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Originally posted by hawkiye
Originally posted by icepack
reply to post by hawkiye
the power of this new "police" is not hurting the constitution of the united states, is it ?
it is completely unconstitutional. It gives government law enforcement authority to a private police force for a private company.
Originally posted by charles1952
Just a little bit of info. Any citizen, sworn or not, warrant or not, is allowed to make an arrest when any felony is committed in their presence. Remember Citizen's Arrest? And if there is a warrant, it will probably be served by a more establishe agency such as the FBI.
I have to agree with domo1. This doesn't seem terribly significant. I don't see that this takes away any particular rights or freedoms.edit on 19-9-2012 by charles1952 because: add just a little.
Originally posted by charles1952
reply to post by hawkiye
Dear hawkiye,
I'm glad you're around with the passion you have. But, really, I want to learn on this issue and not argue.
Assume, for a moment, that the government hires an additional 200 FBI agents and assigns them to watch over the Federal Reserve offices. Is there a problem? What is it?
What rights do we lose from putting FRPD people on the streets, as opposed to putting more federal officers of any kind on the streets?
I didn't read the whole NDAA, but I did read the article you used as a source. The answers didn't seem to be there. If you're objecting to NDAA, Ok, I can see that, but that's a different discussion. What I'd like to find out is, what's wrong with hiring these guys?
With respect,
Charles1952
You and I must stop the madness and strip the Fed's corruption naked before the American people by finally auditing the Federal Reserve.
But with the U.S. Senate likely to recess after next weekend, this may be our last opportunity in this Congress.
So with time running out, I'm signing my Action Fax Authorization Form to allow you to flood the U.S. Senate with faxes demanding passage of Audit the Fed!
You mention that idea several times in your post. Apparently there's going to be quite an argument over whether a "Government Sponsored Entity" is public or private. Let's just say for now, that you're right, it is private.
the government should not be spending tax dollars to act as security for private companies
Just had a strange thought. Isn't a sheriff's posse a group of private individuals who have been given law enforcement powers? I don't know, my knowledge on the subject stops at Hopalong Cassidy.
These guys can detain and incarcerate people etc. have tax dollars funding them and are basically acting as government agents when they are a private company.
You know this is from 2001, right?