May 31, 2013 Shocking Police State Crackdown at Liberty Bell and Independence Hall
Mark Passio and his wife Barb were arrested, cuffed and detained for handing out fliers in front of Independence Hall, the birthplace of our nation.
Gateway Pundit
Mark Passio wrote about his experience last Saturday.
On Saturday, May 18th at 3:00 pm, I was walking with my wife Barb in Philadelphia from Market Street to Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets, and handed out a few fliers about how the Federal Reserve Bank is de-valuing our nation's currency to people standing in the line at the Liberty Bell location (something I have done almost 20 times in the past). I briefly spoke to a couple of them who asked me for more information. We then proceeded to continue to walk to Chestnut Street when we were stopped by two Park Police who said that I could not hand out fliers without a permit (I had already finished handing them out actually; I had a few left in my hand, and was in the process of leaving the area).
They began citing some obscure federal regulation that I had never heard of. I calmly told them that I was peacefully exercising the Rights of Free Speech and Free Press as I was walking through the area, which are Natural Rights which can not be granted by man, nor alienated from man, and which they do not have the "right," regardless of what the terms of their "job" may tell them, to usurp from me or to stop me from exercising. I informed them that the unalienable Rights to Free Speech and Free Press were also guaranteed and protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, which, as the highest legal document of American law, certainly trumps and negates any un-Constitutional federal regulation which they were quoting to me, even under their own legal system. I calmly informed them that they were violating those Natural Human Rights by even attempting to stop people from exercising them and claiming that our Free Speech Rights can be invalidated by an obscure regulation, and by making the claim that I now need to PAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR PERMISSION to exercise a Natural Human Right.
I then proceeded to attempt to walk away toward Fifth Street on Chestnut Street, when these Park Police told me that I was NOT FREE to walk away from them, even though I had long since finished handing anyone any fliers and had done absolutely nothing to harm anyone or violate anyone else's rights.
They appeared to be viciously angered at my declaration that I had engaged in a peaceful activity that was a Natural Right, and that they had no right to attempt to stop me from exercising it. Along with many other Park Police who had gathered while I was speaking to the original two officers.
They followed me and Barb onto Chestnut Street, violently stopped us from proceeding on our way, put handcuffs on both of us (mine were applied so tightly that I have lost feeling in a large portion of the top of my left hand and will need to see a doctor about possible permanent nerve damage), unlawfully arrested our freedom of movement for over 20 minutes, unlawfully searched my person when I told them that I did not consent to any searches, stole my property in the form of the remaining fliers which I had paid to print, and, adding insult to injury, also stole a $20 bill from my wallet, which I discovered was missing when they returned it to me, after releasing us. They attempted to give me a citation for exercising Free Speech, which I refused to take from them, because I will not admit that I did anything morally wrong or have my time wasted to "defend" myself, as my actions harmed no other being, and I was doing my duty to warn people about the de-valuation of their earnings and savings, and in doing so exercising a Natural Right which is "allegedly" Constitutionally protected in America. They told me that a warrant will be issued for my arrest if I did not take the citation from them, and I still refused.
Free Speech is being shut down in America. America is actively, right before our eyes, being turned into a Police State such as Hitler's Nazi Germany or Stalin's Soviet Russia.
They treat the visitors to this attraction like crap, also. Quite ironic, isn't it. Most Americans will look at this person as a troublemaking radical.
This is really funny! Where would they be if everyone just ignored them! They'd have no justification for all their false outrage!
I wonder if the guy behind the camera was Cicero... Sounds like him!
The purpose of this little drama wasn't to pass out flyers... the purpose was to create a situation where they could become victims. They succeeded.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
It figures that a looney left-wing nut would find the situation funny. BoxofCrap is really living up to his/her new nickname.
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
It figures that a looney left-wing nut would find the situation funny. BoxofCrap is really living up to his/her new nickname.
DVOR... You forgot to mention "the millions of dead babies". You're slipping.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
This is really funny! Where would they be if everyone just ignored them! They'd have no justification for all their false outrage! ]
They didn't ignore them, armed police officer detained them against their will for at least 10 minutes and stole their literature. It was the state paid attack dogs that were outraged.
They didn't ignore them, armed police officer detained them against their will for at least 10 minutes and stole their literature. It was the state paid attack dogs that were outraged.
Yea an outrage!!! They probably had another 'altercation' at the parking lot for parking illegally in the handicap parking space! The Govt Dogs had them move their car 'against their will'. What is this country coming to!!!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Moral Monday Protests Lead To 84 More Arrests In North Carolina: 'We Cannot Be Silenced'
The group, "Moral Monday" are protesting Conservative cuts to social programs throughout North Carolina. The group hopes to stop Republican cuts including:
– Block the expansion of Medicaid in North Carolina – Institute discriminatory voter ID laws – Cut preschool for 30,000 children and move $90 million originally slotted for public education to an expanded school voucher program – Allow for hydraulic fracking in the state. – Repeal the Racial Justice Act, a 2009 law that allows death row inmates to appeal their conviction if they prove that racial bias played a role in their sentence. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....?utm_hp_ref=politics
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Moral Monday Protests Lead To 84 More Arrests In North Carolina: 'We Cannot Be Silenced'
The group, "Moral Monday" are protesting Conservative cuts to social programs throughout North Carolina. The group hopes to stop Republican cuts including:
– Block the expansion of Medicaid in North Carolina – Institute discriminatory voter ID laws – Cut preschool for 30,000 children and move $90 million originally slotted for public education to an expanded school voucher program – Allow for hydraulic fracking in the state. – Repeal the Racial Justice Act, a 2009 law that allows death row inmates to appeal their conviction if they prove that racial bias played a role in their sentence. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....?utm_hp_ref=politics
Yea an outrage!!! They probably had another 'altercation' at the parking lot for parking illegally in the handicap parking space! The Govt Dogs had them move their car 'against their will'. What is this country coming to!!!
Box, comin up with his own "conspiracies".LOL
Oh yeah, it is only a conspiracy when you implicate the government.
Oh yeah, it is only a conspiracy when you implicate the government.
Check out their indignant outrage. They went to the site to be confrontational. They could have obtained a permit, like everyone else, but handing out flyers wasn't their goal. They were on a mission to do whatever necessary to incite a response. Now they can go home and 'show the world' how "brutally" they were treated. Funny to watch... they were a trainwreck looking for a place to happen!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Check out their indignant outrage. They went to the site to be confrontational. They could have obtained a permit, like everyone else, but handing out flyers wasn't their goal. They were on a mission to do whatever necessary to incite a response. Now they can go home and 'show the world' how "brutally" they were treated. Funny to watch... they were a trainwreck looking for a place to happen!
Yer funny box, you were the guy praising the occupier's camping in public parks for weeks setting up tent cities without permits and destroying private property, and you are now praising the actions of the police cuffing two citizens handing out pamphlets without permits.
I guess you are a consistent statist. Praising the destruction of private property and suppressing unpermitted speech against a government institution.
Yer funny box, you were the guy praising the occupier's camping in public parks for weeks setting up tent cities without permits and destroying private property, and you are now praising the actions of the police cuffing two citizens handing out pamphlets without permits.
I guess you are a consistent statist. Praising the destruction of private property and suppressing unpermitted speech against a government institution.
If the Govt Storm Troopers ( ) hadn't stopped this crew for distributing flyers... it would have ruined their whole day. They were ready... they had their "outraged" camera crew all staged and ready to capture every dastardly minute of "oppression"... They were angry... they were outraged... they were incensed... They were JERKS!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Box do you really believe that citizens of the United States of America should need a permit to hand out pamphlets on public property?
I believe that some public property, such as Federal Museums, Parks, and Historical buildings can restrict access or limit actions by the public. Many Federal buildings (the FBI bldg in DC for example) require bags and backpacks to be searched before entry. A reasonable request considering that it's a target of many domestic and foreign terrorists. To enter the US Capitol in DC, you need to apply far in advance to just tour the public part of that building. Federal buildings and land can legally restrict other actions... no smoking or food for example... all reasonable restrictions. The vast majority of US Federal land is very open and unrestricted... as it should be.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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