Good idea as long as they stay away from my sister and brother-in-law's home.
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote: > 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/ >> 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/<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/<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.
