LF: Star Wars Force Met with Police State Force as Movie Goers Stripped of 4th Amendment Rights

Title: Star Wars Force Met with Police State Force as Movie Goers Stripped of 4th Amendment Rights
Source: Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/st ... stripped-4th-amendment-rights/
Published: Dec 16, 2015
Author: Johnny Liberty
Post Date: 2015-12-16 09:12:03 by Deckard
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Comments: 4

The force was most certainly awakened yesterday in Hollywood during the premiere of the new Star Wars movie, but this force was not of the fictional variety. In a stunning display of police overreach, the LAPD turned a portion of downtown Los Angeles into a pseudo martial law zone.

According to reports, police cordoned off several blocks around the famed TLC Chinese theater in Hollywood. On Thursday, LAPD officers had already barricaded a stretch of Hollywood boulevard from from Highland Ave. to La Brea Ave. and installed metal detectors around the screening venues over the weekend.Security will be tight 4 the latest #StarWars

premiere tonight. Metal detectors have been set-up. @KNX1070 @CBSLA pic.twitter.com/uGY8oLWbXX

In addition to shutting down a portion of the city, officers also conducted random warrantless “Stop & Frisk” searches as reported by TMZ.

Disney is also said to have spent $20,000 hiring both uniformed and plain clothes security officers for the event.

According to The Hollywood reporter, bomb-sniffing dogs were seen checking the perimeter of a large white tent where celebrities walked the red carpet, while security personnel were seen inspecting the surroundings of each screening venue.

Even though law enforcement acknowledged that there was no specific threat, they claimed they were simply using an “Abundance of Caution” for the high profile event.

This latest encroachment on individual liberty is just another in a long string of events in which Americans have routinely demonstrated that they’re more than willing to sacrifice freedom for the perception of security.

As Benjamin Franklin famously said:

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

Below is a trailer for the film.

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

I plan to anyway, last time I saw a movie was over 10 years ago. You pay to sit in their theater, and then you're watching commercials.

I hear you. I limit myself to movies where the big screen is a plus -- for example, the last one I saw was The Martian. Big screen, surround- sound, 3D. Seeing it on TV would detract from the experience.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.