Comments on: Rep. Filner Enters Plea in Criminal Trespass Case http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/rep-filner-enters-plea-in-trespass-case/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Mon, 28 May 2012 07:02:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ernie http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/rep-filner-enters-plea-in-trespass-case/#comment-2369 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:37:33 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/11/26/rep-filner-enters-plea-in-trespass-case/#comment-2369 Not to sound as an alarmist but isn’t this a classic way to silence dissent (the easy assault charges part of the story). I mean, I’m an Iraq vet who is vehemently opposed to this irresponsible war and I often attend protests. The police are incredibly jumpy and quick to escalate a situation. Especially considering the fact that Provocateurs have at times been used. I mean when virtually anything is now considered assault on a police officer does that not make it incredibly easy for a peaceful protest to be exaggerated by the police as being violent and thus allows the use of a heavy hand. The population is indeed being intimidated.Now, I know its not exactly new but looking at all that is going on with our civil liberties i cant help but fear a police state and sure as hell ain’t what I thought i was fighting for.

From a recent protest about immigration:

Some of these border agents and blatantly eager to fire “non-lethal” weapons into the small and loud but, peaceful crowd of kids. One officer clearly fires at a kid in retaliation for something he or someone else said!

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