Last Friday 15-20 activists armed with cameras, two-way radios and police scanners patrolled the streets of Manchester, NH in four cars and MARV. Their mission – accountability, a trait that seemingly absent among the ranks of those working for the Manchester police department.
Christopher Micklovich
Case in point: two weeks before the patrol, Michael Delaney, the top law enforcement official in New Hampshire, concluded that those involved in the brutal beating of a man at a local watering hole a year prior wouldn’t face criminal charges because they wear badges.
Of course that’s not the “official” line, but everyone, even those who choose to compromise their morals for the “thin blue line,” know that’s the truth. The criminals were not held accountable due to the costume they wore.
It has to stop.
Asking police to police themselves is a joke. What incentive do they have? Angry at their heavy-handedness you cannot fire them and hire another service. After all, they claim a “legitimate” right to use force – to steal your money to pay their salaries and enforce arbitrary man-made legislation that more often than not targets those engaged in victimless actions.
It is only by holding individuals accountable for their actions that we’ll bring about a freer society, where no one – especially those who purport to “protect and serve” us – gets away with rights-violations.
For more:
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Justice Without the State by Bruce Benson
An Austrian Economics Perspective of the Criminal Justice System by Dan D’Amico
A Convincing Schematic for Market Anarchy by George Donnelly
Public Choice Theory on Wikipedia
This paragraph sums it up pretty much as well as possible:
“Asking police to police themselves is a joke. What incentive do they have? Angry at their heavy-handedness you cannot fire them and hire another service. After all, they claim a “legitimate” right to use force – to steal your money to pay their salaries and enforce arbitrary man-made legislation that more often than not targets those engaged in victimless actions.”
This is the new standard of insuring police accountability.If a cop commits police misconduct (like the agent that said he was going to break that guys face) we should muster a group of activist with cameras and radios like the folks in this video.We should make such LEO’s our new hobby.If that cop goes into a Chinese restaurant for lunch…I want an activist to pop out of a bowl of rice ready to film his a@@!
We could call it… make a rouge cop your new hobby day or M.A.R.C.Y.N.H.D!
Actually, there is something you can do, attend your city council meeting with a few hundred of your closes friends and demand a vote to eliminate the violent oppressive police department in favor of using the local sherif’s department because he unlike the police is an elected official and if he doesn’t listen to the people he will not be re-elected. Do some research, this happens from time to time, I can think of a specific case a few years back in north eastern Minnesota. Check out my show where we discuss this topic called a Titanic Maiden Voyage at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/troysilvers
What form of communication will be required for government thugs to understand that their high-handed behavior is not acceptable and will not be tolerated?
this is the best thing i have seen in a while, absolutely awesome. i have decided to move to the free state after this.
I understand what you are saying your purpose for the evening was, but your actions are showing something else. It seems that you went out as a group looking for opportunities to harrass the cops and look for a confrontation. I’m sure you have had bad past experiences with the police, but are you exaggerating what happened during your encounter? Are you being truthful when you tell others how you were treated? In viewing your blogs, articles, videos,etc., all I see are trumped-up, exaggerated, and blown out of proportion circumstances which twist the circumstances and truth of what happened. There are no “versions” of the truth. There are no “interpretations” of the truth. The truth is “what happened”. Not what you percieved happened, not what you can prove that happened. The truth is, well, the truth. I’m not against you Cop-Blockers. You are entitled to your opinions, thats the American way. But every cop in this world is not crooked. I know that there are dumb cops that do dumb things, illegal things. But the vast majority just want to show up and do their jobs, just like everyone else. I think it would better serve your mission if you addressed the real bad circumstances and officers, and not blow every situation out of proportion that you read or hear about. After all, you were not there for every single thing you write about. Anyway, I wish you luck in you efforts and I hope that you remain safe out there during your patrols. Just watch where you stick your noses. You may get one shot off, and it wont be by the police.
I see a whole bunch of jackasses trying to screw with cops who are doing what they are suppose to do. Remember they pay their own salary too. If you want to film them while they are working fine. Getting in their face and trying to interfere can be unlawful. Wait until after they are done with their stop to ask their badge number and name. Surrounding them isn’t very smart.
Basically what JP and Mike said. There’s a difference between maintaining accountability and being directly confrontational. If you want to watch them and make sure they stay in line, then do so. Just don’t be confrontational about it.
I’m curious though about one thing:
Out of all the calls you guys intercepted that night, how many times did you try to “cop block” something other than a minor traffic stop? I would find it hard to believe that in that city all they had going on that night was a few minor traffic stops.
If you didn’t try to “cop block” anything else, why?
This is what copblock is REALLY about. They are about making confrontations with police and then acting the VICTIM. All they have proven, time and time again, is that they are stubborn kids who have no respect for authority. They think taxation is theft and try to preach their “no victim no crime” bullshit. Saying they are holding police accountable is a facade for what they are really doing
Great website & idea People!!!
Need to look at the ROOT CAUSE of why police are so out-of-control. Way too many of them with “no real crimes” to pursue? Their leaders are corrupt? Attorney General? Police Chief? Commissioner? Follow the money to find the answer. Remember, the police are part of an ever expanding government.
They (police, courts, lawyers, politicians, etc.) STEAL your money through bogus fines, taxes (inflation) on bogus “laws” (made up BS). It’s a BIG circle of corruption!!!
Now they are breaking in peoples private dwelling and ASSAULTING and even KILLING them for NO REASON!!!
My hats are off to you guys. When I grew up cops did what they wanted and the only way to stop them was to kill them. It’s still pretty much that way but hopefully things will change.
I like how these guys were offended only a few videos ago because they were being “stalked” by the police. Now that they are doing the “stalking” it is suddenly alright?
Guys you need to have a little consistency with what you do. If you don’t want the cops doing something then you yourselves can’t it. To prove this point I have heard you guys say a number of times, “Police don’t have extra rights” Well guess what, you don’t either.
You guys are nothing more than children with cameras….
All you did was distract police officers for a night. They do more than just arrest people, they also help people in need. I hope you didn’t prevent anyone who called the cops from having access to the cops?
Don’t pay attention to the people nay-saying what you are doing!
Keep up the fantastic work!
Your critics are either, brain damaged, were raised in a cave, or a silver spoon in their mouths or perhaps are cops.
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