Tag: Police state

Just a thought: Amending police behavior includes a civilian review board (CRB)

The trial of Derek Chauvin, accused murderer of George Floyd is over, and justice has been served. One observer had noted that the crime scene was egregious and that the evidence against the accused was overwhelming. Had the jury voted to acquit, the response by the African-American community, not only...

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Old police motto: ‘protect and serve’ now ‘comply or die’

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “If you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton, or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you. Don’t argue with me, don’t call me names, don’t tell me that I can’t stop you, don’t say I’m...

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Illinois Fraternal Order Police (FOP): Stop the mob

The Illinois Fraternal Order Police (FOP) State Lodge, FOP Labor Council, and FOP Troopers Lodge 41 have issued a statement regarding the storming of the United States Capitol by a mob Wednesday, Jan. 6: “The members of the mob who tried to undermine the very core of our democracy yesterday...

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Loose tea, sunflowers, ragweed, tomatoes: SWAT raids

By John W. Whitehead Backyard gardeners, beware: Tomato plants have become collateral damage in the government’s war on drugs, especially marijuana. In fact, merely growing a vegetable garden on your own property, or in a greenhouse on your property, or shopping at a gardening store for gardening supplies, incredibly enough,...

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The taxman reflects attitude of existing police state

By John W. Whitehead “Taxman,” the only song written by George Harrison to open one of the Beatles’ albums, 1966 Revolver album, is a snarling, biting, angry commentary on government greed and how little control we the taxpayers have over our lives and our money. If you drive a car,...

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St. Louis police in 2011 served as example to follow

By John W. Whitehead Forget everything you’ve ever been taught about free speech in America. It’s all a lie. There can be no free speech for the citizenry when the government speaks in a language of force. What is this language of force? Militarized police. Riot squads. Camouflage gear. Black...

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