Keith Crandall:

This is a comment by a police officer on one of the Internet sites I frequent.
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Constitutionally: WE THE PEOPLE have the right to peacefully assemble and petition our government for a redress of grievances.

Historically: GOVERNMENT has always confronted peaceful protests with violent actions.

Not all police officers seek confrontation with the people we are sworn to serve. Most of us would rather be at home with our families. (Or, marching right there with you!)

It is not usually the beat officer that makes the decision to confront, it is some bureaucratic rat-bastard of command rank that doesn’t have to get his hands dirty, or a politician ordering that command level lemming to give the order. Then it becomes a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation.

If you take action, you are a jack-booted-thug and part of the police state.
If you refuse, or speak out in support of the people, you are out of a job.

Keep the video cameras charged up! Record everything! Get it out there on You Tube, Google Video, or whatever alternative media you can! If your video gets taken down, upload it again. If you have to, start cranking out your own DVD’s!
Document everything!
The UNEDITED TRUTH needs to get out to as many people as possible!

I am a police officer. I am part of the 99% too!