Guantanamo Comes to Main Street U.S.A.

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Kanttekening bij onderstaande video over een gewelddadige stripsearch in
de VS: het nodeloos ontkleden van verdachten is ook dagelijkse praktijk
in NL. Als een verdachte in de isoleer wordt gegooid  wordt hij eerst
met veel intimidatie in zijn nakie gezet. Hetzelfde gebeurt bij het
'visiteren' van verdachten als ze bezoek hebben gehad.
Frappant is dat ze het nu eens gefilmd hebben.

Guantanamo Comes to Main Street U.S.A.

By Mark A. Goldman

12/02/08 "ICH" -- -- They say that the difference between how democracy
in Europe has evolved compared to that of the United States is that in
Europe the government is afraid of the People whereas in the United
States the People are afraid of the government.  That's a dangerous
state of affairs and it looks like it's going to get worse.

It's not only a matter of who you vote for... it's a matter of how well
informed you are when you do vote... and Americans now are notorious for
not being nearly as well informed as the citizens of many other
countries are.  So in America, we don't really think that deeply about
the range of choices that are or are not available to us.  Fatal mistake.

The video below is indicative of the evolving consciousness of law
enforcement in our nation... and it's our 'Shock and Awe' government,
with its penchant for gratuitous and unconscionable violence, and the
People's refusal to hold them accountable, that is setting the stage for
our future in this 'land of the free and home of the brave.'

When we allow fear and force to dominate the way in which our government
deals with people we don't know... we open the door to despotism, for
surely when we fail to protect the legitimate rights of any group or
person, we sow the seeds of our own destruction.  Take a look at this
video if you want to know what is happening to civil liberties in our
own country.  I guess for some members of our community, this is not
news at all.

Apparently local law enforcement officers are now being trained to treat
citizens the way military personnel were trained to treat Guantanamo
prisoners.  Your government doesn't seem to care anymore what you
think... except maybe during an election year and even then, not so
much.  And like the military, many police officers who have been trained
to just follow orders, are doing just that...just following orders.
Watch this video.

Everything by the book

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3jV1_GOTs

 Woman is stripped naked and abused by Start County Sheriff Dept.
http://www.sheriff.co.stark.oh.us/ email them at strkshrf at raex.com to
let them know how you feel

Our silence and indifference to the plight of others is what allows this
kind of thing to happen.  You probably won't get a better wake up call
than this.  No doubt bad public relations will force this kind of
evidence into dark corners.  The question is, will we wake up, or will
we remain silent until something like this happens to someone we know
and care about... or maybe to a lot of people we know and care about?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19334.htm

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