Intimidation

Sunday 8 September 2013 - Filed under Uncategorized

Law Enforcement knows that paramilitary raids have very little to do with “officer safety” (as they so often claim), but with intimidation. Police State USA:

Cooper, who is training to be a wild land fire fighter, said that on August 23, he was contacted by Officer Jason Kuafman of the Prescott Valley Police Department and was told that he needed to come to the police station for an interview with the FBI.

He complied with the request for an interview, which lasted 45 minutes with federal agents present. He was released after apparently being determined to not be a threat.

“They had every Facebook post I had ever made in a huge file, along with all my wife’s information, and parent’s information,” Cooper told policestateusa.com.

Cooper said that he was told that without “defusing the situation” by complying with the interview, his house might have been raided.

“The FBI made mention they came to question me so they didn’t have to kick in my door,” Cooper told policestateusa.com.

It should be pointed out that answering questions from federal agents is an extremely risky idea, especially without the presence of a lawyer. Supreme Court case BROGAN v. UNITED STATES affirmed that it is a federal crime to tell any lie, or misrepresent any fact, to a federal agent. Even an innocent person with good intentions could commit a federal crime by misspeaking during an interview.

But apparently the alternative to complying to an interview is getting raided by the FBI.

So your choice is to be subject of a police raid that will undoubtedly put your family (and pets) in danger, or an “interview” with the feds which is designed to illicit an answer that can be somehow construed as untrue, ending in federal charges. Fucking great.

2013-09-08  »  madlibertarianguy