Posted on 07/06/2002 2:06:16 PM PDT by PJeffQ
Serpico Decries Anti-Terror Measures
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHATHAM, N.Y.- Frank Serpico, the whistle-blowing ex-New York City cop, criticized the government's anti-terrorism measures at a July Fourth reading of the Declaration of Independence.
"It is my opinion that never before have we, as a nation, stood in greater danger of losing our individual liberties as we are today," he said. "We, the people of this great nation, are being punished for the transgressions of our leaders and their consorts."
Despite catcalls from the audience, he continued with his statement before moving on to the text of the historic document.
"When I still have the freedom to speak, I'll always use it," said Serpico, best known for fighting corruption within the police department in the 1960s.
Peter Maas wrote the book "Serpico," about Serpico's battle against departmental corruption. The book became a hit movie starring Al Pacino.
The organizers of Thursday's event, which also featured a performance of the play "1776," were surprised by Serpico's statements, and some were disappointed that he used the occasion as a soapbox.
"The politicking was totally unexpected," Barbara Peduzzi, assistant producer at the Mac-Haydn Theatre, told the Register-Star of Hudson.
If you're gonna quote all of that stuff, do me a favor..seems the following items are of real historical significance, so where are they: 1.) The Cross; 2.) The Arc (Noah's crusie ship); 3. Those Ten Commandment thingies...yeah "tablets of stone" (you'd think they'd be hard to misplace?); 4.)Joesph hiss own self! What ever happened to that dude...he gotta grave site someplace (seems none of these guys do, eh?)
Responding to a political statement with some scripture hocus-pocus really discredits.
Whoa J,
I guess you feel what Serpico did qualifies him eternally to make moral judgements on everything. I don't.
Regarding your knee jerk reaction that I should take an unconventional shampoo, grow up.
That's because if you added ALL that stuff together,it wouldn't amount to 10 percent of what Bubba-2 has DONE. In his wildest wet dreams,Bubba-1 couldn't have gotten away with half the stuff people are applauding Bubba-2 for doing.
No,the real losers are the people who blindly support a statist president because he has a "R" behind his name.
The real losers are anyone who blindly supports anyone! The mind is a terrible thing to waste, people should use it to process not just to store.
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