Teacher's Run-In With Homeland Security Creates Insecurities

[NVMojo]

Thu Apr 6, 5:29 PM ET
Jacksonville, LA
A local school employee said a rough run-in with a couple of
Homeland Security officers has left him with a strong sense of insecurity.

Leander Pickett, a teacher's assistant at Englewood Elementary, said he was manhandled and handcuffed by two plain clothed Homeland Security officers in front of the school Tuesday for no reason at all.

"I would like to treat people the way I would want to be treated, and yesterday I wasn't treated that way," Pickett said.

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[Vexatious Ape]

1. damn that make me mad as

hell. Visions of jack-booted thugs dancing in my head.

[Mojorabbit]

2. Two great lines

"You now you hear these stories everyday and say, 'This will never happen to me,' but yesterday it happened to me," Pickett said.

"If this is Homeland Security, I think we ought to be a little afraid," Brinson said.

[Mythsaje]

3. Huh. Nice nazi tactics, guys.

Sig Heil lately?

[Crunchy Frog]

4. Homeland security throwing their weight around.

The guy was arrested because he was directing traffic at the school

"Mr. Pickett asked the guy blocking the bus loading zone to move, and the guy told him he would move his car when he got ready to move it," said Englewood coach Alton Jackson.

"At that point I intervened and I went up to the gentleman and said, 'Mr. Pickett is an employee here,' and they said that didn't matter," said Englewood media specialist, Terri Dreisonstok.

"'We're with Homeland Security,' and on and on they went, and pretty soon, before you know it, he's handcuffed and slammed against a car," Brinson said. "All the children are watching, they're all upset."

Looks like yet another group who see themselves as outside the law.