No Police Protection and No Protection From the Police

I called the state police. I got the same story with the suggestion I call the district attorney in the morning. I suddenly thought of the Department of Homeland Security. Terrorism is supposed to be their thing and if being unconstitutionally threatened by a cop with a gun isn’t terrorism I don’t know what is. Too bad the state police didn’t have their number.

I checked the phone book in vain for the Department of Homeland Security. I accessed their official website. The only number was the central office in Washington, D.C. I called and quickly explained what I wanted to report. Very quickly I found myself talking to an operator at the FBI headquarters. I was transferred again and instructed to ask for the Attorney General, the Office of the Inspector General or the Civil Rights Department.

It was after five so I asked if anyone would be there. I was assured there would be. I waited until I was cut off. I looked in the phone book again, this time for the closest FBI office which was in Pittsburgh. I called and it rang and rang. Eventually the line went dead.

I gave up. Who else could I call? I find it disturbing that within our government there isn’t anyplace to report my problem or get help. It didn’t matter if I had a local problem or if it had global implications, there was nowhere to report it. Not even to the Department of Homeland Security – the agency we gave up so many of our constitutionally guaranteed rights to create. So what are agencies like Homeland Security for if not to protect us?

The top priority of Congress and President Obama should be to organize an effective legal replacement for our law enforcement system, clean out the mess we have now, and restore our rights as Americans. Give us back police protection and protection from the police. Of course that’s if this is a serious, growing problem. Maybe not, but if you go online looking for videos and news articles showing policemen breaking the law…