I think 14 busloads of Tea Partiers should visit Anita Dunn and Obama attorney Robert Bauer around the corner at 4413 STANFORD ST, CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815-5207 at their sweet little $2 million manse.
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > http://bigjournalism.com/acary/2010/05/21/d-c-metro-police-escorted-seiu-pro > testers-to-greg-baers-home/<http://bigjournalism.com/acary/2010/05/21/d-c-metro-police-escorted-seiu-protesters-to-greg-baers-home/> > or > http://tinyurl.com/35rumwh > > D.C. Metro Police Escorted SEIU Protesters to Bank Of America > Executive's Home > > Posted by Archy Cary May 21st 2010 at 11:11 am > > > > The family of Greg Baer, Bank of America executive, is located in a > jurisdiction protected by the Montgomery County Police Department > (MCPD), which responded promptly to a disturbance call from his > neighborhood last weekend. > > According to Corporal Dan Friz, an MCPD spokesperson in Rockville, > Maryland, the department received a disturbance call from one of Baer's > neighbors at 4:10 pm last Sunday. Four MCPD units arrived at Baer's > Greenville Rd. address at 4:15 pm. At least two Metropolitan Police > Department units from the nearby District of Columbia were already at > the scene when they arrived. > > Why? Because police cars attached to the Washington MPD's Civil > Disturbance Unit had escorted the SEIU protesters' buses to Baer's home. > Such cross-jurisdictional escort activity is not uncommon for both > departments according to Friz and Metro Police Department spokesperson > Officer Eric Frost. Still, the District police did not inform their > colleagues of what was about to happen in one of their Maryland > neighborhoods. > > > The Maryland officers reported there were approximately 500 protesters > on and near the front lawn of Baer's house. Montgomery County was not > given a "heads-up" concerning the planned protest. Although a protest > permit is technically required in Montgomery County, in practice no > citation is issued if the protestors disperse when requested to do so by > the owner of the private property they occupy. > > The primary role of the Washington cops in this event was to protect the > protesters. The D.C. officers had no authority to act to disperse the > protesters even had the homeowner been present and asked them to vacate > the private property. The event ended as a "dash one"- no arrests, no > citations - according to Friz. The Montgomery County units left the > scene at 5:29 pm. > > According to Friz, "members of protest groups know how far to push the > envelope" and wait for "the key words" - for example, the property > owner's request that they leave - in order to avoid arrests or > citations. For example, protesters are required to keep on the move, > since a standing protest violates a Montgomery County code. And, while > photographs clearly suggest that many of the SEIU protesters were > stationary, the District police don't have any authority to enforce > Montgomery County laws. > > So, let's sum this up: A caravan of SEIU buses receive a Metropolitan > (D.C.) Police Department escort to a private home in Maryland where the > protesters, from all appearances, violate Montgomery County law by > engaging in a stationary protest. The Montgomery County police were not > informed by their cross-jurisdictional colleagues of the impending, > unusually large protest pending in their jurisdiction. > > What's up with that? Had the mob decided to torch the house, the D.C. > police would not have been authorized to intervene. Not their > jurisdiction. They're just escorts. Meanwhile, a teenage boy is home > alone, frightened by what's happening outside his front door. > > There's something very wrong with this picture. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
