Patriot Raid
Jason Halperin
t r u t h o u t | Report
EXCERPTS:
"Three days later I phoned the restaurant to discover what happened. The owner was nervous and
embarrassed and obviously did not want to talk about it. But I managed to ascertain that the
whole thing had been one giant mistake. A mistake. Loaded guns pointed in faces, people made
to crawl on their hands and knees, police officers clearly exacerbating a tense situation by
kicking in doors, taunting, keeping their fingers on the trigger even after the situation was under
control. A mistake. And, according to the ACLU a perfectly legal one, thanks to
the Patriot Act."
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Why would Bush and Aschroft harass immigrants and people who are not colored white?
One explanation might be that it gives them an excuse to make a distinction between
them (the good guys) and the non-white guys (the evil doers.). When they harass "them",
Bush and Co make Americans believe that there is a good chance these people
are here illegally and may have committed a crime so the police focus on them
so that WE do not focus on Ashcroft and Bush's prejudices and behaviour.
(As an aside, I believe American airlines has been fined for harassing
non-white people. I am not sure of their ethnic background but they are not white from what
I read. Perhaps, you are familiar with the case.)
When you look at Ashcroft's past: his unwillingness to rebuild black schools
that were literally falling downtown in the inner city of St. Louis and his refusal
to let to let the League of Women Voters go into these areas to sign up people
to vote, you should not be surprised that Bush and Ashcroft attack other ethnic
groups. It gives them a sense of power and it casts doubt on the character
of those that they target. It appears the people they target have very little
money or power so these people, much like former slaves in the south,
have no legal way to seek help.
I wouldn't be surprised if Bush and Ashcroft supported the
infamous Dread Scott decision. Of course, they
would never say so. JMOP
The Dred Scott Decision
library.wustl.edu
In 1846, Dred Scott and his wife Harriet filed suit for their freedom in the St.
Louis Circuit Court. This suit began an eleven-year legal fight that ended in
the U.S. Supreme Court, which issued a landmark decision declaring that
Scott remain a slave. This decision contributed to rising tensions between the
free and slave states just before the American Civil War.
The records displayed in this exhibit document the Scotts' early struggle to
gain their freedom through litigation and are the only extant records of this
significant case as it was heard in the St. Louis Circuit Court.
The original Dred Scott case file is located in the Office of the St. Louis Circuit
Clerk.
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In short, the Patriot Act turns us into Bush and Ashcroft's potential slaves.--Mephisto
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"The Patriot Act is just the first phase of the erosion of the Fourth Amendment. From the Justice
Department has emerged a draft of the Domestic Securities Enhancement Act, also known as
Patriot II. Among other things, this act would allow the Justice Department to detain anyone,
anytime, secretly and indefinitely. It would also make it a crime to reveal the identity or even
existence of such a detainee. "
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Instead of fighting with each other you'd think the nine Democratic candidates who want to beat bush in 04 would
concentrate on how Bush and Ashcroft strangle our civil rights. Mephisto |
