Police State

From Eric Peters:

The police state is not only here – it is being welcomed with open arms.

Exhibit A: In Aurora, Colorado, police searching for suspected bank robbers locked down an entire intersection, dragooned 40 random motorists out of their cars at gunpoint, handcuffed them, and "asked" for permission to search their vehicles.

Naturally, no one refused permission.

The action itself is startling: 40 people, guilty of nothing more than proximity, of being in the same general area where a suspected criminal might also be, are literally pulled from their vehicles, shackled, and detained for more than two hours – even after it was obvious they were guilty of no crime at all.

Even more startling, however, than these over-the-top tactics is the fact that (apparently) every one of these 40 innocent people complied without a peep of protest. Not one said: "I'm sorry officer, but unless I've committed a crime, I'd like to be free to go about my business." Not one said, "I do not consent to any searches."

None put up a fuss when the cuffs came out.

One woman interviewed by ABC News clucked happily: "Yeah, we all got cuffed (laugh) until they figured out who did what." No doubt this woman will not object when a gang of armed men kicks in her door, invades her home, and holds her family at gunpoint until they figure out who did what. After all, there are criminals about. They could be anywhere. Which means, anything is justified.

In the words of one ABC News blogger, "Sounds like the police did their job – and did it exceptionally well!" And another: "I think the police did a great job in an unusual circumstance and protected the people of the city from a dangerous criminal. Those people should praise the police, not sue them!"

The Accosted apparently agree. So far, according to news reports, none of the 40 has so much as filed a complaint.




What would you do, I see no humor in this situation what so ever.  In fact, it remind me of what every American is put through at the air ports in the name of " The Patriot Act."