The Reason that I got arrested in Charlotte is simple! The Laws they changed give Powers to the City Manager that only the Governor of N.C. has the Right to grant to the City and mayor. It gives Extraordinary Event powers to the police. Any Local government that attempts to Break a State Constitution and The U.S. Constitution is no longer American. Nor dose any government have any right to define camping as a form of protest! What were Hovervilles if not people who lost their homes,farms and everything but protesters! I for one hope people do not think that we are not safe from a dust bowl. I can tell you now from having been homeless that you or the person standing next to you are not going to be fighting over politics! You will be fighting over a sandwich in the bread line! So you can either split the sandwich in half or quarter it or stab each other to have a whole sandwich!
Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Ben Franklin
How dose one non-violently resist the tyranny of a Fassict government? By Defying those laws and risk arrest to bring the battle in to the court of law instead of the need to become violent with any kind of wepon. Civil Disobedance is the greatest weapon you have to tyranny because the more rights being taken from Citzens of all political backgrounds the more one risist and the Laws that are restrictive stay center stage! Just because it is a law dose not mean is Right and you should let your Government get away with anything that kills freedoms that everyone has by The U.S. Constatution!
I will Risk arrest to do what is nessacary. If I am imprisoned it only makes me more defiant and also gives one understanding of the fallacy of the prison system and how they demoralize you. This being my first Arrest ever was in defiance of a group of laws that take away the rights of people. I obey and Respect the law and those that are ment to serve and protect when the laws are about Serving and protecting the Government which is the PEOPLE! Not as some would like to belive only Corprations and Self Serving People who want to call themselves Representitives.
I do not want to make false accusations at any one but, sometimes people do not understand because of their position in life fosters a purist stance on their political point of View. It's all well and good if you have not been aflicted with the parts of the American System that strip the dignaty and rights out from under the feet of people who Live in a diffrent Culture (Poor, Homeless, or Minority)! There are more situations then this but theese are primary Issues! If you have not experenced any of this you have the abillity to put walls between your self and major problems. There is a portion of this that you can constatute to lazyness but that covers less than half of the real problem. People have lost their homes due to not only economic bubbles but to bad employment practices, Bad Finantial advice/lending , Classissium and Racisim! For every person one may simply accuse of being Lazy there are Thousands of people who have complex issues that are of an individual nature!
I for one when I hear "Get a Job!" and "Take responcability for your own actions!" I become discusted because all I truly hear is "I do not have time to care and I am doing well so it should be Just as easy for you!" And "All Problems that happen in your life are your own fault so suffer for your lack of responcability"! I have heard this time and time again from seemingly hateful people that do not take the time to discuss or relate to peoples individual position! Then Again my favorite is If you do not love America why don't you leave it!" Which is what really bothers me! Apperently it is not right to Love your country so greatly that one becomes disgusted with how people are "Leaving the Campfire"! I am sorry to inform people but if all they do to fix the problems in America is vote and put an Individual in office to fight a Mountain of problems we are failing as a socioty because It is only through Direct Action (Incuding holding those people you put in office!) that any one is going to be motvated to make changes and not Just polititions. Your Negibors in your communiy through negborhood and community involvement! Patriotisum starts when you walk out your door in the morning!
So for my First arrest ever I recived a bond of zero on a Misdmeaner charge of obstructing an offecer of the law. All I have to do is show up to court on march 11 and recive a sentance or Fine that I will gladly take responcability for my actions and I will gladly sit in Jail as a free man in my Heart. Free Men Do Not Bow To Tyrranny and I beleave that in my Mind Body and Sprit! If you do nothing to change or resist the system when it starts to become oppressive then you have done nothing and can do nothing when you have allowed any law to be passed that denies your freedom! There is no amount of safety that can or will protect you from Death! I for one choose death if someone wants My Liberty! So I will stand with any group that truly beleves in their right to freedom of speach! If there Freedom is taken then so is mine! I also beleive putting my money where my mouth is! Should anyone have a better way of doing it by all means go out and make it happen and quit talking about how to change it! CHANGE IT!
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