DoJ Stands Up For Citizens
Just not for non-American citizens, or citizens who are Border Patrol agents.
On the heels of the still unresolved Fast & Furious scandal comes a story out of East Haven, Connecticut. It is reported that four police officers from East Haven were arrested for civil rights violations. According to the article:
All four officers were charged with conspiracy against rights. Spaulding was also charged with use of excessive force, making a false arrest and obstruction of justice. Zullo was also charged with use of excessive force. Cari faces the additional charges of making a false arrest and obstruction of justice. Miller was also charged with use of excessive force. The men face up to 20 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines.
If true, these offices do need to be held accountable for their actions. But the Department of Justice tried to interject a sound bite that is so hypocritical that it made me want to regurgitate my breakfast:
U.S. Attorney David B. Fein said the “indictment should serve as a powerful message that we in the Department of Justice will not tolerate abuse of power or victimization of civilians by anyone in law enforcement.”
Right. Thanks for that piece of information, Mr. Fein. Perhaps your boss, Comrade AG Holder could take some that advice and come clean on the Fast & Furious scandal? Maybe those who are responsible for the deaths of Agent Terry and countless Mexican citizens could be held accountable for their actions?
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Friday Morning Ruminations
I had two things to contemplate this morning on the way into work.
The first one is a story that’s probably been seen by everyone, and undoubtedly has strong reactions on both sides of the gun rights debate. Four years after Seung-Hui Cho went on a killing spree at Virginia Tech, the school was rocked yet again by tragic deaths at the hands of an unstable man with a firearm. Of course, the Brady Bunch will point to the need for even more gun control laws as a result of this most recent attack. But it is already illegal to possess a firearm on campus. Truth be told, it was illegal to possess a firearm on campus in 2007, too. So with that in mind, will tougher gun laws solve anything? The dirty little secret that the anti-gun side never seems to acknowledge is that firearms free zones have never, ever worked. Chicago, DC, Maryland, New Jersey, California, NYC – all are examples of places that treat firearms like nasty, evil objects – some being banned outright. In spite of their draconian anti-firearm laws, all of them continue to see problems with gun violence.
I don’t want any of my readers to connect the dots into thinking that I believe that allowing firearms on campus would have prevented yesterday’s tragedy. I’m not saying that. What I am saying is that laws which prohibit the owning, possession, or carrying of firearms cannot and will not stop bad things from happening. The liberal anti-gun side of the equation will not admit that fact, and if presented with it during a debate, they will shift the focus elsewhere. That’s a fact that they cannot refute.
I do believe that laws and rules to prohibit good people from keeping and bearing arms simply because they’ve crossed over an imaginary line on the ground – whether it be a park, forest, school, government property, hospital, airport, or any other type of property – is insane. The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Gun laws have been passed and strengthened time and again since the early 1900′s. Yet nothing changes. Bad guys still get their guns, while citizens (and law enforcement officers) suffer the consequences. So who are the insane one? Those who believe in supporting liberty, or those who believe that liberty should be trampled on in the name of “public safety?”
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While thinking about all that on the morning drive, Rush Limbaugh had a quick story about the Department of Justice sending Alabama police and Sheriff departments a stern letter telling them not to enforce their new anti-immigration laws on Hispanics, or they would face a cut-off of federal funding. Rush went on to say the Alabama police chiefs and Sheriffs should write back asking the DoJ if they were ever going to come clean in their own house, with things like Fast & Furious or the Black Panther scandal.
I have a better idea. The police chiefs and Sheriffs should write back and say “thanks but no thanks.” When you become dependent on handouts from Big Brother, you immediately allow the Fed to tell you what to do and how to run your department. If Alabama law enforcement offices stop being on the Federal dole, DoJ would lose the ability to carry that stick and beat people with it.
Answering the DoJ letters with admonitions to get their own act together will solve nothing at all. The DoJ, led by Comrade AG Holder, has no conscience. They are part of a Federal machine that has grown too large, and has lost sight with the concepts of liberty and freedom. To them, along with their lap dogs the TSA, you and I are guilty until proven innocent. As long as the Alabama Sheriffs and police chiefs (and law enforcement offices across the country) accept money from the DoJ, or any other Federal entity, they cannot complain about having policy dictated to them. That’s common sense, and it’s time that they wake up and smell the coffee.
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DOJ Proceeds With Long Gun Reporting Requirements
The US Department of Justice has decided to proceed with their proposed long gun reporting requirements in the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. The announcement was made on their website today, and was also reported by David Codrea on his Examiner page.
It’s interesting to note that the DOJ’s motto, clearly posted on their webpage, states:
The common law is the will of mankind issuing from the life of the people.
Any guesses on how the “will of mankind” responded to DOJ’s request for input on these rules during their two requests for public comments? And in spite of that, they proceed with their “requirements” anyway. Taking their cues from Comrade-In-Chief Obama, the DOJ proceeds with requirements that will likely make no difference in the fight against illegal firearms in Mexico but will add more burdens on citizens and businesses in America. We know that the government can’t even follow their own rules, based on the Fast and Furious scandal! Most likely this is the first round of promised reforms to gun laws.
More liberties getting stomped on, in the name of “public safety.” Only this time, it’s the public safety of a country so corrupt that drug lords set the policy in many states and the federal government is totally unable to restore order.
And America takes another step toward the black hole of tyranny.
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