Sweep for Criminals in All Over America - Your Next

[AllHereTruth]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/16/fugitive.bust/index.html

Robinson had been accused of exposing himself to a 10-year-old boy in a Wal-Mart bathroom and masturbating in front of him. Police records indicate the boy was so petrified he was afraid to leave the stall for 15 minutes afterward.

Robinson pleaded guilty to one count of child molestation on May 26, 2005, according to the Walker County District Attorney's Office. But he skipped town and never made his sentencing hearing on February 14, 2006, authorities said. A warrant was then issued for his arrest. Robinson now faces five to 20 years in prison, the DA's office said.

Robinson was one of 1,250 fugitives busted in Georgia last week as part of Operation Falcon, a nationwide sweep to arrest some of the most violent offenders. Of the arrests in Georgia, 724 came in metro Atlanta; two were suspected killers, authorities said.

Multiple sweeps like these have already taken place in other cities in recent weeks as part of Falcon. More are coming to undisclosed regions of the country. Authorities would not release further details about the nationwide hunt due to the ongoing nature of the operation.

"Our primary focus when we do this operation are violent offenders, sex offenders and gang members," says Keith Booker, the commander of the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force leading this sweep that included 115 federal, state and local agencies.

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They use the story of a man masturbating in front a boy to scare us into believing mass manhunts for the "bad people" is good for America. And the more "bad people" we put behind bars the better off we are.
This is how it starts. Mark these words. Remember this story.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

1. Actually, I don't think I am next,

I'm sorry, what is the problem here?

Sweeping up people with outstanding arrest warrants hardly seems like a cause for outrage.

[readmoreoften]

2. Well the massive sweep for "bad immigrants" didn't go so well.

I suspect this won't either. More cousins of journalists with juvenile marihuana citations from 1989 getting sent to prison without their heart meds for months, I'll assume.

[Skittles]

3. I think you could be on to something

I am always suspicious when a pedophile - universally despised - is trotted out as an example

[AllHereTruth]

4. Police State Mentality

The media has done a great job over the last few years drumming up blind hatred for "pedophilia." So it makes sense for there to be a "sweep" to get them off our streets.

Next it will be a sweep of Chicago for gang activity.
Then a sweep of NY for mafia.
Then a sweep of Austin for illegals.
Then a sweep of LA for drugs.
Then a...
Then a...

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Finlay we will have become accustomed to the police state mentality; it becomes the norm.
When Police Law/Police state mentality becomes the norm we are all in trouble.

[Name removed]

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[Karl_Bonner_1982]

6. First they came for the pedophiles....

And then the gang members, then the illegals, then the drug users, then the pornographers, then the explicit-lyrics musicians, then the homosexuals (by overturning the 2003 Supreme Court ruling), then the anarchists, then the anti-establishment media, then the protestors, and then the common person who questions the government.

A rule of thumb for apologists of police statism: Start with a genuinely sick-minded target if you want your authoritarian policies to pass. Get people used to the idea of special repressive measures against terrorists, and eventually you can extend it to pedophiles. Get people used to that, then extend it to gangs, then recreational drug users.

Eventually you'll run out of repressive targets because you'll run up against the laws. That's when you have to start criminalizing legal activities. Hopefully by this time you have enough public support behind one or two of said activities that you can ban it, or get a Supreme Court reversal. From there on out it's all a matter of fear mongering, corrupt courts, media pundits, police bullying, and the like, to get the people to relinquish more and more rights.

If all goes well, after a long period of chiseling away the edges of the Bill of Rights you should be able to shoot an arrow in its heart by labeling all dissent as treason.