Atlanta Georgia police V Anonymous

An open email to Atlanta Georgia police department demanding they explain their actions on the 15th March 2008 when they apparently arrested members of anonymous unprovoked. An act, which if left unexplained, is an abomination against the constitution of the United States of America. The video includes the footage of the arrests, this is a transcript of the email sent to the chief of police in DeKalb County, Atlanta, Georgia ('tdbolton@co.dekalb.ga.us'):

What is the story behind the video on the Internet showing your police department arresting two apparently peaceful protestors at the protest by anonymous on March 15th 2008?

Why is your police department one of the very few around the world, possibly the only one, who responded to the protests against scientology in full riot gear? Police in many other cities, some with a greater turn out that in yours on the 15th, did not respond in such force and only in regular uniforms because, frankly, they correctly assessed the situation. Check the London protests, 700 -- 800 protestors, no riot gear. The same is true in most of the other 100+ locations where protests were held by anonymous against scientology on the 15th March 2008.

Your departments response to the protests was apparently in excess of all others. The arrests you made were apparently unprovoked and not repeated anywhere else during this world wide protest. These apparent facts make your department's response suspiciously different to the normal response to what was a very peaceful world wide protest against scientology. It has to be asked therefore, are there any links between your department and the organisation of scientology that would explain this variance from the normal response world-wide?

This is an open letter and I trust you can explain yourselves. I hope however there will be some judicial review of your actions that day because, frankly, it looks like your department were acting in a manner that violates a couple of the tenets of the US constitution.

We expect an explaination of what appears to be anomalous behavior from those who are meant to serve us. Arrogance will not suffice.

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• atlanta
• georgia
• police
• anonymous
• scientology
• corrupt
• chief
• email
• xenu
• protest

[MrMoesuckra]

What ever happened to freedom of speech is bull, how bout you take a look in the mirror and realize another right Americans have is the freedom of religion. Scientology is a religion so you can try as hard as you want to pick and choose what freedoms you like but you are still hypocrites.

[anonymous1312]

@MrMoesuckra When freedom of religion is abused to cover up criminal acts, be they paedophile catholic priests or money sucking cults such acts deserve the public spot light. Freedom of religion is not the freedom from scrutiny or protest. Religions of all types are not immune to public censure nor should they be. The real hypocrites here are the ones who try to abuse the freedom of religion to evade the criticisms that the freedom of speech affords.

[anonymous1312]

@MrMoesuckra Clearly you lack comprehension. My last comment did not suggest freedom of religion be done away with what is said is freedom of religion is not freedom from scrutiny. Freedom of religion is the right to practice what you like (WITHIN THE LAW) it is not freedom from scrutiny and criticism which is part of freedom of speech, the freedom to criticise and to question. Ergo Freedom of Speech always trumps freedom of religion and rightly so. There is nothing hypocritical about this.

[ConservativeRuleinUS]

The police are just doing their job. I didn't see anything wrong, if the two were arrested for using a bullhorn or disobeying the lawful order of a police officer.

[anonymous1312]

@ConservativeRuleinUS you're correct they were. They were acting in accordance with Georgia state protocol with respect to a protest attended by the numbers involved. The police were doing their job.

Following this incident there was an outcry that this video was only part which resulted in negotiations took place that reduced policing to two officers in a patrol car. Had there been no outcry then nothing would have changed.

This video remains as a historical record.

[anonymous1312]

@ConservativeRuleinUS It should be added that in negotiations conducted by local Anonymous (not me) it was determined that Georgia state had such guidelines because of the history related to the KKK. They are however now more amenable to Anonymous because they protest with caek rather than flaming torches.

[ccr5cxcr4]

This isn't a debate. This is class. I am informing you. Follow the law, or get arrested. I don't give a shit either way.

Harass my mother again, as was done that day, and you can deal with me in person. You won't enjoy it.

[Rasnixful]

If you want to protest scientology, knock yourself out. But you guys were harassing the locals, not just protesting the scitards. I think that is why the locals weren't happy with you.

And under Georgia law you may not wear masks like that and harass people. That goes back to fighting the kkk, and we don't allow people to do that shit here.

So be polite to the people who life there, and lose the masks, or get permission in advance from the cops, and you won't get arrested.

[DarkEmergence]

Judging from a later video, it appears that the police fell for the smear job Scientology does on Anonymous. They probably feel stupid about it.

[baalisgod666]

@nosaintsinla135 the cops were the ones in uniform, the suits were Anonymous.

[baalisgod666]

@Rasnixful what does cop cum taste like? You obviously like the taste.

[baalisgod666]

stop paying tax. Your money pays for injustice.

[nosaintsinla135]

I Dnt like cops but those were some pretty dope suits

[TheAmericanUhate]

@LeonRFpoa You are more of a dumb ass then I had even thought! Trust me on this one, NO ONE OBEY'S you in the least little guy. Also, yet again I see you trolling just trying to find someone to argue with. This is clearly the only way that anyone other then your mommy will speak to you, so you pick fights so they will. You really do need to get a life kid.

[t0rta]

i thought the police doesn't take sides. but clearly that was a wrong assumption