American doesn't mean bowing down to every Tyrannical law that comes down the pike. That's one of the reasons we have things like jury nullification, for example. And Revolutions.
Americans have great respect for the Law and Authority—when it's legitimate. And when it's not, we reserve the Right to defy it—especially if it's infringing on Unalienable Rights—whether the government likes it or not...
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