Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Thoughts on Andrew Meyer, the Cops who Tasered Him, and the University of Florida

I find the abuse of power shown by the police in tasering student Andrew Meyer at the speech by Senator John Kerry at the University of Florida, extremely disturbing. In fact, I find that the police in America have become too powerful, and the American people have allowed them to do so. It seems to me, that the Police themselves often seem to be “Above the Law”. Good Ol’ Boy systems of dealing with one another, one hand washes the other, keeps corruption in high places…still there, in high places. Those cops who come in to the force act like nothing more than hired thugs, but watch out Americans…these thugs have a uniform, they carry guns (and tasers), and they’ve got a badge to prove they’ve got authority.

(Should we also give them Jack Boots I wonder?) I bet they all could goose-step with the best of those who like to curtail individual freedoms.

I would like to say that even if Andrew Meyer happened to be playing a prank, even if he spoke too long and went over his allotted time, even if he happened to ask infuriatingly stupid questions, physically removing him as the Police did is reprehensible. The thing is, I do not believe that the manner in which the police behaved is a rarity. In fact, when one watches the television show “Cops”, one regularly sees these jack-asses all puffed up with themselves, acting as macho as they can, (including the women), all acting like adrenaline junkies, itching for a “suspect” to take down.

There is such a thing as the Constitution here in the United States. At least there used to be. I am sure that it has been eroded beyond any sort of recognizability in the last sixty years, but the principles in its amendments are still readily available to read:

1. The first amendment of the United States Constitution states:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Were the Police violating the 1st amendment rights of Andrew Meyer? Did he say something some people just didn’t want heard? I don’t personally think so. What I think happened is that as mentioned above, some thugs wearing uniforms took removing him after his allotted time a little too seriously and abused the power they were given.

But what about Amendment 4 to the U.S. Constitution?

“A seizure is not constituted by merely approaching the individual on the street or in another public place, and asking him if he is willing to answer some questions, or by asking him questions if he seems willing to listen, or by offering in evidence in a criminal prosecution his voluntary answers to such questions. The person approached, however, does not have to answer any questions under these circumstances; he can simply walk away.[15] He may not be detained even momentarily without reasonable, objective grounds for doing so; and his refusal to listen or answer does not, without more, furnish those grounds.[16]

A person is seized within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment only when by means of physical force or show of authority his freedom of movement is restrained, and in the circumstances surrounding the incident; a reasonable person would believe that he was not free to leave.[17] If the police are questioning someone, and they remain free to disregard the questions and walk away, there has been no intrusion upon the person's liberty or privacy, and for Fourth Amendment purposes--there has been no seizure.[17]”

I would say that the Police definitely seized Andrew Meyer, without good cause.

I also think the University itself should be taken to task for even thinking that the Police were in any way doing their jobs.

To sum up, the cops have too much power. There needs to be some major overhauls of the Executive Branch of government from the top on down. Law enforcement needs good, decent, CLEAR minded individuals who CARE about the American people. They should remember the whole “To PROTECT and SERVE” part of their job description.

These cops that tasered Andrew Meyer were doing neither.

Watch these Nazi Pigs arrest Andrew Meyer HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bVa6jn4rpE

Whether or not Dr. Guy Bechor is correct in his reporting that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is secretly making a deal with the Arabs residing in Judea/Samaria and Gaza that would give away approximately 6,250 square kilometers, (all of Judea/Samaria, AKA the West Bank), Gaza, and divide Jerusalem, it remains a fact that there is nothing Olmert is trying to give away now, that Ehud Barak did not attempt to give away to Arafat in 2000 at Camp David.

 

Then, as now, the Arabs want everything, and are not satisfied when the Jews give them practically everything they ask for. But because it is not, in truth, EVERYTHING they asked for, the Arabs act as if Israel is putting stumbling blocks in front of the so-called “Peace Process”.

 

Shouldn’t Israel have learned by now, that the goal for the Arab in Israel (Oh, excuse me, the future Islamic State) is not peace. The issue is not Arab nationalism. The issue is the Muslim belief of the pre-eminence of Islam over Judaism. Because Islamic rulers once ruled over the area now held by Israel during an interim period during which the Jews were in Exile, Islam cannot abide the thought that do not now control the same area. This is because it means Allah does not reign supreme.

 

This is a fact the Muslim cannot acknowledge. It is a war between the G-d of Israel, and the god of Islam. (And no…the two are not now, nor ever were, the same.)

 

Ehud Olmert is placing himself squarely on the enemy’s side. He is making himself an enemy of HaShem. As it says in the Tanach in the prophet Yoel:

 

(taken from the JPS version)

 

For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

2

I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will enter into judgment with them there for My people and for My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided My land.

3

And they have cast lots for My people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk.

4

And also what are ye to Me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render retribution on My behalf? and if ye render retribution on My behalf, swiftly, speedily will I return your retribution upon your own head.

 

I don’t think I would want to be an enemy of HaShem. I also think Ehud Olmert would do well to take a moment and reflect on who he is siding against.