They are dying in the streets in Iran to gain the right to petition their government so as to redress their grievances for a bad election. The policing powers are violating their right to gather and protest by the use of deadly force.
Here in America, as well as Wilmington, our police swear to uphold our constitutional rights. But do they? I interviewed many Europeans over my times abroad and the story was always the same. They did nothing to stop the degradation of their rights because it would not be prudent to do so. They feared for their own well-being. How does that differ when a police officer states to me that I was ordered not to pursue this case. “Case” meaning the interference by a civil servant to disrupt a legal petition of a private citizen.
Which comes first, the police officer’s duty to the Constitution and the people, or a duty to take an order that violates that oath to uphold our United States Constitution? In Germany, Italy, and France they chose en masse to follow the easy road and accept the destruction of their civil rights and their countries because they were to scared to speak out. There is no such thing as a small violation to disrupt the right to redress the government. It is or is not a violation? The level of threat or implied threat is great when petitions are lost, stolen, or withdrawn from public view. The protection of our democracy is the responsibility of our selectboard through their enforcement arm the police. If the state’s attorney does not share in the protection of our civil rights let’s find a policing power that will. An oath to uphold the Constitution is a sacred oath and must be honored at all cost. Let’s get it right in our town office.
Happy Fourth of July
Al Wurzberger
Wilmington
The legislature has no power to create a state police, motor vehicle police, give police powers to game wardens or UVM police, or create a police force for schools but they illegally done that. they have also put the governor in charge creating a police state.
Sheriffs are subservient to the people by way of the vote. The Constitutions our highest law must be obeyed over anything. We are not a democracy we are a Republic as guaranteed by article 4 section 4 of the US Constitution.
With republicans and democrats holding all offices you wouldnt even know we have Constitutions.
The Constitution says we only have one governer, and the Constituional also says we only have sheriffs in each county elected by the people. why has the legislature violated the Constitution with additional police agencies? Legislative powers prevent the making of law that "add to, alters, abolishes or infringes any part of this Constitution"
Al confuses a number of constitutional principles... But he certainly values his own speech greatly, even if the rest of us are not as impressed with his confused reasoning as he is. For us - at least he's good for a laugh, but my advice would be that he find a less frustrating hobby.