Posted on 01/19/2014 8:44:49 AM PST by lowbridge
We use Facebook for many things, some of us use it for posting pictures of our food, others for posting the infamous selfie, and some of us to vent our frustrations with thegovernment and politics as a whole. No matter the reason you use Facebook, you expect to be able to post just about anything you want(aside from death threats to the President) without being hassled since our right to free speech is protected.
Well thats not the experience Blaine Cooper from Humboldt, AZ had. The 34 year old posted a rant on Facebook showing his frustration with the country and within 24 hours he was contacted by the police and FBI. On August 23, Officer Jason Kaufman of the Prescott Valley Police Department contacted Cooper and told him that he needed to come down to the station for questioning with the FBI. He complied and the interview, with federal agents present the whole time, lasted 45 minutes then Cooper was released after it was determined he wasnt a threat.
They had every Facebook post I had ever made in a huge file, along with all my wifes information, and parents information,
Cooper stated that complying with the request for an interview saved him from having his home raided by the Feds, and that by complying he was diffusing the situation, according to police who said his home may have been raided otherwise.
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I think they call that "educated way beyond his intelligence".
It is wisest to never speak of an armed revolution.
Person: “We live in a police state.”
Police: (KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK)
Isn’t Irony Ironic?
Bkmrk
SO.....exercising your 1A rights is now probable cause for an armed raid. We are WAY past “Claire Wolfe” time.
And they knew he would post about the incident so as to scare others. It was nothing but a scare tactic. Plain and simple. Welcome to Amerika. Have you cyber hugged your assigned NSA person today?
There's no reason to say that. Just because many of the recommended articles comes from the NYT and HuffPo doesn't mean a thing.
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Excellent advice! Remember the whiners, whalers and propagandists about the loss of 'their privacy' by the evil President Bush".....where are they today with their moan'en and grown'en about Obama's over the top, unconstitutional spying on American citizens....
By the way, I thoroughly enjoyed your home page!
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