In a deliberate “show of force,” federal and local police forces raided a political meeting in Texas, fingerprinting and photographing all attendees as well as confiscating all cell phones and personal recording devices.
Members of the Republic of Texas, a secession movement dedicated to restoring Texas as an independent constitutional republic, had gathered Feb. 14 in a Bryan, Texas, meeting hall along with public onlookers. They were debating issues of currency, international relations and celebrating the birthday of one of their oldest members. The group, which describes itself as “congenial and unimposing,” maintains a small working government, including official currency, congress and courts.
I seem to remember something about Freedom of Assembly.
I mean, it’s not even like they were Weather Underground, Black Panthers or…
…oh, wait.
Because…OBAMA!
A couple of moron members sent a few bogus “court” documents to non-members over a mortgage hassle. For that picayune thing, police, sheriffs, and FBI invaded the meeting en masse and took every piece of paper and every electronic doo-dad (phones, computers, cameras) and then proceeded to fingerprint everybody.
But we can be ever so thankful that they didn’t take cheek DNA swabs as well. That would have been OK according to the search warrant.
Can you say “police state” boys and girls? I knew that you could.
Oh, and guilt by association. Only two members (and where they even present?) sent the satirical letters. But everyone got the treatment. Besides a real legal stretch (but it is Texas), it certainly a waste of the authorities time and taxpayer money.
Next time, the letters should have the heading: “If this were a real summons…” in very, very small print.
They should rename themselves to “The New Black Weather Underground” and that will buy them a pass from the Feds for the next 22 months.
I’m sure the ACLU is about to leap into action for a bunch of conservative Texans.
Yet Mahmoudberg, the Jamat al Fuqra compound down in Brazos County, probably has never seen a sheriff’s car so much as drive past their gates.
With all due respect, Thirdtwin, Mahmoudberg is in south Texas (south of Houston), Brazoria County.
Brownshirts.
Yeah, sileceal, that was what I meant to type. At least it’s in Texas, too. ;>)
They’re kinda sensitive, huh? Good thing they don’t have a border problem or jihad training camps anywhere in Texas.
Thirdtwin–I kind of expected that was the case (no harm, no foul 🙂 )LOL I lived in Houston until 6 years ago and moved To Bryan in Brazos County. Guess I went from muzzie to fuzz-y problems (given the recent Bryan raid on The Republic of Texas folks), huh?!
But the Feds are A-Ok with having separatist La Raza and MEChA shit taught in colleges and high schools (at taxpayer expense, no less).
I guess you don’t have to worry about the Jackboot Brigade if you’re advocating for “Aztlan” instead of Texas.
Meanwhile, no FBI raids on any La Mecha conferences which openly advocated Hispanic reconquest of the US Southwest. Why? No white people there.
The official US immigration policy is anti-white.
Blame it on the Obama federales if you want, but the piece I read said that the Texas Rangers and every local L.E. outfit was in on the raid, too. Can the FBL command local law to obey or can local law refuse to help?
hey at least they didn’t raid a mosque!
They should have raided the Oval Office. DUHHHHHH!!!!
Maybe they were thinking Branch Davidian, Waco, TX?
Yes, indeedy—-7 (count ’em) LEOs incvolved including as far away as Kerrville. Un-friggin-believeable. Not so UFB is that faster than immediately the story totally disappeared here in Bryan. I just hope there’s a whole mess of lawsuits against agencies AND individuals. Still waiting for any sort of comment from the Governor and/or state AG.
BTW—did anyone mention that this wasn’t just some “meeting hall”—it was the VFW.
They should rent out the local mosque for these events in the future.
A REAL president would have these Gestapo agents in chains and up on charges.
I’m not a fan of the Republic of Texas movement, but this is beyond the Pale. How much more of this will we tolerate?
I bet all the Feddies had their GI Joe gear on, too. They so love “dress up” opportunities.
Our forefathers would’ve been in armed rebellion by now. Sam Houston would be ashamed of us.