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Get to know your American police state, one victim at a time
Trevor Bothwell
Libertarian Examiner
Wednesday, Feb 4, 2009
My brother, who lives and tends bar in Pittsburgh, called last night to inform me that Pennsylvania taxpayers apparently are getting quite the value out of their “homeland security” dollars. Not only was the Southside area of the Steel City militarized with police in riot gear, but a couple of his buddies were treated to the full wrath of the police state on Sunday night after the Super Bowl.
I spoke personally to two of my brother’s friends, who described in explicit detail how they were assaulted by police despite minding their own business, or at least doing nothing that would warrant the initiation of a violent confrontation by our noble “protectors.”
Dan, who happens to be my brother’s housemate and prefers to remain partially anonymous, told me he was standing outside a bar just prior to midnight smoking a cigarette — it’s illegal to smoke inside bars in Pittsburgh — when he was confronted by cops in riot gear who “looked like storm troopers from Star Wars” and shouted at him to get back in the bar.
Dan noticed that the police were merely part of a contingent of dozens of officers who were lined up in the middle of the street, and he told them he was just outside smoking a cigarette because he wasn’t allowed to do it inside.
“One cop shouted ‘Get back in the bar now!’” Dan recounted, “and as I was backing up toward the wall he grabbed me by the back of my coat and my belt and threw me into the door of the bar.”
Incredulous at what had just happened, Dan tried to get his wits about him while the “owner or manager of the bar just told me to try to calm down and ‘let it go.’”
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Dan admits that he was drunk — his Steelers had just won the Super Bowl, after all — but “I wasn’t running around the city acting like an idiot,” he said.
“I’ve never been much of a police hater,” Dan continued, “but now I don’t have too much respect for them.”
For the record, Dan is 38 years old, 5′ 9″ tall, and weighs about 150 pounds.
Now it’s all becoming clearer. The police must have just been throwing Dan back into the bar to protect him from all the riots taking place downtown after the Steelers rallied to beat the Cardinals. Oh, wait…
As if that incident wasn’t bad enough, it gets even worse.
I next spoke to Ernie Linsenbigler, a 23-year-old who was dropped off in Southside Pittsburgh along S. 20th St. by his mother so he didn’t have to drive.
“I had about six beers all night, from about 5:00 to 11:00 p.m.,” Ernie told me. “I was walking down Carson Street to meet my ride and saw a bunch of police on horses, in riot gear and helmets, and with auto rifles.”
Euphoric after his team’s victory, Ernie said he walked up to one of the officers and joked, “I want to report an assault,” and after pausing for the punchline continued, “on Kurt Warner by the Pittsburgh Steelers defense!”
Demonstrating the compassion and personality we’ve come to expect from agents of the state, the cop responded, “Get out of here! I hope you f***ing die!”
As Ernie continued down the street he noticed a gang of storm troopers — “probably 30″ — lining the road. He had to get through the barricade to cross the street to meet his ride, and just as one officer made an opening wide enough for him to pass, another “yells ‘Turn around!’ and grabs me by the shoulder, and before you know it I’m facedown on the ground with about four officers’ knees in my back.”
I asked Ernie if he did anything to these officers that could have elicited this sort of response and he insisted he had not. Short of an act or threat of physical violence, this sort of police aggression is assault, plain and simple.
Ernie said he was handcuffed, searched, and put into a paddywagon with a few other men, where they were forced to wait almost an hour before being taken to a police station. Upon arrival at the station Ernie was strip-searched with about a dozen other guys.
“Thank God there were no cavity searches,” he said, “but they took my boots after it was over and gave me these disposable ones or whatever.”
After the search — and after several hours had passed since his initial detention — Ernie and the men were taken to another room, where the police photographed them and forced them to submit to digital fingerprinting. During this ordeal, Ernie overheard one of the cops telling a fellow officer rather smugly that he’d “picked up about 62 other people tonight.”
Once police were finished logging Ernie’s physical information into their database, he and the men he was rounded up with were “marched out” of the building.
“I wasn’t even told what I would be charged with,” Ernie told me. “They mentioned something about a ‘failure to disperse’ charge and that papers would be coming in the mail.”
Ernie was arrested/detained/confiscated from public streets he pays for around 11:30 p.m. and didn’t get out of the police station until 5:30 a.m. Monday morning.
For what it’s worth, Ernie Linsenbigler is 5′ 10″ tall and weighs 150 pounds “soaking wet.” He too told me that prior to Sunday night, he was the type of person who would walk up to a police officer and thank him for what he did.
“Not anymore,” he said.
Pittsburgh Police, where the new motto oughta be: “To punish and enslave.”
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February 4th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Back in the 80’s I got assaulted by skinhead nazi drugged up aholes in a Pittsburgh club.
I did nothing to provoke them, wasn’t drunk etc. Walking home I relayed what happened to me to a police thug standing outside of a station. His response: just a shrug. Police ARE there to protect an serve but not the people. They protect and serve the elitists who represent the state. The IDEA of the police is a noble one and that’s the concept that people respect. The NWO nazi thugs have taken over the police and they will push you around because they need practice being nazi thugs.
cooter Reply:
February 4th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Thats terrible…really!! What kind of assault? Was it anal?
BeTrueSeekTruth Reply:
February 4th, 2009 at 11:07 am
No ya old coot, it WASN”T terrible. As a matter of fact they all kicked like little girls. They were so drugged up I figured each would burst an artery any second. The police showed as much cowardice in the situation as the eight brainwashed amp head hitler flunkies. In retrospect, maybe the cop didn’t move because that was their minor league. You know their farm system. They already had the haircuts after all.
February 4th, 2009 at 5:44 am
Looks like “the boys in blue/black” are getting ready to attack,i think that the NWO elits are incredulous that americans have not rioted yet[but the cops are all trained up and raring to go]time to push the sheeple into action,so that they can react to the 30 years of riots that are in the defence departments books.Plant those seeds people,cause the seeds of discontent are brewing.
February 4th, 2009 at 7:28 am
america- home of the fear, land of the slave
February 4th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Looks like Pitts town is falling apart; just like our country. How long will it take before this city’s victims strike back?
This behavior is being guided and pushed down from the federal level. Isn’t it time to dissolve the “union” and build something that works?
February 4th, 2009 at 7:52 am
arm yourselves for the coming day of retribution against the Gestapo thugs who call themselves public servants.Lets do what our For fathers did,REVOLT.
February 4th, 2009 at 8:05 am
2012 saves us all
Tim Golding Reply:
February 4th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Provided you find the way home yeah
February 4th, 2009 at 8:49 am
I live in Pittsburgh and was well aware before hand – it was all over the news the week before, they would have 500 extra police, in full riot gear – the works – and no out of line behavior would be accepted. I had a bad feeling and didn’t even attempt to leave my house that night. As far as the city striking back, unfortunately, most of the people you talk to are in complete denial. No one in my family, no neighbors – believe anything is wrong, most still don’t even realize we are in a depression, or that our food/water is compromised. Most people think Obama is going to save us and if something happened to anyone they did something to deserve it. Nothing was mentioned on the news that night or the next day, except that a few people were round up and arrested and they would explain more when there were details – which I never heard anything of again. I thought it was kind of odd that they made it seem like there were only a few incidents and no explanations or interviews.
My daughter recently moved, and the first week when someone left her house (thank goodness he had not been drinking) they were pulled over by the police and told they keep an eye out on anyone that moves onto that street, apparently, according to the police, the street is known for drugs, which we didn’t know – it’s in the south hills, not a bad area, so she moved as soon as she could, the police kept harassing her for no reason. The city don’t seem to be too bad yet (that I’m aware of), but if you get pulled over by a borough cop – chances are, you’re in trouble, and you have to go through a number of different boroughs to go anywhere in Pittsburgh. I hope people wake up and realize that we are in for big changes.
dRapNOid Reply:
February 4th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
They really need to get their minds of the godamn NFL.
February 4th, 2009 at 9:39 am
You must file complaints with the civilian review board, precinct, and local officials. Overwhelm them with paper and red tape. Every complaint filed must be read, processed, answered. To say or do nothing (even though you won’t get the action you deserve) is the worst thing you can do. Stop being sheepies!!!!
OK Reply:
February 4th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Do u believe that horseshit. If you do that’s why we have this problem. Cant fix ant of this with paper or people that push it.
Kokoapelli Reply:
February 4th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Exactly!
& try to gain media involvement, az well. You never know who may come to your aid in expozing theze deplorable actionz. ‘Specially “alternative media”.
Fight on!!
VIVA!!!
matt Reply:
February 4th, 2009 at 11:17 am
this is a nice thought, but the truth is, the people who investigate crimes committed by police, are the fucking police. this is bull-shit, and worthless just like calling yr senator about the latest destruction of the dollar “recovery” package is worthless. arm yourselves. get ready. they are coming whether you like it, or believe it. there will be riots in every major american city within the next four years, and they will gear up military style police to quash any disobedience. i, for one, plan to be extremely disobedient! fuck the police. they have never done a single thing to serve or protect me. it has been a joke from the beginning.
John Galt Reply:
February 4th, 2009 at 11:22 am
You dont believe that horseshit do you?? The system is broken. You cant fix it with paper because the people, the lawyers the judges, the adminisTRAITORS are corrupt and part of the problem. They have to go to. You must be a lawyer or a fool.
Never Mind Reply:
February 5th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Actually this man is talking some sense, however I have some to add to what he has suggested. Not only should you follow the red tape and push the system to hold itself accountable, you should start getting in the system and working your way up using their rules. become members of your local review board, become members of your police department, run for city council, run for mayor. And go in force. One person will never make a huge difference, but a local community group that manages to get themselves voted into city council outing the local elites will become a force to be noticed.
The number one thing you must not forget is that all of these people are your employees and you have every right in the world to fire them if they are not doing their jobs properly. However to know when they are not doing their jobs properly you must know how to do their jobs.
I would strongly suggest that all of the people in your community who have a problem with the police to gather together in a town meeting and discuss it to see if there is a wider problem than was thought or if these seem to be random incidents. If there is a wider problem start a movement to remove the police chief from office and support someone who signs a civil contract with the people of the town to pay a insane amount of money if he goes back on his promise. It is high time that we the people force accountability upon our elected leaders in any way we see fit. If these people are not willing to submit to the will of rational, logical people then prevent their election by any means necessary because they are outside of the law.
February 4th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Come on now people. This is for your own protection. You should know this by now.
February 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
It’s 1984 and BB is out of control!
February 4th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Abstain from bars and alcohol right now. This is a time for a clear head, a strong muscular body, and full command of your faculties. Avoid places where the rabble congregate. Make it difficult for people who would oppress you to do so.
Ronin Reply:
February 4th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
So let me get this right… we should accept less and less freedom and back down when our constitution is challenged. Just let the world around us get a little smaller bit by bit to avoid confrontation till we’re caged? Your idea has a nice pacifistic approach sound to it, but this is America, and in the words of Patrick Henry, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
February 4th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Satellites are used by the Intelligence branch of the U.S. Military to listen to the thinking and talking of their targets on the ground. The target can also be made to experience various physical maladies, torture and permanent illnesses such as heart attack and stroke. The thinking of government leaders worldwide is hijacked and their spoken rhetoric is manipulated. Thoughts are implanted in the target’s brain. This is the central program of the U.S. Military and top generals; the Secretary of Defense and the President use it for international diplomacy.
February 4th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Here is the good part.
Their behavior very predictable. Look at it like fishing. You throw the bait. Scrapes of bread on the water and the little fishy’s come and get it. You throw a baited hook and they come and get it. Bigger the bait and bigger the hook the bigger the fish. They never see themselves as the target or the game fish. They see themselves as the predator, the big fish going after the little fish with immunity because they believe themselves to be the biggest fish in the pond.
A great white shark can kill with a single bite.
Piranha are many smaller mouths but they strip the flesh to the bone quickly.
You are the bait.
We are the piranha.
INFERNO Reply:
February 4th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Good way to describe it…
February 4th, 2009 at 11:37 am
This is typical. I goto patriot games all the time in foxboro and the police think its quite fine to yell at you every time you walk down the main st to get to the stadium. I have had police call me stupid, an idiot, an asshole, yelled at for being on the wrong part of the confusing baracaded streets, and a host of other things. To pick up stubhub tickets you have to walk all the way down the main st and then cross and a certain point and come back around, and I wasnt sure where this was and i asked one of the police for help and he responded “I dont fuckin know, how bout you get the hell out of the street.” Great public servants.
Never Mind Reply:
February 5th, 2009 at 11:57 am
You need to get this guys badge number and not only report him to his superiors, but post it on the internet in your local community forums. Sometimes you have to watch the watchers. photograph and video them saying this kind of stuff and make it public. And when they take your camera or video camera away, refuse, get beaten up and sue them for millions.
It helps a ton if you have a second video team hidden that can record what is going on. Sometimes you have to fight dirty to preserve your rights.
February 4th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Before too long this will spread throughout the rest of the country, if it hasn’t already
February 4th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
every1 should carry a video camera all the time and never travel alone cause if the theives don’t get you then the storm troopers will! Glad Canada isn’t that bad yet, but I’m sure it’s coming…
February 4th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
It’s happening everywhere. I have heard many stories from freinds who go to sporting events. My one freind who I told about all of this months ago refused to believe me and told me I was nuts until he went to an NFL game. He immediately called me the next day and told me he couldnt believe the way he was treated. Almost got arrested for trying to park in a different sparking spot next to their other freinds and then was practically strip searched at the entrance of the stadium. Was yelled at by at least 5 officers, the list goes on and on and on. Too much to even talk about. He said he will never go to an NFL game ever again. Me too.
This really is depressing. Fuck.
February 4th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Samurai Soldiers are they…crude and arrogant, playing football game of their own,…yes?!
You Infowarrior sprouts with yer noses in the mash-trough enjoying your “game” and “a few beeooooors! (beers in fancy Canuck French) You green sprouts green horns sassy kids must seriously attend to parlay your tales with dig vid footage! no beeooooors!
Cautious to not allow yourself distracted by “a game” needing to “be there at the moment of any greatly, sucessive play” makes Whores of you! You need to be there to exercise this meglomaniacal blood-sport viewing, participating error! THIS gives rise to educational-infamy from our enemies our state or steward. The lusting after competitions between two opposing places on a map. This provides the YING energy for the YANG reflex, so to speak. It feeds, or their psyche centers lust after and feed upon this too! They had to work during “the game” so they’ll smash in your head!
This need to wear the crazy-hat, no shirt but painted torso, guzzling beeooooors. This is addictive lifestyle conditioning! Certainly the team owners managers would never wish to admit, but ask any human being studying authority or discipline,. Ask John E Bradshaw, ask Manufacturing Consent author Noam Chomsky, take a view from outside the box, jump outside of the hole-in-the-wall-gang! See whats really going on, and be sure to evidence with dig vid and have your azz, your back covered too! Sip one beer! Do not guzzle! Try insisting they sell distilled water and guzzle that!!!But get us significant display of your mastery of this!
Umm oh my, you peope; Try and consider;imagine you’ve just been struck by a terrible disease and or you’ve just been seriously injured by warfare or whatever!
Imagine now that you are blinded, or some calamity has befallen your entire family, or friendships!
Now, r u ready to be responsible, in dealing with these great apocylapses searing their evils through the heartlands of free north americas and others branding our backsides into eternal subserviance to the likes of Ruby Ridge Waco 9/11 07/07 Katrina, the bailout(now secret, perhaps quadrillions??!!) Ongoing police-state tactics deemed military stranglehold at home. Enduring now closing on 6 years in Iraq, the human-rights-violations there;Constitutional betrayals out of obfuscation on-eternal! The Military Defense programs gone rabid! Against our own!
When we look to 9/11, we see it all!
This cannot be made to survive endure or continue undisciplined
February 4th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
any cops out there, want to chip in and explain this??????????… Thought not!
February 4th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Cops do serve the elite like the first blogger says. Hey how many times do you really call the cops to report something, not very much probably. I had 5 young idiots shooting rifles in a circle at a rabbit in a bush. They were visiting my neighbor. I called the cops and told them I have a 172 gallon propane tank and these morons are shooting. The cops say it’s not life threatening and were busy doing important stuff. It seems everytime I call the cops for help they have an excuse why they can’t come. But if I lived up on the hill where the doctors and rich business people live they come over in a flash. As I get older I’m realizing government and police are not there to help you, we are on our own.
February 4th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
police are folks who are being charged with the security of the public and also charged with the security of the individuals therin. They can not stand that they wee called to duty that night in Pittsburgh, when they could have been snug as a bug in a bar engaging in the same tribal antics everyone else was. Hell, what do you do on a cold night when you’ve been called out to stop riots, and no riots to be found. well you grab some peaceful citizen, who poses no threat to anyone and practice some brutaly, oppresive, and humiliating crowd control on them. I wonder what those cowards are going to do when real shootin starts and they find themselves in a Custers last stand senerio.
There are several choices you as a member of the freedom loving public can choose from to
help aleviate the situation.
1. keep your head where it is at. you are safer if you can’t see what is comming.
2. Join them, there is strenghth in numbers. you’ll enjoy murder, rape, and pillage. just hope they don’t go to your house when your at some one elses.
3. start local neighborhood militias. Choose good combat vets who can help you with
preparations. commit to mutual defence. When assholes calling themselves police take
to the streets and start usurping you power you’ll know what to do.
GO FOR CHOICE #3 IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
February 5th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Cops see the dregs of society everyday and eventually they (most of them) view every civilian as a scumbag, threat, target, etc. I would hate to be a cop. I think they all have to justify their existence by have a quota of tickets, “rioters” dragged in, etc. Instead they should view success based on keeping order without having to arrest people or bust heads. The problem is that many of the cops enjoy busting heads. When I was in the service, there would be a small fight in a bar, the MPs would burst through the door and just start clubbing people with their batons, every people who were not fighting or causing trouble. They really enjoyed roughing people up and showing their power.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Dilbert, I’ve heard the cops see the dregs excuse many, many time…. but, the fact is that the cops are scumbags and liars because they were born that way and think that everyone else is just like them. Gangsters and troublemakers are who makes up police forces everywhere. Bad people think the worst of others. They think others are like them. That’s my experience with the cops, anyway.