When financial questions arose regarding the Mountain Pure Water Company, Washington did not send a few staffers to inspect documents. Instead, last spring, some 50 armed Treasury agents breached Mountain Pure’s headquarters in Little Rock, Ark. They seized 82 boxes of records, herded employees into the cafeteria, snatched their cell phones, and refused to let them consult attorneys.Here's a news flash, Mr. T-man: you're the reason we've got the Second Amendment.
“We’re the federal government,” Mountain Pure’s comptroller, Jerry Miller, says one pistol-packing fed told him. “We can do what we want, when we want, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
Police forces at all levels - national, state and local - have been trending toward militarization for years. This seems excessive - and, indeed, absurd - in many cases. I mean, does the freakin' FDA really need commandos?
H/T: Instapundit
Update: And why do so many towns, counties and colleges want drones all of a sudden? I guess they all believe that it's preferable to facilitate police pursuit of a criminal after the crime has been committed rather than to permit an armed citizenry that might have prevented the crime in the first place.
Here's an article with a link to a map of drone permits -- looks to be the same list as you linked to.
ReplyDeleteThe sad thing is, drone technology is effectively available to private individuals.
ReplyDeleteInstalling a video camera and transmitter in a remotely controlled model aircraft is simple, and (as far as I know) legal. It's all commercial, off the shelf hardware. Licenses optional if you want to (ahem) remain below the radar.
Next thing you know, the police will be using semi-automatics to blow up railroads and bring down planes, the bastards.
ReplyDeleteThis is above and beyond the ambushes executed by the LAPD, or the cops with anger management issues during a routine traffic stop.
ReplyDeleteIf they don't want to get shot at, they shouldn't be a cop. Like a soldier, it's part of the job.
“We can do what we want, when we want, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
ReplyDeleteThe sad part is, thay haven't been slapped down, so in their eyes they're untouchable.
"Untouchables"! Where have I heard that before?
Deborah said... Richard saw a drone over Sherman Oaks (CA) two weeks ago. It was probably Congressman Brad Sherman keeping tabs on his former adversary Congressman Howard Berman. Yeah, I feel safe.
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