Sep 25, 2010
Government Declares Anti-War And Gay Activists Terrorists
Riot Police Stare Down Gay Rights Activist
On Friday September 24, the FBI conducted a multi-state blitzkrieg round up of anti-war and gay rights leaders. No arrests were made but computers, cellphones and passports were confiscated. Many of the targeted activists were ordered to appear before a grand jury.
The message is clear. If you speak out against government policies you end up the target of a terror investigation.
The FBI said it searched eight homes in Minneapolis and Chicago as part of a terrorism investigation on Friday, and two subjects said the agency is targeting leaders of the anti-war movement.
FBI spokesman Steve Warfield told The Associated Press agents served six warrants in Minneapolis and two in Chicago. “These were search warrants only,” Warfield said. “We’re not anticipating any arrests at this time. They’re seeking evidence relating to activities concerning the material support of terrorism.”
The home of Minneapolis anti-war activists Mick Kelly and Jess Sundin were among those searched, they told the AP. “The FBI is harassing anti-war organizers and leaders, folks who opposed U.S. intervention in the Middle East and Latin America,” Kelly said before agents confiscated his cell phone. Sundin called the suggestion they were connected with terrorism “pretty hilarious and ridiculous.”
According to Reuters, Chicago anti-war and longtime gay rights activist Andy Thayer was also targeted.
via Nationwide FBI terrorism raids target anti-war activists | Raw Story.
How many of our brothers and sisters are now labeled terrorists because they had the courage to speak out against oppressive and discriminatory government policies?
The Patriot Act allows the government to declare any citizen a terrorist or enemy combatant. This effectively strips constitutionally guaranteed civil rights from a person or group. You can be captured, incarcerated and held indefinitely without a lawyer or trial for as long as the government deems necessary. You just disappear, no will know what happened to you. If you question someones disappearance you too will vanish.
What-cha-gonna-do when they come for you?
