[cripplecreek]

I just can’t help but wonder how many FReepers would feel the same outrage if it were a civilian posse doing exactly the same with zero oversight.

Lord knows how much property civilian posses destroyed over the years, or how many searches they conducted, or how many innocents they wounded or killed, or how many executions they carried out without benefit of trial.

None of it was right but we need some balance rather than grabbing our crotches and screaming “police state!”.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”None of it was right but we need some balance rather than grabbing our crotches and screaming “police state!”.

Has anyone made any legitimate complaints about that Boston police action on themselves? Like any unrelated arrests or seizures of private property resulting from these searches?

Or did they just make the locals feel more secure? Like I said, if these two were running around for months like the DC snipers were in 2002 there would be lots of angry Bostonians.

Clearly Ron Paul is just blogging from else-where.
This is the best he can find to complain about?

[Orangedog]

I just can’t help but wonder how many FReepers would feel the same outrage if it were a civilian posse doing exactly the same with zero oversight.

So we're supposed be okay with the militarized police doing house to house searches without warrants because there were posses and vigilance committees during the 19th century? Seriously?