Posted on 04/20/2020 5:58:56 PM PDT by marshmallow
The churchgoers presented zero public safety risk.
I’ve often wondered about formerly civil nations that descend into vicious totalitarianism. The only way this happens is if the despotic government can wrest control of the military and law enforcement from the non-authoritarian government. The most obvious being a country of culture, manufacturing, science, and civil society that succumbed to the National Socialist German Worker’s (NAZI) Party.
Having some German ancestry, I’ve wondered if a federal, state, or local government in the United States could ever get Americans to violate other American’s rights just “because a political leader says so” regardless of what the U.S. or state constitutions say. An incident in Greenville, Mississippi last week brought back this curiosity. And, sadly, may be providing an answer to my question.
As a cop who wrote frequently in our union newspaper, The Guardian, I made it clear that I would never obey an order that violated an American’s Second Amendment rights. Various mayors during my career attempted to impose clearly unconstitutional anti-gun rights edicts in the city. Fortunately, they were all slapped down in the courts.
Even more fortunately, I never felt I had to make the same assertion about the First or any other amendments enshrined in the Bill of Rights. Officers, during this current CCP virus hysterical overreach, are having to deal with their chiefs, sheriffs, and mayors ordering them to violate people’s constitutional rights.
And many cops are rightly confused, as this situation is unprecedented in most American’s lifetimes. I mean, what do “emergency powers” include? Can the federal and state constitutions actually be suspended? But making rank and file cops the bad guys to achieve their ideological goals is just what some leaders do.
I’ll provide one seemingly innocuous prohibition handed down by one state governor that betrays the.......
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There is no politician so tyrannical as one who believes they are suppressing your rights for your own good.
I recall some tests where the subject thought they were inflicting pain on someone but really were not.
Surprising what a lot of people are capable of.
As the Mossad after the holocaust, let it be after the Chinese Communist Bioweapon.
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This whole situation could get ugly, and really quick. There are just too many people who want to take away people’s rights and this pandemic is giving them their excuse to do just that.
This is the **** revolutions are made of.
All enemies, foriegn and domestic...
Never happen. A few will take a stand but not many. Most not only will comply but will turn those who do not comply in to the authorities. Read the posts on here.
Took a while to dig out the info but oh yeah, he’s a prog.
https://www.facebook.com/bcnnone/posts/10156702257956642
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A friend of mine has just been appointed parish administrator in Greenville. He’s a smart guy and very traditional. It will be interesting to see what happens there. My guess is that he will be unofficially available while trying to keep out of the news.
9mm to Fascist, you rights are suspended...
Yep and these names will be added to the list.
You mean those God-given rights inherent to everyone? Does God know about this?
The rights come from God, not from cops.
Abuse of power under the color of law is a crime
Deprivation of rights under color of law.
Simple, specific, and pertinent.
Hold him personally responsible.
And the Gov. too.
Can someone explain what is going on in miss.? Its one of the top Christian conservative states in the country. Whats up there right now?I thought those in power were actual conservatives.Apparently not. What about the state supreme court?
Ok see it now. Rogue dem mayor in greenville.
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