United [Police] States of America

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the Newark, New Jersey Police Department for multiple civil rights violations and other illegal official behavior. This is just the latest case in which the Federal government has had to step in to put a stop to abuses by local police departments all across the United States. Prompted by investigations carried out by the American Civil Liberties Union, the DOJ has been forced to take up these cases in which police abuse their power, especially against blacks and other minorities, very often bringing trumped up charges against them. Recently, the ACLU held hearings in Puerto Rico, to ascertain the true nature of police misconduct dealing with student protests and other demonstrations.

Needless to say, this is an extremely serious situation which calls into question the rule of law. When the police breaks the law on a routine basis, there is the making of a police state, in which no one is safe because those who are supposed to protect you are not to be trusted, to say the least. Contrary to American mythology, this is the true nature of the beast.

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