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[zman <zman AT gibbon.kungfumonkey.com>]

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Kurt Schlatzer wrote:
> I'm sick to my stomach too, from all the whining and paranoia. The cops were
> just doing their *job*. Would you want to be the cop that opted not to check
> someone's ID, resulting in some horrific act? All that asswipe photographer
> had to do was show his ID. If he wasn't doing anything wrong he didn't have
> anything to worry about. Walk a mile in the cops' shoes before you get your
> panties in a knot. They have families to feed, career expectations to meet,
> etc. etc. When the cops can shoot you for not having an ID, then you can
> whine.

B#llshit, all he was asking was to be treated fairly and equally. The only 
reason they picked on him was the color of his skin. This is a perfect 
example of the Patriot Act eroding our civil rights. Why didn't they 
question any of the other ethnic photographers? If you can't see this you 
are blind and a part of the problem. Period.

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