| Online: | |
| Visits: | |
| Stories: |
| Story Views | |
| Now: | |
| Last Hour: | |
| Last 24 Hours: | |
| Total: | |
The Real Reason Americans Are Enraged Over The Cliven Bundy Situation
Freedom Outpost
Americans from across the country travelled to Bunkerville, NV to show support for Cliven Bundy’s struggle against the United States government. They did not come because they thought Bundy has a good case. In fact, they came in spite of the fact that he probably has a bad case: he has lost twice in federal court and on appeal. It wasn’t the justice of Bundy’s cause; it was the injustice of the government’s treatment of him that fueled national indignation.
Americans have been increasingly subjected to unwarranted, unexplained, unacceptable and violent intrusions by federal, state, and local police agencies. These police intrusions are carried out by gangs of police dressed up in battle gear, pretending they are performing heroic acts on battlefields, and smashing front doors in the late hours of the night. They yank their victims out of bed, hold them at gunpoint, humiliate and embarrass whoever they can, and kill the family dog. When an intrepid homeowner manages to kill one of the intruders before he is overrun, thinking criminals have invaded his home, he is prosecuted for murder.
These raids have no place in a constitutional republic, and they are often carried out to arrest a single person or to seize small quantities of drugs. And that’s when they’ve got the right house.
This kind of police attack happens 40,000 times a year.
The debacles at Ruby Ridge and Waco, TX come to mind. In the case of Ruby Ridge, federal agents had lured Randy Weaver into a technical gun violation because he refused to be an informant for them. When he failed to appear in court, more than 700 federal agents, national guardsmen, state and local law enforcement officers laid siege to Weaver’s plywood shack in the woods, where he lived with his wife and children. Before it was over, his wife was killed by a sniper at 200 meters while holding an infant, and his son was killed by MP5 fire from a “reconnaissance” police agent. Luckily, to protect its agents, the FBI had arranged for the presence of armored personnel carriers. [See Footnote 1]
Reposted with permission
