Detained at gunpoint, peace activists on ‘federal watch list’ are released without charge

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/7266/detained-at-gunpoint-peace-activists-on-federal-watch-list-are-released-without-charge
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When I asked police what was going on, I was told it was a “routine traffic stop” (with drawn guns?), then was asked to turn off my camera (I didn’t). Police wouldn’t comment further.

Thirty minutes after being hauled off, the trio was returned to their car, which is owned by and licensed to Fithian, who says she’s part of the Pagan Cluster, a nonviolent group of people and groups who aim to “bring an earth-based spirituality to global justice and peace actions.” She was also involved with Cindy Sheehan’s “Camp Casey” antiwar protest outside the Bush ranch in the summer of 2005, and she was involved in direct actions during the WTO protests of 1999. She’s on the National Steering Committee of United for Peace and Justice.

Fithian says the officers were “very aggressive” and that, at first, they wouldn’t reveal why they’d been stopped. But finally, when she asked if she was being arrested, an officer told her, “‘Your car has been put on a stop-and-search list by the federal government,’” she said.

[fascisthunter]

1. More Abuse of Power by the Fascist Republicans

they use their power for phony illegitimate purposes.... everything for "image".

[stillcool]

2. this gets more frightening every minute...

I don't know how we will make it through an election.