A Bad Day For Civil Liberties. America died a bit last week, as the Supreme Court ruled against a citizen’s right to sue a police officer for wrongful arrest, or for inappropriate use of deadly force. This is the latest nail in the coffin of our… [About Civil Liberties]
That’s not entirely true–people still have the right to resist criminal acts by the police using deadly force in exactly the same way that they can resist private-sector criminals. The Supreme Court’s ruling simply means that people have no peaceful means of redress, leaving them no choice but to either submit helplessly to any abuse–or shoot dead any thugs who attack them, regardless of whether the thugs are wearing black uniforms or red bandanas.
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