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Originally Posted by Seaplane Pilot
This is what it's come down to:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-off...ry?id=70032966
For those of you that have no problem flushing the Constitution down the toilet, this is a perfect example of why this is a very bad idea. At least the 6 year old girl is smart enough to realize this, unlike the majority of the population that throws it to the wayside. "She's learned that our constitutional rights are something worth standing up for," Mooney said. "She got to witness a violation of civil rights. She got to witness an unlawful order by the police."
Where and when did the founding fathers draft anything in the Constitution that said these said provisions can be suspended due to a virus? Look around, this is happening everywhere. Hopefully, once the dust settles and things get back to "normal", court cases will be filed in order to prevent this from happening in the future. Lives and businesses ruined forever, clearly the cure was worse than the disease. Instead of "exploding", the better term would be that it's "blowing up" in the faces of the alarmists. Now the spin comes that the "social distancing" saved 2 million lives. Pathetic. |
Hi SP,
This is a great example of police overreach and idiocy, and I agree it's very dangerous.
I also agree with your general point that we should not be risking constitutional rights. Big on this big point, another article was even scarier to me--not a couple of cops who are morons, but a President who appears willing to limit voting at this difficult time. I hope you will join me in saying that our President, Congress, and courts need to do everything they can to make sure everybody can vote this Fall, and that social distancing is not used as an excuse to disenfranchise people. (if you don't like the Times, just Google Wisconsin voting--virtually every outlet reports this the same way)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/u...gtype=Homepage