The American Revolutionary War settled once and for all, that the only form of legitimate government, was one of limited powers extended to them, by the people.
Or, so we thought.
Also, power being exclusive domain of the people, any government that abused its priviledges, must be overthrown! As our Declaration of Independence states in plain English:
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government.
The federal government has long surpassed these conditions, leaving the real question for the American people today ... How many more usurpations of our rights, will "we the people" lie down and take, before finally accepting our "duty, to thow off such Government?"
Deputy Tasers Mom in Front of Her Kids:
In January, an Onondaga County sheriff's deputy pulled over Audra Harmon, who had two of her kids with her in her minivan. A routine traffic stop escalated quickly.
The deputy, Sean Andrews, accused her of talking on her cell phone. She said she could prove him wrong.
He said she was speeding. She denied it and got out of the van. He told her to get back in. She did, then he ordered her back out.
He yanked her out by the arm, knocked her down with two Taser shots and charged her with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest ...
Andrews, 37, a deputy for four years, was taken off road patrol after the arrest and will remain in a new assignment until an internal affairs investigation is finished ... He makes $49,095 a year.
Harmon was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and going 50 in a 45 mph zone. The district attorney's office dismissed the charges a month later -- after watching the videotape ...
The steady increase in police brutality these days (especially since allowing them to carry tasers), not only erodes our freedoms, but also makes it increasingly more difficult for honest cops, to enforce honest laws.
As "we the people" continue to witness these brutal acts by the police, such as an inncocent mother getting tasered in front of her children, our respect for the police (rightfully) deteriorates. Just think about it for a moment ..
What did the children involved in this case, learn? Well of course, they learned that police are brutal tyrants, who have no respect for other people. Every American ought to be outraged by this, especially conservatives!
It wasn't all that long ago, that it was the conservative who championed the individual over the State. In fact, the original conservatives, just like our Founder's, considered themselves among the enemies of the State!
In America, our "land of the free," no man has rights superior to another. It matters not whether a person is a teacher, a cop, or even the president ... because each and every individual, possesses the same exact rights as any other.
"Politically speaking, power is the ability to do as one likes, regardless of the wills of one’s fellows. A state in which an individual or a small group are able to dominate the wills of their fellows without check is a despotism, whether it is called monarchical or aristocratic or democratic ...
In every age, nevertheless, men and women are tempted to overthrow the limitations upon power, for the sake of some fancied temporary advantage. It is characteristic of the radical that he thinks of power as a force for good—so long as the power falls into his hands. In the name of liberty, the French and Russian revolutionaries abolished the old restraints upon power; but power cannot be abolished; it always finds its way into someone’s hands. That power which the revolutionaries had thought oppressive in the hands of the old regime became many times as tyrannical in the hands of the radical new masters of the state.
Knowing human nature for a mixture of good and evil, the conservative does not put his trust in mere benevolence." - Russel Kirk, Ten Conservative Principles.
You can watch the whole incident as recorded by the officers dashboard camera, by clicking "Deputy Tasers Mom in Front of Her Kids."
Personally, I think it's time to take the tasers away. Too many cops have proven, they simply don't have the maturity to carry them. It's either that, or let the citizens fire back!
