Posted on 08/09/2006 5:00:14 PM PDT by JennysCool
Neither is dressing up like an indian and dumping tea in a harbor. But there are times when the right to liberty demands to be asserted. To the meek or the sheepish, the act may seem like madness or hubris. To others, it speaks of an independent spirit that will not be denied.
I favor the latter interpretation.
Just curious, do you think Cynthia McKinney was within her "rights" in the capitol police assult affair?
He tried to stop her from doing her congressional duties, was she right in assulting him?
Your beef is with those who write the ordinances and laws which are enforced by the police.
You're better off taking them on, because I've got news for you:
You ain't gonna win a confrontation with the cops.
Yeah, that one's news to me too. I must have stumbled onto the Peoples' Temple website by mistake. Where do they keep the kool-aid?
Running a police road block that was set up to protect citizens and dumping tea in a harbor to protest a tax is far from the same.
You remind me of those militia people who hole up in remote cabins, then come walking out, sheepishly, after a couple of weeks, after all the electricity and water's been cut off with their hands over their heads.
You deny being a cop hater? Your choice of words tell another story.
She was not doing her congressional duties. She was entering a building where she was liable to be searched and she refused to comply. She simply assaulted him. But nice try for an equivalency argument.
For a real "equivalency argument" revisit your reply about the Boston Tea Party, then come back and talk equivalency arguments with me.
She was not doing her congressional duties. She was entering a building where she was liable to be searched and she refused to comply. She simply assaulted him.
You still didn't answer the question. Was Cynthia within her "rights"? Would you have assulted the cop had you been in that situation?
"why would they need to steal a car. this makes no sense"
uhh... what ?
The police pursuit of a stolen car, complete with reported shotgun fire aimed at pursuing officers, ended about 11 a.m. when the suspect crashed into another car and then accidentally or deliberately shot himself to death with the sawed-off shotgun.
Might be part of the issue.
Al / Bobby: "Hey, Cop: see that street sign? I'm Unser!"
Cop: Yeah -- does that make you bulletproof?"
Yes, it is. But it's also with their pawns. That "defense" didn't work any better at Nuremberg than it does here.
You ain't gonna win a confrontation with the cops.
There are a lot of ways to "win" such a confrontation. Sometimes when the cops "win," they lose. (Ask Rodney King.) My guess is that this will prove to be one of those times. It depends on how much hell the Unsers raise about it, and whether they decide to sic some pitbull civil rights lawyer on the city. Then the taxpayers end up covering the bill for a bunch of overzealous "guardians" who are more of a threat to the public weal than any so-called criminal.
Where does the Constitution give the police the right to do anything?
The question was begged. You presumed she was doing her congressional duties.
Was Cynthia within her "rights"?
No.
Would you have assulted the cop had you been in that situation
No. I don't believe in assult.
Had they let the Unsers through there and they were injured or killed because of it you would now be calling the cops irresponsible and also urging a law suit against them
Your every reply shows your prejudice against cops. Nothing they do or don't do pleases you does it?
LOL!! You are a knuckle-dragger, for sure.
Sometimes when the cops "win," they lose. (Ask Rodney King.) My guess is that this will prove to be one of those times. It depends on how much hell the Unsers raise about it, and whether they decide to sic some pitbull civil rights lawyer on the city.
Let 'em. They won't win. As for Rodney King, I invite you to check out his two-foot-long rap sheet since his run in with those officers.
I'd wager his ex-wife wishes they'd killed him.
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