Wednesday, April 4, 2012

to be secure

This week the Supreme Court gave us a Decision that said police can strip search everyone.

Commenters on the internet think it's a crazy decision;
some think it's to help lead us toward a Nazi-style fascist "Police State";
others think it's the wealthy elite (the "one percent") trying to get people who work for a living (policemen, + everyone else) to fight amongst themselves;
others say the Supreme Court is trying to discourage protesters.

That would be a "free speech" problem, right?
And -- it seems like they definitely took the Fourth Amendment and just --
er --
removed it.

(If they can do that, they can get the people's guns away from them,
"at the drop of a hat,"
"with the stroke of a pen."...)

The Fourth Amendment says,
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

I got to thinking about it -- what kind of people would apply for jobs as policemen, under this type of rule?

I work with a guy who used to work in the police dept., & I wondered, after reading this news -- maybe that's why he changed careers, because he saw this coming, & realized there was a significant percentage of the local population that he does not want to see without any of their clothes on.

Yikes to the tenth power. ...

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