Government misconduct and how little we've come in 33 years
On a May day in 1970 members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on students attending a peace demonstration at Kent State University in Ohio.. Today, the Oakland Police department opened fire on a group of people protesting a business that was profiting from the war in Iraq.

Although the Oakland PD used "non-lethal" projectiles, the bullets that were fired obviously caused physical damage to the victims of the assault.

And what was the crime that drew this sort of retaliation? The protesters were blocking the entrance to a business.

Elsewhere in the news, the state of Oregon is to equate protesting the government with terrorism. Couple that with the fact that the FBI no longer need be concerned with the accuracy of the NCIC database and you just might get a little worried about where our government is headed.

Gee Mr. Sallot, we're sorry we had you locked up in a federal prison for the past few years, but our NCIC database had an error in it and we thought that you might be a witness to a terrorist act, or possibly a terrorist yourself, because we thought you had attended a peace rally

Maybe it's time to pack up and leave? I understand Serbia is wonderful this time of year.

Posted at: 21:15 on 07/04/2003   [ /essays ] #