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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What is his solution?
He’s absolutely right.
My little country town in Upstate NY now has a SWAT team and an armored vehicle, courtesy of DHS dropping tons on of cash on every police force in the country to arm-up.
That, and the fact that every Gov’t agency now seems to have its own paramilitary force and all of are bidding up ammunition to keep it out of private hands is quite concerning indeed.
“What is his solution?”
A well armed citizenry?
His solution is to obey the constitution.
I take it your solution is to abolish the constitution when a couple of dweebs with a pressure cooker kill a few people?
no he has not gone too far
That is the antithesis of what our current fascist government wants. Which is all the more reason why we should not let it happen.
So Mr Constitution, how would you have handled it?
Saying you would obey the constitution is a cop out. You could do nothing and remain in compliance with the constitution.
yes, he’s gone too far! Throw him in jail!
Yahoo idiots.
Well, Mr. Alinsky, I wouldn't have frog-marched innocent people out of their houses at gunpoint.
I sincerely hope you get to experience it someday soon.
I’m not a big Ron Paul fan, but he’s not far off-base with this comment. I was appalled at the military show-of-force of the police (and it was not just the Boston PD) in their lock-down of an entire city, and the way they strong-armed and harrassed citizens who were sitting peacefully in their homes. And to add insult to injury, a citizen copped the perp AFTER the police lifted the lockdown and issued what amounted to an “All’s well” statement.
Warrantless searches are the actions of a criminal government.
Personally I think less cops and more citizen involvement would be better. Naturally people should have the option of being armed. However its important to remember that in the days of the posse, the constitution was often trampled far more than what happened in Boston at the hands of police.
I think I would have strongly suggested that people avoid traveling if possible and I would warn them that there are a lot of nervous and potentially dangerous police on the street.
When it comes right down to it, its just a symptom of the government imposed disease that imports our enemies and strips us of rights as a result.
Yeah I kinda figured you didn’t have an answer.
Indefinite curfew is never the answer.
citizen’s arrest works way better than those thugs and their over the top freak show
hee bee jee bee cripple creek have you lost your ever lovin mind?
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