http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/6974/0 en 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 Libya Manning March 20 naked overwhelming force police Police State police state protest Quantico rally riot police solitary torture Tunisia Video Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:24:47 +0000 endtheillusion 11822 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/uk_govt_threatens_12_year_old_over_facebook_posts <p>British officials have reportedly moved against 12-year-old Nicky Wishart, threatening him with arrest for threatening the public peace. Nicky’s crime was to complain on Facebook about an upcoming plan to close his local youth centre, because “it’s a fantastic place to go and there isn’t much else for us to do round here,” and a plan to protest in front of his local MP’s office, which in this case is Prime Minister David Cameron’s office, sparked harsh police action.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freetalklive.com/content/uk_govt_threatens_12_year_old_over_facebook_posts" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/uk_govt_threatens_12_year_old_over_facebook_posts#comments free speech government threats