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Bush Official: One More Terror Attack On US, Goodbye Civil Rights
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" 'By their fruits ye shall know them.' And by their nuts as well."
"The acorns of any presidential administration never fall very far from the tree -- thus, the remarks made last week by one of George W. Bush's appointees to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission give us a pretty fair indication of what the future will look like if the Regime's seeds of tyranny ever come to full flower." |
PA: Lapel cameras to protect police on patrol
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"Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. and a Hampton Township businessman are teaming up for the experimental use of lapel television cameras for beat patrol police officers to prevent ambush attacks."
" 'My hope is to make the public aware that if you do something to a police officer, your picture is going to be on national TV in a matter of minutes,' Zappala said Thursday." |
LA: LSU Students Back Amid Murder Fears
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"Someone has posted a stark reminder for the thousands of Louisiana State University students returning next week for the fall semester: 'Killer on the loose!!! Please be careful. Love, Mom.' "
"It's not clear who put up the signs along a tree-lined path near a popular campus lake. But with no arrest in the serial slayings of three women and growing fear in Louisiana's capital, many parents are repeating the same message."
"Since the slayings began last September, merchants report higher sales of guns and pepper spray to women. And women say they refuse to walk alone in the city of 230,000. A task force has been set up to find the serial killer and determine whether any of the city's 37 unsolved murders of women over the past decade are linked." |
This One’s a General: Richard Carmona, hero
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"Testosterone is in again. Witness the ascent of Dr. Richard Carmona, the true-to-life hero nominated by President Bush for the post of surgeon general and recently confirmed, unanimously, by the Senate."
"The confirmation process reflects our rediscovered consensus that real men aren't afraid to use force — even deadly force — when necessary to protect a woman from a violent predator."
-- Dave Kopel & Timothy Wheeler |
FL: Council may cut mayor's position
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"The Interlachen Town Council meets today to discuss a possible charter amendment that would eliminate a separate mayor's office."
"The mayor has veto power and can break a tie in council decisions, but his role is primarily a figurehead." |
CO: Libertarian Senate Candidate Rick Stanley May Be Ousted
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Provocative E-mail Offends Some Party Members
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"The e-mail stated: 'I look forward to the day when we offer Summary Street Trials, in the streets, in public offices, motel rooms, coffee shops, where ever these bastards lurk. We, the American Sovereign People, are administering justice under laws of war and treason, strictly, mercilessly, and swiftly.' "
"Stanley (pictured, left) thanked the writer, adding, 'I will forward and when the day comes, and it will, America will be prepared for the traitors day in the people's court.' "
"The exchange prompted several Libertarians to file a complaint Thursday. They want the party's state board to conduct a hearing and perhaps remove Stanley from the party."
"Some Libertarians claim Stanley's actions violated party principals that prohibit the initiation of physical force against others."
"Stanley said the comments in the e-mail were not his." |
CT: Council to consider penalizing tax delinquents
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STRATFORD, CT. — "The Town Council wants the Charter Revision Commission to consider barring tax delinquents from holding elective and appointed office and forcing existing town officials to pay up or leave office."
"People should be able to vote for candidates whether the candidates owe taxes or not," said [Councilman Robert] Blake. "This is an elitist proposal. Maybe some voters identify more with someone who can't afford to pay their taxes than someone who can." |
UK: Handguns growing in the garden
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ORIGINAL TITLE: "Gardener's Shock as Gun Found"
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"A man found a loaded gun while clearing weeds from his back garden."
"The replica handgun had been put in a sports bag and shoved behind plants and shrubs."
"It was discovered as the man, who lives off Radford Road, New Basford, Nottingham, was renovating his house and back yard."
"Police are trying to discover if the weapon had been used in a crime."
"The 31-year-old home owner said: 'I was appalled. There have been kids wandering into the garden for some time - any of them could have picked it up.' "
"Police tests revealed it was an imitation handgun capable of discharging 8mm blank cartridges."
"There was six blanks in the chamber but the gun was jammed."
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Philippines: Communist Party leader and his wife charged with "illegal possession of firearms."
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"THE Macapagal administration has pulled out all the stops in its campaign to crush the communist movement in this country. It has aligned the country behind the United States expansion, beyond its borders, of its global war on terrorism by tagging the Communist Party of the Philippines and its military arm as 'foreign terrorist organizations.' "
"Demonstrating a puppetry not seen since the end of the Cold War, the administration has dredged up old charges against Rep. Satur Ocampo, former spokesperson of the National Democratic Front in the peace talks with the government, and his wife Carolina Malay, for 'illegal possession of firearms.' " |
UK: Gun-toting armed robber hits within 100 yards of similar armed theft 9 days ago
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From the land where handguns are banned and all people are sitting ducks...
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ORIGINAL TITLE: "Gun raider may have struck again"
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"A CUSTOMER in a town centre building society was threatened by a thief armed with a gun, in an attack echoing an earlier raid on a building society in the same street."
"The man grabbed an elderly female customer, pointed a hand gun at her [banned gun, banned activity] and demanded cash. A cashier handed over a quantity of cash, believed to be several hundred pounds, before he made off. Nobody was hurt."
"The police are looking at a possible connection between the raid and another robbery on August 8 at the Marsden Building Society -- just 100 yards away." |
Army officer tells tales of Afghan war
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"A U.S. Army officer with close ties to Dearborn County is back from the battlefields of Afghanistan and sharing the story of his role in America’s war on terrorism."
"1st Lt. Aaron Williams, Clarksville, Tenn., spent 165 days in Afghanistan and received two medals of commendation for his service there, including a Bronze Star for his heroic actions during Operation Anaconda."
"illiams conducted two combat air assaults in enemy territory and led his platoon in securing two strategic airfields during Operation Anaconda, the military’s successful campaign against Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in eastern Afghanistan."
"Hundreds of enemy fighters were killed by U.S. bombing and helicopter fire during the assault in March."
"U.S. forces initially encountered unexpectedly stiff resistance. Williams and his platoon expected to be in the combat zone for 12 to 72 hours. Instead, they remained there for more than a week." ... |
KY: "No weapons ban for Klan rally"
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"County attorney says such an ordinance would violate state law; event set for Aug. 31"
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"There won’t be any weapons ban on county property during the Ku Klux Klan rally Aug. 31."
"Warren County Fiscal Court approved a first reading of the ban on Aug. 9. It was scheduled for final approval at the Aug. 23 meeting, and would have banned “weapons, of any kind, whatsoever” on county property – most significantly, on the Warren County Courthouse grounds, where the rally is to be held – only for Aug. 31."
“We do not have that on next week’s agenda for a second reading,” Warren County Judge-Executive Mike Buchanon said. “After further conversations with the county attorney’s office and local law enforcement, they assured us that they could handle public safety issues in other ways, and that it was unnecessary for us to do that.”
"Another reason for its hasty removal is a potential conflict with state law. Kentucky Revised Statute 65.870 prohibits local governments from regulating firearms."
"A group of local law enforcement officials...recommended the weapons ban..."
TEXT OF REFERENCED STATUTE:65.870 Local firearms control ordinances prohibited.
No city, county or urban-county government may occupy any part of the field of regulation of the transfer, ownership, possession, carrying or transportation of firearms, ammunition, or components of firearms or combination thereof.
Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. |
Third less international arms sales last year
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With UN initiatives to ban "small arms" (i.e. Your self-defense firearms) these factoids are interesting in contrast (no UN protests against governments buying this heavy metal)...Egypt getting U.S. M-1 Tanks?... |
Debate over air marshal program
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"THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT touts the marshals as an elite defense force, trained in special exercises. But lawmakers told NBC News on Thursday that the marshals were not trained as well as they should be."
"The program does not have enough ammunition for shooting practice at some of its regional offices."
"Although the marshals are supposed to be undercover, their mandatory dress code could identify them to terrorists." |
The Price of Unarmed Pilots
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ORIGINAL TITLE: "Amid terror, a drastic decision: Clear the skies"
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"Capt. Jim Hosking is stunned as he reads the message from the cockpit printer aboard United Flight 890. On most days, messages sent to the Boeing 747 are ordinary: maintenance items or reports of bad weather. On this day, Sept. 11, before sunrise over the Pacific Ocean, the warning is unlike any he has seen. Hijackings? Terrorist attack? Taking off from Narita, Japan, just hours before, Hosking, 56, looked forward to heading home to Los Angeles, where his wife would be waiting." |
Gun Training Increasing For Legally Armed Citizens
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"Firearm instructors are training more individuals who want to be legal to carry guns. When licensed, the citizens are practicing more at gun clubs or commercial shooting ranges, and taking classes on advanced defensive tactics. All of these people realize that no gun will stop a chemical or biological attack, and the possibility of facing an armed terrorist may never happen." |
OK: Homeowner shoots violent attacker dead
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ORIGINAL TITLE: "Man, 22, dies after shooting near Catoosa:
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"[Randy] White told authorities that he went inside his house when a man outside threw a whiskey bottle through his front window. He also claims that he saw a gun poking through the shattered pane."
"White said he then fired out the window with his shotgun, prompting one of those outside to fire back with a pistol..."
"White was uninjured. But one of the four...suffered a fatal gunshot wound."
"At this point, they're not looking at pressing charges against the homeowner." -- Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Kym Koch |
TX: Californian’s Colonial collection dominates exhibit at Bush Library
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“This is my better half’s favorite piece,” [Gary] Milan said, laughing as he approached an 800-pound cannon included in the exhibit. “It’s her favorite because it’s here and not in our living room any more.”
“I think it’s important to expose our school-age children to American history so they will understand the sacrifice people made to make this country,” -- Charles Jennings
“Freedom’s Journey,” ... will be on display at the museum through Jan. 5. |
AZ: Bayless' use of office funds questioned
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"Using funds from her office accounts, the Republican gubernatorial candidate recently sent a letter touting her support of a gun lock program funded by the federal government."
"Enclosed with the letter was an interview she did with a sportsmen's magazine in which she claimed credit for the gun lock program. Before the gun locks are distributed through Bayless' office, she plasters a sticker with her name and picture on the package, the East Valley Tribune reported." |
"He's no Moses, he's the bad guy"
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"In his taped remarks, Heston compared himself and his own resolve to John F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Ronald Reagan: three of the most revered names in America. He has nothing in common with any of them, save for Reagan, with Alzheimer's. Kennedy and King both were shot down in the prime of their lives by idiots with rifles. How dare Heston invoke their names!"
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TX: Wolf Pen Plaza is expanding - gunowners will be pleased
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"An indoor shooting range will occupy about half of the Champion building and the retail store and gunsmithing shop will fill the other half, said Katy Stulce..."
"The shooting range will have nine lanes with an automatic retrieval system and a rubber backdrop behind the target area, and a Hepa filtration system designed to reduce the amount of lead in the air inside the building."
"Steps also are being taken to reduce noise..."
"The new range will be climate-controlled ..." |
FL, US: "Terror fight builds as officers are sworn to aid INS"
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"The number of investigators with Immigration & Naturalization Service powers in Central Florida doubled from five to 10 Thursday morning when the first class graduated from a pilot counterterrorism program."
"All five are local law-enforcement officers who underwent six weeks of training in Orlando with the federal INS."
"A total of 35 investigators assigned to the state's seven domestic-security task forces passed the program designed to offset a statewide shortage of INS agents available to investigate terrorism."
"Immigration attorneys and law-enforcement officials previously described INS enforcement abilities as little more than an illusion in Central Florida. INS intends to hire 10,000 employees by the end of September to end nationwide staffing shortages."
CONSIDER: INS has lost machineguns and laptop computers that contain critical data. They approved a visa for a 9/11 terrorist who'd been dead for months and who had taken thousands of Americans with him.
Does it really make sense to funnel 10,000 more employees, at taxpayer expense, into an agency with such obvious problems? |
UK: Armed Police involved in fatal shooting
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"A man has been shot dead during a late-night confrontation involving armed police in Bristol."
"The armed officers were investigating reports a gunman had shot at unarmed officers in the St Werburghs area of the city."
"A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police says the man was shot and later died in hospital of his injuries."
"No officers were injured during the shooting."
"A suspected firearm was later recovered from the scene in James Street." |
More U.S. travelers choose cars over jets
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"Peter Walczak has racked up 120,000 miles flying on US Airways, but during much of the last year he switched to a competitor."
"The car."
"Many business travelers have raised their driving-time thresholds. 'I have established my cutoff at five to six hours,' says consultant Bill Teater of Mount Vernon, Ohio. 'I can not only avoid the (airport) security charade protecting me, but I can get to my destination sooner.' |
FL: Sheriff's Deputy urges "using fingers, keys or pens to defend against an attacker"
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Women not encouraged to use firearms in self-defense...
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"One way that women learned about safety that night was to join in the hands-on, self-defense seminar taught by Broward Sheriff's Deputy Joe Williams."
"Williams emphasized using fingers, keys or pens to defend against an attacker."
"But he said the best weapon to use is a cell phone to call for help." [emphasis added]
"And that was part of the message of all the Night Out Against Crime events -- that police will be there to help when needed."
KABA NOTE: Deputy Williams' saying "the best weapon to use is a cell phone" is rather odd considering the fact that there's a large caliber weapon on his side at all times. Any woman who embraces his hypocritical advice and gets injured in an attack is encouraged to sue his department -- and him personally. |
Doctor who tried to board plane with weapons gets probation
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"A doctor who tried to board an airliner with two guns and other concealed weapons has been fined and sentenced to two years probation."
"Dr. Richard D. Price, 47, pleaded guilty in April to a charge that he attempted to board a Delta plane with a concealed weapon. Authorities arrested Price on Oct. 25 after he went through the security checkpoint at Birmingham International Airport, where an X-ray machine showed there was a gun in his luggage."
"Price, a former University of Alabama at Birmingham doctor who was bound for Cincinnati and on to Seattle, told authorities he carried the weapons to protect other passengers." |
Doll disarmament
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"Ryan Scott probably should consider himself lucky that he wasn't arrested for trying to carry firearms onto an airplane. True, there were a few extenuating circumstances: Ryan is only 9, and the guns were toys that no one would mistake for actual weapons."
"But rules are rules, and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) lists 'toy weapons' among its 'Items Prohibited in Aircraft Cabins.' So when Ryan tried to take a rubber, four-inch G.I. Joe rifle and a few miniature toy pistols aboard a flight at the Central Wisconsin Airport earlier this month, he was nabbed." |
PETA Launches Attack on Sport Fishing
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KABA NOTE: While this isn't directly related to the right to keep and bear arms, the PETA folks have shown, repeatedly, that they'd like to see guns go away. It's good to keep tabs on them -- and plenty of fishing enthusiasts are also gunowners. So here's the latest on PETA...
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"For many Americans, 'fishing' conjures up images of a quiet lake or gentle stream with man and nature at peace."
"But not everybody sees it that way."
" 'We're trying to get fishing banned in all state parks,' PETA’s Bruce Friedrich said."
"People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says fishing is a violent and cruel sport that victimizes the innocent inhabitants of the nation's waterways. They've initiated a campaign demanding states ban the time-honored sport." |
The Suspension Of Habaes Corpus
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"Apparently, the US Supreme Court didn't like what Lincoln did by suspending the right of habeas corpus. A Maryland secessionist, John Merryman, was arrested and placed under Martial Law. A writ of habeas corpus was issued by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Hon. Roger B. Taney, but the military refused to turn over Merryman. In Ex parte MERRYMAN, Taney explained his ruling that Lincoln's move was unconstitutional:" ... |
Air marshmallows: Marshals no substitute for armed pilots
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This is a rehash of the USA Today story from yesterday's Newslinks, but a good one...
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"AIR MARSHALS are unable to defend America’s airlines against terrorists, and the program is becoming a laughingstock, according to current and former marshals interviewed by USA Today. Yet the Bush administration maintains its head-in-the-sand opposition to arming airline pilots." |
New Zealand: Armed theft victims 'warned' by police 'they must back down' to thieves
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ORIGINAL TITLE: "'No guns' warning to theft-hit avocado growers"
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"Katikati police have warned Bay of Plenty avocado growers to think twice before taking the law into their own hands by arming themselves against fruit rustlers."
"Growers in the Athenree area have lost the equivalent of around 2500 trays of export avocados to thieves in recent weeks -- about $60,000 worth."
"Grower Bruce Rapley was the worst hit, losing about six tonnes of harvest-ready fruit from his trees this week -- a loss of potential income of up to $15,000."
"Outraged at the threat to their livelihoods, growers are setting out at night in groups to stake out their orchards. Some are taking guns."
"But Katikati Senior Constable John Fitzgerald today warned of the perils of carrying firearms."
" 'I appreciate that these growers have a lot at stake, because it is their livelihoods. But everyone is subject to the law of the land and (growers) would be dealt with if they confronted anyone with a firearm.' "
" 'If they find people on their orchard, they must back down and call the police. It's unlikely the offenders will be carrying firearms,' said Mr Fitzgerald." [emphasis added]
KABA NOTE: Requiring landowners victimized by high-dollar thieves to "back down" is pure abuse of power and would not fly here in America. Common law, backed by centuries of legal doctrine, gives any free human being the right to protect property and livelihood.
Unfortunately, it appears that the local law enforcement community in this area of New Zealand doesn't respect basic, centuries-old rights -- which means there will probably eventually be a confrontation between the people and the authorities. |
Joe Lieberman Joins Big Brother -- The Return of the Thought Police (Nat Hentoff)
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"When House Majority Leader Dick Armey removed from the president's Department of Homeland Security bill a domestic surveillance program called Operation Tips, it seemed as if we had been rescued from Big Brother."
"When Joe Lieberman had his Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs send the Homeland Security Department bill to the floor on July 25, it did not include Pat Leahy's recommendation to publicly rename Operation TIPS." |
The ghosts of mogadishu
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"Replying to those who've argued that the rash of corporate scandals now sweeping the country actually began under his watch, Bill Clinton threw off this little line:"
" 'These people ran on responsibility, but as soon as you scratch them they go straight to blame. Now, you know, I didn't blame his (George W. Bush's) father for Somalia when we had that awful day memorialized in 'Black Hawk Down.' I didn't do that.' " |
CA: Opt-Out Forms Shield Kids From Objectionable School Material
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"A California group is offering parents a tool to keep their public school students away from courses or assignments that offend the family's religious beliefs."
"Parents are using opt-out forms drafted in consultation with the Pacific Justice Institute and designed to protect children from what the parents consider controversial, morally objectionable or age-inappropriate material taught in public schools."
ONE STEP FURTHER:
More parents each year are "opting out" of government schools altogether. |
TN: Murder Trial For Tennessee Permit Holder Set To Begin On Aug. 17th 2002
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"This menace to society had attacked a female with a knife in her own store. He was in the process of dragging her to the back of her florist shop for who knows what, when a neighbor came to her rescue. The attacker fled with the money he took, and ran down the street. The good Samaritan arrives and the woman tells him what happened, and the man still has her money."
"The neighbor gets into his vehicle, locates the man and yells for him to stop." ... |
Judge Rules Gov't Can Withhold Names of Sept. 11 Detainees Until After Appeal
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"A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Bush administration does not have to immediately reveal the names of those detained in the investigation of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks."
"U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler issued a stay of her earlier order to give government lawyers more time to appeal."
"Kessler said the stay will remain in effect until a federal appeals court has ruled in the matter. That could take months." |
CO: Detained Colorado native virtually inaccessible
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"One hundred feet before drivers reach the parking lot of the jail where alleged terror associate James Ujaama is being held, a sheriff's deputy springs from a makeshift checkpoint."
"Visitors are asked the purpose of their visit. Identification is inspected. Those surviving this scrutiny are allowed to pass. And that's just to reach a parking lot." |
Keeping ‘Em Honest - police officer assaults chess captain
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" 'Where is it? Where did you put it?' the police officers asked me unrelentingly."
"They wanted to know where I had thrown my gun, the one they had "seen me with" while they were cruising around the block."
"I didn't live in the best of neighborhoods, and this sort of thing occurred rather frequently. It was a case of mistaken identity; they thought I was a fleeing gang member and beat me down in hopes of teaching me a lesson." |
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