Posted on 09/29/2021 4:48:27 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I was surprised to read The Washington Post’s recent editorial concluding that pro-choice protesters had crossed the line by demonstrating in front of the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
After all, The Washington Post is not exactly a conservative or rational voice on these types of issues. Almost all the points in the editorial made perfect and logical sense, including the concluding statement: “Leave spouses, children and homes out of it.”
As I finished reading the editorial, one overriding thought came to mind. Where was this logical point of view in 2020 when many Trump administration officials, including me, had to endure months of protests outside our homes for simply doing our jobs?
My experience started in the summer of 2020, shortly after civil unrest began around the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody. I was acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, which got involved because it has responsibility to protect over 7,000 federal properties, some of which were targeted by violent extremists.
For doing my job and exercising the authorities provided by Congress, my home was targeted by “professional” protesters who gathered out front week after week after week. Although I had seen other Trump administration officials endure this sort of behavior, seeing it outside your own home, on your street, gives you a different perspective.
The “protest” in front of my residence usually played out the same way. The protesters would organize roughly a quarter of a mile away and march through my neighborhood streets, holding up traffic, until they arrived in front of my house. There they remained for an hour or more to shout through loudspeakers, again while holding up traffic.
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Put them all in jail. Disrupting a residential area is not peaceable assembly.
C’mon Chad!
American-up!
#2ndAmendment
THIS CRAP SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN AGAIN!! ARREST THEM....THEY ARE TRESPASSERS AND THREATENERS!
As far as I’m concerned any protest that involves gathering in front of a private residence is nothing more than stalking. In Texas it’s a third degree felony.
Code Section
Texas Penal 42.072
Stalking Defined as
A person commits an offense if on more than one occasion and pursuant to scheme or course of conduct directed at specific person, knowingly engages in conduct that:
Stalker knows/reasonably believes victim will view as threatening;
Causes fear; and
Would cause a reasonable person to fear.
Punishment/Classification
3rd degree felony
Penalty for Repeat Offense
2nd degree felony
Arrest or Restraining Order Specifically Authorized by Statute?
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Note About Threat
Threats can be explicit (saying you are going to kill the victim) or implied (veiled threats, hurting the family pet).
Threats have to be aimed at a specific person; they cannot be general threats.
Threats may be conveyed by the stalker or by someone acting on behalf of the stalker.
As long as law enforcement is willing and able to respond that’s all good. What happens when they are happy to watch as common citizens are harassed?
If anyone did this stuff to democrat or leftist politicians, they would be investigated as domestic terrorists.
The fact that such protests do not happen outside the homes of liberal Democrats means THEY ARE ORGANIZING THE PROTESTS at the homes of conservatives. This is coming from leadership. Democrat leftists are EVIL and it is profoundly bad. We are about to enter the dark ages of this country’s existence.
Exactly.
This is why Tucker Carlson moved to remote rural Maine, and does everything in his barn-studio or with a green screen.
Does Maine have good Castle and Stand Your Ground laws?
Operation Mad Maxine.
If they are on public land (sidewalk, not road) and are peaceable, they get to protest anywhere. That the person they are protesting against is occasionally at that point strengthens that argument. Your home is fair game. Your kid’s school is not.
This does not apply to “mostly peaceful” protests that descend into fires and riots. At that point, shoot the looters and shoot to kill the arsonists.
Liberals have played this hostage game for years — I can scream at you, but you must be respectful.
BS.
Yup, someone left them alone to do their stuff and the police were complicit for not putting a stop to it.
another example: civilian in a corrections facility was robbed at knife point while uniformed supervisors watched and did nothing. If they refuse to protect, you must, Its in your hands people.
I don’t know, but I’ll bet that Tucker has a VERY long winding driveway with lots of cameras and alarms.
And he’s mentioned many times he has multiple AR-15s.
Antifa won’t be mobbing his house again, no way.
The protests in Alexandria were done with the collusion of the local and Virgina governments.
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