(07-18-2020, 11:53 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: Has there been any real proof that people are being arrested, or are they still going on the image-less video and the word of the protester?

I've seen videos of it.  There's no longer any doubt that it has been happening.

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(07-18-2020, 11:21 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(07-18-2020, 08:15 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: So you're okay with the federal government taking over local law enforcement and kidnapping people off the streets without a warrant or a charge.  Got it.  

Do you believe in following the Constitution?  Or would you just throw that out?  

The Constitution gives the federal government limited powers.  The 10th Amendment says that all powers not specifically granted to the federal government are reserved to the states.  Nothing in the Constitution gives the federal government law enforcement authority over ordinary crimes.  So the federal government "stepping in," as you put it, is unconstitutional.  Not to mention kidnapping people and holding them without a warrant or a charge, which is also obviously unconstitutional.  

Keep in mind, this is not the federal government "assisting" the local government.  The local government has asked (demanded, actually) that the federal government immediately cease doing this sort of stuff.  

I thought you said you are voting for the Libertarian candidate for President.  This is the opposite of libertarianism.

Local governments have demanded such of the feds in the past when the locals were refusing to protect the civil rights of their citizens. It's taken the FBI, the National Guard, and other federal agencies to end those behaviors and this in no different. The spirit of Libertarianism is the protection of individual rights, including the protection of those rights from the Mob and from colluding local officials.

I have already explained to you, it is unconstitutional for the federal government to take over local law enforcement.  

Plus, in this case, the local government and local law enforcement have asked the federal government to stay out of it.  

The Constitution is quite clear on this.

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