Charming.
Portland is an even bigger national disgrace than that town in Maryland that tried to ban smoking and have now uninvited Santa Claus to their tree lighting.
Portland, put a sock in it. If you'd get your head out of your ---, you'd conduct these interrogations and support your farmers in Klamath Basin.
But then that would be a bit too patriotic hugh.
See, this is a WAR, not a stolen car ring, get it?
This is about finding sleeper cells of people who want to kill us before they get the opportunity to do so, get it?
Is it a violation of anyone's civil rights to go door to door after a homicide is commited in the neighborhood? It's the same thing. Police are invesigating according to a demographic.
While I find idiotic lawmaking like the "Patriot Act thoroughly repulsive, I find nothing wrong or unconstitutional about questioning people who fall into the same demographics as the terrorists for information that may be helpful. What the hell is wrong with asking people to voluntarily give information about potential atrocities?
A violation of a civil or human right means that someone is harmed. Can anyone tell me who is harmed by this?
Subject: Re: You are refusing to help the government track down terrorists?
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 07:51:00 -0800
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Thank you very much for taking the time to write. Oregon State Law prohibits local police from questioning immigrants when there is no evidence they are connected to a crime and foreign citizenship is the only issue, therefore if local police took part in this, we would be breaking the law. We do want to cooperate with the US Attorney's Office should they be willing to modify some of the questions that pose a problem under the state law. Again, I appreciate you taking the time to write me.
Andrew Kirkland
Acting Chief of Police
Portland Police Bureau
Officer Kristy Galvan
Chief's Office
(503) 823-0027
The Left is correct to fear military tribunals. With any luck, Dubya will soon expand these tribunals to include not only foreigners suspected of providing aid and comfort to terrorists, but ANYONE -- foreigner or not, police chief, mayor, judge, legislator, infobabe, or candlestick maker.
The extreme leftwing is chock-full of veteran America haters. Al-Qaeda couldn't hold a candle to them, and they are every bit as much a danger to us as an anti-American amateur like bin Laden.