National Guard arrives in Ferguson, Veterans Ask Them to Join Protesters

[The2ndAmendment]

Open letter urges "The police in Ferguson are violating the Constitution

Military Veterans Send Urgent Letter To National Guard In Ferguson Telling Them To Stand Down

There is no Rule of Law. If the Public Servants do not need to follow the Law, then why should their Masters (The People) ???

Between Obama the Usurper absorbing Congress's powers, all the way down to uniformed thugs executing shoplifters, there doesn't seem to be ANY confidence in government, nor should their be, that's not a Government, that's a Tyranny, nationalized tyranny (federal, state and local).

To our brothers and sisters in the Missouri National Guard:

We are writing to you as active-duty U.S. service members and veterans, most of us having served in the Iraq war.

You have a choice you can make right now.

The whole world is watching the Ferguson police with disgust. They killed an unarmed, college-bound Black youth in broad daylight, and subsequently responded to peaceful, constitutionally-protected protests with extreme violence and repression.

Countless constitutional and human rights violations by these police have been documented over the course of the Ferguson protests; from attacking and threatening journalists, to using tear gas against peaceful protesters, including children.

Now, Governor Nixon has again activated the National Guard to “support law enforcement.” But you don’t have to follow their orders—you can stand with the protesters instead.

Our true duty

When we signed up, we swore an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States.

The police in Ferguson are violating that Constitution.

The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of the press.

These laws are, as we are taught our entire lives, our most cherished Constitutional rights—the whole basis for the “freedom” we are told makes us the greatest country on Earth.

It is undeniable that the Ferguson police has used extreme violence against peaceful protesters, suppressing the right of the people to free speech and the freedom to assemble. They have attacked crowds, with children in them, with rubber bullets, sound cannons and tear gas. People have been mass arrested for simply being at the protest. Image credit: Flickr.com

Freedom of the press has also been severely infringed upon by Ferguson police. Journalists have been arrested; photo evidence shows riot police firing tear gas directly at reporters and tearing down their camera equipment; Ferguson police have been caught on video threatening journalists with violence if they don’t leave, and declaring that they are not allowed in the protest area.

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[Discombobulated]

Open letter urges "The police in Ferguson are violating the Constitution

Military Veterans Send Urgent Letter To National Guard In Ferguson Telling Them To Stand Down

There is no Rule of Law. If the Public Servants do not need to follow the Law, then why should their Masters (The People) ???

Between Obama the Usurper absorbing Congress's powers, all the way down to uniformed thugs executing shoplifters, there doesn't seem to be ANY confidence in government, nor should their be, that's not a Government, that's a Tyranny, nationalized tyranny (federal, state and local).

To our brothers and sisters in the Missouri National Guard:

We are writing to you as active-duty U.S. service members and veterans, most of us having served in the Iraq war.

You have a choice you can make right now.

The whole world is watching the Ferguson police with disgust. They killed an unarmed, college-bound Black youth in broad daylight, and subsequently responded to peaceful, constitutionally-protected protests with extreme violence and repression.

Countless constitutional and human rights violations by these police have been documented over the course of the Ferguson protests; from attacking and threatening journalists, to using tear gas against peaceful protesters, including children.

Now, Governor Nixon has again activated the National Guard to “support law enforcement.” But you don’t have to follow their orders—you can stand with the protesters instead.

Our true duty

When we signed up, we swore an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States.

The police in Ferguson are violating that Constitution.

The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of the press.

These laws are, as we are taught our entire lives, our most cherished Constitutional rights—the whole basis for the “freedom” we are told makes us the greatest country on Earth.

It is undeniable that the Ferguson police has used extreme violence against peaceful protesters, suppressing the right of the people to free speech and the freedom to assemble. They have attacked crowds, with children in them, with rubber bullets, sound cannons and tear gas. People have been mass arrested for simply being at the protest. Image credit: Flickr.com

Freedom of the press has also been severely infringed upon by Ferguson police. Journalists have been arrested; photo evidence shows riot police firing tear gas directly at reporters and tearing down their camera equipment; Ferguson police have been caught on video threatening journalists with violence if they don’t leave, and declaring that they are not allowed in the protest area.

With such important and dramatic events unfolding, the right of the people in the United States to have the truth covered by the press is essential to any so-called democratic society.

The people have the right to protest. If we were truly honoring our oath, we would be in Ferguson to protect the protesters against the repression of their rights by the police.

We don’t just have a legal obligation, but a moral one

Clearly, we would be within our legal rights to refuse to help the Ferguson police unconstitutionally suppress these protests. But beyond the constitutional case, we have a moral obligation to refuse to participate.

The Ferguson police are treating this like a war. And we know that not all wars are just.

These protests have done something very important in our society: they have raised the deep issues we face of inequality, poverty, racism and police misconduct onto a national stage. It has turned public consciousness to these real problems that plague our society.

Do you really want to be part of suppressing those civilians raising all these important issues on the national stage?

Racist police brutality is a real issue in America

The autopsy of Michael Brown confirms at least five eye-witness accounts that the young man—who was not even suspected by Darren Wilson of any crime—was shot while he had his hands in the air.

Those of us in the military—especially with combat experience—knows that this flies in the face of any Rules of Engagement, and we know that it is completely ridiculous to believe that Darren Wilson feared for his life in anyway whatsoever.

Increasingly, the issue of rampant police brutality in America—most frequently by white officers against people of color, with an African American killed every 28 hours by police—is garnering more and more attention on a national and international scale.

Outrage by the community against the state’s refusal to hold Darren Wilson accountable is entirely justified; the movement, led by Black youth, is a just movement.

History is unfolding, with the whole world watching. You have a decision to make on which side of history to be on.

You will make history, one way or the other

If you take part in the suppression of the protests for Michael Brown, we will be enshrined in history just as the National Guard soldiers who followed their orders to attack and repress civil rights actions, union pickets and anti-war protests. History has not looked kindly on them.

But you have the chance to make a different kind of history.

Imagine the powerful impact it would have if you abandoned your posts and marched with the protesters.

That single action could have the biggest possible effect on the crisis in Ferguson and the larger issues it represents in the entire country. It could be a major turning point in the fight against racism, inequality and police abuse.

You wouldn’t be alone. There is a whole community of service members, veterans and civilian supporters who would defend your right to do so. And now, in this critical moment, we are urging you to exercise that right.

Justice for Mike Brown! Arrest Darren Wilson!

This appeal is signed by:
Post-911 veterans:
Kourtney Mitchell, US Army, 2011-present
Sara Beining, US Army, 2004-present (Iraq war veteran)
Kelsa Pellettiere, US Army, 2009-present
Anonymous Air Force Technical Sergeant, 2000-present (Afghanistan war veteran)
Jhassier Laurentes, US Navy, 2013-present
SSG Al Robinson III, US Army, 1999-present (Afghanistan war veteran)
Lisa Wnek, US Air Force, 2009 – 2014 (Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran)
Monique Salhab, US Army, 1997-2007 (Iraq war veteran)
Margaret Stevens, US Army, 1997-2004
Chantelle Bateman, US Marines Reserve, 2003-2009 (Iraq war veteran)
Mike Prysner, US Army, 2001-2005 (Iraq war veteran)
Sean McCrea, US Marines, 2005-2012 (Iraq war veteran)
William Felton, US Army, 2005-2012 (Iraq war veteran)
Kevin Benderman, US Army, 1987-1991 & 2000-2008 (Iraq war veteran)
Alynn McLellan, US Army, 2008-2012 (Iraq war veteran)
Danny Birmingham, US Army, 2009-2012 (Iraq war veteran)
Adam Fuentes, US Navy, 2007-2012
Ryan Endicott, US Marines, 2004-2008 (Iraq war veteran)
William Griffin, US Army, 2004-2010 (Iraq war veteran)
Jason Cardenas, US Army, 2002-2007 (Iraq war veteran)
Hart Viges, US Army, 2001-2004 (Iraq war veteran)
Ross Caputi, US Marines, 2003-2006 (Iraq war veteran)
Camillo Mejia, US Army, 1995-2010 (Iraq war veteran)
James Circello, US Army, 2001-2008 (Iraq war veteran)
Jayel Aheram, US Marines, 2006-2010 (Iraq war veteran)
Miguel Colon, US Marines, 2001-2006 (Iraq war veteran)
Wendy Barranco, US Army, 2003-2006 (Iraq war veteran)
Michael Sullivan, US Army, 2005-2007 (Iraq war veteran)
Kristen Walston, US Navy, 1996-2003
Vincent Emanuele, US Marines, 2002-2006 (Iraq war veteran)
Jeremy Berggren, US Marines, 1998-2004
Ken Braley, US Army, 2002-2005
Jessie Ryan, US Army, 2000-2006 (Iraq war veteran)
Nick Kallio, US Army, 2007-2013 (Iraq war veteran)
Joe Soel, US Army, 2006-2014 (Iraq war veteran)
Jami King, US Army, 2004-2005
Richard Stroder, US Marines, 2004-2009 (Iraq war veteran)
Anonymous, US Army, 2005-2010 (Iraq war veteran)
Jonathan Engle, US Army, 2007-2013 (Iraq war veteran)
Amber Royster, US Navy, 2000-2006
Michael Downs, US Army, 1985-2009
Zollie Goodman, US Navy, 2002-2006 (Iraq war veteran)
Kasey Keck, US Army (Iraq war veteran)
Curtis Sirmans, US Army, 2006-2012 (Iraq war veteran)
Michael Nelson Hanes, US Marines, 1994-2004 (Iraq war veteran)
Clifton Hicks, US Army, 2003-2005 (Iraq war veteran)
Aaron Myracle, US Army, 2002-2010 (Iraq war veteran)
Kelvin Rodeo, US Navy, 2007-2011
Danilo Deocampo, US Navy, 1997 – 2003
Nate Yielding, Virginia Army National Guard 2001-2007, Maryland Air Guard 2007-2011
Aaron Myracle, Washington Army National Guard, 2002-2010
Damien Boyd, US Army, 2001-2014
Victor Agosto, US Army, 2005-2009 (Iraq War Veteran)
Alec Stevens, US Air Force, 1999-2008
Jason Mizula, US Army &US Coast Guard, 2002-2008 (Iraq War veteran)
Daniel Fargason, US Army, 2005-2009 (Iraq war veteran)
David A Meyer, US Air Force, 1979 – 2001
Lara Gale, US Army & Air Force Reserve , 1999-2006
Andrew Dyer, US Navy, 2001-2012
Gloria A, Downey, US Air Force, 2002 – 2009 (Iraq war veteran)
German Martinez, US Marines, 2010-2014
James Poteet, US Army & National Guard, 1993-2001
Carmine Matlock, US Air Force, 2005-2010
Maggie Martin, US Army, 2002-2006 (Iraq War Veteran)
Robert Howell, Illinois Air National Guard, 1999 to 2011 (Iraq war veteran)
Ian LaVallee, US Army, 2005-2009 (Iraq war veteran)
Adam G. House, US Army, 2006-2010
Claire White, US Air Force, 2006-2012
Randall Mayhugh, US Army, 2003-2006
Jovanni Reyes, US Army, 1993-2005
Ramon Mejia, US Marines, 2001-2004 (Iraq war veteran)
Matt Stys, US Army & Penn. Army National Guard, 1990-1998, 2005-2009
Angela Hamnes, US Navy, 2001-2011
Joe Nunley, US Marines, 1997-2002
Justin Thompson, US Army, 2007-2010 (Iraq war veteran)

…add your name to this open letter to the National Guard by emailing your name, branch and dates of service, and any deployments to [email protected]

Pre-911 veterans:
Daniel Craig, US Army (Gulf war veteran)
Gerry Werhan, US Marines, 1971-1994 (Gulf war veteran)
Curt Schaiberger, US Army, 1987-1991 (Gulf War veteran)
Michael T. McPhearson, U.S. Army 1981-1992 (Gulf War Veteran)
Forrest Schmidt, US Army, 1994-2000
John Fortier, US Air Force, 1952-1955 (Korean war veteran)
Bill Perry, US Army, 1967-1968 (Vietnam war veteran)
Matt Dubuc, US Army, 1994-1997 (Bosnia veteran)
Sanfod Kelson, US Army, 1963-1966
Alexis Fectaeu, US Airforce, 22 years
Benny Harris, US Navy, 1973-1993
Eric Meyer, US Navy, 1967-1971 (Vietnam war veteran)
Victoria Marx, US Navy, 1969-1976 (Vietnam war veteran)
Charles SHelton, US Coast Guard, 1969-1972
Annzala Pitt, US Army, 9 years
Leonard Vernon, US Army, 1964-1966
Tom Adams, US Army, 1971-1973
Paul Appell, US Army, 1968-1971 (Vietnam war veteran)
Derrick Wilson, US Army, 6 years
Danny McGregor, US Navy, 21 years
Douglas Ryder, US Navy, 1964-1967 (Vietnam war veteran)
Arlene Edwards, US Army Nurse Corps, 1966-1970 (Vietnam war veteran)
Tommy Griffin, US Army, 1976-1999
Gary Lail, US Navy, 1964-1968
Selena Vincin, US Army, 1995-1997
Danny Fry, US Army, 1970 (Vietnam war veteran)
Albert Sargis, US Marines, 1956-1962
Dave Logsdon, US Navy, 1966-1970
Ken Ashe, US Army, 1969-1971 (Vietnam war veteran)
Sven Pihl, US Navy, 1986-1990
William Holcomb, US Navy, 1946-1949
Daveed Williams, US Navy, 1987-1990
Nick Velvet, US Army, 1967-1969 (Vietnam war veteran)
Harold Donle, US Marines (Vietnam war veteran)
Paul Turner, US Air Force, 1981-1988
Jamie St. Clair, US Navy, 4 years
Allie Thorpe, US Navy, 4 years
Bill Graffam, US Navy (Korean war veteran)
Mike Madden, US Air Force, 1973-1979
Ron Arm, US Army, 1966-1971
Tarak Kauff, US Army, 1959-1962
Tom Palumbo, US Army, 1978-1993
Patrick McCann, US Air Force, 1970-1972
Mark Foreman, US Navy, 1966-1968 (Vietnam war veteran)
Gerry Condon, US Army, 1967-1975
Ron Arm, US Army, 1966-1971 (Vietnam war veteran)
Mike Budd, US Army, 1968-1971 (Vietnam war veteran)
Amos Sunshine, US Army, 1952-1955
Glenn Wright, US Air Force, 1962-1974
James Domenico, US Navy, 1973-1976
Janice Josephine Carney, U.S. Army 1969-1972 (Vietnam war veteran)
Russell Brown, US Marines, 1966-68
Priscilla J Leach, US Coast Guard Reserve, 1982-94
Ray Reese, US Marine Corps 1956-1962
Ray Albrecht, US Army, 1974 – 1977
Christopher G. Wales, USN, 1980-1986
Marlon Moore, US Navy, 1990-1999
James C. Branch, US Navy, 1985-1996
Thomas Easley, US Army, 1972-1974
Dennis Lambert, US Army, 1992-2000
Douglas A. Stuart, US Army, 1968-1970 (Vietnam war veteran)
Gary E. May, US Marines, 1967-1968 (Vietnam war veteran)
Emanuele Vorso, US Air Force (Retired)
William Miniutti USMC 1968-1970 (Vietnam war veteran)
James Reagan Marcroft-Clark, US Marines, 1996-2000
Maxwell Burgess, US Navy, 1979-1984
April Adams, US Army, 1990-2000
Tom Palumbo, US Army & Reserves, 1978-1992
Russell Bates, US Navy, 1967-1970
Tariq Khan, US Air Force, 1996-2000
Paul Appell, US Army, 1968-1971 (Vietnam war veteran)
Reese Forbes, US Army, 1968-1970
Vernon Haltom, US Air Force, 1986-1992
George Waldman, US Air Force, 1960-1969
Carolyn Rowan, US Air Force, 1976-1978
Steven M Cross, US Army, 1970 – 1972 (Vietnam war veteran)
Michael Mangini, US Army, 1979-1983
Deston Denniston US Army, 1988-1990
Nate Goldshlag, US Army 1970-1972
M. Lara Hoke, US Navy, 1990-1994
Colin Jenkins, US Army, 1994-1998
Bill Mattis, US Marines, 1969 – 1971
Adolph L. Biel II, US Navy, Vietman Era
Aubrey Deloney, US Navy, 1996-2000
Charles Dean Pleasant Jr., US Air Force, 1972-1976
Jeannie Ramsey, US Navy, 1974-1976
George R. Jenkins, US Army, 1965-1967 (Vietnam war veteran)

…add your name to this open letter to the National Guard by emailing your name, branch and dates of service to [email protected]

Blah blah blah, yada yada yada, blah blah, yada.......blah.

 

[Stephanie]

yeah sure, how do we know they are Vets? anyone can claim to be one and send off some stupid letter

sorry, I don't find anything happening from that place to have a ring of truth About it

they need to take up a COLLECTION for all the BUSINESSES they helped IN DESTROYING

 

[Anathema]

The letter has some factual errors..... A veteran law enforcement officer engaged a criminal with deadly force after said criminal physically assaulted the officer multiple times. Subsequent protests in August and last night proved that the supporters of this criminal have no interest in the rule of law or any standards of conduct.

 

[The2ndAmendment]

Because we don't see color. We see a corrupt system that pardons all abuses against the people.

No one gets punished for anything, from Bengazi, the IRS, Snowden Leaks, all the way down to the local Uniformed Thug executing shoplifters.

Fuck the tyrants, the Oathbreaker, traitors and enemies of the Republic. Being peaceful ain't stop Emperor Obama and his nationalized police state.

You're so consumed by ORCHESTRATED hatred towards blacks that you can't see we're all going down the same shithole together. Do you think Ferguson is a coincidence shortly after Obama's EO that made him the King?

You're being played like a marionette by the far right ShootSpeeders , while the far right and far left both have the same end-game in mind, Total Control.

Open your eyes.

yeah sure, how do we know they are Vets? anyone can claim to be one and send off some stupid letter

sorry, I don't find anything happening from that place to have a ring of truth About it

they need to take up a COLLECTION for all the BUSINESSES they helped IN DESTROYING

The letter has some factual errors..... A veteran law enforcement officer engaged a criminal with deadly force after said criminal physically assaulted the officer multiple times. Subsequent protests in August and last night proved that the supporters of this criminal have no interest in the rule of law or any standards of conduct.

$100 bet you're going to support gun confiscation in Ferguson. Get lost you Neocon artists. None of you partisan hacks on USMB, Progressive and Neocons alike, represent the majority opinion of the ordinary man on the street from California to Maine. I don't know a single person at work today who thinks the status quo is working.

If being peaceful can't stop the Police State, then it's time for Second Amendment remedies. Time for every Oatherbreaker, Usurper, Tyrant and Traitor from Obama to the local uniformed thug to hang for making War against the Constitution of the United States.

This isn't going to be isolated to Ferguson, this is going to spread, and eventually into white communities as well. The Republic shall rise again, and you Neocon and Progressives Authoritarian scum and their hordes of Loyalists and Redcoats will meet the same fate.

 

[Stephanie]

Because we don't see color. We see a corrupt system that pardons all abuses against the people.

No one gets punished for anything, from Bengazi, the IRS, Snowden Leaks, all the way down to the local Uniformed Thug executing shoplifters.

Fuck the tyrants, the Oathbreaker, traitors and enemies of the Republic. Being peaceful ain't stop Emperor Obama and his nationalized police state.

You're so consumed by ORCHESTRATED hatred towards blacks that you can't see we're all going down the same shithole together. Do you think Ferguson is a coincidence shortly after Obama's EO that made him the King?

You're being played like a marionette by the far right ShootSpeeders , while the far right and far left both have the same end-game in mind, Total Control.

Open your eyes.

yeah sure, how do we know they are Vets? anyone can claim to be one and send off some stupid letter

sorry, I don't find anything happening from that place to have a ring of truth About it

they need to take up a COLLECTION for all the BUSINESSES they helped IN DESTROYING

The letter has some factual errors..... A veteran law enforcement officer engaged a criminal with deadly force after said criminal physically assaulted the officer multiple times. Subsequent protests in August and last night proved that the supporters of this criminal have no interest in the rule of law or any standards of conduct.

$100 bet you're going to support gun confiscation in Ferguson. Get lost you Neocon artists. None of you partisan hacks on USMB, Progressive and Neocons alike, represent the majority opinion of the ordinary man on the street from California to Maine. I don't know a single person at work today who thinks the status quo is working.

If being peaceful can't stop the Police State, then it's time for Second Amendment remedies.

wtf has been PEACEFUL about any of it. you go to hell

 

[The2ndAmendment]

wtf has been PEACEFUL about any of it. you go to hell

Has being peaceful stopped the NSA? Has being peaceful put Lois Lerner in Jail? Has being peaceful resulted in Eric Holder being tried for treason for Fast and Furious? Has being peaceful resulted in Cheney and Bush being hanged for purposely ignoring the 9/11 threat (Condelleza Rice admitted that on live TV with the security briefing). Has being peaceful ended Obamacare and it's 30-hour work week limit?

Has being peaceful stopped Obama last week when he absorbed Congress's powers and nullified the election?

Did being peaceful in Athens, Tennessee, 1946, accomplish anything?

The Second Amendment isn't for Duck Hunting, it's for tyrannical regimes, federal, state and/or local.

The time has come.

Are you an Oathkeepers, or an Oathbreaker? Patriot or Loyalist? An Ally or Enemy of the Republic and the Constitution of the United States?

 

[The2ndAmendment]

Stephanie where you at?

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Stephanie where you at?

You prove just how stupid you are when you support the anarchy in Ferguson, The cop was justified as proven by a Grand Jury presented with all the facts. The criminals are the rioters and criminals robbing and burning.

 

[JakeStarkey]

T2dA is going bonkers is all.

I am sure he is well know to the folks at the local precinct, who when encountering him in the street, pat him on the head, give him an absent smile, step around him, and walk on.

 

[The2ndAmendment]

Stephanie where you at?

You prove just how stupid you are when you support the anarchy in Ferguson, The cop was justified as proven by a Grand Jury presented with all the facts. The criminals are the rioters and criminals robbing and burning.

I guess the veterans are stupid too.

Molon Labe.

 

[Stephanie]

wtf has been PEACEFUL about any of it. you go to hell

Has being peaceful stopped the NSA? Has being peaceful put Lois Lerner in Jail? Has being peaceful resulted in Eric Holder being tried for treason for Fast and Furious? Has being peaceful resulted in Cheney and Bush being hanged for purposely ignoring the 9/11 threat (Condelleza Rice admitted that on live TV with the security briefing). Has being peaceful ended Obamacare and it's 30-hour work week limit?

Has being peaceful stopped Obama last week when he absorbed Congress's powers and nullified the election?

Did being peaceful in Athens, Tennessee, 1946, accomplish anything?

The Second Amendment isn't for Duck Hunting, it's for tyrannical regimes, federal, state and/or local.

The time has come.

Are you an Oathkeepers, or an Oathbreaker? Patriot or Loyalist? An Ally or Enemy of the Republic and the Constitution of the United States?

You aren't a Patriot or Oathkeeper, so stop sullying their name. You're an anarchist. . so don't even compare yourself to a Patriot. No Patriot would take to burning down the property of INNOCENT people. So get yourself to Ferguson and raise your fist, burn down a couple businesses or something

 

[Howey]

Open letter urges "The police in Ferguson are violating the Constitution

Military Veterans Send Urgent Letter To National Guard In Ferguson Telling Them To Stand Down

There is no Rule of Law. If the Public Servants do not need to follow the Law, then why should their Masters (The People) ???

Between Obama the Usurper absorbing Congress's powers, all the way down to uniformed thugs executing shoplifters, there doesn't seem to be ANY confidence in government, nor should their be, that's not a Government, that's a Tyranny, nationalized tyranny (federal, state and local).

To our brothers and sisters in the Missouri National Guard:

We are writing to you as active-duty U.S. service members and veterans, most of us having served in the Iraq war.

You have a choice you can make right now.

The whole world is watching the Ferguson police with disgust. They killed an unarmed, college-bound Black youth in broad daylight, and subsequently responded to peaceful, constitutionally-protected protests with extreme violence and repression.

Countless constitutional and human rights violations by these police have been documented over the course of the Ferguson protests; from attacking and threatening journalists, to using tear gas against peaceful protesters, including children.

Now, Governor Nixon has again activated the National Guard to “support law enforcement.” But you don’t have to follow their orders—you can stand with the protesters instead.

Our true duty

When we signed up, we swore an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States.

The police in Ferguson are violating that Constitution.

The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of the press.

These laws are, as we are taught our entire lives, our most cherished Constitutional rights—the whole basis for the “freedom” we are told makes us the greatest country on Earth.

It is undeniable that the Ferguson police has used extreme violence against peaceful protesters, suppressing the right of the people to free speech and the freedom to assemble. They have attacked crowds, with children in them, with rubber bullets, sound cannons and tear gas. People have been mass arrested for simply being at the protest. Image credit: Flickr.com

Freedom of the press has also been severely infringed upon by Ferguson police. Journalists have been arrested; photo evidence shows riot police firing tear gas directly at reporters and tearing down their camera equipment; Ferguson police have been caught on video threatening journalists with violence if they don’t leave, and declaring that they are not allowed in the protest area.

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Blah blah blah. I commend my fellow veterans!

Didja know Wilson gunned down an innocent black boy in violation of a Supreme Court ruling?

See: Tennessee v. Garner, 1985

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Stephanie where you at?

You prove just how stupid you are when you support the anarchy in Ferguson, The cop was justified as proven by a Grand Jury presented with all the facts. The criminals are the rioters and criminals robbing and burning.

I guess the veterans are stupid too.

Molon Labe.

Anyone can write a letter and claim to be anyone they want. Provide compelling evidence that actual veterans wrote the letter and are not the 2 percent of the criminally insane.

 

[Katzndogz]

This isn't from military veterans. Veterans of the August protests maybe.

Most of the businesses have indicated that they will not rebuild or reopen. Some, like the beauty shop have been looted more than once. Somehow I don't see military veterans supporting stealing shampoo and hair extentions. I can't picture a military veteran on the side of a thug who beat up a scrawny clerk to steal cigarillos.

 

[The2ndAmendment]

You aren't a Patriot or Oathkeeper, so stop sullying their name. You're an anarchist. . so don't even compare yourself to a Patriot. No Patriot would take to burning down the property of INNOCENT people. So get yourself to Ferguson and raise your fist, burn down a couple businesses or something

The Government of Missouri are the anarchists. They released the verdict at 9:00 at night, prime time for rioting, instead of 9:00 in the morning, when most people would be at work and the sun would be up.

The Tyranny of Missouri are the anarchists because they've abandoned the Rule of Law, if the Public Servants are not subject to the Law, then why are the Masters (the People), subject to the law? The Servant cannot be above the Master.

Molon Labe Neocon pig.

 

[Pete7469]

Fuck Michael Brown, he was a violent thug and he got what he deserved. Fuck the Ferguson rioters too. They're no better.

Tyranny isn't a cop shooting you because you broke the law and violently resist arrest. Tyranny is when you've done nothing wrong, and authorities harrass you.

Big fucking differnce.

 

[Kondor3]

Open letter urges "The police in Ferguson are violating the Constitution

Military Veterans Send Urgent Letter To National Guard In Ferguson Telling Them To Stand Down

There is no Rule of Law. If the Public Servants do not need to follow the Law, then why should their Masters (The People) ???

Between Obama the Usurper absorbing Congress's powers, all the way down to uniformed thugs executing shoplifters, there doesn't seem to be ANY confidence in government, nor should their be, that's not a Government, that's a Tyranny, nationalized tyranny (federal, state and local).

To our brothers and sisters in the Missouri National Guard:

We are writing to you as active-duty U.S. service members and veterans, most of us having served in the Iraq war.

You have a choice you can make right now.

The whole world is watching the Ferguson police with disgust. They killed an unarmed, college-bound Black youth in broad daylight, and subsequently responded to peaceful, constitutionally-protected protests with extreme violence and repression.

Countless constitutional and human rights violations by these police have been documented over the course of the Ferguson protests; from attacking and threatening journalists, to using tear gas against peaceful protesters, including children.

Now, Governor Nixon has again activated the National Guard to “support law enforcement.” But you don’t have to follow their orders—you can stand with the protesters instead.

Our true duty

When we signed up, we swore an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States.

The police in Ferguson are violating that Constitution.

The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of the press.

These laws are, as we are taught our entire lives, our most cherished Constitutional rights—the whole basis for the “freedom” we are told makes us the greatest country on Earth.

It is undeniable that the Ferguson police has used extreme violence against peaceful protesters, suppressing the right of the people to free speech and the freedom to assemble. They have attacked crowds, with children in them, with rubber bullets, sound cannons and tear gas. People have been mass arrested for simply being at the protest. Image credit: Flickr.com

Freedom of the press has also been severely infringed upon by Ferguson police. Journalists have been arrested; photo evidence shows riot police firing tear gas directly at reporters and tearing down their camera equipment; Ferguson police have been caught on video threatening journalists with violence if they don’t leave, and declaring that they are not allowed in the protest area.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, kids, but...

With respect to Active Duty and currently enrolled Reserve and National Guard personnel who might have signed this...

Is not incitement to disobey the lawful orders of superior authority not a HUGE-ASS violation of the US Uniform Code of Military Justice?

Are not Active Duty and currently enrolled Reserve and National Guard personnel subject to the UCMJ?

Whoops...

Article 15, anybody?

General Court Martial, anybody?

Yikes !!!

 

[PredFan]

Give me one fully armed Apache Helicopter, and I will end the protests.

 

[PredFan]

Fuck Michael Brown, he was a violent thug and he got what he deserved. Fuck the Ferguson rioters too. They're no better.

Tyranny isn't a cop shooting you because you broke the law and violently resist arrest. Tyranny is when you've done nothing wrong, and authorities harrass you.

Big fucking differnce.

Agreed.