The Demand for Law and Order – Where Can It Lead?
by Wonding if there is something wrong with the government and the law.
The Demand for Law and Order – Where Can It Lead?
By Mick Gillman
“We’re going strongly towards the right and perhaps into our own kind of fascism.”
“It’s the small liberties that are slipping away first. And as always, the slippage is justified on the grounds of ‘national security.’”
“Less than a generation ago, the tapped wire, the bugged room, the secret informer evoked contempt and ridicule . . . These were the marks of police states . . . It is happening now.”
Fascism? Liberties slipping away? Marks of a police state? From what country’s press were the three quotations above taken? Did they come from Germany after Hitler rose to power? Perhaps from a country taken over by a Communist revolution? It may come as surprise to many, but the above quotations were taken from prominent news sources in America. They were reporting on a situation that is now developing in the United States.
What is this all about? How could responsible persons make such statements about a nation where freedom has been championed for over two centuries? To under just what has provoked these comments, we need some background information. It has to do with the situation that exists in the United States regarding law and order.
Breakdown in Law and Order
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