FBI Accused of Excessive Force in Puerto Rico

[kpete]

FBI Accused of Excessive Force in PR
by TChris

Three journalists who tried to cover the FBI's raid of a group seeking independence for Puerto Rico were hospitalized when the FBI reacted with violence to their presence at the scene of the raid. At least ten journalists were sprayed with pepper spray, prompting three congressmen -- Reps. Jose Serrano, Luis Gutierrez, and Nydia Velazquez -- to ask FBI Director Robert Mueller to investigate whether the FBI's actions were "excessive or unwarranted."

Puerto Rico Police Chief Pedro Toledo criticized the FBI's use of pepper spray as "completely outside of the norm," Serrano and his colleagues wrote.

"In our democracy, the most fundamental obligations is law enforcement agencies in to uphold the constitutional rights of citizens as well as to protect the freedom of the press," the letter continued. "Even in Puerto Rico, where the Bureau and its agents have a reputation for behaving as if they are above the law, the FBI is not exempt from these duties."

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/014050.html

[MadMaddie]

1. The Brownshirts....acting above the law...

That's a real surprise!!

[Missy M]

2. There seems to be no way of reining in the FBI, CIA, NSA,....

etc. They are allowed to run roughshod whenever they want to. It is true they behave as of they are above the law, when they should be upholding the law.

[MadMaddie]

3. Just thinking about how long it will take...

to clean house when we kick them out. The Dems are going to have to reach out to the Government professionals that were kicked out by the * Regime. And we will have to revamp these organizations or completely gut them and start over.

This is a project that will take 10 or so years to fix.