Homeland Security approaches me

[SoCalDualSport]

What did this video accomplish? I can just put up videos of people sayin hi?

[jcisbell]

My only comment is this: I wonder what you think "live broadcasting" means.

[MrBigoutlaw]

Having worked with DEA, FBI, ATF and all the PD's, and so on, I have never seen a jacket that says "Federal Police"...I worked in law enforcement and provided analytical support. Never seen that label, interesting world.

[TheLife1989]

You look like Mr. Bennet from Heroes :)

[FireSarge30]

In this age of terrorists hitting us at home and gathering intelligence on everything from bridges to government buildings, it is part of the job of law enforcement to question people who seem to be arbitrarily filming these types of sites. It seems as though they made a quick and courteous assessment of you as a non-threst as far as terrorism as your videos normally depict you antagonizing law enforcement. In this case, they recognized you as a citizen exercising the rights they fight for.

[livnletdi]

nice footage > were you walking on the moon

[Coffeeandasmoke]

"Federal Police"... interesting.

[Kopihucky]

federal police guy is all.. "really? why didn't you bust him on a bullshit charge and tie up our legal system and tax dollars"

[topsy420]

This is how it's done. Polite, and respectful.

[AgonyInCrisis]

Pesticides are concoctions. The components are medicinal: internally and/or topically.

[gstonegraphix]

I have watched three of your videos and in all three someone has called the cops on you.Remember your rights end where other peoples begin.Maybe you have the right to video people or bother people,I don't know.If people are calling the police on you, you seem to be the problem.Never the less, each time this happens you are wasting our tax dollars.

[willieboonewi]

@gstonegraphix You hit the nail on the head!

[blown46pwr]

@gstonegraphix not necessarily you nosey bitch. Maybe you need to mind your own fucking business and not worry about what others are doing? People like you are obviously the reason this country is as fucked up as it is. The fact that someone calls the police has nothing to do with whether or not what someone is doing is criminal. But your ignorant ass knew that right? NOT. Mind your own fucking business you nosey loser.

[DavidForthoffer]

@gstonegraphix said, "each time this happens you are wasting our tax dollars."

LOL !!!

No, Dave Ridley did not cause the police to approach. If anything, the people who called the police on him are wasting our tax dollars.

It is like claiming that CheckPointUSA is holding up traffic by refusing to identify himself at a checkpoint away from the border. No, it is the BORDER PATROL there holding up traffic.

Put blame where blame is due.

[debifeb]

didn't know it was you hee hee

what happens if it was a lesser known taper,,,,,, dave you got the power hee hee

[radioactivemanonfire]

lol i think the cop was honestly going over there to have a conversation, then that faggot went off "IM VIDEO TAPPING YOU BERG!" "BLER!"

cop was like "yea, fuck that noise"

[rrhynes]

@radioactivemanonfire LOL. So you advocate cops constantly asking what everyone is doing. You're the type of inidividual that needs to spend some time in other countries so that you can appreciate what is wrong with your way of thinking.

[RICK11211]

IF YOU WERE MIDDLE EASTERNER ACCENT YOUR ASS BE SITTING IN GUANTANAMO CUBA RIGHT NOW. 

[abukamoon]

Now you will notice how polite and respectful both parties were. That's the way it should be. The police should not come on like the Gestapo, and citizens need to get rid of the chip on their shoulder. We are all on the same team.

The police work for US, and criminal politicians.

[potymouf1]

what happend exactly

jw

[ravenswolf57]

I am amazed that you " children " Survive at all. An American with a gun on his Hip is LESS LIKELY to be accosted than an Unarmed Man, Again a Quote"“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. Cesare Beccaria"

[ravenswolf57]

gjn00100 I suggest you look into teh Constitution and may be Read some things from Thomas Jefferson, that are More Profound today and need to be exercised, When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. "No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him." ( Do you even know who he is without looking him up in bing or google?)

[DMMcGregor]

Americans are so scared, with their guns on their belts and their hands shaking as they record police saying Hey to them. hahah. IM PROTECTING MYSELF FROM LIBERALS AND ALIENS AND UHM UHM GLOBAL WARMING AND BANKS AND CHINA !!!

[Janiehawkes]

Federal Police? What branch do they come under?

[flexor212000]

Soooo what's the problem?

[fnboydude]

@AdolfWhitler... Go fuck yourself asshole. These guys were doing there job and were very polite. What the fuck is your malfunction? People like you are the tyrants, not them. Btw, you shouldn't publicly advocate the murder of federal police/employees, it's a crime you dumbshit!!

[furyofbongos]

Wow, Federal Police. America's Gestapo.

[Composer1777]

Buy a better camera jesus fuck.

[hdeeplive]

Wow, so you were just videotaping and they had to come and ask you what you were upto??? I thought its completely legal to film in public places? Am I wrong? Then why hassle citizens?

[detahdomo]

@hdeeplive it is legal, hence the cops doing nothing about it.

[noelio67]

What building were you filming that constituted them to approach you?

[RidleyReport]

Yep; credit where credit is due... New Hampshire's Feds are the best Feds.

And look how these guys helped me get 17,000 hits with 15 minutes of work...

[Aryaba]

@RidleyReport 24,500 hits now.

[VoodooPolitico]

These DHS guys were very respectful and polite. They did their job, "checked out a possible suspicious person" and realized that it was not at all suspicious and kept rolling with a "have a good day". THESE GUYS are an example of how cops need to handle things.

[7sibley7]

@VoodooPolitico Actually suspicion is not an offense of any kind. Allowing government officials to detain folks for suspicion is dangerous. What constitutes suspicion? What is suspicious to me might not be suspicious to you, and vice versa. Some one calls and says some one is video taping on the street the dispatch should have said I am sorry but video taping is not a crime no police will be responding.

[VoodooPolitico]

@7sibley7 Police are SUPPOSED to take a second look at everything that looks "out of place" to them. Thats why they are there. Its how they HANDLE it is what matters. I WANT cops looking at EVERYTHING. I certainly dont want some nitwit DHS monkey bothering me if Im videotaping on a public street - but its good if they TAKE NOTICE of a person videotaping. If a couiple guys that look "suspicious" are hanging out in a parked car in front of a bank, I WANT them to take notice, etc....

[zcg3]

Hey..what do you think you're doing? You know you cannot do a video on the sidewalk in America. You're lucky that the cops who approached you didn't beat the shit out of you and Taser you till you scream. Are you sure this is in the USA???

[AdolfWHitler]

Home land security what a joke, clearly big brother. execute the tyrants!

[bigc0225]

I find it funny in videos that film or try to film cops doing wrong, when the officer's are polite and cordial. If I was an officer, and I was on patrol.. I might like to say hello to the public I serve.. to know who I'm around and who I'm essentially working for. What people like the person filming APPEAR to do is ALWAYS look for something wrong, and will prevent folks like me and those officers already employed from wanting to be cordial and friendly.

[TheLongrin]

just before they walked up the peer officer says to rookie "I'll introduce you to our pain in the ass", the camera is sunlight on these vampires who protect us

[bigc0225]

@TheLongrin So because he's a law enforcement officer.. he's not allowed to have an opinion of people? Just because he's a law enforcement officer, doesn't mean he has to like all of those he protects. I'm sure he'd still do his job to serve and protect this man if needed, and if he didn't that's on him. The assumption here is that LEOs and those in similar fields are not human.

[TheLongrin]

@bigc0225 not while on duty, no

[ChewyBees]

Where in the constitution is there a call for a Federal Police? In fact, where is there a call for a bureau or an agency or a department or and administration that has powers greater than those of the states? The biggest fraud in modern history lay right before your noses, and it involves a government owned by foreign banks assuming illusionary power over people that willingly volunteer their subserviance to it. Go on and vote, and pay tribute, and bow and grovel. Dats whats a good slave do.

[jrlax28]

@ChewyBees were in the constitution does it say were going to have piece of shit towel heads walking around taking pictures of places their going to blow the fuck out of and kill insistent civilians. no were these fine officers protect u and and people that try to catch them doing things wrong should be ashamed. no one is perfect everyone makes mistakes at their job they just don't have strangers video taping them because they have no life and they think everyone is against them.

[ChewyBees]

@jrlax28 Everything you just wrote is based entirely on hearsay generated from a corporate media system. These 'fine officers' as you put it are there to protect corporate interests. People just happen to live nearby.  They don't protect me, if they did, they would be parked outside my house right now. You go ahead and lick their boots and give them a free pass to be less than perfect at the expense of a man's God-given freedom. All you're doing is sucking up to the dead corporations & banks

[7sibley7]

@ChewyBees The supreme court actually all ready ruled that the police or any other law agency are not responsible for the public s safety. So if they are not there to protect the citizens what are they doing? BTW I am agreeing with you.

[ChewyBees]

@jrlax28 Going to go constitution, huh? Where (or were??) does it say that government is responsible for all your liabilities, most importantly securing yourself and your family? Is this what the constitution is for, to take on all of your liabilities so you can sit on your fat A and play Xbox, smoke schwag, pull the wrinkles out and make simpleton comments on YouTube? I challenge you to prove that one POS towelhead (are Hindu, BTW) ever blew up anything. Turn off the Njews stories, moron.

[jrlax28]

@ChewyBees i can only hope ur family is involved a terrorist attack so u can see the need for these officers

[ImWatchinTheTube]

@jrlax28 You are wishing terrorist attacks on that person's family? Wow... that's painful to read.

[mrtruthify]

@ChewyBees Correct! The united states of America (note lower case) was incorporated in

1868/71 [ (Executive Order 12803) do not personate one of the creditors or

share holders or you will go to Prison.18 U.S.C. 914 ].

The corporate U.S. declared *bankruptcy a *second time (1950),

whereby the *Secretary of Treasury was appointed "Receiver" for the bankrupt

U.S. in *Reorganization Plan No. 26, Title 5 USC 903, Public Law 94-564,

"Legislative History," page 5967)

UCC consenting sheep

[SpartanicalSystem]

@ChewyBees The supremacy clause and the Nessesary and Proper clause, And DEA and drug buying and selling can fall under the Commerce clause as can most other things. I'm not saying what is going on is right, but there are interpretations of the constitution that allow for these things.

[phantomjay0]

@ChewyBees You are correct. It does not say anything in the constitution about Federal Police; however, the laws of this country are not inclusive to the constitution. This ever changing world would be screwed if they were. You can thank the previous presidents, congress people, and representatives for "Federal Police."

[gotgank]

@ChewyBees Those were FPS Officers. They have extremely limited jurisdiction. Primarily just on the Federal reservation. So, they're power is quite a bit less than that of the States.

[truckdawg43]

@ChewyBees Your right cant have this ! Tell ya what when OBL's braindead followers come a lookin for some thing to bomb we will give them your address .I mean its not like your local police dont have better things to do ,like local crime's murders and rapes .No lets through this on their backs too .The Feds number one job is keepin yer dopey ass safe from foreign aggression ,and we have found out terrorist come in all different shape's and size's .Remember Timmy ,the boxer bomber

[gorakdestroyer]

@ChewyBees Thanks for the advice on voting. Low voter turnout is always a sad problem. Ill make sure I'm there

[gjn00100]

@ChewyBees You are stupid. Feds have specialists with more resources, power, and knowledge than local police. They also have the power to join jurisdictions and create task forces. The "biggest Fraud" is responsible for taking the large drug/human/weapon/money traffickers in the whole country to justice not to mention fugitives and serial killers.

[2204Alpha]

@ChewyBees Um the Constitution says congress can pass laws....and some of these laws that YOUR elected reps have passed say the feds can have police to patrol federal grounds, investigate federal crimes, etc.

Not a hard concept to understand dipshit.

[Fedproman]

@2204Alpha Does the fact that the elected reps voted something in make it Constitutional? You might want to google Nullification. The States may reject, or nullify, federal laws that the States believe are beyond the federal government's constitutional powers, so just because the cretins in Congress come up with something isn't enough to make it so. In fact Jefferson said the people were duty bound to resist an unconstitutional law. More people are starting to wake up to this.

[sixtreimpy]

@ChewyBees fuckin tits !!! couldnt have said it better

[TheJcp1234]

Action Packed!

[detrimortal]

This is a GOOD example for attentive police to follow. They infringed no rights, were polite, and respectful of the citizens that employ them. I wish more would #1, pay attention to whats going on, and #2, not display an air of superiority (which these officers did not do)

YAY FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

[skillaphill]

BRUTALITY!!!

[thisthetruthaboutyou]

@skillaphill ha ha

[JesusDillinger]

Always video. Never explain.

[thisthetruthaboutyou]

@JesusDillinger this guy never makes sense

[002less]

federal protective service. most useless agency. contract gaurds do more work than they do.

[Jsouthwell2006]

wtf is federal police? and there is alot of morons thinking that they are so smart and know everything there is to know about police and what the police are doing commenting on these videos

[emt288]

@Jsouthwell2006 Why does the public never know about their government and the agencies that it consists of? Federal Police fall under the Federal Protective Service (FPS) which falls under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). They protect federal property/buildings and investigate any crimes committed on said properties and enforce federal law.

They are usually responsible for a large area and respond accordingly to incidents, but their duties vary.

[Ebdan88]

Hej Officers...Do you really know who you are working for!!?? You should be an Example for our Children, and you should be Protecting People....Wake Up

[Catuxalina]

Homeland InSecurity is "manned" by a bunch of latent homos and pedofiles!

We fought the wrong "enemy" in World War II; because we did, the madness led to the ZOG/JOG pigolice state we have now.

[cricketkicker59101]

Holy shit some of you people are fucking morons...... I'm not even going to mention names because I will get a bunch of emails from the people guilty of moronic behavior... Your mother's should have swallowed you when they had the chance.

[poppimple]

Where was this?

[Ebdan88]

@poppimple Hej Officers...Do you really know who you are working for!!?? You should be an Example for our Children, and you should be Protecting People....Wake Up

[Sodiumreactor]

Those eastern states always have a bunch of wierd federal agencies, cops and what not, around. We never see that out here in the west.

[Jsouthwell2006]

@Sodiumreactor so is that why i never see the federal police or FBI police around? maybe it is cus i am from canada but even when i go down to the states for a day or for a week ive never seem them around, ive never been out east before, ive only been to washington twice, california once and hawaii once

[Sodiumreactor]

@Jsouthwell2006 Your not paying attention. They are there. They are ALWAYS there. And there watching you eh? LOL

[Jsouthwell2006]

@Sodiumreactor ok good for them, maybe they should take a pic, it would last longer

[singingbrother]

Cops have a job, these cops work in a federal installation. Filming across the street is still a security concern because it is what foreign and domestic terrorist do in their planning stage. You would not feel this scarred by so much security if your loved one's passed away in 9-11 or in Oklahoma City. Stop taking everything for granted and appreciate Federal and local law enforcement.

[ANGELBLU2042]

What is federal police doing patroling city streets. I thought that each state had their own patrol officers. It didn't look like there was a crisis of any sort going on there, such as an invasion by foreign troops. What were they doing there?

[SOCOMreviews]

@ANGELBLU2042 Foreign troops would have been dealt with way before the public even knew about it and aside from that, this was filmed near a federal court. Federal Protective Service agents are tasked with government building security aside from their normal Homeland Security duties.

[alanleewaddell]

Yes the two officers were not violating anyone's civil liberties and like them we might as well ALL try to obtain as many worthless promissary notes as we can from this shadow government while we still can each day.

[Mwells5237]

These cops are the good ones, and yes they had every right to check it out. They where curious and wanted to be sure. None of the people who objected here would have done anything less if he had been middle eastern. They do their job to keep everyone safe, some of them go to far but not all I know many cops so not all are assholes.. and I hate Police Brutality and find all I can on here to learn more about it.

[phillyblunts11]

the only thing even though it is stupid is the safty of the building. They think your recording to go Plot some Attack. They are in safe mode 24/7.

[mikejackson4ever]

Kind of understandable. And they handled it correctly by checking him out, but not detaining him.

[Howard3S]

Yes, well, at least when they are dressed in a manner that you guys view as a target for testing limits, but that is what forming young mids do, test and test. Feds can walk the states, states can walk the locals. Why didn't he start telling them to fuck off, or that he knows his rights and stuff. Reason - they who he is already and won't take the bait, at all.

[Jsouthwell2006]

@Howard3S if i am a police officer one day, which i hope to be someday, if i see some guy filming police officers or whatever on the streets i wont even go up to them cus i know what most of them are like from you tube videos, they like to harass ppl that are actually working, ill just keep walking or driving and looking for ppl who are breaking the law, unless the guy with the camera is breaking the law then ill stop him

[luvbite1]

Wow- it's amazing the discussion that has developed from this simple 48 second clip. I just thought the cops were polite, respectful and well mannered...

[captainscallawag]

@luvbite1 except those cops shouldn't even exist

[beebo02]

seconded, esswun

[MillionthUsername]

The justification for DHS seems to be to check out people with cameras.

It's the War on Cameras: "Oh no! They're everywhere! Save us! Save us!"

Does it ever occur to them that...oh, never mind...they're not paid to think.

[landofbile]

Exactly what situation was there to assess? It's a man with a cellphone filming himself and some surroundings.

[DDL0gic]

lol pwned

[Taors]

They always look cute and cuddly right before they strike.

[src0872]

0:26 20 years ago the federal agents jackets. would have had bright yellow letters at 3x the size. so they could been seen, an identified.

now they lurk in the shadow's like rodents

[BedsnHerts]

It's still pretty obvious from 30 yards to anyone who can read. I don't see much lurking here either.

[flowerpt]

It's plainly true that the situation in the Middle East is a direct result of British Colonial rule. The creation of the non-state Iraq and its arbitrary borders, the occupation of Palestine and the subsequent creation of Israel from it can all be squarely traced to British occupation.

That the US government feels it should take over that role is further folly, but one cannot set an arbitrary bar as to what is 'too long ago' and then abdicate responsibility. One ought to learn from history.

[fczwartek]

The British did mess up the Middle East, but that is not the reason for the massive American military presence there today. It's not like a cause and effect.

We are there for our own "interests" just as the British were.

I wonder what the middle east would look like if all the European Jews that went to Israel after WWII were granted asylum in America instead?

There are less than 10 million Jews living in Israel now who could have easily been absorbed into America over the last 60 years.

[flowerpt]

Do you think we'd be in the Middle East today if Israel was never created and Ajax never happened?  It seems, to me, more likely that Mossadegh would have been successful in establishing and spreading democracy from Iran.

[fczwartek]

Yes I do think we would be in the middle east even if Israel did not exist today or if Iraq had never been created.

America's involvement in the Middle East is for a single reason; Oil. The lifeblood of modern civilization.

The same reason the British were there in the first place.

[flowerpt]

Oil is certainly why we're interested, but we're not there because of oil, we're there because of instability. We don't have troops in Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, or Nigeria because we don't need to. We get 79% of our oil imports from places where we don't have troops. If the Middle East was a thriving democratic region we wouldn't have troops there either.

[fczwartek]

Approx. 730 billion barrels of proven oil reserves in the ME. More than 55% of all the known reserves in the world in one relatively small geographic region.

Iraq have the 4th largest known reserves in the world.

China beat us to Nigeria, but that is a smaller prize..with less than 1/3 of the oil that Iraq has.

Venezuela has a lot of oil..and the Bush admin did try to overthrow Chavez and install a pro American puppet.

Mexico, Canada, USA combined have less than 1/3 of the oil in the ME.

[fczwartek]

I probably should correct myself. Royal Dutch Shell (not the Chinese) run the show in Nigeria. You are correct to point out the fact that we (the West) don't have troops in Nigeria. We don't need them...RDS has bankrolled the militarization of that country.

[freestatereport]

I'm not in the middle east. The US government does have hired killers in foreign lands occupying the land of other people.

[trainthemind]

who the fuck wants jews in their country, should of gave them antartica.

[fczwartek]

Oh nice. Another half retarded nazi.

[Elephantintheroom01]

I think that the Redley aught to have some small talk ready for the 'troopers'. See what they think about stuff.

[BedsnHerts]

You people make me laugh.

Do you read newspapers? Do you watch the TV news? Do you know how many people desperately want to mess up your country as badly as you've messed up theirs?

And you abuse the people whose job it is to keep you safe.

I'll bet that all the tough talkers here will be the first to screech for accountability and blame the next time a bomb goes off.

[Elephantintheroom01]

So your saying that everyone who works for government is good?

I'm sorry if i miss your real point but it was hiding behind some bias.

Accountability all around! Thats what i say!

[thefridayitch]

This pathetic attitude that anyone in a uniform who politely asks what you are filming is immediately labelled as Gestapo, Stasi, creepy, etc. is just juvenile.

How about the public becoming accountable for the safety and wellbeing of the community like proper grownups?

[flowerpt]

The trouble is violence. If a random person walks up to you on the street and asks you what you're filming, if you're an asshole you can simply tell them, "none of your business, go away." If they're police, and you're not breaking any laws, you should feel safe to tell them the same. But most people would feel very afraid to do just that.

[Seif5034]

exactly! because they police use their capability to hold you in jail for upto 72 hours for questioning. (i think it's 72 hours)

[BedsnHerts]

So the problem is people's perception of the Police rather than the Police themselves, right?

Does calling them Gestapo help that perception or make it worse?

[BedsnHerts]

"So your saying that everyone who works for government is good?"

where did I say that?

[fczwartek]

The best way to keep the American people "safe" is to cut the military budget in half and end our occupation of all foreign countries.

Close all our military bases worldwide, except in countries that approve our presence with a majority democratic vote.

Dissolve the American Empire. Empires are not compatible with democracy.

Then there will be no legitimate justification for an increasing police-surveillance state here at home.

[flowerpt]

Many people on this side of the pond are comfortable with less safety and more freedom. It's a balance and we lean strongly one way - the UK is clearly leaning far to the other.

And yes, our government should leave other countries alone and stop trying to clean up after the British Empire.

[BedsnHerts]

Your assumption is that safety and freedom can't coexist. Ridley's video has demonstrated that it can. This is what I don't get about all this Gestapo crap - he can continue to video what he likes and the police are satisfied he's not up to anything.

Instead you act like some hormonal adolescent who gets all upset because dad asked what he did in school today "NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS GODDAMIT, LEAVE ME ALONE"

[fczwartek]

You're right that our police are not the stasi, the gestapo, or the kgb.

But It is possible to draw a corollary between the expansion of the American Empire and the decay of basic elements of the constitution.

Our Empire has made us less safe and less free.

How long until the government completely disregards the constitution? Maybe never, hopefully never. But don't you agree that vigilance is required to prevent that from ever happening?

[fczwartek]

When i said "our empire has made us less free"

I mean less free than we could potentially be. I don't mean less free than we once were.

There is no era in American history where more people enjoyed more freedom than they do in the modern era of today.

America has absolutely and unquestionably progressed since 1776 and government has played a fundamental role in that.

But there is no guarantee that we won't backslide or deviate from the course of progress.

[BedsnHerts]

Define "freedom" please.

[fczwartek]

I take it to mean the experience of living a peaceful existence in a manner that appeals to you, without infringing on the rights of others.

I believe that in an industrialized society the government must play an active role in safeguarding individual freedom.

I don't consider corporations or businesses to be individuals with rights, other than the right to produce and sell a product or service.

[BedsnHerts]

and please leave your American blame culture at the door. We gave you your country in 1776, Afghanistan in 1919, India/Pakistan and Iraq in 1947. You've had plenty of time to mess things up yourselves.

[fczwartek]

"We gave you your country."

That's a unique and flawed comprehension of history. You almost make the British Empire appear magnanimous and generous towards it's subjects.

A more accurate statement; "the American people cut themselves loose of their British overlords."

Empire building is not a sustainable enterprise and it debases democracy both here and wherever we choose to "colonize." Regardless of whether colonization is in the form of Neo-liberal "free trade" or military occupation.

[BedsnHerts]

An even more accurate statement would be: "The French army defeated us and the American people reaped the rewards".

That's neither here nor there. My point is that blaming the British Empire - which hasn't existed for over 60 years is a lame excuse for US foreign policy mistakes.

[fczwartek]

Actually, on the topic of accuracy; it was the French navy that defeated the British navy and the American continental army (not the French) which accepted the surrender of the British army at Yorktown.

The dead British empire cannot be blamed for American foreign policy mistakes. I agree.

I think it is likely that if Tony Blair hadn't acted as W Bush's lapdog there would have been no invasion of Iraq. In that case I think Blair is at least partly at fault.

[CredoVeritas]

We just received notice yesterday via Beacon News. "Riders will soon see security teams from the Federal Transportation Security Administration patrolling commuter trains in the Chicago area... The TSA patrols will "augment existing security resources, provide deterrent presence and detection capabilities, and introduce an element of unpredictability to disrupt potential terrorist planning activities." Metra said in a statement.

The Stazi are here to protect us. Oh joy!

Your papers please!

[SILENTNATION1]

These comments are exactly why most people shy away from liberty bell ringing. Two cops approach, are nothing but kind - and WHAMMO - nothing but hate, tough talk and insults. Nothing like keeping the "us versus them" mentality alive and well.

[CredoVeritas]

Cops are local police officers and citizens of their community.

These are Federal Police. Why? This feels like conditioning......because it is. The police aren't bad people, they're just doing as they are told.

Sure we all want protection.

But are you willing to give up your freedom for that protection? How much protection would you like? Curfews? Checkpoints? Censorship? Extortion? Blackmail?....wait how did those last two get there?

History is repeating....hear the sheople bleating.

[TheHiddenPart]

they'll kill your dog and storm the house.

Isolated incident.

[rayme4raw]

Why are all officers so fat?

[RodneyHampton]

Fing Gestapo.

[HHODork]

pigs.

[celsorod]

Man, u stay busy....goood stuff,

[dtmbcorp]

"Vee must protekt zee homeland! Sig heil!"

Apparently you're doing your job quite well! Why else would they be sniffing you out? Love you Ridley, keep kicking ass with your excellent reporting. You are an inspiration and example to liberty lovers across not only our country, but all humanity! :)

[nilesmc]

The camera is the weapon 'our leaders' fear the most. The sunlight of truth can't disinfect anything if the truth is not told to the people.

Dave, thanks for all that you do.

[twhittamore]

I just share videos mostly.I do upload my own from time totime but it is through a logitech camera.costs about 40 useless dollars.Peace

[sailfished]

oh its you dave, i.e .someone who has the ability to effectively oppose any overt bullying, have a good day ,lol

[ThePresidentialTouch]

Looks like someone wanted to get a closer look at you. The guy in the "federal police" (whatever that is!) jacket was leering at you big time.

[thisthetruthaboutyou]

@ThePresidentialTouch really?

[twhittamore]

They are scared of the camera

[ConservativeAtheist]

How do you upload the Videos so quikly?

[FlailingJunk]

I believe qik has a option to upload it directly to youtube.

[JosiahsBackpack]

Does anyone know if you call do this from a blackberry straight to youtube like this?

[Howard3S]

Scared of the camera, funny, they put those in a lot of cop cars too. If I was dealing with you guys, I'd want it filmed for sure, and have a witness since you often call questions like another video "hi, you filming this, oh, ok" as "moderate harrassment". Now, get back in class and listen to your teacher, raise your hand if you need to go potty, and be good in your other world preparing to be a robot.

[Catuxalina]

@twhittamore

They fear the Citizen who Knows...