Anti Federalist
08-15-2014, 12:34 PM
h/t to Lucille
From Boston to Ferguson: Have We Reached a Tipping Point in the Police State?
By John W. Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute
August 15, 2014
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/08/john-w-whitehead/anti-tyranny-tipping-point/
The difference between what happened in Boston in the wake of the Boston Marathon explosion and what is happening now in Ferguson, Missouri, is not in the government’s response but in the community’s response.
This is what happens when you ignore the warning signs.
This is what happens when you fail to take alarm at the first experiment on your liberties.
This is what happens when you fail to challenge injustice and government overreach until the prison doors clang shut behind you.
Consider that it was just a little over a year ago that the city of Boston was locked down while police carried out a military-style manhunt for the suspects in the Boston Marathon explosion. At the time, Americans welcomed the city-wide lockdown, the routine invasion of their privacy, and the dismantling of every constitutional right intended to serve as a bulwark against government abuses.
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From Boston to Ferguson: Have We Reached a Tipping Point in the Police State?
By John W. Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute
August 15, 2014
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/08/john-w-whitehead/anti-tyranny-tipping-point/
The difference between what happened in Boston in the wake of the Boston Marathon explosion and what is happening now in Ferguson, Missouri, is not in the government’s response but in the community’s response.
This is what happens when you ignore the warning signs.
This is what happens when you fail to take alarm at the first experiment on your liberties.
This is what happens when you fail to challenge injustice and government overreach until the prison doors clang shut behind you.
Consider that it was just a little over a year ago that the city of Boston was locked down while police carried out a military-style manhunt for the suspects in the Boston Marathon explosion. At the time, Americans welcomed the city-wide lockdown, the routine invasion of their privacy, and the dismantling of every constitutional right intended to serve as a bulwark against government abuses.
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