Obama's Thought Police

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jimstach
February 19, 2009

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The police officers who stopped Oklahoma City motorist Chip Harrison and confiscated a sign from his car told him he has a right to his beliefs, but the U.S. Secret Service could construe this as a threat against President Obama, according to the incident report released this morning.

An Oklahoma City police officer wrongly pulled over a man last week and confiscated an anti-President Barack Obama sign the man had on his vehicle.

The officer misinterpreted the sign as threatening, said Capt. Steve McCool, of the Oklahoma City Police Department, and took the sign, which read Abort Obama, not the unborn.

Chip Harrison said he was driving to work when a police car followed him for several miles and then signaled for him to pull over.

I pulled over, knowing I hadnt done anything wrong, Harrison said in a recent phone interview.

When the officer asked Harrison if he knew why he had been pulled over, Harrison said he did not.

They said, Its because of the sign in your window, Harrison said.

Its not meant to be a threat, its a statement about abortion, Harrison said.

He said he disagrees with the presidents position on abortion.

I asked the officer, Do you know what abort means? Harrison said. He said, Yeah, it means to kill. I said, No, it means to remove or terminate.

Harrison said his sign was to be interpreted as saying something like: Remove Obama from office, not unborn babies from the womb.

The officers confiscated Harrisons sign and gave him a slip of paper that stated he was part of an investigation.

Harrison said he later received a call from a person who said he was a lieutenant supervisor for the Internal Investigations Department and wanted to know his location and return his sign to him.

According to Harrison, the supervisor said the Secret Service had been contacted on the matter and had told them the sign was not a threat to the president.

Harrison was asked if he would like to file a complaint. He said he was not sure but would take the paperwork, just in case.

But his run-in with the law wasn't over yet.

The Secret Service called and said they were at my house, Harrison said.

After talking to his attorney, Harrison went home where he met the Secret Service.

When I was on my way there, the Secret Service called me and said they weren't going to ransack my house or anything they just wanted to (walk through the house) and make sure I wasn't a part of any hate groups.

Harrison said he invited the Secret Service agents into the house and they were very cordial.

We walked through the house and my wife and 2-year-old were in the house, Harrison said.

He said they interviewed him for about 30 minutes and then left, not finding any evidence Harrison was a threat to the president.

Im still in contact with a lawyer right now, Harrison said. I dont know what Im going to do.

Harrison said he feels his First Amendment rights were violated.

McCool said the officer who pulled over Harrison misinterpreted the sign.

We had an officer that his interpretation of the sign was different than what was meant, McCool said. Youve got an officer who had a different thought on what the word abort meant.

McCool said the sign basically meant Obama should be impeached and it was not a threat.

(The officer) shouldn't have taken the sign, McCool said. That was (Harrisons) First Amendment right to voice his concern.

McCool said although the sign should not have been confiscated, the situation was made right in the end.

We always try to do the right thing and in the end we believe we did the right thing by returning the sign, McCool said.

Enid Police Department Capt. Dean Grassino said such an incident most likely would not have occurred in Enid.

We wouldn't pull over anybody for a bumper sticker or a sign like that unless it was a safety issue, he said.

Grassino said a safety issue would be a sign that obstructs the view of the driver.

We wouldn't do it based on the views of the bumper sticker or sign, Grassino said.

If a sign was undoubtedly a threat to the president, Grassino said it is not within the jurisdiction of the city police to handle that and the FBI or the Secret Service would be called before any action was taken.

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masmantour (12 hours ago) Show Hide

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I think this dude is wrong but abortion should be legal

masmantour (12 hours ago) Show Hide

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Why?
Should Bush have been assassinated too while he was in office?
Because he was in office when the problems Obama are facing now stared.

danmo43 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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Interesting even they consider the world to mean "kill".

nathanexplosion94 (2 months ago) Show Hide

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obama deserves 2 get killed hes screwn us up
wat kind of name is barack obama? terrorist much?
he needs 2 either be empeached or assassinated
not by me but by sum1 whos smart enough 2 do so

muffinmanxxx321 (5 months ago) Show Hide

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fuck you, you little liberal controlling piece of shit. one of these days im going to be hanging you with your own damn shoelaces, dont you ever go after my FREEDOM to speech, I will put a bullet straight threw your corrupt liberal brain

danmo43 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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While we are at it we need to compile a list of every "Obama" bumper sticker we see. The patriots are going to need that list a whole lot sooner than the government. ;)

jdheelfan (6 months ago) Show Hide

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I am sure if it had said abort SARAH PALIN there wouldn't have been any big deal.

DwankMob (6 months ago) Show Hide

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I'm glad the officers stopped him before things got out of hand! We need to crack down on free speech in the USA or the people won't follow our agenda.

1972jungle (6 months ago) Show Hide

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wake up america your freedoms or being taken. we should be afraid of what he's doing

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His view would have been more understandable if it read "Abort the overturn of ..., not the unborn".

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