Any Thoughts on this?

[undergroundpanther]

A guy was raided in montana for handing out literature...


http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2006/060706manraided.htm

[Erika]

1. That part of Montana has survivalist groups

most of whom believe in white supremacy, etc. The Timoth McVeigh mindset.

[havocmom]

3. So, that makes it OK for law enforcement to inquire about beliefs?

I don't much like the supremicists, but if we don't protect their rights, ours are history too.

[Erika]

5. Yes, it reeks of McCarthyism

Sorry that I replyed to the wrong post.

[havocmom]

6. 's OK, McCarthyism makes my eyes blur too

:hi:

[havocmom]

2. For starters, puzzled by the photos

It can snow in Montana in July, but usually not that much in Dillon country, which is a desert. So we have tall, very green grass in some pics and gloomy, snowy conditions with bare deciduous trees in others. Possible, but pals in Dillon haven't mentioned snow lately. And most of the trees don't go bare in July. Those pictures taken at different times of the year.

Bothered by lack of ID of agents, lack of proper paperwork, and participants from other countries. The latter is only a matter of form; I know there aren't other countries anymore.

Bothered by someone being treated like that for handing out pamphlets. But not especially surprised.

VERY bothered by them asking him if he believed in the lit. :wtf: FBI, BATF, SWAT, check. Canadian law enforcement operating in southern MT, eh, iffy. But which agency is it that determines which personal political BELIEFS warrant a swat team raid?

I have a problem with that one!

[Erika]

4. Yes, it reeks of McCarthyism n/t

[Lex]

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