http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/10338/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/%E2%80%98they_brought_army_take_out_16_year_old_boy%E2%80%99 <p>On May 1, Atlanta-area police showed up to the home of Nick and Lisa Messina with riot shields, a sniper and an armored tank. The Messinas had called the police because their 16-year-old son Andrew had taken a gun from the house and was threatening to commit suicide. Just over an hour later, that sniper, who was set up across the street in a neighbor's yard, shot and killed Andrew as he stood in a window at the front of the family's home.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/%E2%80%98they_brought_army_take_out_16_year_old_boy%E2%80%99#comments Government Aggression militarized police News Article overwhelming force Police State Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:43:29 +0000 EtotheRic 24159 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/symptoms_police_state <p>Our nation’s founding fathers understood well how governments can become coercive and self serving, so they were very careful to include a Bill of Rights into our constitution to prevent this. The most fundamental of these rights is the belief that holds that a person is innocent until proven guilty. The Sixth Amendment was written to give the accused the right to a “speedy trial” and the Eighth Amendment was written to prohibit excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/symptoms_police_state#comments 6th amendment 8th amendment bill of rights Egypt Ellsberg Event intimidation