U.S. Govt: Constitutional protections don't apply to 2/3 of U.S. citizens
Tell me again this is not martial law!
If you live in Sierra Vista, AZ you may already know that you can not
drive very far (15-50 miles in any direction) before you will be
stopped at a roadblock, or "informally", by some law enforcement
agency checking to see if you appear to be doing anything suspicious,
and frequently checking the interior and trunk of your vehicle.
"In July, the Department of Homeland Security disclosed policies that
showed that federal agents may copy books, documents, and the data on
laptops and other electronic devices without suspecting a traveler of
wrongdoing." Washington Post Sept 23, 2008
The government is assuming extraordinary powers to stop and search
individuals within this [100-mile border] zone. This is not just about
the border: This " Constitution-Free Zone" includes most of the
nation's largest metropolitan areas. Using data provided by the U.S.
Census Bureau, the ACLU has determined that nearly 2/3 of the entire
US population (197.4 million people) live within 100 miles of the US
land and coastal borders. The "Constitution-Free Zone"
<http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/areyoulivinginaconstitutionfreezone.html>http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/areyoulivinginaconstitutionfreezone.html
In the middle of last year I was stopped 14 times in one 45 day period
by various law enforcement agencies (Sierra Vista Police, Bisbee
Police, Douglas Police, Dept of Public Safety-Highway Patrol,
Sheriff's Office and U.S. Border Patrol) on my daily round-trip from
Sierra Vista to Douglas, AZ and NOT ticketed.
The new policy of the U.S. Border Patrol allows officers to confiscate
and copy information from business and personal papers and computers
even if the traveler is not suspected of any wrongdoing. And more
local law enforcement agencies are requesting training and funding to
become designated as agents for Homeland Security.
Best Regards,
David M Morgan
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Since they plan on dissolving those borders in favor of the North American Union as per the Security and Prosperity Partnership anyway?
My favorite Homeland Security measure via the Patriot Act is law enforcement (now new and improved with joint military cooperation via Northern Command!) can go to your home while you are away, search the premises without notifying you that they have done so, file charges and arrest you later without telling you why, rendition you off to anywhere they deem appropriate without telling you why, and then when they are done and you are released (if you are released), they can apply a convenient gag order to keep you from discussing the matter with anyone.
America,
the beautiful,
with damaged waves of brain.....
for perps amassing travesties
above the (GM) fruited plain!
(come on everybody! sing along! with feeling! like ya mean it!)
And of course I'm not sure what we are going to do about it lol. I did have one idea though: If people want to move toward a "surveilance society", how about if individuals in communities put their own (legal) surveilance on their local law enforcement. Make everything LEOs do publicly available for scruitiny including contact info for where to comment on activities. In short, force them to be more transparent. And why, well it seems to me for conditioning purposes. I doubt that the NAU is meant to be a highly democratic entity, and it's possible we are being prepared so we will not flip out when the way law enforcement works in our communities changes. I should mention that we are seeing very little of that sort of thing around here, we don't really need police (Nor, I believe, does anyone, really). There's even a tiny locality in this area where the population petitioned successfully to have the cops leave because they said they did not need them anymore, perhaps that is the direction we should all move in, same as the money thing ;)