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2022-06-25 Government Corruption
Everybody's Guilty: To the Police State, We're All Criminals Until We Prove Otherwise
[Rutherford Institute] "In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught."—Hunter S. Thompson

The burden of proof has been reversed.

No longer are we presumed innocent. Now we’re presumed guilty unless we can prove our innocence beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. Rarely, are we even given the opportunity to do so.

Although the Constitution requires the government to provide solid proof of criminal activity before it can deprive a citizen of life or liberty, the government has turned that fundamental assurance of due process on its head.

Each and every one of us is now seen as a potential suspect, terrorist and lawbreaker in the eyes of the government.

Consider all the ways in which "we the people" are now treated as criminals, found guilty of violating the police state’s abundance of laws, and preemptively stripped of basic due process rights.

Red flag gun confiscation laws: Gun control legislation, especially in the form of red flag gun laws, allow the police to remove guns from people "suspected" of being threats. These laws, growing in popularity as a legislative means by which to seize guns from individuals viewed as a danger to themselves or others, will put a target on the back of every American whether or not they own a weapon.

Disinformation eradication campaigns. In recent years, the government has used the phrase "domestic terrorist" interchangeably with "anti-government," "extremist" and "terrorist" to describe anyone who might fall somewhere on a very broad spectrum of viewpoints that could be considered "dangerous." The ramifications are so far-reaching as to render almost every American an extremist in word, deed, thought or by association. In the government’s latest assault on those who criticize the government—whether that criticism manifests itself in word, deed or thought—the Biden Administration has likened those who share "false or misleading narratives and conspiracy theories, and other forms of mis- dis- and mal-information" to terrorists. This latest government salvo against consumers and spreaders of "mis- dis- and mal-information" widens the net to potentially include anyone who is exposed to ideas that run counter to the official government narrative. In other words, if you dare to subscribe to any views that are contrary to the government’s, you may well be suspected of being a domestic terrorist and treated accordingly. In this way, government and corporate censors claiming to protect us from dangerous, disinformation campaigns are, in fact, laying the groundwork now to preempt any "dangerous" ideas that might challenge the power elite’s stranglehold over our lives.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-06-25 01:40|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 Like Beria said “show me the man and I’ll show you the crime”
Posted by Cloluck Bourbon1058 2022-06-25 05:22||   2022-06-25 05:22|| Front Page Top

#2 "Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent" by Harvey A. Silverglate was published in 2009
Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2022-06-25 11:46||   2022-06-25 11:46|| Front Page Top

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