When the Patriot Act was passed, I remember telling a friend that we had just started a downhill slide to the bottom. He didn't understand, did I want bombers moving in next to me? Of course not, but if the rights of the worst do not go through due process, it will only be a short time until the rights of the best of us are gone too.
We have allowed water boarding of prisoners, and now people are having conversations about whether pepper spray is an appropriate response to people exercising free speech. It is not. In LA, people are having to take classes on the first amendment (reeducation) in order to avoid charges.
In Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker wants to charge people for free speech, going so far as to potentially charging people for the pepper spray used on them.
In the meantime, while flesh and blood people are not allowed to speak, the Supreme Court says that Corporations have unlimited free speech, with the case of Citizens United vs. FEC. We have given up our rights by not protesting before, and the time has come to get them back. Lets Occupy K Street as well as Occupy Wall Street.
We have allowed water boarding of prisoners, and now people are having conversations about whether pepper spray is an appropriate response to people exercising free speech. It is not. In LA, people are having to take classes on the first amendment (reeducation) in order to avoid charges.
City Attorney's criminal branch Chief Earl Thomas tells the Weekly virtually no one is getting off scot-free.
He said that while about 175 people were released today they could still be charged. Those folks were determined to be eligible for the Alternative Prosecution Program, a 90-day love fest in which suspects can enroll and avoid prosecution. Read More Here
In Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker wants to charge people for free speech, going so far as to potentially charging people for the pepper spray used on them.
In the meantime, while flesh and blood people are not allowed to speak, the Supreme Court says that Corporations have unlimited free speech, with the case of Citizens United vs. FEC. We have given up our rights by not protesting before, and the time has come to get them back. Lets Occupy K Street as well as Occupy Wall Street.
