Posted on 04/30/2013 4:15:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Ron Paul, in a posting on the website of a libertarian activist, accused US law enforcement of 'a military-style occupation of an American city' in its response to the Boston bombing. Former GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has slammed US law enforcement for responding to the Boston Marathon bombing with “police state tactics.” In a post on the website of libertarian activist Lew Rockwell, Mr. Paul said Monday that the governmental reaction to the tragic explosions was worse than the attack itself...
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it is a criminal government drunk with power
If I was Ron Paul, I’d wonder what they mean by “too far” and exactly what are the ramifications of such a trespass.
Not really true that the posse or commitees of vigilance trampled the constitution. That is indeed the revisionist meme in todays hit western movies, but the facts of frontier America simply do not bear it out. Quite the opposite is normally true.
Warrantless searches are the actions of a criminal government.
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated...”
Were searches reasonable? Was anyone arrested because of something the police saw as they were searching the homes?
I agree with people saying the police seemed pretty rough about it.
Makes me wonder what would have happened if someone refused to leave their home. Buttstroke him in front of his kids? Arrest him?
Did the Boston police and the FBI go to far? This is the question.
What did Ron Paul do?
Ron Paul, you anti-American hack! The force was necessary so that the terrorist was caught. The government must do this to protect the population. Hacks like Ron Paul make big fuss over our law enforcing heroes saving lives by putting themselves in danger. Do I need a sarcasm?
I'm not seeing much difference in your scenarios, except with the cops, we're paying for it. With vigilence commitees, they paid for it.
And after it was all over with, in Boston, it wasn't the cops that found the guy. It was a citizen. So yes, doing nothing is a valid option.
/johnny
Mob justice vs jack booted thugs. Surely there is a constitutional middle ground?
They can, of course, just kill me, but they can only do that once.
/johnny
Additionally, the Boston police, while good in some ways, showed an astounding lack of skill in some huge ways. The first shootout caught on youtube sounded like a protracted firefight. But they were facing one pistol.
This resulted in no kill on one till he was run over, and the other escaping. For contrast, witness the shootout in Texas when the cops there stopped the guy who was on the run for escaping the murder of the prison warden. It ended right there, because the shooting was up to par.
Then they began a search of every building, treating innocent people disrespectfully. They acted like they were scared, playing army.
The low quality of their search was revealed when a homeowner found the bad guy after the search ended. (as he could have much more quickly had there been no 10,000 cop police state)
Then when Boston PD moved in again, they unleashed another horrendous fulisade that was caught on youtube. But the terrorist was unarmed.
They do indeed need some corrective criticism. But there are probably limits on how good an east coast department can be. They simply do not shoot as a lifestyle like people in Texas or New Mexico do.
I’ve noticed no one has a solution for a better way for Law Enforcement to have approached the hunt for two murderous terrorist thugs.
Actually what Paul said to that nutcase Rockwell was that the actions of the police while protecting the people were worse than the actions of the terrorists who precipitated those actions.
Outrageous and disgusting.
Reminds me of when he called the IDF soldiers who were protecting their country “pirates.”
Thomas Lucente: American liberty died in Boston where it was born
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013387/posts
Next time there is a terrorist attack call 1-800-RON-PAUL.
Demands to "DO SOMETHING! NOW!" are a sure way to trample freedoms.
/johnny
That takes a citizen or a group of citizens filling a lawsuit. If nobody files, then there is no claim they weren't....
/johnny
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