Congress to Vote Next Week on EXPLICITLY Creating a Police State

ZeroHedge ^ | 11/27/2011 | Submitted by George Washington

[DManA]

IF YOU THOUGHT POLICE BRUTALITY WAS BAD … WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT CONGRESS WANTS TO DO NEXT WEEK

The police brutality against peaceful protesters in Berkeley, Davis, Oakland and elsewhere is bad enough.

But next week, Congress will vote on explicitly creating a police state.

The ACLU’s Washington legislative office explains:

The Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans. The Senate will be voting on a bill that will direct American military resources not at an enemy shooting at our military in a war zone, but at American citizens and other civilians far from any battlefield — even people in the United States itself.

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The Senate is going to vote on whether Congress will give this president—and every future president — the power to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world.

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The power is so broad that even U.S. citizens could be swept up by the military and the military could be used far from any battlefield, even within the United States itself. The worldwide indefinite detention without charge or trial provision is in S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act bill, which will be on the Senate floor on Monday.

[EveningStar]

Just to let you know, Alex Jones is persona non grata here.

[gargoyle]

...keep getting 503 errors

...Had those blues yesterday. The home page was fine, but, couldn't get any further to threads. Server overload. I guess it's your turn today.

[editor-surveyor]

Just don’t spout things that you cannot know unless you read the bill, which you obviously did not.

[editor-surveyor]

Its not fair to laugh at your own joke.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “What part of the last few decades...” <<

Lots of sleepers here now!

[editor-surveyor]

>> “I would also point out that these provisions raise serious questions as to who we are as a society and what our Constitution seeks to protect,” Colorado Senator Mark Udall said in a speech last week. “One section of these provisions, section 1031, would be interpreted as allowing the military to capture and indefinitely detain American citizens on U.S. soil. Section 1031 essentially repeals the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 by authorizing the U.S. military to perform law enforcement functions on American soil. That alone should alarm my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, but there are other problems with these provisions that must be resolved.” <<

[bmwcyle]

Oh I guess you are important and can tell people what to say. NAZI

[EveningStar]

It’s not my rule. I’m not a mod. It’s FR’s rule. You see, Alex Jones is a Truther. Big time.

[SuperLuminal]

"Lots of sleepers here now! "

Yep! Unfortuanately, by the time termite damage becomes noticeable, the infestation is so extensive it requires heroic surgery to save the structure...