"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
The Criminalization of Protest
Submitted by Derek Henson on Tue, 2010-01-05 04:00
“It’s difficult to discern a practical reason why a man working for an urban police department would need to wear camouflage, especially while patrolling an economic summit. He’s a civilian dressed like a soldier. The symbolism is clear, and it affects the attitudes of both the cops wearing the clothes and the people they’re policing.”
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Don't forget to mention the ski masks and other identity camouflage they've taken to wearing too. Sad.
Thomas Jefferson is credited with saying, "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." The more I hear, see, and read about these kinds of government actions, I wonder if we will ever truly have liberty?