Harrassment? Gosh no. We're here to protect you.

[pscot]

When a police SWAT team and an FBI anti-terrorism squad showed up Tuesday at a Memphis church where peace activists were staging an event, a scene reminiscent of the turbulent 1960s ensued.

The activists, members of the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center who oppose the war in Afghanistan, characterized the encounter as police intimidation and a case of illegal surveillance.

FBI and Memphis Police Department representatives countered it was all a misunderstanding. They said they were there to protect the activists from potential harm by extremists who might oppose their views.

"We don't buy that at all,'' said Jacob Flowers, executive director of the nonprofit center.


http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jan/25/protest-earns-guarded-reaction/

[Angry Dragon]

1. Show us the threats

police state coming to a corner near you

[hfojvt]

2. when I went to the anti-war march in Lawrence, Ks in Feb. 2003

there were a number of police around. They were there for traffic control.

What happened at this event? The police attacked, or the activists panicked?

[pscot]

3. Twenty peace activists meeting in a church basement

and police and FBI tac squads surround the building. It wasn't a march. There was no traffic to control. This is police intimidation.